dude these are great for display and flight unlike foamies and it works with biulding skills too im starting a plane from scratch no kits just things i found lying around :) i have it like an ultra liight
@XxstryaexX1 yea, you dont know anything about foam, yes, store purchased foamies suck balls.. but a good foamie, you cannot tell the difference, other than more rigility in the build.
@danratsnapnames dude i seriously know about good foam cuz i just tore a broken airplane down for the engine i just like balsa cuz i dont like bad looking foam the balsa looks so real
@XxstryaexX1 sure you do.. show me one store foamie that has a nitro engine?! you wont..cause they dont make them. but if you watch my videos, you'll see I DO where nobody else does.. also you will not find balsa frame inside of foamies.. mine DO.
@danratsnapnames first of all it was an electric 2nd of all your vids are good :) 3rd no i cant find a foam nitro nor do i like nitro (1 crash in a body = hospital or kill a kid) 5th of all electric= smaller fun nitro/gas= alot of money (ARF RTF BNF or scratch) 5th of all i would have a wood model since i like building without really heavy tools i only know little about foam and just dont buy store foamies they are the worst
@XxstryaexX1 yea, flying a 40 engine in populated areas is bad juju, just asking for problems.. 0.49's different story.. they are small and dont do any damage, as i know this from expierence, i've hit myself on many occasions. (* i jump over my planes when i'm showing off.*) as for cost, its not so bad, when you consider brushless motors and lipo's and the speed controller, the cost is a little more for good electric setups.. as opposed to 1 engine, gas tank, and a servo.
@XxstryaexX1 seems like everything your saying i'm dissagreeing with.. i've got a pro 12cv that you couldnt hear.. sounds like an EL cause all you can hear is the blade moving in the wind. it powers a 8x4 blade like no tomorrow.
@XxstryaexX1 second, your flight times are much lower with Electrics, considering lipo weight, and how many you need to do a multiple flight between charges, as opposed to nitro, "refuel" and youre good to go. nitro gas isant too expensive.
balsa is king foam is for the king of beer's. for me a true r/c hobby nut will build every thing in sight. don't get me wrong i have 1 foam plane a pz spitfire with a .25 size brushless motor. but they do not stand the test of time. they are a tool to learn on till you get a good balsa plane,and any one with a though in there head can build and fly a balsa kit.i don't think i am closed minded i just won't my money's worth when i spend $400.00+ dollars on a plane it will not be foam.
@hhmote all store purchased foamies are made to NOT stand the test of time.. THEY DO THIS TO MAKE MORE MONEY OFF OF YOU. build your own foamie, when you use stick and paper with foam, you get a far stronger plane that can handle just about anything you throw at it, and you can use nitro with it. and if you have a misshap and break something, you can fix it in 1 hour or less.
nice box.. trying throwing away the instructions.. maybe you'll learn something about flight.
also, crashing these are pain.. how long does it take to repair a broken wing? 2 weeks? 4 months? or in many "short attention spanned" youngsters would see it as "never".. go foam, and fix your plane in less than 1 hour..
um..not to be rude or annything, this is a stick and tissue plane, and no matter how you build them, they end up britle. ive been building these since i was 9, and ive had model airplanes all my life, i dont know what you mean by "learn something about flight" because if YOU knew annything about flight, you would know foam planes lack structural capability, when compared to a balsa frame. "FOAMYS" are a cheap crappy half assed way to go, for a lazy person that DOESNT want to take time to build.
I disagree. foamies have thier own structural capabilities, yes, some in general are nothing more than foam board.. but there is a definate simularity to being able to foam with structure.
I started out with balsa planes, and have built my share of them, dozzens in fact, going back to to early 80's. Utilizing what i know from balsa for foam, its amazing what can be done. feel free to check out my latest post of mk5-6-7 and they all have flown. try not to be so closed minded.
@furmaster21 not true.. feel free to see my build video's of my big blue. combo foam and stick and tissue. foam planes by far out perform stick builds, granted, the foamies you buy SUCK to beat hell.. but if you take the time to use your knowledge of stick builds and apply it to utilizing foam, you'll be suprised. when i talk about foamies, i dont just mean, the electric foamies.. you can have NITRO foamies as well btw.
@danratsnapnames i dont think you know anything about flight foams are very bad quality and they dont fly very well as wood and tissue sure i love one foam plane right now but i would rather have a wood and tissue cuz then i could modify it into an rc 3D plane which cost a WHOLE lot if i bought an RTF kit
@XxstryaexX1 not if you build them from scratch. store purchased foamies SUCK to beat hell. you can apply knowledge of stick builds to foamies. the trick is to NOT use the crap foam board, but to use Squirt foam, or gap fill foam.. liquid mix foam is also good as well.
