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01-23-2007, 10:31 AM
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Hi Folks,
Forgive me if this has been answered before, but I'd like to know where to get plans for the Tomboy. I thought I had a set but apparently not. I see that the AMA has hold of John Pond's collection and are figuring out what to do with it - so I have no idea where to go.
Do the plans also show optional floats?
Thanks,
MJD
Forgive me if this has been answered before, but I'd like to know where to get plans for the Tomboy. I thought I had a set but apparently not. I see that the AMA has hold of John Pond's collection and are figuring out what to do with it - so I have no idea where to go.
Do the plans also show optional floats?
Thanks,
MJD
01-23-2007, 01:31 PM
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RE: Tomboy
Hmm...both the 36"and 44" are listed for sale in the AMA plans directory.
There's also a kit available here.....
http://www.falconmodels.uk.com
Also, Bob Selman is a USA agent for Falcon Models, he might be able to order 'em in...
http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/
There's also a kit available here.....
http://www.falconmodels.uk.com
Also, Bob Selman is a USA agent for Falcon Models, he might be able to order 'em in...
http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/
01-23-2007, 01:51 PM
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ORIGINAL: digital_trucker
Hmm...both the 36"and 44" are listed for sale in the AMA plans directory.
There's also a kit available here.....
http://www.falconmodels.uk.com
Also, Bob Selman is a USA agent for Falcon Models, he might be able to order 'em in...
http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/
Hmm...both the 36"and 44" are listed for sale in the AMA plans directory.
There's also a kit available here.....
http://www.falconmodels.uk.com
Also, Bob Selman is a USA agent for Falcon Models, he might be able to order 'em in...
http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/
Thanks!
MJD
01-23-2007, 01:53 PM
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ORIGINAL: digital_trucker
Hmm...both the 36"and 44" are listed for sale in the AMA plans directory.
There's also a kit available here.....
http://www.falconmodels.uk.com
Also, Bob Selman is a USA agent for Falcon Models, he might be able to order 'em in...
http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/
Hmm...both the 36"and 44" are listed for sale in the AMA plans directory.
There's also a kit available here.....
http://www.falconmodels.uk.com
Also, Bob Selman is a USA agent for Falcon Models, he might be able to order 'em in...
http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/
MJD
01-23-2007, 07:32 PM
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RE: Tomboy
Here is my Tomboy built from a B&W Model Hobbies (Ft. Wayne, IN) short kit. I fly it on throttle and rudder only with a PAW .033. The kit has the wing center wrong (joined in a V instead of the flat panel for the cabin area) and some truss braces in the fuselage that I don't see in pics of the FF versions folks have built. Still, it is a great fling plane. I built mine 36".
01-25-2007, 05:08 AM
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Here's my 44" version in the bones. Power will be an Enya 06D, covering will be Airspan. Astute observers will notice the wrong number of tailplane ribs, it's only one bay longer rather than two... 
01-26-2007, 10:12 AM
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That Falcon Models Co. has some nice kits. The scaled down 36" version of Ray Heit's Scram would be fun to build.
That Falcon Models Co. has some nice kits. The scaled down 36" version of Ray Heit's Scram would be fun to build.
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01-26-2007, 09:27 PM
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You can purchase the 'Tomboy' plan ($8.00) or the laser cut short kit ($38.00) here in the States from Robert Hartwig <[email protected]> ..... phone number 260-693-6510 ..... or email him for his latest catalog. These are top quality kits with the pre-bent landing gear included with all of the laser-cut curved parts necessary to complete the model ..... you supply the necessary straight stock wood.
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That's the short kit the one pictured in post #5 is made from.
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You can purchase the 'Tomboy' plan ($8.00) or the laser cut short kit ($38.00) here in the States from Robert Hartwig <[email protected]> ..... phone number 260-693-6510 ..... or email him for his latest catalog. These are top quality kits with the pre-bent landing gear included with all of the laser-cut curved parts necessary to complete the model ..... you supply the necessary straight stock wood.
You can purchase the 'Tomboy' plan ($8.00) or the laser cut short kit ($38.00) here in the States from Robert Hartwig <[email protected]> ..... phone number 260-693-6510 ..... or email him for his latest catalog. These are top quality kits with the pre-bent landing gear included with all of the laser-cut curved parts necessary to complete the model ..... you supply the necessary straight stock wood.
01-29-2007, 10:54 AM
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MJD,
did you get the file?
regards Ray
MJD,
did you get the file?
regards Ray
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01-29-2007, 02:04 PM
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You can purchase the 'Tomboy' plan ($8.00) or the laser cut short kit ($38.00) here in the States from Robert Hartwig <[email protected]> ..... phone number 260-693-6510 ..... or email him for his latest catalog. These are top quality kits with the pre-bent landing gear included with all of the laser-cut curved parts necessary to complete the model ..... you supply the necessary straight stock wood.
