Here are a few fast tips for building your scratch build and speed build kits. Some you've seen before and some have been developed by viewers like you!
If you're thinking about getting into scratch building, you can learn a lot from watching some of the beginner build tutorials. AVAILABLE HERE
You can reinforce your wing using a BBQ skewer.
Adding this reinforcement is also great for turning your scratch build into a powerful combat plane!
Hot glue spread thin over control surfaces will help keep the paper from pulling away from the foam.
Magnets on the end of two popsicle sticks are great for aligning control surfaces and freeing up your hands.
Ed from ExAir uses the plastic from old gift cards to reinforce foam and it's a great technique to use on the mounting point of the speed build power pods
See more from Ed from ExAir here:
http://flitetest.com/authors/ExAir
A Flite Test fan named Denver shared a great idea for using pop rivets on homemade landing gear!
It's ideas like this, from viewers like you, that inspire us to do what we do!
Thanks for all of the input and be sure to submit your tricks and tips in the FORUM HERE!
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I am old school. 22 yrs retired from the U.S.C.G. 1989.
I bought the Ft Bloody Wonder kit and I am lost as a goose out of water. where do I go to see how (this) kit goes together. it has parts in the box that you never talk about.
someone please leave me info on how to build this GREAT PLANE. I love it.
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Am in the process of building a Spit, from scratch, and am almost done, now the painting...
An article would be of great help, if you haven't already done one....
Art.... Foamball...
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Is there a size to the hot glue gun and glues .?
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Foamies how to measure for turtle deck, link don't work.
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Also, I use parchment paper for toner transfer from laser printing to balsa or printed circuit boards (probably works on many many other surfaces too) Parchment paper wont run through the printer by its self, it needs to be supported on a sheet of normal paper using Pritt permanent roll-on glue which lightly tacks to Parchment paper. When the paper comes out, the toner is very weakly set so just iron on the desired surface to transfer. This may not work in all laser printers; ill write an article on the subject.(dont mess up your daddy's new laser printer LOL)
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