ORIGINAL: Neurotex
So you're not to happy with the foam from Slingwing?
What's the weight of your model?
Try using hot glue or Automotive Goop on the foam. Does the foam have a
backing or plastic covering on it?
Not really happy with it; it was a gift so i shouldn't complain. I do not know the weight but at a guess, 12.5 grams (w/a penny weighing 2.5g) or more. It takes 3 quarters taped to front to glide. I will try hot glue next. One side of the foam is a matte finish, slightly porous but the other side is more glossy. I don't think it's a plastic covering but might be that they use heat to somehow flatten it out from rolls so maybe the side that the heat is on becomes glossy?
I will make a crude balance scale to get a better idea of weight. But I'll be putting a new 06' aa guts on it soon so we will soon see if it flies under power. I like that I can mount the props well protected within the structure so they probably won't be damaged in tests. But I don't like the overall drag profile of 3.5mm for every piece of it, that's alot of resistance when you add it all up. If it flies I might make one out of aluminum. drag profile would be way less.
I haven't given up on the extruded polystyrene foam yet though.