For those of you that haven't seen or heard of foamboard planes, these are planes made out of Adam's Readi-board, which can be found here:
Certain people have really contributed to this method of building aircraft, such as Flite Test and Experimental Airlines to name just 2. Unlike balsa wood aircraft, all that is needed is an exacto knife, hot glue, and an assortment of tools that can be found at home. To my surprise, foam board wings hold up very nicely under strain, not folding in "high-g" maneuvers. It's amazing what you can do with a few bevel cuts and folds.
This method of building, either off of plans that can be found for free, or just scratchbuilding, is appealing to me since it takes less time than balsa, but you still live through the problem-solving building process and you can still be proud of your work once whatever you made starts flying. To date, I've only built 3 aircraft using this method, all of which were built with free plans, namely: FT 3D, FT Spitfire, FT Bloody Baron, all or which were designed by Flite Test:
Building with foamboard is cheap, relatively easy, and, above all, enjoyable.
Here's a pic of my FT 3D, which took roughly 10 hours to build, since I was taking my time. On this aircraft, the power train is modular, so I can move it from plane to plane. I take no credit, as Flite Test designed the aircraft, all I did was trace, cut, and build.
Hope this spikes some interest.
Martin
Certain people have really contributed to this method of building aircraft, such as Flite Test and Experimental Airlines to name just 2. Unlike balsa wood aircraft, all that is needed is an exacto knife, hot glue, and an assortment of tools that can be found at home. To my surprise, foam board wings hold up very nicely under strain, not folding in "high-g" maneuvers. It's amazing what you can do with a few bevel cuts and folds.
This method of building, either off of plans that can be found for free, or just scratchbuilding, is appealing to me since it takes less time than balsa, but you still live through the problem-solving building process and you can still be proud of your work once whatever you made starts flying. To date, I've only built 3 aircraft using this method, all of which were built with free plans, namely: FT 3D, FT Spitfire, FT Bloody Baron, all or which were designed by Flite Test:
Building with foamboard is cheap, relatively easy, and, above all, enjoyable.
Here's a pic of my FT 3D, which took roughly 10 hours to build, since I was taking my time. On this aircraft, the power train is modular, so I can move it from plane to plane. I take no credit, as Flite Test designed the aircraft, all I did was trace, cut, and build.
Hope this spikes some interest.
Martin
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