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ORIGINAL: jinzo
Speaking of covering the plane, are you designing it with one method more in mind than another? If so, which? I have never done a fabric covering on a plane, though I can't imagine it being too difficult. However, I would think that it would be heavier than a plastic film covering.
Good question. I'm going the glassing and paint route myself. The booms and fuse are made out of fiberglass already. The wings will be fully sheeted with balsa. I've seen a few threads on covering fiberglass with monokote and even tried it once.....once  . It can be done, just not by me. To answer your question, either will suffice. Painting would only add 1-2oz by a skilled painter/glasser like yourself. Paint looks far superior to monokote anyway IMHO.
If you think about it, this aircraft is being designed around a 0.90 size Jett engine. The ARF models of this plane fly on 0.46-0.75 engines and are of comparable size and weight to the Modkat. What's a few extra ouces?
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Now that I'm thinking about covering, I'm already starting to scheme up ideas for a covering pattern/paint job.
LOL  I've been racking my brains on that as well. Just can't seem to "see" it yet. I figured the paint scheme will appear once the plane is built in front of me. To assist the builder, I'm including a clear 2D rendering if the model in the instruction manual to aide in this process.
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It will be nice to see a full 3D rendering once you have the SolidWorks modeling complete.
That will definetly happen! Only reason I have not done it yet is I don't have the hardware layout for the booms and fuse. If I assemble all the parts now I'd probably start moving things around only to have to do it again to make room for a former of something. I find it easier to CAD from the inside out. External problems can be fixed easily. Internal misalignments require an entire redesign  .
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RE: Kingcat-Like Design and Build - 
The hinge design is really cool. I'll have to keep it in mind and maybe try modding a plane one day using that. 
. I incorporated the new techniques in the stab and elevator and it drastically reduced the build time (5 days vs 1 month for the wing). I'm going to redraw the wing as well in the mean time. 
. Once the tip was glued on there would be no way of accurately checking if the degree of washout. The solution was to use a progressive airfoil. 
. Then I can start Phase 2; making the .dxf 