@tomview1 slag off isant that when you clean up the balsa so that it fits clean and is able to be tissued without piercing the tissue? and i think you ment what about the free flight rudder. this is when you adjust your rudder so that it flys slightly to the right when engine power is none. because engine will pull the plane to the left.. depending on rotation of the prop. rear driven left hands tend to do oppisate of front right hand props.. am i in the ball park of what you ment?
@danratsnapnames No - you are still being a prat. A condescending fucktard that believes radio control is technological superiority because he can drag an ugly piece of builders foam covered in gaff tape around the sky at 90 miles an hour. Relying on a Taiwanese built 2.4Ghz radio to constantly adjust and maintain the direction of your ARF that you didn't build, merely assembled.You obviously have not the skill or the integrity to to appreciate the complexity or difficulty of free flight.
@tomview1 excuse me? i've been doing line control since i was 10. and i'm 38 now! so go jump off a bridge and screw your self.. ARF my arse.. 2.4 gighz, yea right.. i'm 72 mhz, and i've only reciently went to FM. so blow me.. as for an ugly pos builders foam.. guess what, TAKES HALF THE TIME TO BUILD, and 1/10th of the cost to build, and its 100 Times faster to fix.. PUNK. talk shit to me.. go fuck your self. attack me in a public forum.. you can count your self as banned and ignored.
@danratsnapnames You obviously didn't learn a lot from your control line days - now that I've seen what you build and (apparently) fly, well I've learned a lot about you.
It must be wonderful to be so self assured and able to function with acquired brain injury syndrome!!!
Seriously I over estimated you, I really thought you where just a condescending smart ass prat.
I now see that you are functioning at the peak of your capacity - hooray for you!!
The free flight Sig Tiger in the video shown is a real model aeroplane. built by a real aeromodeller.
tomview1 10 months ago
....has anyone here apart from slagging traditional models and promoting plastic, has anyone here successfully flown free flight?
I'm a Certified R/C instructor - it's way more of a challenge to fly free flight that steer nitro powered plastic around the sky.
tomview1 10 months ago
dude these are great for display and flight unlike foamies and it works with biulding skills too im starting a plane from scratch no kits just things i found lying around :) i have it like an ultra liight
XxstryaexX1 1 year ago
@XxstryaexX1 yea, you dont know anything about foam, yes, store purchased foamies suck balls.. but a good foamie, you cannot tell the difference, other than more rigility in the build.
danratsnapnames 1 year ago
@danratsnapnames dude i seriously know about good foam cuz i just tore a broken airplane down for the engine i just like balsa cuz i dont like bad looking foam the balsa looks so real
XxstryaexX1 1 year ago
@XxstryaexX1 sure you do.. show me one store foamie that has a nitro engine?! you wont..cause they dont make them. but if you watch my videos, you'll see I DO where nobody else does.. also you will not find balsa frame inside of foamies.. mine DO.
danratsnapnames 1 year ago
@danratsnapnames first of all it was an electric 2nd of all your vids are good :) 3rd no i cant find a foam nitro nor do i like nitro (1 crash in a body = hospital or kill a kid) 5th of all electric= smaller fun nitro/gas= alot of money (ARF RTF BNF or scratch) 5th of all i would have a wood model since i like building without really heavy tools i only know little about foam and just dont buy store foamies they are the worst
XxstryaexX1 1 year ago
@XxstryaexX1 yea, flying a 40 engine in populated areas is bad juju, just asking for problems.. 0.49's different story.. they are small and dont do any damage, as i know this from expierence, i've hit myself on many occasions. (* i jump over my planes when i'm showing off.*) as for cost, its not so bad, when you consider brushless motors and lipo's and the speed controller, the cost is a little more for good electric setups.. as opposed to 1 engine, gas tank, and a servo.
danratsnapnames 1 year ago
@danratsnapnames if i had to go with elctric or gas i choose electric since its quieter (unless i add diff motors)
XxstryaexX1 1 year ago
@XxstryaexX1 seems like everything your saying i'm dissagreeing with.. i've got a pro 12cv that you couldnt hear.. sounds like an EL cause all you can hear is the blade moving in the wind. it powers a 8x4 blade like no tomorrow.
danratsnapnames 1 year ago
@XxstryaexX1 second, your flight times are much lower with Electrics, considering lipo weight, and how many you need to do a multiple flight between charges, as opposed to nitro, "refuel" and youre good to go. nitro gas isant too expensive.
