Foam board scratch build.

[SkyWalker]

Here's my first foamie, ready for a maiden flight. I hope it goes well.

[retiredVTT]

Looks great Ed.....bet it will float like a butterfly. When's the maiden flight?


Bill

[CF Av8or]

Good job, Ed.

Looks like it's made from Adams foamboard. For which, Richard thankfully found a
source here in Nova Scotia again!! It's at the Bargain Basket on Main Street in Cole Harbour.

Is this where you found yours?

Vic

[SkyWalker]

Thanks Bill...I was hoping to maiden it at the next indoor fly, but I have to work that saturday so I'm not sure if I can actually get there in time to fly.

Vic...This is one of the Flite Test lazer cut kits available through Great Hobbies, but now that you have told me where to get my own foam board, I'll be picking some up very soon.

[retiredVTT]

Yes...that's 850 Main St, Dartmouth.

Bill

[CF Av8or]

Okay, Ed, I guess you threw me off when you called it a scratch-build. I didn't realize it was a kit.

Just a thought, after looking at your photo - I can't see any guides for the push-rods. Perhaps they just don't show up in the image.

If they are indeed absent, you might want to add some before your maiden flight, because otherwise there will be huge amounts of flex in the control rods, which will result in much less control surface authority. Never a good thing.

Cheers,
Vic

[SkyWalker]

It was going to be a scratch build, but the pre cut wasn't very expensive, so for my first build I took the short cut. There are a few other foam board plans that I have in mind, I wont use the pre cut kits for them.

There are push rod guides, they are just slightly ahead of the vertical stabilizer, roughly center of the push rods, but like you said, they dont show up in this picture.

[retiredVTT]

Ah...there they are...!

[CF Av8or]

Ah, good stuff!

Vic