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Old 10-24-2006 | 08:34 AM
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AJ1202
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Default RE: depron and bluecor???

Hi sputnik, so your thinking of building your own, COOL, I have built quite a few and it is a blast to build a plane and then see it fly
your link didn't show the foam but it is Fan Fold and yes it is good foam for building and cheaper than depron, a couple tricks you need to know when building your own planes with FFF. get plenty of clear packing tape, get #2 and #11 xacto knifes and 2 part 5 min epoxy
a good contact cement for foam is good too or gorila glue. If you go to the Foamy forum there are a couple threads there that will offer you some good first planes to build, I started one called fun with flat foam and we have a few guys that visit the site on a regular basis that can help you, I am curently building a T-38 Talon and now have designed my own amphibian that I am going to be building next.
Also very important, you need to consider whether you want to build profile or full body planes, I personaly found I don't like profile builds, I like that true scale look and the challenge is far greater than profile builds. Come visit us a fun with flat foam if you want to build your own and want some help or advise, hey just go look through some of the builds the guys have posted pic of