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Just finished this trainer. It is a mix of a spad debonaire an aluminum tail boom and a stik design. Flys great. Tommy

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Be carful with those spads, There so cheap and rugged there addicting, I have 2 already (a Deralict and a Spazzler) and I just put the maiden flight on the Spazzler and I already have plans on building a S.P,A,Demon. They fly good and cost about $12 each.... I can't stop building them.... Yours looks good and spads make great trainers too.

Dauntae

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I have just found SPAD's and I find them really interesting because of their extremely low cost. Since I am a student making almost no money, I think this might be something that I could get into. If anyone has a webpage where I can find plans for a plane or if someone has any suggestions on the building process, I would really appreciate it.

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www.spadtothebone.com

click on spad originals, there's lots of plans for planes there, as well as links to the most helpful forums you'll ever find.

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Very Sweeeeeeeeeeet airplane Tommy! Great job and thanks for showing it off!!! Is the tail boom made from "U" channel? I've been looking for some but so far I've found either "L" channel or it's too big. I'd be interested in where you found it!

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I have an Armidillo, somewhat similar to your plane only not as purty! Has anyone had any experience with the Spad plane called the Sickle? I found one as an ARF but only available in Scotland. Thanks

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The Sickle was designed by Tim "Grim Reaper" Tong and plans for it can be found at his underground lab.

http://users.oldwiz.net/%7Ettong/

I've build and flown one, and it is one HOT airplane...definately not a beginners plane, and bring clean shorts to the field with you:D

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I used 1" aluminum u channel I found at our local hardware store. The nice thing about it is that the servos fit right in the channel and by connecting the boom with small butterfly nuts I can remove the whole tail, servos and all in about 30 seconds. The servos line up in a row making evrything very easy. I can't take credit for this as the duraplane gave me the idea. Tommy

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Thanks Tommy! I'll be checking ACE and True Value this weekend!

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Right on! Thanks Tommy, I found the aluminum channel at ACE hardware less than half a mile from my house:) Now I have a bunch of new ideas because there are all kinds of shapes and sized of the stuff!

BTW, I would like to commend you for the great combination of ideas you put into your trainer!

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Thanks for the compliments. I got all the ideas from your site. I am starting to build the das spad stick from your plans and hope to learn enough from the trainer to move on as soon as possible. It cracks me up to see certain individuals who claim to be promoters of the sport insulting spads (some of the other posts). This to me is the ultimate way to get into the hobby. I have no fear of crashing, save the engine, and would hate to worry about a balsa plane. I have experienced some negativity from a couple of the old timers at the local club, "that thing is to heavy, it'll never fly" "planes should be made out of wood" etc... Then they get real quiet when they see how good the plane flys. Anyway, I am a teacher and am going to build a wing in class with some of my students and encourage the parents to help their kids get into the sport. Thanks again for sharing your plans and ideas. Tommy

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Many many thanks!!! Now that's what it's all about!!!

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That's awesome tommy, a great idea!

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Tommy,
If more teachers (and even parents) bothered to teach kids interesting stuff such as rc flying etc there would probably be less kids in juvenile detention centres and in trouble with the law.
Spad planes are an ideal school project and even those kids who cannot afford to supply a motor and an rc unit could make spad gliders.
Well done,

Troy.