Flyboy3 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Hi all, many years ago there was a clever designer on th forum designing a beginners model from what I can remember Depron and pipe lagging material. He also designed a slow flying model from blue foam. Has any one any re collections of this gentleman. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Harris Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 31 minutes ago, Flyboy3 said: Hi all, many years ago there was a clever designer on th forum designing a beginners model from what I can remember Depron and pipe lagging material. He also designed a slow flying model from blue foam. Has any one any re collections of this gentleman. Thanks That would be the very clever Tom Wright, unfortunately he passed away about 7 years ago. All his threads are still on here, just try searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) Fly boy3 was very active on this topic. Edited December 7, 2023 by EarlyBird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 This is very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy3 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 Wow, thanks EB, you have hit it on the head for me. I built the twin boom many years ago. It was a great flier. Due to the fact I have bought a new budget radio (Flysky i6) I was thinking of building another twin boom to get conversant with this cheapy radio. I still have all the electronics for the build. Thank you. radio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 I enjoyed reading both topics from 2011! Thanks FB3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Whisky Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 It was some time ago, but I built a model with a pipe-lagging fuselage for my grandson. The thread topic was about home-built models under 250g The photo from the post is here ... https://forums.modelflying.co.uk/sites/3/images/member_albums/42451/841817.jpg (I called it lobster because of its colours and because it had to be lobbed into the air!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy3 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 Nice looking model RW, is it a one piece depron wing covered or painted ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Whisky Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 The wing is a one-piece Depron, but it was one I had bought years earlier which was sold as a spare/replacement for some other model. I had never used it so it was lucky I just happened to still have it, and it was ideal for this. As you see it is R/E only, and the pipe-lagging is reinforced internally with a long piece of square-section balsa. It flew really well. The original thread is here, and several others posted some excellent lightweight home-builds you might like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Nice rw, may I ask what prop, motor, ESC and battery combo have you used please and what is the all up weight ready to launch please ? Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy3 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 Thinking is building another twin boom,but failed so far on searching internet for suitable sized blue foam board. Any ideas lads ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Whisky Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Quote Nice rw, may I ask what prop, motor, ESC and battery combo have you used please and what is the all up weight ready to launch please ? Hi Rich, Well it was some time ago and it was given to my grandson who still has it. However, from memory it had a small Emax 1200kv motor powered by a 2S 500 battery, driving a GWS slo-fly 8x4 prop. ESC was 5A I think. AUW was definitely under 250g. I bought him a cheapy (but surprisingly good) FlySky TX/RX so no doubt it had a very small 4ch RX. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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