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Post by droneflyer200 on Feb 20, 2023 21:16:57 GMT
I cleaned up and organized my building Table and got to tiling the plans for the Polaris together the Plans call for 6mm Depron or Bluecore foam I'm going to the local Home Depot and see what I can get in the form of underlay foam. This will be my first project thats not made of Dollar Tree foam board.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Feb 20, 2023 23:14:35 GMT
I cleaned up and organized my building Table and got to tiling the plans for the Polaris together the Plans call for 6mm Depron or Bluecore foam I'm going to the local Home Depot and see what I can get in the form of underlay foam. This will be my first project thats not made of Dollar Tree foam board. View AttachmentI would still make it out of DTFB. My F-35 called for depron but I used DTFB and it flies fine. If it is something you want to do, go for it, but if you would prefer DTFB, it will work just fine.
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Post by droneflyer200 on Feb 20, 2023 23:21:27 GMT
Ok I think I will go with DTFB as I have lots of it already In inventory. I think I will just laminate two sheets together and remove the paper and sand the airfoil shape into the wing.
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Post by ratcheeroo on Feb 22, 2023 13:20:31 GMT
Interested to see this one, I have had those plans for a while now plus a couple of others. I will be following this one
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Post by ratcheeroo on Feb 22, 2023 15:09:46 GMT
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Post by Burkeomatic on Feb 22, 2023 20:22:14 GMT
Hey! Let him build it, because it will be forever before I get to it and I want to watch.
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Post by droneflyer200 on Mar 5, 2023 23:01:21 GMT
Well I'm recovering from the minor Surgery on my foot and I got the wing for the Polaris cut out and pasted up the templates for the rest of the parts I decided to go with foamboard as there is only 1 mm difference in the thickness. I have to get to the local model shop for some carbon rods and stuff for the spars.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Mar 6, 2023 1:08:55 GMT
Well I'm recovering from the minor Surgery on my foot and I got the wing for the Polaris cut out and pasted up the templates for the rest of the parts I decided to go with foamboard as there is only 1 mm difference in the thickness. I have to get to the local model shop for some carbon rods and stuff for the spars. View AttachmentDo you all have walmarts up there? If you do, ours sell 6mm bamboo skewers that are about 1000mm long, they're a little springy, but work decent for spars. They also have fiberglass road markers, which are solid and kind of heavy, but I use those in my jets, and finally, you can't go wrong with a paint stick. Just trying to save you money on carbon lol.
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Post by droneflyer200 on Mar 6, 2023 2:00:11 GMT
Oh you bet we have Walmart I live next door to one lol but I get bamboo from dollar tree and Dollarama I thought about going with them but carbon is way stiffer and lighter but I may just save my money. Hmmm.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Mar 6, 2023 23:16:26 GMT
Oh you bet we have Walmart I live next door to one lol but I get bamboo from dollar tree and Dollarama I thought about going with them but carbon is way stiffer and lighter but I may just save my money. Hmmm. I understand, the bamboo isn't as stiff. IF you get on aliexpress, you can get a pretty sizeable amount of carbon fiber for a relative low price.
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Post by ratcheeroo on Mar 8, 2023 17:50:04 GMT
I get those big skewers(36 or 39 inches long) at the Dollarama, but they seem to be a seasonal item. If you can't find them , just ask if they have any out back
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Post by droneflyer200 on Mar 11, 2023 20:40:11 GMT
I managed to find some Carbon fiber tubing at the local Hobby shop and I have gotten the spars glued in place have also cut out all the poster board templates so its on to cutting out all the foam board parts and start gluing this plane together.
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Post by droneflyer200 on Mar 12, 2023 23:14:36 GMT
Well I got some more done tonight! I have all the parts cut out of foamboard and I have started gluing things together this thing looks very park jet like. I mean it looks fast just sitting on the building table. I have a feeling with a flat airfoil that its going to need high alpha to stay up. The wing is virtually a flat sheet. I cant wait to try this thing.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Mar 14, 2023 4:17:21 GMT
Well I got some more done tonight! I have all the parts cut out of foamboard and I have started gluing things together this thing looks very park jet like. I mean it looks fast just sitting on the building table. I have a feeling with a flat airfoil that its going to need high alpha to stay up. The wing is virtually a flat sheet. I cant wait to try this thing. View AttachmentYou might be surprised! I wish you luck, looking good so far.
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Post by droneflyer200 on Mar 18, 2023 19:31:44 GMT
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