homebuilt foamie, no talent required
Posted 06-02-2008 at 07:38 PM by metalmike
i see so many people who build these amazing 1/4 scale and larger planes from scratch, and here i am trying to tweek some homebuilt 3d foamies. lame. but they're fun as hell. my first one, extra 300, was fun and flew well, but it was too nose heavy and hit the ground wrong upon landing and removed the motor mount. i'm going to build a new one. stronger....faster....less nose heavy. it's fun to fly something that you built from nothing, even if it's as simple as a little foamie. but i still give preference to my PA addiction. best plane ever. let me throw in some props for rcfoam.com. i ordered my foam and carbon strips on a friday afternoon around 3pm and then at 9:30am saturday it was on my porch. and they threw in a sheet 6mm depron for free to go with my 3mm sheets. i think in the next few weeks i am going to download the directions for dave powers' 6mm depron f-117 and start building it. it looks like a fun plane.
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 |  Sounds cool Mike! The foamies is where it's at for me. Ain't nothin like gluing some foam together, add in a motor, battery pack and electronics and you're ready to rock! Definitely the most fun I've had in this hobby.  How about some pics of what you're working on? Chris |
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| |  Foam is fun for sure! |
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| |  who knew it would actually fly? and let me tell you that it is an absolute rip-off to buy foamies anywhere when it is so easy to do it yourself. it only takes a couple of hours to cut and glue everything and the materials cost me about 5 bucks. i din't even care if i break it. easy to repair, easy to replace. |
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| | You got that right, I'm having a real hard time justifying the money for a foamy right now, even though I have all the gear - just need the foam. But I guess its the same as paying $2 for four screws at a hobby shop when you can buy 100 of them online for about $4! |
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| | i have nothing against the local hobby shop. i love them, and they seem to be hiring all of their girlfriends to work there so there's usually a hot girl at the counter. but when i pay about $1.50 for a carbon strip online and $8 for the same thing at the shop it doesn't even compare. i know shipping brings the price up, but when you order two pieces you've already saved money. after going to the nall you really get to see what having a lot of money in this hobby can do for you. and i would love to be able to get a 40% plane and tear up the skies. but i can't and i'm happy with what i have. besides, who wants to put $4 a gallon gas in some big ass truck just so i can haul that plane to field anyways? everything i have fits in the civic just fine. |
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