I have been wanting to do a balsa style build in foam board for a while, very much in line with how RamyRC builds his big airliners. IE mostly thin wall foam construction and fiberglass over the top. Personally most airliners dont do anything for me but the Connie has always caught my attention so i figured i would use it as my first attempt at this type of build.
Specifically i am going to be copying the 1649 Starliner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-1649_Starliner
As usuall i found some older balsa plans online and imported it into inkscape and started scaling it up. I ended up with about 81" wingspan, 61" nose to tail.
I am not looking to make a 100% scale plane. Just something that flies and is easily identifiable as a Starliner. Actually the main focus of this build is to get thru the build process, but still hopefully have something flyable at the end.
Still deciding on weather or not to have 4 or 2 motors.
Also this is being worked on around 2 or 3 other projects so it will not be done quick.
Here's how the v1 plans look laid out on the floor:
If you dont know what i mean by "ramyrc" style, here is a good example of one of his older builds:
Specifically i am going to be copying the 1649 Starliner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-1649_Starliner
As usuall i found some older balsa plans online and imported it into inkscape and started scaling it up. I ended up with about 81" wingspan, 61" nose to tail.
I am not looking to make a 100% scale plane. Just something that flies and is easily identifiable as a Starliner. Actually the main focus of this build is to get thru the build process, but still hopefully have something flyable at the end.
Still deciding on weather or not to have 4 or 2 motors.
Also this is being worked on around 2 or 3 other projects so it will not be done quick.
Here's how the v1 plans look laid out on the floor:
If you dont know what i mean by "ramyrc" style, here is a good example of one of his older builds: