Monster Spitfire

[william Metge]

So I have been working on the plans for a monster spitfire and I had a few issues I need to figure out.

My first problem is that one of the fuselage pieces would be too big to fit on one sheet of foam, does anyone know what angle the line needs to be cut at to make it strait on the plane?

Second, I don't have a laser cutter and I don't want to print 150 some odd sheets of paper and cut all that out by hand, does anybody know of a better (more efficient) way to way to print the plans, or know of a store that prints large scale prints like this? I only need sizes up to 20x30.

Finally, has anyone else tried this before? If so do you have any suggestions?

 

[GrizWiz]

try somewhere that prints full size plans

 

[Ratcheeroo]

So I have been working on the plans for a monster spitfire and I had a few issues I need to figure out.

My first problem is that one of the fuselage pieces would be too big to fit on one sheet of foam, does anyone know what angle the line needs to be cut at to make it strait on the plane?

Second, I don't have a laser cutter and I don't want to print 150 some odd sheets of paper and cut all that out by hand, does anybody know of a better (more efficient) way to way to print the plans, or know of a store that prints large scale prints like this? I only need sizes up to 20x30.

Finally, has anyone else tried this before? If so do you have any suggestions?

So I work at a sign shop and print all of my plans full scale on PET film, it is fairly inexpensive material and in the end your pattern pieces will last basically forever , should be able to get a local Sign/Vinyl shop to do this for you fairly inexpensively

 

[william Metge]

So I work at a sign shop and print all of my plans full scale on PET film, it is fairly inexpensive material and in the end your pattern pieces will last basically forever , should be able to get a local Sign/Vinyl shop to do this for you fairly inexpensively

I will try that, thanks!

 

[william Metge]

Also, Do you think that 9g servos will be enough for a monster?

 

[Matthewdupreez]

Also, Do you think that 9g servos will be enough for a monster?

9gram metal gear servos should be fine... but i think plastic geared ones would shred to quickly... rather spend a bit on better servos than have to replace them in a weeks time

 

[william Metge]

9gram metal gear servos should be fine... but i think plastic geared ones would shred to quickly... rather spend a bit on better servos than have to replace them in a weeks time

Will do, Thanks!

 

[OliverW]

Metal gear 9g's most certainly won't hold up either. On a plane that size you're going to want a standard size servo. Since it is a foamboard plane that won't be putting a lot of stress on the servos, I think Hitec 422's would be your best bet for a cheap servo that'll do the job

 

[william Metge]

Metal gear 9g's most certainly won't hold up either. On a plane that size you're going to want a standard size servo. Since it is a foamboard plane that won't be putting a lot of stress on the servos, I think Hitec 422's would be your best bet for a cheap servo that'll do the job

OK I am getting some metal geared 22g servos for another project, so I might just use those, thanks! (I kind of expected 9g's to be too little, worth a shot.)

 

[Ketchup]

I agree with Squirreltail, 9 grams will not be enough. I was gonna suggest 12 gram metal gear servos but squirreltail knows what he is talking about and if he says go bigger then that’s a good idea.

 

[william Metge]

Does anyone have a suggestion about what to do about the piece that is too large to fit on a sheet of foam, should I slice a strait line, or should I figure out an angle to slice it at?

 

[Ketchup]

Does anyone have a suggestion about what to do about the piece that is too large to fit on a sheet of foam, should I slice a strait line, or should I figure out an angle to slice it at?

Not sure what you mean by this. Do you mean cutting the piece of foam out at an angle or does "slice it" mean something else?

 

[Ketchup]

Also if I understand the question right this was addressed in the monster plane vid. You can cut it out in two pieces and stick them together with glue and tape. Kinda like how we stick two wing halves together before doing the fold over.
It's in this vid between the 1 and 2 minute mark somewhere. I would watch the whole thing though.

 

[Dean is the name]

Not sure what you mean by this. Do you mean cutting the piece of foam out at an angle or does "slice it" mean something else?

i think he means that the piece won't fit on 1 sheet of foam

 

[Ketchup]

i think he means that the piece won't fit on 1 sheet of foam

Well I knew that, what I was asking about is what he meant by "slice it". Like if he means slicing out the part or if there is some part of the plane that he has to slice into for some reason. I assumed that he just meant cutting out the part for my last reply though.

 

[william Metge]

Well I knew that, what I was asking about is what he meant by "slice it". Like if he means slicing out the part or if there is some part of the plane that he has to slice into for some reason. I assumed that he just meant cutting out the part for my last reply though.

The piece that won't fit is a fuselage piece and I don't want weird angles on the fuselage. But I don't know what angles to cut them at.

 

[william Metge]

Also if I understand the question right this was addressed in the monster plane vid. You can cut it out in two pieces and stick them together with glue and tape. Kinda like how we stick two wing halves together before doing the fold over.
It's in this vid between the 1 and 2 minute mark somewhere. I would watch the whole thing though.

Oh, that would actually work. Thank you!

 

[william Metge]

Does anyone know of any stores that will print full 20x30 sheets? I can't find very cheap ones.

 

[Michael9865]

Does anyone know of any stores that will print full 20x30 sheets? I can't find very cheap ones.

Staples has a size close to that, just a bit over. Lowest price is blueprint and not same/next day service. Also, ensure that they don’t scale to fit.

 

[william Metge]

Staples has a size close to that, just a bit over. Lowest price is blueprint and not same/next day service. Also, ensure that they don’t scale to fit.

I'll look into it, thanks!