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07-28-2006, 11:18 PM
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| One Nation under God.    |  Giant Extra 260 Glow powered FOAMY!
Hey guys. my friend Matt "Sandbag Special" and I went to Lowes a couple weeks ago and got some half inch bluecore foam. we are building some giant glow powered Extra 260's. mine is a smaller version of Matt's foamy. mine has a 60" Ws. Matt's is about twice the size of mine  . I started really cranking down on building it and it is coming along great! i used some really strong ply for the motor mount. as you will see in the build pics it explains it self. I used some square plywood sitcks for some nose re-inforcement aswell. the sides will hav the cheeks like most Electric shocky type foamys. that will re-inforce the back part of the fuse also with some Tri-stock balsa re-inforcing it too. The Leading edges of the wing will hav some rounded balsa leading edge you can buy at your LHS. and as you see in the pictures i put 2 square plywood sticks for spars. those will get covered up with Ultracote or Zagitape or sim.... i still gotta design the elevator and side/cheeks....i put the wings on and held it up and i say it is around 2 pounds. maybe less idk i need a scale.. Motor... I have a Magnum 45 but I don;t think that will be enough power to hover this giant foamy. I also have a OS 52four stroke but it has some prblems and needs to be fixed. other then that i will update on the plane and pics and servos motor etc... specs. WS: 60" Length:54" more specs to come!
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07-28-2006, 11:34 PM
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| US-Soccer "Don't Tread On Me"  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Jupiter, FL Age: 19
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|  Re: Giant Extra 260 Glow powered FOAMY!
Mine so far, it has 72" wing and 68" fuse, plan on using a Thunder Tiger Pro .61, hopefull AUW of under 5.5lbs. Matt Last edited by Sandbag Special; 07-28-2006 at 11:46 PM. |
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07-28-2006, 11:35 PM
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| US-Soccer "Don't Tread On Me" Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Jupiter, FL Age: 19
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| Re: Giant Extra 260 Glow powered FOAMY!
If it comes out over 5.5lbs I have sworn to myself that I will use my YS-110.
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07-29-2006, 07:03 PM
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| One Nation under God. |  Re: Giant Extra 260 Glow powered FOAMY!
DAGNABIT!  while i was out today and my Extra was sitting on the table one of my cats must of jumped on it and snapped one of the wings
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07-29-2006, 08:00 PM
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| To those who doubt.....BURN!!!  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: OhIo Age: 31
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| Re: Giant Extra 260 Glow powered FOAMY!
Shoot the damned cat!!!!! HAHA!!!  That is what I would do. But only my opinion, there!
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08-08-2006, 03:44 PM
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| Kalteisen   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gretna, NE USA Age: 38
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| Re: Giant Extra 260 Glow powered FOAMY!
I used to do a lot of these. Tons of cheap fun. Here's a few of mine from a few years ago.    Q
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