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Old 06-04-2002 | 05:53 PM
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JayParke
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Default Pylon plans...

Ok after a bit more looking around I've found this thread, http://www.rcuniverse.com/showthread...07&forumid=111 , that gives basic dimensions of pylon planes. So I can scratch my own just from this stuff. But I've still got a few questions.

Firstly. I see that most wings are foam core then have fiberglass cloth over the middle of the wing and then the thing is balsa sheeted. Well I don't know how to balsa sheet,.. do you need a vacuum for this? Or can I just buy the sheets of balsa and glue em on with wpb then stick em in their schucks and place weight on em? Then after that is done do I just need to cover the wing with some towerkote or such? Or does the wing need more strength somewhere? What size chord should the ailerons be? It appears from most pics of these planes they are nothing more then about 1/2" to 3/4" sized.

Any more airfoils I could choose from?

About the fuselage. What is that extra tail of the fuselage that extends past the v-tail for? I notice that all v-tailed pylon planes I've seen have this.

Then lastly. About the v-tail. I have no idea how to mount one of these things. If anyone has a website with this help I'd be much obliged. I think I've seen one long ago but I can't recall where.

Joshh