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Fun with Flat Foam - 2/23/2006 2:18:02 PM   
AJ1202


 

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Status: offline 		I would like to welcome anyone at any level that's interested in building and flying flat foam planes to join in.
I have recently taken an intrest in the flat foam approach and it seems there are endless possibilties
We can use this thread to cover any and all flat foam planes, variety that's the ticket
I am new to Flying all around at 2 years stick time but I love to build and experiment with designs
I want to invite anyone that has a flat foamy to post pics here and tell about it, how it flies and what power you used
If you have any free plans to share, this would be a good place to pass it on to another interested builder
I hope to see this thread grow as I know there are a lot of flyers out there that fly flat foam planes
I'm gonna get things started with the plane I recently built, It is called the Nasty and was a fun build, I am currently building a second one that I have made some mods and changes to the original design I'll post pics and the link for the Nasty that BTW was made availible to me by a freind that was trying to keep the fun moving forward. Thanks to GG
Welcome and lets have fun with it


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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/23/2006 2:46:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here is the link to the Nasty for those that might be interested
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=390003&highlight=nasty

Here's a pic of my first build of the Nasty
http://image.rcuniverse.com/forum/upfiles/199646/Vt57930.jpg

I built this one out of heavy foam board and powered it with a 480 geared motor like in the PZ P-51, it weighed 23 oz AUW which is outragous for flat foam but once I worked out the details it would scream, no vertical hovering but it was fast, I am using FFF now so the next one should be around 12 oz AUW

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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/23/2006 4:17:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey AJ! Thanks for starting this new thread. Hope it gets BIG!

How do you post thumbnails to this forum? I want to put my pics here but not full size.

I am seriously considering the 400XT motor on my Nasty. I re-read the thread for the Nastys and there were very good results with that motor and a 3s 1000mah with a 9X6 SF prop. Hover at less than half throttle. Then I can say, "Yeah, it's got a Hemi"!

I'll still start with the geared 350 to learn on. Which prop do you suggest?

I like the idea of spray paint and the stretchwrap idea for lines is excellent! No paint stuck to the tape that way!

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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/23/2006 6:03:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		String, I'm gonna start with a 10X4.5 prop and just play with it from there to find the one that performs the best
I think I'm going to stay away from the paint and just use markers and decals, maybe even look into some lite coverings
I already have my next build in mind, just have to draw it out and see if it will work, if it does it will turn some heads

EDIT: to post picks click on respond of this post or any last post(top right of post border) then when it opens new post box at the bottom of box it has a upload option, click that then it will open a brouse window, choose your pic and click open to load it to the brouse window, then click OK and it will load, now remember you have to click OK to close your post or they won't load, also you won't be able to see the post till after you hit OK to close it, to see them you would have to go back into the post
I hope this helps

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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/23/2006 6:44:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok, let's see if I have this down...I guess you figured I wasn't flying today. Rain and breezes..



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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/23/2006 8:10:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		AJ, when you say your next build, are you referring to a new Nasty or a whole new design with the FFF?

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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/23/2006 9:10:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		SSHHHH it's a secret A whole new design that to my knowledge has not been done yet or at least I havn't seen one
I'm not sure it can be done but I'm gonna work on some basic drawing designs and see if I can lay it out. With the FFF it should be possible but time will tell

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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/24/2006 8:27:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Mounted the 400XT motor today and will put the ESC on tonight...pics later, we're off to Chuckie Cheese's

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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/24/2006 9:00:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		You put the 400T on the Nasty, whoa, that should be balistic, be carefull, remember a nose dive here could hurt
I plan on getting back to work on mine tonight, calling for rain all weekend so miht get it finnished and get started on new project, I pushed back the SO twin boom for this new one. details later Oh and it looks like it has been done, according to one post I read, but I still can't find any pics or anything from anyone showing one built or flying, so we will see

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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/24/2006 10:16:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		I CANT GET THE PLANS TO OPEN ON RCGROUPS.

CAN YOU REPOST HERE OR LET US KNOW IF YOU CHANGED THE SITE.

THANKS

SHOULD BE FUN TO START DOING THIS. IVE BEEN KICKING IT AROUND FOR A WHILE.

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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/25/2006 1:22:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Welcome wildjaych!

I know they have been having issues with their server for several days. Here is the Adobe file for the plans. There is another build guide pdf file that is too large for me to upload due to my slow connection:

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RE: Fun with Flat Foam - 2/25/2006 2:41:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am sooo pschyed!! I just hooked up the 400XT up and ran it for the first time! Whoa. I believe the Nasty would have shot to the ceiling had I let go! A whole different world from my meager Cub or Commander. And such a sweet whirring sound compared to the brushed motors. Gotta get back to work now. I have servos to mount!

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