You can purchase the 'Tomboy' plan ($8.00) or the laser cut short kit ($38.00) here in the States from Robert Hartwig <[email protected]> ..... phone number 260-693-6510 ..... or email him for his latest catalog. These are top quality kits with the pre-bent landing gear included with all of the laser-cut curved parts necessary to complete the model ..... you supply the necessary straight stock wood.
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01-29-2007, 03:35 PM
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ORIGINAL: MJD
No, I didn't. I checked my spam blocker to see if it got held up there and couldn't see it either. I PM my work address again to double check and we'll see what's going on.
MJD
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MJD,
did you get the file?
regards Ray
MJD,
did you get the file?
regards Ray
MJD
Try this link, you should be able to download the file from here.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/ra...oyOriginal.dwg
Good luck,
regards Ray
01-29-2007, 03:39 PM
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ORIGINAL: locktite401
Try this link, you should be able to download the file from here.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/ra...oyOriginal.dwg
Good luck,
regards Ray
Try this link, you should be able to download the file from here.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/ra...oyOriginal.dwg
Good luck,
regards Ray
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01-29-2007, 04:03 PM
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Got it! Thank you Ray!
MJD
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Try this link, you should be able to download the file from here.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/ra...oyOriginal.dwg
Good luck,
regards Ray
Try this link, you should be able to download the file from here.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/ra...oyOriginal.dwg
Good luck,
regards Ray
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regards Ray
01-31-2007, 11:45 AM
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Check that it will load into autocad! I've had trouble in the past with acad files on the internet. Sometimes they need an additional file so they can work. Let me know.
regards Ray
regards Ray
Again, thanks for the drawing!
MJD
01-31-2007, 01:02 PM
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I also started work on a scaled down version for an .010 version last night - bigger than the Tom Thumb at about 100 squares. Soon I will have several versions drawn and will have no idea which one I should actually build first...
MJD
I also started work on a scaled down version for an .010 version last night - bigger than the Tom Thumb at about 100 squares. Soon I will have several versions drawn and will have no idea which one I should actually build first...
MJD
01-31-2007, 06:11 PM
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No problems whatsoever, it loads fine. I have already one version on the go with a modified front end to accomodate a Sure Start, thanks to the drawings on PT's website, in case I want to build one for one of the several SS's gathering dust in my box. I also started work on a scaled down version for an .010 version last night - bigger than the Tom Thumb at about 100 squares. Soon I will have several versions drawn and will have no idea which one I should actually build first...
Again, thanks for the drawing!
MJD
Check that it will load into autocad! I've had trouble in the past with acad files on the internet. Sometimes they need an additional file so they can work. Let me know.
regards Ray
regards Ray
Again, thanks for the drawing!
MJD
Thanks should got to Alfredo Herbon from Argentina who drew up the file from the original. Glad to hear that it worked.
regards Ray
01-31-2007, 09:25 PM
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Ray or MJD --
Is that an anomaly in the drawing of the stab rib (it shows up in the rib and cross section of the stab) or was it designed that way?
Ray or MJD --
Is that an anomaly in the drawing of the stab rib (it shows up in the rib and cross section of the stab) or was it designed that way?
do you mean in the length of the rib? If so the ribs are indented into the TE by about 3/32" and that accounts for the apparent difference in rib lengths.
regards Ray
01-31-2007, 10:22 PM
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Ray,
It turns out that it was a software problem -- I had opened the file with Turbocad at my office and the shape of the stab rib was distorted -- the upper surface forward of the spar was concave from above. I opened it at home with a simple DWG viewer, and the drawing cleaned up with the expected shape.
Thanks for your reply.
Regards,
andrew
It turns out that it was a software problem -- I had opened the file with Turbocad at my office and the shape of the stab rib was distorted -- the upper surface forward of the spar was concave from above. I opened it at home with a simple DWG viewer, and the drawing cleaned up with the expected shape.
Thanks for your reply.
Regards,
andrew
01-31-2007, 11:10 PM
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I wonder about that lifting stab for RO. If I remember my FF correctly, a lifting stab along with an aft CG resulted in a nice flat glide, but how would it affect the maneuverability for RO? I would guess a flat stab and a longer nose (for balance) might be a better set-up?
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02-01-2007, 10:39 AM
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Thanks should got to Alfredo Herbon from Argentina who drew up the file from the original. Glad to hear that it worked.
regards Ray
Thanks should got to Alfredo Herbon from Argentina who drew up the file from the original. Glad to hear that it worked.
regards Ray
Any version I draw up even if it is just for my own use will retain his name as originator of the drawing.MJD