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Search: Posts Made By: cougdave
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Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-11-2013, 03:20 PM
Replies: 146
Views: 11,963
Posted By cougdave

RE: Q-T Thread

I was going to build a "Real Thing", but I also have plans for the Q-Tee. The Q-Tee would be a little bit better on the "Almost 400" brushless motor I have laying around. It looks like a nice,...
Forum: Seaplanes
06-05-2010, 03:30 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,717
Posted By cougdave

RE: Unique single engine flying boat

A little late with this, but I always have thought about doing a Shavrov Sh2 flying boat. It is a smaller Soviet amphibian from between the wars. It was also used in Finland, and there were...
Forum: Kit Building
05-30-2010, 07:40 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,122
Posted By cougdave

RE: Does Sig still want to make kits ?

I have had a lot of trouble getting decent balsa too. It almost made me think about switching to foam... but I can't bear to go over to the Dark side!
(Actually I really like what some of you...
Forum: Electric General Discussion
05-19-2010, 08:18 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 682
Posted By cougdave

RE: Covering materials

Monokote can be applied with very little warpage if you are very careful with the heat. It is not a task for the faint of heart, though. There is a very fine line between sticking it down and...
Forum: Kit Building
05-19-2010, 06:17 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 18,674
Posted By cougdave

RE: Sig 1/5 Piper J-3 Cub, a building adventure into the unknown!

I will be following this build closely. I have wanted to tackle one of these Sig Cubs for a while. Mine will have to be electric, but I will probably get a pretty good idea of what I am in for by...
Forum: RC Humor
05-09-2010, 04:01 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,161
Posted By cougdave

RE: What did you do for earth day?

Stikus slowicus
Forum: Questions and Answers
05-09-2010, 03:59 PM
Replies: 305
Views: 30,632
Posted By cougdave

RE: Has MonoKote formulation been changed?

I use the new Monokote for "Hershey bar" types of wings, and trainer fuselages. I also use it for flat sheeted and simple curves on balsa surfaces. I go to other coverings when I have a very curvy...
Forum: RC Humor
04-24-2010, 07:39 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,161
Posted By cougdave

RE: What did you do for earth day?

For Earth Day, I planted a Stik.
Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers
04-23-2010, 06:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,082
Posted By cougdave

RE: New to electric. What size backyard flier?

My favorite backyard plane was a "Ladybug" (Scratchbuilt from old Andy Clancy plans) It is an 18" version of the Lazy Bee, but mine is about 22" with an extra rib in each wing. Mine are balsa, but...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
04-01-2010, 11:47 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,211
Posted By cougdave

RE: Does anyone still just hack it & see?

I have drawn them up on paper, but after fifteen years of CAD, I am just so much faster with it than paper. I am planning to do a model plan on paper again, just for kicks. Something about the hand...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
04-01-2010, 11:37 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,642
Posted By cougdave

RE: RCM B.E.2e and 1935 Taylor Cub plans

I looked at that kit, and it looks great. I might think about that when I get ready to try a fighter. I didn't get to fly much this winter, as I was on crutches. (Snow flying and hopping around...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
04-01-2010, 11:29 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 477
Posted By cougdave

RE: need help finding parts...

Tower Hobbies and Hobby Lobby International still sell most of the bits and pieces. You can buy various pushrod sets with clevises and hardware in the same package, but you will probably have to buy...
Forum: Kit Building
04-01-2010, 11:19 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,705
Posted By cougdave

RE: Life without CA

(Where n=number of posts in this thread) I'll be n+1 :eek:

I got the smart idea to protect the model by folding a strip of saran wrap over the edge before I put the clothespins on. (I know...
Forum: Kit Building
04-01-2010, 11:12 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,241
Posted By cougdave

RE: PLANS TRACING

I use my computer to make patterns for every part in the kit before I build it. I have learned the adjustments that my system needs to make a perfect copy at 100% in the X axis, and the Y. I will...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
03-30-2010, 01:52 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,642
Posted By cougdave

RE: RCM B.E.2e and 1935 Taylor Cub plans

Thanks for the advice. I will put the B.E.2e plans away for a later date. If I do build them, I will lighten them a lot. I might start looking for a nice S.E.5, as that is one of my favorites. I...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
03-29-2010, 03:56 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,642
Posted By cougdave

RCM B.E.2e and 1935 Taylor Cub plans

I have these two plan sets, along with a lot of others. I am really interested in knowing about the B.E.2e. It is plan 467, designed by Roy Scott, and published 8/71. 80" wingspan for a .40 to .60...
Forum: Questions and Answers
03-29-2010, 01:03 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,050
Posted By cougdave

RE: Dumbest question yet........

My old club thought I should yell, "FORE!" any time I started my engine. not sure what it means, but I do it to humor them. ;)

Fly Safely,
Dave
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
03-29-2010, 12:56 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,387
Posted By cougdave

RE: What is scratch building?

If you don't have time for scratch building, come out to the local field. We have a nice poison ivy patch off the end of the runway. If you overshoot, you get to do some scratch flying for the rest...
Forum: Kit Building
03-28-2010, 11:19 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,659
Posted By cougdave

RE: Future Kit Supplies

Building supplies will probably still exist, but they will be different, just as our current supplies are different than they were 10, 20, 30, and 50 years ago. What will probably change more than...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
03-26-2010, 09:23 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,387
Posted By cougdave

RE: What is scratch building?

Or the cat used the fuselage as a sharpening post while you finished the wing :D
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
03-26-2010, 09:43 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,746
Posted By cougdave

RE: inexpensive cad programs

I wrote my post without seeing HighFlight's until I posted. I don't want it to look as if I am challenging his viewpoint.

I agree that 2-d is pretty good for designing plans. I have been doing...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
03-26-2010, 09:20 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,746
Posted By cougdave

RE: inexpensive cad programs

I was just looking at "Viacad" It seems to have some 3-D modeling features, like extrude, lathe and loft. I used to use Solidworks at work, but I don't have access to it now. I know via won't work...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
03-25-2010, 07:25 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,387
Posted By cougdave

RE: What is scratch building?

Scratch building is spending 30 hours rubbing out a laquer finish and then dragging a battery clip from your power panel over the wing while putting in its case just before its maiden flight. ;)
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Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
03-24-2010, 05:52 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,178
Posted By cougdave

RE: Need some help with cutting formers

I have the settings in "paint" worked out so that I can scan a part from a plan, adjust the size in the computer, and print it out on my printer. I know how much I have to tweak it in both the X and...
Forum: Kit Building
03-21-2010, 10:38 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 6,655
Posted By cougdave

RE: Best/worst kit build

Worst kits? All of the Sterling kits from back in the day. A mentor who taught modelbuilding suggeated that I might be better off buying a set of plans and building from sheet wood. It was...
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