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Matchless · 03-10-2007, 08:47 PM

I thought a few people might actually find this somewhat interesting (if you don't, then go find another thread to read

.... After Biff put up his post asking people to put up pictures of their ETOC airplanes, I thought it might be halfway interesting for people to see what goes into getting ready. Granted, I'm not Jason Noll, but I think many of the competitors are going through the same stuff.......

First off, I'd been waiting to see the list of names (with my name on it

) and the aresti for the known sequence. Why? Well, I believe that you can design an airplane to excell at certain aspects, and some do things much better than others. In the prior months, I had designed 6 potential ETOC competitor airplanes. My hope was that after seeing the Aresti, it would be apparent to me which airplane would be best for me to fly the Known with..... and which I'd like to fly the freestyle with.

I've now pretty much locked down exactly what I'm going to fly, and I'm excited about it.

I had made a deal with a local CNC cutter to cut out my airplanes, unfortunately, he's run into software problems and my designs have too many lines of code to process correctly. So tonite, depron started flying. I printed my CAD drawn templates and used 3M removeable gluestick to stick the patterns to the depron. The stuff is great- comes off with a rub of alchohol and does not affect the paint I use.

My hope is to paint and frame a proto cut of this final airplane tomorrow and gear it up on Monday night after work. If it is in fact the right bird (I'll know really quick) then I'll go ahead and cut more. If not, then I know another design I like that will do the job well, and I have already made patterns of it....

The ETOC is about flying (not just building).... So today, it was nice outside. I had no indoor facility to fly in today, so with the air calm outside the house, I began working on elements for my freestyle routine. Thats always one of the most fun parts, because you get to be creative

I also spent some time on the sim practicing the known and doing the same with the little foamy stickplane a buddy made for me...

What have I already done before I started this post? Well, I know what gear I'll need, so I worked with my sponsors on getting my motors, batteries, servos, RCVR's, ESCs and carbon in. I also picked up 20 sheets of depron from the local hobby shop.

The other balancing act here is that like many of the other competitors, I need to spend time with the wife and my little girl

so off I go into the land of baby bottles and diapers....

I'll post some more in this thread tomorrow....

03-10-2007, 08:47 PM	#1
Matchless GiantStyle Yapoleno Hucker! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cordova, TN USA Posts: 1,172 Blog Entries: 38	Getting ready for the ETOC...... I thought a few people might actually find this somewhat interesting (if you don't, then go find another thread to read .... After Biff put up his post asking people to put up pictures of their ETOC airplanes, I thought it might be halfway interesting for people to see what goes into getting ready. Granted, I'm not Jason Noll, but I think many of the competitors are going through the same stuff....... First off, I'd been waiting to see the list of names (with my name on it ) and the aresti for the known sequence. Why? Well, I believe that you can design an airplane to excell at certain aspects, and some do things much better than others. In the prior months, I had designed 6 potential ETOC competitor airplanes. My hope was that after seeing the Aresti, it would be apparent to me which airplane would be best for me to fly the Known with..... and which I'd like to fly the freestyle with. I've now pretty much locked down exactly what I'm going to fly, and I'm excited about it. I had made a deal with a local CNC cutter to cut out my airplanes, unfortunately, he's run into software problems and my designs have too many lines of code to process correctly. So tonite, depron started flying. I printed my CAD drawn templates and used 3M removeable gluestick to stick the patterns to the depron. The stuff is great- comes off with a rub of alchohol and does not affect the paint I use. My hope is to paint and frame a proto cut of this final airplane tomorrow and gear it up on Monday night after work. If it is in fact the right bird (I'll know really quick) then I'll go ahead and cut more. If not, then I know another design I like that will do the job well, and I have already made patterns of it.... The ETOC is about flying (not just building).... So today, it was nice outside. I had no indoor facility to fly in today, so with the air calm outside the house, I began working on elements for my freestyle routine. Thats always one of the most fun parts, because you get to be creative I also spent some time on the sim practicing the known and doing the same with the little foamy stickplane a buddy made for me... What have I already done before I started this post? Well, I know what gear I'll need, so I worked with my sponsors on getting my motors, batteries, servos, RCVR's, ESCs and carbon in. I also picked up 20 sheets of depron from the local hobby shop. The other balancing act here is that like many of the other competitors, I need to spend time with the wife and my little girl so off I go into the land of baby bottles and diapers.... I'll post some more in this thread tomorrow.... Last edited by Matchless; 03-10-2007 at 09:35 PM.