It's much easier to do if you cover the bottom with one piece, then the top with a seperate piece of Monokote. It helps to avoid wrinkles that won't come out.
@aws em1o1 easy, always use the lowest number that works for the job. job being tacking and shrinking. that number depends on the material used and the air temperature your working in. its can be a trail and error experance so pay attention to the number while learning.
@blackcarreraGT The temp may vary on your monokote, it will never go up 9 and above. What we recommend you do is test out your monokote with a little piece, stick it onto a piece of balsa and go rising or lowering the temp until the monokote sticks well but doesn't wrinkle or burn.
It will probably stick, we've never tried it. What you could do is do some tests on a small piece of the foam you want to use to see if it will stick, watch out not to burn your foam!
wow thanks, I never thought of that. Any ways Im gonna do some patching repairs on my balsa plane and for your information this is my first time handling this kinds of tools and materials. So any tips....
It will definite stick on EPP. The only trick is before you start to cover is to paint all the parts with a mixture of 50% white woodglue and 50% of water. Do this 2 times (so two layers). Between the EPP and monokote there will be a film that prevents that gases losens the glue of the monokote. (sorry for my bad english I'm the little guy of the dyke ;-) from Holland)
Hi, Good job. It's great to see people so young building - no ARF's! I'm the only 13 year old in sussex who builds:D I see you forgot to sand the LE to shape... beter get that done but is means re-covering the wing.
Yeah, I'm in the UK as well so i'm a Solarfilm man:D Well, i'm 13 and build as well, like this guy. Yes, you should use 2 seperate pieces. If the wing is constant chord i dont see why you shouldnt use one piece, joined at the TE with Prymol...
That is of course assuming a single tone colour scheme...
Unfortunately my dad's heat sealing iron died and he is too stingey to get a new one :) i have loads of planes backing up because i don't have means of covering them :)
hey dlplanes i just made a supermarine spitfire blasa model and covered it with tissue paper and spray painted olive green i turnd out to be magerly tail havey i put a tun of metel bbs in the front and its still realy heavy have any ideas or recomendations?
Hello, first thing did you install the Prop on? If you did and its still tail heavy, in the hobby shop they sell a little weight that sticks on, instead of having a bunch of BBs! What you could do is add the BBs until its good, then see how much the BBs that you added weigh, and buy the weight... The weight is very small and good!
beyond awesome presentation. thank you
boywaimea 1 year ago
@tenrazo215 Thank you very much!
DLPlanes 1 year ago
you forgot to sand your leading edge to shape.
datzfast 1 year ago
It's much easier to do if you cover the bottom with one piece, then the top with a seperate piece of Monokote. It helps to avoid wrinkles that won't come out.
TangoJulietPhoto 1 year ago
@TangoJulietPhoto Thank you very much!
DLPlanes 1 year ago
Thanks Squire - you have helped me solve the mystery that I did not know of for over thirty years - Monokoting!
will4ward 1 year ago
@will4ward No problem!
DLPlanes 1 year ago
great vid,
btw how old are you/>??
BOOSTOMAN 1 year ago
i have the same iron as you do, what do the numbers mean?
awsem1o1 1 year ago
@awsem1o1 The number on the iron means the temp. The higher number, the hotter it will get.
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~DLPlanes
DLPlanes 1 year ago
@aws em1o1 easy, always use the lowest number that works for the job. job being tacking and shrinking. that number depends on the material used and the air temperature your working in. its can be a trail and error experance so pay attention to the number while learning.
datzfast 1 year ago
What temp is the iron on? 1-10?
blackcarreraGT 2 years ago
@blackcarreraGT The temp may vary on your monokote, it will never go up 9 and above. What we recommend you do is test out your monokote with a little piece, stick it onto a piece of balsa and go rising or lowering the temp until the monokote sticks well but doesn't wrinkle or burn.
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~DLPlanes
DLPlanes 2 years ago
Great work little dude! Keep it up!
canadianmaple09 2 years ago
will monokote stick to styrofoam orEPP ?
Denso2131 2 years ago
It will probably stick, we've never tried it. What you could do is do some tests on a small piece of the foam you want to use to see if it will stick, watch out not to burn your foam!
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~DLPlanes
DLPlanes 2 years ago
wow thanks, I never thought of that. Any ways Im gonna do some patching repairs on my balsa plane and for your information this is my first time handling this kinds of tools and materials. So any tips....
Denso2131 2 years ago
it always sticks to it self. wrap enough arounf the edges then do the top ,then shrink the covering with the gun.....
sonixsp 2 years ago
@Denso2131 The problem is that the heat from the iron will melt the styrofoam or EPP.
canadianmaple09 2 years ago
It will definite stick on EPP. The only trick is before you start to cover is to paint all the parts with a mixture of 50% white woodglue and 50% of water. Do this 2 times (so two layers). Between the EPP and monokote there will be a film that prevents that gases losens the glue of the monokote. (sorry for my bad english I'm the little guy of the dyke ;-) from Holland)
maarten119 2 years ago
Hi, Good job. It's great to see people so young building - no ARF's! I'm the only 13 year old in sussex who builds:D I see you forgot to sand the LE to shape... beter get that done but is means re-covering the wing.
Sheldon
sheldonholy 2 years ago
is that how the monokote instructions say to do it? because on the solarfilm instructions it tells you to use two seperate bits
vanepico 2 years ago
Depends on how you want to cover it, or it also depends in the instructions!
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~DLPlanes
DLPlanes 2 years ago
Yeah, I'm in the UK as well so i'm a Solarfilm man:D Well, i'm 13 and build as well, like this guy. Yes, you should use 2 seperate pieces. If the wing is constant chord i dont see why you shouldnt use one piece, joined at the TE with Prymol...
That is of course assuming a single tone colour scheme...
Sheldon
sheldonholy 2 years ago
Unfortunately my dad's heat sealing iron died and he is too stingey to get a new one :) i have loads of planes backing up because i don't have means of covering them :)
vanepico 2 years ago
I know how you feel:( I have a frankly stupid amount of planes needing covering... i need to stop re-covering them:D
sheldonholy 2 years ago
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FlyHighRC386 2 years ago
As I am still new to the hobby, I haven't yet had to cover anything with monokote. Thanks for showing how it is done.
RCVideoCanada 2 years ago
P.S. just got a new piper super cub!
Airomaster121 2 years ago
hey dlplanes i just made a supermarine spitfire blasa model and covered it with tissue paper and spray painted olive green i turnd out to be magerly tail havey i put a tun of metel bbs in the front and its still realy heavy have any ideas or recomendations?
Airomaster121 2 years ago
Hello, first thing did you install the Prop on? If you did and its still tail heavy, in the hobby shop they sell a little weight that sticks on, instead of having a bunch of BBs! What you could do is add the BBs until its good, then see how much the BBs that you added weigh, and buy the weight... The weight is very small and good!
DLPlanes 2 years ago
Nice job on the covering, looking forward to the flight of the UB-130 :-)
Skydive4ever 2 years ago