SP0NZ - Plans Index

[Matthewdupreez]

If @GrizWiz wants the plans for the simple stick use @The Hangar design.. he has one to with designs to

 

[Whit Armstrong]

Not sure what you are talking about. I make the free plans. I do it in me spare time as I have a full-time job (not employed by Flite Test) and am also a husband and father of 3 with all the responsibilities that go along with that. That said, the free plans have been completed and available for download the same day that the build videos have been posted on YouTube. There have been a few exceptions over the 5 years that I have drawing the plans, but usually never more than a few days. The current timing of the releasing of the free plans has only very recently changed, and that has always been and remains to be Flite Test's decision to make.



Again, I have no idea what you are talking about here. The plans for the FT Simple Stick have been done for months. Flite Test has not given me permission to post them yet. I have been told that they absolutely will be released at some point. Beyond that, I am not at liberty to discuss anything more about it. It does not take me forever to create free plans for you.

It was just a joke. I didn't mean it for real! but I do think It's sad that they aren't doing plans for these ones. I hope by "as of now" they mean when a vaccine is widely available, and the economy's back to normal.

 

[AIRFORGE]

I was curious to know how many free FT plans I have on my computer, not counting FT 3D print files, FT quad frames, and many other free plans from the FT community, and the number is ... 75!
If I paid a tiny $5 for each of those plans, it's a total of $375. All for free. Sweet!
I'm sure I'm not the only person more than willing to compensate FT for their hard work, and efforts to grow the hobby.

 

[OliverW]

I was curious to know how many free FT plans I have on my computer, not counting FT 3D print files, FT quad frames, and many other free plans from the FT community, and the number is ... 75!
If I paid a tiny $5 for each of those plans, it's a total of $375. All for free. Sweet!
I'm sure I'm not the only person more than willing to compensate FT for their hard work, and efforts to grow the hobby.

Agreed!

 

[GliderFlyer]

Look here,
I think I found somebody's comment on their latest video, and Josh Bixler replied

 

[GrizWiz]

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Cool your jets man. Sp0nz can't just release the plans without their permission. That would be a whole legal issue I'm sure

I did not mean that to be sarcastic

 

[Clapaucius]

If @GrizWiz wants the plans for the simple stick use @The Hangar design.. he has one to with designs to

Having built (and crashed) the stick from @The Hangar, I also built 'JB Simple Stick' by @JUSS10 . Did not fly it yet, but I shall say that the build is very easy, plans are great and parts go together perfectly. And it takes existing landing gears and floats(!!) from cub and scout out of the box. With some snow on the way, these floats are very handy. People waiting for Simple Stick from Flitetest and unwilling to buy the speed build kit might want to consider giving JB's model a try.

 

[The Hangar]

I was curious to know how many free FT plans I have on my computer, not counting FT 3D print files, FT quad frames, and many other free plans from the FT community, and the number is ... 75!
If I paid a tiny $5 for each of those plans, it's a total of $375. All for free. Sweet!
I'm sure I'm not the only person more than willing to compensate FT for their hard work, and efforts to grow the hobby.

Oh yeah, I’m totally fine paying a couple bucks for plans. I know how much work it takes to design and make plans, and I’m good with paying a couple bucks for plans. After having to dish out $200 - $400 for an Eflite planes, $5 is very minimal!

 

[Mr.Grinch]

I need to be careful how what I post comes across. I’m fine with FT making changes and if we have to pay a reasonable amount for plans (I’d prefer that over the ads in the videos). I just think that things should have been kept going like usual ie releasing the simple stick plans months ago, while they are discussing the changes rather than basically giving us the silent treatment. Sure, they are still putting out videos usually every week, but it doesn’t seem like there is really any communication on where things are going. Just clickbait videos. I haven’t bothered to watch the recent ones, so maybe I’ve missed something...

I’m not trying to be overly negative, I still plan to support FT, buying SBK’s, and plans when it comes to that point. I’ll still go to FF20**whatever. I hope if plans are coming with a price tag that they take it in-house or give Dan @SP0NZ a cut of it (I think he should have been getting anyway). He’s been doing a phenomenal job for a long time.

Maybe this should be split off to a different thread and leave this one to promoting Danz Planz!!

 

[fermus]

Might I suggest to flitetest an option for now or the future. I routinely buy the speed build kits, both to support flitetest, and to save myself time, as printing and tracing is a tedious, time consuming process which I have no fun doing. What I mainly want plans for is making new pieces when I crash and need fixing. I would hate to buy a new SBK when I just need a new nose or wing. They should include the plans with the SBK. I know I can just trace the pieces I have, but I don't want to have to double up the whole plane just in case.

 

[w1lp33]

Might I suggest to flitetest an option for now or the future. I routinely buy the speed build kits, both to support flitetest, and to save myself time, as printing and tracing is a tedious, time consuming process which I have no fun doing. What I mainly want plans for is making new pieces when I crash and need fixing. I would hate to buy a new SBK when I just need a new nose or wing. They should include the plans with the SBK. I know I can just trace the pieces I have, but I don't want to have to double up the whole plane just in case.

