Scratch building

[stevelovesfoamies]

Hey there Flite fans, I was just wondering if anyone of you had any plans or traces of any flite test planes similar to explorer and storch these kind of planes, but no or less curves required to cut, mostly straight edges. because I love these planes but the curves in the plan are driving me crazy since the Depron and my knife are working against me. Help!

 

[stevelovesfoamies]

o yeah simple cub too

 

[LitterBug]

Plans are available in multiple locations both on the forums and the FTCA web site. FT plans are for personal use only meaning you can print them, make patterns, etc... but you can not share them with others without FT's permission.

One of the best sources for plans is here on the forums:

SP0NZ - Plans Index

Printing Tips: https://www.flitetest.com/articles/printing-flite-test-plans AIO = All-In-One: Includes Full-Size, A-Size (7.5 x 10.5), and B-Size (10.5 x 15) plans in one file FS = Full-Size: 34 x 22 non-tiled plans (fits ANSI D and ISO A1, requires a large format plotter) * TA = Tiled...

forum.flitetest.com

 

[tomlogan1]

Hey there Flite fans, I was just wondering if anyone of you had any plans or traces of any flite test planes similar to explorer and storch these kind of planes, but no or less curves required to cut, mostly straight edges. because I love these planes but the curves in the plan are driving me crazy since the Depron and my knife are working against me. Help!

Other than the nose, the Explorer and the OV-10 Bronco are very simple to cut as they are mostly straight lines. In fact on both planes, you can do the nose as more of a "box" and eliminate curves. It does help, however, when you attempt to make a curved cut to rotate the foam after you have cut a bit. If you have a square piece of depron or cardboard you can practice and get used to cutting a curved section.

 

[stevelovesfoamies]

Plans are available in multiple locations both on the forums and the FTCA web site. FT plans are for personal use only meaning you can print them, make patterns, etc... but you can not share them with others without FT's permission.

One of the best sources for plans is here on the forums:

SP0NZ - Plans Index

Printing Tips: https://www.flitetest.com/articles/printing-flite-test-plans AIO = All-In-One: Includes Full-Size, A-Size (7.5 x 10.5), and B-Size (10.5 x 15) plans in one file FS = Full-Size: 34 x 22 non-tiled plans (fits ANSI D and ISO A1, requires a large format plotter) * TA = Tiled...

forum.flitetest.com

Sorry I forgot to state no curves mod version.

Other than the nose, the Explorer and the OV-10 Bronco are very simple to cut as they are mostly straight lines. In fact on both planes, you can do the nose as more of a "box" and eliminate curves. It does help, however, when you attempt to make a curved cut to rotate the foam after you have cut a bit. If you have a square piece of depron or cardboard you can practice and get used to cutting a curved section.

thanks! Made a thread about my own newly thought up technique where I score the foam and crack it through because I’m bad at cutting straight through curves.

 

[mayan]

You can just try to cut a bunch of straight lines around the curved area that’s what I do when I don’t want to deal with the curved parts

 

[stevelovesfoamies]

You can just try to cut a bunch of straight lines around the curved area that’s what I do when I don’t want to deal with the curved parts

o yeah same thats what i tried but didnt look good either

 

[mayan]

o yeah same thats what i tried but didnt look good either

It won’t look like doing a proper curve but 10 feet up no one will see the difference

 

[mayan]

Btw you can then sand it off for a prefect curve but I personally wouldn’t hassle about it

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Btw you can then sand it off for a prefect curve but I personally wouldn’t hassle about it

yeah, after your first rougher landing no one is going to know the difference.