Peter Miller Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 58 minutes ago, Eric Robson said: That's not bad Peter, modellers are paying about £500 for a chunk of moulded foam.? Oh How true!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 hours ago, Geoff S said: A bit off-topic but what CAD s/w do you use, Ron? I have a 3D printer winging (or floating) its way from Bangood as I write and, to be honest, I'm half-dreading being unable to make good use of it as I have very limited CAD experience. I use Fusion 360 which I find suits me fine (and it is free!). There are lots out there but Fusion 360 has got a good YouTube presence so finding how to do things is quite good. I'm no great CAD expert, sure I used to draw building extensions years ago using CAD but the whole 3D thing was new to me but I have got used to using it. The slicing software I use is PrusaSlicer which, again, is perfectly suited to my needs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I took PS2 out for a second day of flying today, boy was it windy again, but this time gusting and a lot colder. I moved the battery back by about 20mm didn't seem to make that much difference (difficult to tell in the wind) but, once again, It handled the conditions really well and I also got to try the snap roll which I need to perfect but it does them like Peter said. After 8 - 9 minutes of fairly energetic flying, I had 60% battery left (4S 3700 40C) which bodes well for calmer days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan M Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Hi Peter I've got a Saito 45 Special looking for an eventual airframe, and am very taken by your girl here... Does anyone have a copy (scan) of the article for this 58" version they could send me? And where could I get a plan? I've got the plan/article off Outerzone for the original 48" version, which I could instead build (for an unused OS30FS or a well run-in ASP30FS in my modest collection), but would probably be better off with something I can actually see in the air! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 Jonathon PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan M Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 02/12/2021 at 12:08, Jonathan M said: Does anyone have a copy (scan) of the article for this 58" version they could send me? And where could I get a plan? Are you sorted? I know where you can get a plan and cut parts if you want them. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan M Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Hi Steve - just seen this. I've got a PDF of the plan and article from PM. Would be helpful though to know where I can get a printed copy and cut parts as well. Cheers Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Hi Jon, Details sent to you. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 Any decent office supply company can print the plan off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 If you have a normal A4 printer you can print it yourself. Using a PDF viewer like (say) Adobe Acrobat or Foxit PDF you can opt to print all or any part of the drawing at 100% on several sheets if necessary with markers to aid joining with Sellotape. It's surprisingly accurate. I find it very useful to print parts of the drawing using the 'snapshot' feature to stick on the wood to aid cutting out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 I have a program called "Tile Print" on one of my very old computers which came with a CD of plans. THis is great because one can also enlarge or reduce a plan by simply specifying a dimension on the plan and then printing it out on A4 I must see if one can download this program on my other computers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 JUst had a look Here is a free tile print program. I found it with google and it even specifies for enlarging model aircraft plans https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Tile-Print.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 I have the SLEC plan and cut parts as detailed here This, as you can see, has been followed by the cut parts being shaped to the wrong line. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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