ORIGINAL: lupy
have always liked the look of this little flier, What do I need in the way of depron thicknes's to build one of these?
Have you given any thought as to having pre cut kits avalable? from say, powers or some other foam shop?
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http://www.********.com/airplanekits.htm ) I know a laser is much better at foam cutting than I am, and having all the parts pre cut, properly, would really save some time and generate a lot more sales.
With the thicknesses on the plans, about 2/3 of it is 2mm, and the rest 3mm. You could go all one thickness (either way) if you wanted without too much fuss. I haven't gone all one thickness myself, but I can't imagine any great fuss in doing it... at worst, if you go for all 3mm, just take a mm or two off the height of the wing spars to account for the extra thickness... most 3mm depron is actually 2.6mm or something anyway.
I have given 'kitting' a bunch of thought, but haven't followed through with it. I had approached StevensAero with the notion of a balsa kit, but I'd need to redo some of the parts for the laser cutting, create cut files, etc etc... and it's just a time thing. I could probably do the depron beast, but haven't gotten around to it. Cutting through the template sheet and depron doesn't take too long... all the lines are straight with the only exception of the fuselage.
...maybe I'll get around to organising a kit, but due to work and everything else, I don't think it's a short term proposition.