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Old 05-20-2010 | 03:13 PM
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Default RE: Build Thread-Scratch built for 8s


ORIGINAL: Gaiotto

Hello Dreadnut,

Congrats for your building and your maiden on this plane . Do you have any videos of the maiden? Is this plans will be available for buying or downloading, I really like the design and I think I could build one.

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Gaiotto
Gaiotto

I will offer it a a short kit that will include laser cut wood sheets, machine cut wood for ruder, aileron and elevator hinges, spars and stringers. I may or may not offer sheet wood for the wing, stab and rudder sheeting. It will also include fiberglass cowl, canopy turtle deck, and wing/stab tips. CF wing and stab tubes with FG sleeves. and CF landing gear. As short kits go, it is not that short.

You need to be a little patient. Test flights are revealing small changes that need to be made. The plans and laser cut files will need to be finalized. I also need to make a few more of the FG parts to be confident I can produce them at a good level of quality. For example, I got a canopy I could use on the third try. I am very happy with the finish and weight. (The first was 90g. The third was a FG/foam/FG vacuum sandwich that came out much stiffer at about 60 g). The quality is still not at the level I would be happy to sell. Each one is a learning experience for me.