wal-mart foam?
03-29-2009, 09:38 AM
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RE: wal-mart foam?
I have used Wallys foamboard in several planes. I believe the stuff I used was marketed by Elmers. It worked fine for me. I am partial to the stuff that Hobby Lobby craft stores sells though. It is available in 3mm-5mm & 1/2 inch thick foam, and the store is closer and not so hectic inside.
What I do is cut out my parts first and then soak them in water for 20-30 minutes and the paper comes right off.
I have built foamies from balsa plans or just used 3 views off the net and sized them up with free ware, like PosteRazor and Gimp.
Also over on RCGroups in the Scratch Build foamy section, a very active bunch of foamy people, there is a sticky at the top of the forum with many, many proven plans in PDF form you can download, print out, trace on your foam and assemble. All typesSticks3DSportScale.
I am currently working on a Piper Pawnee crop duster that uses a GWS Cub wing modified with a flat bottom airfoil. I always have 2 or 3 in the design, assembley phase and then fly them for a few months and just keep rotateing. Disposable Park Fliers...
Good Luck
Bob
What I do is cut out my parts first and then soak them in water for 20-30 minutes and the paper comes right off.
I have built foamies from balsa plans or just used 3 views off the net and sized them up with free ware, like PosteRazor and Gimp.
Also over on RCGroups in the Scratch Build foamy section, a very active bunch of foamy people, there is a sticky at the top of the forum with many, many proven plans in PDF form you can download, print out, trace on your foam and assemble. All typesSticks3DSportScale.
I am currently working on a Piper Pawnee crop duster that uses a GWS Cub wing modified with a flat bottom airfoil. I always have 2 or 3 in the design, assembley phase and then fly them for a few months and just keep rotateing. Disposable Park Fliers...
Good Luck
Bob
03-31-2009, 05:54 AM
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RE: wal-mart foam?
Shock I have used the elmers foam board as well, it's a bit of a pain to remove the paper but works very well. I think it's the same as 3mm depron as far as thickness
As to plans, well that depends on what kind of plane you want to build
I have reinforced builds a couple diff ways, I have used CF rod and CF tube as well as just doubling the foam, laminating it together, also using foam strips as joiners
this is a 120% T-38 built completly with elmers foam board
As to plans, well that depends on what kind of plane you want to build
I have reinforced builds a couple diff ways, I have used CF rod and CF tube as well as just doubling the foam, laminating it together, also using foam strips as joiners
this is a 120% T-38 built completly with elmers foam board
