Simple Stick V1.4

[flyingkelpie]

Just about to go build my simple stick!

 

[flyingkelpie]

What is the wing alignment piece?

 

[The Hangar]

Just about to go build my simple stick!

Woohoo!

What is the wing alignment piece?

It goes on the bottom of the wing and slide right into the fuselage to help with alignment.

 

[flyingkelpie]

Woohoo!

It goes on the bottom of the wing and slide right into the fuselage to help with alignment.

OK

 

[flyingkelpie]

@The Hangar I'm sure a 9" prop would work fine?

 

[OliverW]

@The Hangar I'm sure a 9" prop would work fine?

yup! I maidened my first one with a 9". Was lacking a bit in power, but that's mainly because I was using a thin one that was flexing a lot

 

[flyingkelpie]

yup! I maidened my first one with a 9". Was lacking a bit in power, but that's mainly because I was using a thin one that was flexing a lot

 

[flyingkelpie]

Also how do you do your foam wheels. My ones failed horribly.

 

[The Hangar]

yup! I maidened my first one with a 9". Was lacking a bit in power, but that's mainly because I was using a thin one that was flexing a lot

Yup, that’ll work just fine. I’ve used 8 - 10 inch props on mine.

 

[flyingkelpie]

Yup, that’ll work just fine. I’ve used 8 - 10 inch props on mine.

ok

 

[The Hangar]

Also how do you do your foam wheels. My ones failed horribly.

Here’s what I did on my dr-1:

So I first started by choosing the size wanted my wheel to be and I cut two circles of the chosen diameter out of some thin wood (basswood, probably 1/16 inches.) Next I cut out four pieces of foam the same size and glued them on either side of the wooden piece. Then I drilled out a center all hole (make sure it’s exactly in the center or else they won’t work very well) and slid a coffee stirrer inside and glued it in place. Snip off the ends of the coffee stirrer, and you have a nice wheel! It works really well on my dr-1.

 

[The Hangar]

For a simple stick, since it’s a bit bigger, I would recommend using 4 wooden pieces and glue them on either side of the foam circles.

 

[flyingkelpie]

Here’s what I did on my dr-1:

So I first started by choosing the size wanted my wheel to be and I cut two circles of the chosen diameter out of some thin wood (basswood, probably 1/16 inches.) Next I cut out four pieces of foam the same size and glued them on either side of the wooden piece. Then I drilled out a center all hole (make sure it’s exactly in the center or else they won’t work very well) and slid a coffee stirrer inside and glued it in place. Snip off the ends of the coffee stirrer, and you have a nice wheel! It works really well on my dr-1.

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Nice! I made mine out of nothing but FB. No wonder it failed.

 

[The Hangar]

Nice! I made mine out of nothing but FB. No wonder it failed.

I forgot to add that I used a thin strip of gorilla tape for extra durability on the outside.

 

[flyingkelpie]

I forgot to add that I used a thin strip of gorilla tape for extra durability on the outside.

Its just it gets wet here commonly. At least right now. Its been raining a lot so I think I might do that for my planes when it gets drier.

 

[flyingkelpie]

It weird. Winter sometimes is the driest time while summer is wet and other times it completely reverses.

 

[flyingkelpie]

Just to confirm is this a C fold?

 

[OliverW]

Just to confirm is this a C fold?
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Yes

 

[flyingkelpie]

Ok just checking its just it wasn't indicated.

 

[The Hangar]

Just to confirm is this a C fold?
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Yep, a C fold. I’ll go ahead and add that, as well as the color key in the front and update the resource. And I’ll make a build video too, I just need to cut another one out.