| Instructions and Photo Sequences |
Tips and Tricks |
Wing Cutting
I cheat, I have built a CNC Foam cutter (and that would
need another web site to explain/discuss) and so can do a load of fancy
things without cutting new templates each time. The section has pictures
of how I cut at the moment. |
Cloth
/ Gen Materials Handling
Tips on basic handling do's and don'ts and some e-mail
advice
Carbon Rod and Tube Handling
Specific area on handling and cutting Carbon rod and Tube (Especially
Pulltruded materials) |
Wing
Preparation and Bagging
Some top stuff here from Phil Barnes and some rambling from
me. |
Throw
Peg Construction
The lightest thinnest throw pegs |
Tail
Cutting and Bagging
About 10 pages of words and pictures on how I cut, prepare,
bag and hinge a DLG tail. |
Control
Runs and RDS Set-ups
E-mail conversation on Carbon V Wire control runs and
installation tips |
Boom Making
No activity from me here, I buy my booms so far but this section does have links
to a couple of sites with good information. |
Control
Horns
The use of triple layers of Carbon Cloth to make horns with
comments taken from Mark Drela e-mails |
Fuselage
(Really a coming soon, but there are a couple of pictures
of things I've tried but not quite got working properly yet). Current
threads on the net have a 40-50g target weight for a fuselage with boom,
wing hold down mechanism, but no tail surfaces or radio gear. |
Tail
Mounts
Information on building removable stabiliser (and fin) mounts. |