This. Also for people who like to scale their planes up or down. I mean, when they announced the zero I remember them saying you could build it mini or standard sized, but I don’t see how that’s possible without plans and only a mini kit... or maybe I’m misremembering.

 

[Mr.Grinch]

@SP0NZ - I have printed out (tiled) several sets of user submitted plans, such as @The Hangar’s simple stick but I always end up with lots more wasted paper from huge outside borders. Your plans are always very efficient with the printouts, is there something that I can do in acrobat reader that will eliminate the waste or is it just one of the many steps you take to develop such great plans for us?

 

[The Hangar]

@SP0NZ - I have printed out (tiled) several sets of user submitted plans, such as @The Hangar’s simple stick but I always end up with lots more wasted paper from huge outside borders. Your plans are always very efficient with the printouts, is there something that I can do in acrobat reader that will eliminate the waste or is it just one of the many steps you take to develop such great plans for us?

You can always open up the plans in Illustrator or whatever cad program you use and rearrange them. In fact I figured out how to make tiled plans so all my future designs will have them as a download option. I made the stick plans tiles but was having trouble adding them to the resource. I’ll get it figured out though.

 

[SP0NZ]

@SP0NZ - I have printed out (tiled) several sets of user submitted plans, such as @The Hangar’s simple stick but I always end up with lots more wasted paper from huge outside borders. Your plans are always very efficient with the printouts, is there something that I can do in acrobat reader that will eliminate the waste or is it just one of the many steps you take to develop such great plans for us?

One of the reasons I spend the extra time rearranging all the parts on the plans is to optimize them for the scratch builders. The FT files I start with are setup to allow them to be cut on the laser and shipped in a standard package size. That doesn't always equate to the best arrangement of parts for the scratch builder. This is especially true when considering the tiled plans. I try to minimize the amount of seams across parts whenever I can. It may result in an extra page or two, but the result is less work for the scratch builder in the end.

 

[Mr.Grinch]

You can always open up the plans in Illustrator or whatever cad program you use and rearrange them. In fact I figured out how to make tiled plans so all my future designs will have them as a download option. I made the stick plans tiles but was having trouble adding them to the resource. I’ll get it figured out though.

I haven’t tried, nor do I have and CAD programs. The only reason I even have Adobe reader is so I could tile print the full sheet plans. I guess I’ll have to start looking into getting something to make this work better.

 

[CAustin]

Frankly the quality of design work that I saw in the build videos for the Mini Corsair V2 and the Mini Zero is extremely impressive to say the least. When I looked in the store and saw the asking price for these planes was under $30 my mind was blown. Like everyone else here I am can barely wait to see the plans, not so I can save money but to learn how John Overstreet built up that super strong core.
If these build and fly half as well as they look the budget build will no longer be a compromise between durability and cost.

 

[dantheman]

One of the reasons I spend the extra time rearranging all the parts on the plans is to optimize them for the scratch builders. The FT files I start with are setup to allow them to be cut on the laser and shipped in a standard package size. That doesn't always equate to the best arrangement of parts for the scratch builder. This is especially true when considering the tiled plans. I try to minimize the amount of seams across parts whenever I can. It may result in an extra page or two, but the result is less work for the scratch builder in the end.

I just wanted to say that the work you put into these is appreciated. For those of us hand cutting stuff out, or using a needle cutter, this makes things much easier.

 

[GremlinRC]

I just wanted to say that the work you put into these is appreciated. For those of us hand cutting stuff out, or using a needle cutter, this makes things much easier.

Just echo this post. Dan your hard work and dedication will not be forgotten. If you ever get as far as Ireland, you will have a very warm welcome.

 

[sprzout]

One of the reasons I spend the extra time rearranging all the parts on the plans is to optimize them for the scratch builders. The FT files I start with are setup to allow them to be cut on the laser and shipped in a standard package size. That doesn't always equate to the best arrangement of parts for the scratch builder. This is especially true when considering the tiled plans. I try to minimize the amount of seams across parts whenever I can. It may result in an extra page or two, but the result is less work for the scratch builder in the end.

We GREATLY appreciate it, Dan. Only niggling "complaint" (and it's more on me than anything else) is not looking at the notations for some of the parts and realizing that I need to make duplicates of some of the parts. For example, the Mighty Mini Corsair shows that i need to make additional spars, as well as additional triangles to hold the wing jigs up. I tend to cut out the parts and then watch the video on how to put it together, and that's when i realize I need to make extra parts with some of the scrap foamboard I have laying around. Not a big deal, just means i need to be a little more observant.

 

[SP0NZ]

Just echo this post. Dan your hard work and dedication will not be forgotten. If you ever get as far as Ireland, you will have a very warm welcome.

Thanks! I hope to take you up on that someday. My wife and I have always wanted to visit.