Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on June 25, 2012 at 1:18pm

Nice, I want to see it finished! I like balsa wood work! 

Moderator Comment by Ruwan on June 25, 2012 at 3:34pm

nice! how do you cut the wood?

Comment by Christiaan van Vollenstee on June 25, 2012 at 11:40pm

Very nice, good design just one thing I would have used protoplastic instead of wood because the first good crash (which will happen)  you are going to have, you are going to pick up some pieces of your very nice frame.  Here is a url of the product http://www.netram.co.za/Prototyping-Materials/Protoplastic/Protopla...

Comment by R. D. Starwalt on June 26, 2012 at 5:41am

It is a bold set of lines and I congratulate you on using wood for your prototype.

I think that all too often there is a push to create something that is ready to mass produce when the physical process of taking a natural raw material and turning it into something pleasing to the eye has far more benefit than utility.

It is a case of form over function (the artist inside me is speaking out today). That is why I will never look at any RTF foam aircraft and consider it beautiful. There are several very pretty and attractive foam models and maybe one or two beautiful ones - this is rare. There have been legions of ugly balsa models also but rare is the case when looking through vintage plans from the 1930's and forward.

Carve on dude! Balsa flys better!

Comment by Harry on June 26, 2012 at 10:02am

That is very nice and light. 

It's funny how you see a post and a pic and get a wrong idea of what it;s all about until you click on it.  I saw the pic and thought it was a single rotor with the pic being of the torque driven part.  Not sure I described that right, but there was a toy a few years ago which had a single prop and motor housed in a bigger foam "prop".  It only went straght up and down, but the motor and prop on the inside was used to drive the bigger foam blades on the outside - driven by torque and airflow. 

It looked similar to what youre bulding and yet was very different.

Comment by Skyview Creative1 on June 26, 2012 at 12:23pm

@Ruwan, I use a xacto blade for fine work but most of the cutting is done on a scroll saw. It makes it nice because I can cut up to 10 pieces in one cut. Thats nice when there is more than one piece that is the same size but most of the pieces are different sizes.

@cvanvollenstee, Thats a cool material, I may have to check that out for later projects. For this one, however, I think its too heavy and too sensitive to heat. Also, I noticed it said it was for prototyping and doesn't have a long shelf life. 

@ R. D. Starwalt, Thanks for the compliment. I too like some of the old school looks of models. I am, however, going to try to make a positive mold of this design so I can make a vacuums form version of this body if there is an interest.

@ Harry, I know exactly what your talking about! My brothers kids have one of those but I never saw it actually fly. My wife said it looks like a bike helmet so I think I would rather go with flying toy thing. ;)

Comment by Skyview Creative1 on June 26, 2012 at 12:38pm

I did the test fit last night and it fit almost perfect. Just a little adjustments but over all it fits great. Now, The tricky part of putting the skin on...

Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on June 26, 2012 at 1:20pm

nice!  is it easy to remove? 

I am sure you will see a lot more of these hoods.. I am waiting for my CNC to start having fun with materials to create some... your design is interesting and I will keep an eye on it. 

Comment by Skyview Creative1 on June 27, 2012 at 2:41am

Thanks, Im still working on the exact method of attachment. Its between rubber bands and velcro. I will probably go with the velcro but Im still thinking about that. 

Comment by Skyview Creative1 on July 11, 2012 at 6:53pm

well, the monocoat didn't work out. Its too round and the coating got a bit tricky. So, I went old school and did the tissue paper coating method. Its a bit more work but I think its going to get the look I want. I will put up some pics when I get the primer on it but I think its going to look pretty cool. It will probably be a bit tougher as well. A little heavier but I don't think it will be too heavy. We will see though. 

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