Nice looking plane. Spec, Plans ?
Thanks!!!
Plans are at the link in my first post.
TT pro .46
span 60"
chord 14"
weight 5 pounds 13 ounces
length 43"
wing and tail constructed from 4 mm coroplast
fuselage from 3/4" aluminum channel (LOWES)
engine mount made from Wal-Mart kitchen cutting board
landing gear made from 1" x 1/8" aluminum stock (LOWES)
Spar is made from two yardsticks
10 ounce fuel tank
Hitech focus 4 radio
If you've smacked up yor trainer, you'll have landing gear and pushrods and stuff like that, so this plane can be build pretty cheap.
I got the aluminum at LOWES for $9.95
The coroplast is discarded sign board from a local gas station
The cutting board for the engine mount was $4.99 and that's enough to make about 10 engine mounts
The nuts and bolts I got from ACE hardware for a few cents each
The throttle pushrod is coat hanger, and the tail wheel wire I got from ACE for less than a buck. The self tapping screws I got from taking old VCR's and appliances apart instead of just throwing them away. The control horns are made from scrap PVC gutterpipe. The wheels came from other planes in the past and have been on more airplanes than I can count. The axles are also double nutted bolts I got from ACE for pennies. The yardsticks were free from a local lumber store, but LOWES also has them for $.49 cents a piece. The only place glue was used (medium CA) is on the wing build and tacking the control horns in place for screwing. The trim is vinyl sign lettering I got from the local sign shop, ask for scraps...they just throw them out anyways...and it's the same stuff used by the hobby companies to make trim sheets.
The exhaust extension is automotive fuel line and a zip-tie. The servos are held in place with double sided foam tape and zip-ties, the Rx is strapped in place with a zip-tie, the battery is rubberbanded in place, and the "ON" switch is simply the battery plugging into an extension lead. It took me about 3 hours to build the plane, and about an hour to put the stickers on it.