ORIGINAL: joebahl
For just building kits a balsa plainer and sanding bars plus razer knifes /balsa saw and pins glue plus wax paper over your plans on a building board and away you go! Its the kiss method KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID and i live by it. I have made alot of my tools over the years because iam so dam cheap . If i had that drill thing it would be taking up a good spot in my shop where a great tool i could use all the time could sit. lol BTW i have built in balsa all my life but have been building in foam for less than a year and its fun too. My own foam desighn taken from a 70's balsa one . It flew yesterday for the first time and it flew great,its a canard stick. Now iam going to build a slightly bigger one and draw up plans for dollar tree foam to be givin out free here on rcg.
joe
Hi joe,
I found the secret of your success with this "canard".
I imagine you know that a "canard" is a French word and in English it means a "duck".
Ducks have very large areas beaks and use them to help their pitch attitude while flying
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I likke to think that is how the word "canard" originated for this design _
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However your success is a secret so I will not reveal it LOL.
Congratulations on some nice experimentations and best regards ___
from Zor