Originally Posted by
flywilly
Hi Alex,
Thanks for the great response. I Read all the linked threads again which contain a wealth of information! I also want to thank you for all the time you have spent posting here. Photographing, uploading, and all the text takes a lot of time and effort. Greatly appreciated!
I have a question regarding the Vortex: I am currently looking for a suitable laser cutting professional and realized that all of your dimensions will be metric, but wood here will be 'english'. I plan on requesting all wood sizes be as close as possible, but probably slightly larger. Will this cause any problems with the build? I am not worried about any small weight increase.
Thanks,
Will
Hi Will,
F3A is my passion so it's great to share the information with other pilots, just as many others did over the years.
There are hundreds of interlocking parts in the Vortex kit so imperial wood sizes may cause some problems. You may need to sand some areas to make the parts fit together and this may become annoying when you have a large number of parts. It will mean more work on your part so i am worried you may not enjoy building this model as much as i did.
But if there is no way to source metric size wood, i would suggest choosing the closest approximation even if it's slightly thinner. The differences are only a few tenths of a milimeter, so i'm not worried about the strength:
1.5mm - 1/16
2mm - 5/64
3mm - 1/8
2.5mm - 3/32
6mm - 1/4
8mm - 1/3
10mm - 3/8
I hope this helps.
Alex