Hi all
One of my customers saw this thread on the forum and asked if I would give some info on it ) I'm not usually a forum warrior, so apologies if this ends up a tad long
I advertise laser cut ribsets on fleabay with a store called 'iGull Laser" - my ID is 'cgulltech' - to see all the available items, just look for the storefront and you'll see all that are currently available. My website currently has nothing to do with cutting ribs, it's pretty old and is (was) just a hobby thing. It needs refurbished )
I only sell ribs and the occasional tip/braces/fin parts - I also do some FT (flitetest) parts as a help to some of the guys that do depron/foamboard modelling but don't wish to order from the US. This is only a sideline in retirement to feed my modelling habit, it's not Hobbyking and neither am I based in China (at least last time I looked, Edinburgh was in Scotland ) I also don't charge Chinese prices - but I do give 'free' UK postage )
@kc, the WOT 4 ribs are for the supplementary built-up wings for the WOT 4 Mk 1 from the plan produced by 'Yesterday's Aeromodelling Plans Service'. I checked the profile against a foam template we used in the 80' for the WOT 4 and it is very slightly different on the underside (it does say on the plan that they won't fit, but that was probably to ensure that any plan copyright wasn't breached) - it has about 1.5mm less 'camber'. I can't imagine it making much difference to the flying ability. You can get the plans on eBay I think - look for 'Yesterday's Aeromodelling Plans Service'. Regarding the cost of my ribs as not being 'cheap', I don't think you are aware of the cost and outlay involved in doing something that looks as simple as cutting a few ribs, try forking out 17k for a high quality RF laser, then something short of 1k for balsa and ply, then special boxes, shipping and finally the amount of personal time to completely redraw (accurately) all the ribs from crappy plans that have drawn parts that don't even match the plan they were made for ) Finally (and most importantly ) I need to make a small profit to feed my modelling habit. /rant )
@jeff2wings, really like the soarcerer, I haven't completed mine yet sadly - be nice to use your pics in the rib ad ??? Also liked the fact that you didn't spoil it with ailerons !
@Phil Green - thanks for the glowing report, I'll send you the money next week ) And you're right, I'm a real bloke (except at weekends, but we'll not go into that here LOL )))))
The range of ribs is constantly expanding - I do charge to redraw oddball ribs that no-one else would want, but if there are any 'common' ribs that anyone would like, I'll put them on my bottomless list Just mail me -
[email protected] - I'll mail you when/if they become available.
BTW, the laser I designed/built was sold a couple of years ago - I bought a smaller commercial RF laser instead with some of the proceeds - it's red not yellow )
Neil