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!

more pics....

Looks nice Dan, when u get some time we can work on mine = )

Jupiter, FL Bros representing W00T

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

If it comes out over 5.5lbs I have sworn to myself that I will use my YS-110.

dan thats flippin awesome!

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

= (

Shoot the damned cat!!!!! HAHA!!! That is what I would do. But only my opinion, there!

I used to do a lot of these. Tons of cheap fun. Here's a few of mine from a few years ago.







Q

Sandbag is that an EZ Long in the back there? Looks sweet, yours?

Originally Posted by plaster93

Sandbag is that an EZ Long in the back there? Looks sweet, yours?

You must mean a Long EZ

Actually it's a Vari-Ez, Rutan's original design. My father built it 23 years ago and it still runs like a clock. The white plane in the pic is a Velocity, 4 seat canard with retracts he built as well around 6 years ago. And to answer ure question, once the check ride is complete in a week or so, it is mine = ).

Matt

nice, I love the canards. The velocities are one of the Best. I only need 3 more hours to solo, I bet you know what my first plane is going to be.

Jamie