Tosh McCaber Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Just wondered if anyone's used Correx, in lieu of Depron/ EPS. Pros and cons for small model use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Carpenter Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Chap I know builds 3s powered Correx planes from a plan , I believe. All strapped down with bands. They fly quite well and crash well, too . Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Hi Tosh Yes, I've used Correx for modelling, have made or flown a couple of models made entirely from Correx, notably the Mugi, which I electrified way back in the day and a less successful design called the Yorkie. Morgan Wood, the designer of the Mugi had a range of his own designs, including a Hurricane and some other sports models that he took around the fly-ins in the early noughties. I still have my e-Mugi, but the Yorkie has long gone. Also very useful for winglets, some tail surfaces - you can reinforce Correx with a carbon rod inserted into the flutes, make a super simple hinge line by just slitting one side of the flute and leaving the upper surface intact. Lots of other modelling uses - I've made battery cooling tubes, use Correx as a sacrificial surface for building boards, line the walls of my model storage racks and made a lightweight canopy over the top to keep the dust off. Marvellous stuff. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 As for pros and cons for small model use - Correx is virtually indestructible, though a little heavier than depron. If you are intending using the design techniques of folding and tape wrapping it needs a different methodology than depron, but that is compensated for by it's bounceability. I'll have to bring the e-Mugi out of retirement - the transparent Correx of the original means it could be illuminated with high intensity LEDs and Morgan used to slope soar his at night -resulting in some interest from the local newspaper. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Houghton 1 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 A few of us slope soarers have made PSS models made from correx, built from free plans designed by a bunch of guys in South Africa. Here is some video taken in 2015 of a Impala and Mig 3 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh McCaber Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 Thx Leccy- I'll be in touch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 There ere comercial kit available made of Correx back in the eighties. They flew pretty well considering their weight but great in windy weather . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 US Aircore, with their power system modules, which could be swapped from model to model - were around in the nineties too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) Here are the Mugi plans from the Wayback Machine. Morgan is too busy flying full sized airliners to be running his Mugi empire these days, last time I heard. https://web.archive.org/web/20140318044923/http://www.mugi.co.uk/evo_plans.php Edited June 28, 2021 by leccyflyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Correx does have advantages, but compared to Depron, balsa and EPP, is just too heavy for the likes of park/indoor 100 - 200 grm size. as stated above, we tried this stuff way back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightflyer Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I have used Correx for ic and electric models as well as a slope soarer. It is heavier than Depron so it is out for small or lightly loaded aircraft. Great for flying wings and is strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 What is correx please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Correx, expanded plastic sheet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Whisky Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I've made several small models from Proplex, which is essentially similar to Correx but thinner. Available from Wickes in large sheets for about £2.50. In fact I flew this little Delta this morning. It's covered in self-adhesive shool-book film. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 2mm Correx is pretty lightweight, though not as light as depron it is still suitable for some small model use. Thinking on, the tail surfaces of my PMP BAe Hawk slope soarer are 3mm Correx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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