danratsnapnames 1 year ago
balsa is king foam is for the king of beer's. for me a true r/c hobby nut will build every thing in sight. don't get me wrong i have 1 foam plane a pz spitfire with a .25 size brushless motor. but they do not stand the test of time. they are a tool to learn on till you get a good balsa plane,and any one with a though in there head can build and fly a balsa kit.i don't think i am closed minded i just won't my money's worth when i spend $400.00+ dollars on a plane it will not be foam.
hhmote 1 year ago
@hhmote all store purchased foamies are made to NOT stand the test of time.. THEY DO THIS TO MAKE MORE MONEY OFF OF YOU. build your own foamie, when you use stick and paper with foam, you get a far stronger plane that can handle just about anything you throw at it, and you can use nitro with it. and if you have a misshap and break something, you can fix it in 1 hour or less.
danratsnapnames 1 year ago
@danratsnapnames dude stick and balsa rules its way good for display man and foam ruins it out
XxstryaexX1 1 year ago
can it work as a walkalong glider?
MrMiko99 2 years ago
i built a f4u coarse air, stick and tissue construction and its hella fun to build
minidime92 2 years ago
yes they are fun, but they can also be quite frustrating :P
furmaster21 2 years ago
nice box.. trying throwing away the instructions.. maybe you'll learn something about flight.
also, crashing these are pain.. how long does it take to repair a broken wing? 2 weeks? 4 months? or in many "short attention spanned" youngsters would see it as "never".. go foam, and fix your plane in less than 1 hour..
danratsnapnames 2 years ago
um..not to be rude or annything, this is a stick and tissue plane, and no matter how you build them, they end up britle. ive been building these since i was 9, and ive had model airplanes all my life, i dont know what you mean by "learn something about flight" because if YOU knew annything about flight, you would know foam planes lack structural capability, when compared to a balsa frame. "FOAMYS" are a cheap crappy half assed way to go, for a lazy person that DOESNT want to take time to build.
furmaster21 2 years ago 5
I disagree. foamies have thier own structural capabilities, yes, some in general are nothing more than foam board.. but there is a definate simularity to being able to foam with structure.
I started out with balsa planes, and have built my share of them, dozzens in fact, going back to to early 80's. Utilizing what i know from balsa for foam, its amazing what can be done. feel free to check out my latest post of mk5-6-7 and they all have flown. try not to be so closed minded.
danratsnapnames 2 years ago
@furmaster21 not true.. feel free to see my build video's of my big blue. combo foam and stick and tissue. foam planes by far out perform stick builds, granted, the foamies you buy SUCK to beat hell.. but if you take the time to use your knowledge of stick builds and apply it to utilizing foam, you'll be suprised. when i talk about foamies, i dont just mean, the electric foamies.. you can have NITRO foamies as well btw.
danratsnapnames 1 year ago
@furmaster21
Not any more. lol. I love foam planes as much as balsa. Z foam in particular.
flyboyfx 1 year ago
@danratsnapnames i dont think you know anything about flight foams are very bad quality and they dont fly very well as wood and tissue sure i love one foam plane right now but i would rather have a wood and tissue cuz then i could modify it into an rc 3D plane which cost a WHOLE lot if i bought an RTF kit
XxstryaexX1 1 year ago
@XxstryaexX1 not if you build them from scratch. store purchased foamies SUCK to beat hell. you can apply knowledge of stick builds to foamies. the trick is to NOT use the crap foam board, but to use Squirt foam, or gap fill foam.. liquid mix foam is also good as well.
danratsnapnames 1 year ago
@XxstryaexX1 my cheaper foamies, cost me $10 to build the body, and $75 for the engine/rc setup.. NADA compared to most others.. and its full 3D.
danratsnapnames 1 year ago
@danratsnapnames Have you ever and built and flown a free flight model? successfully?
tomview1 10 months ago
@tomview1 yep.. several.. my garrage is full of them.. both electric and nitro types.
danratsnapnames 10 months ago
@danratsnapnames So why do you slag off the the stick and tissue models? and what about free flight rubber?
tomview1 10 months ago
@tomview1 slag off isant that when you clean up the balsa so that it fits clean and is able to be tissued without piercing the tissue? and i think you ment what about the free flight rudder. this is when you adjust your rudder so that it flys slightly to the right when engine power is none. because engine will pull the plane to the left.. depending on rotation of the prop. rear driven left hands tend to do oppisate of front right hand props.. am i in the ball park of what you ment?
danratsnapnames 10 months ago
@danratsnapnames No - you are still being a prat. A condescending fucktard that believes radio control is technological superiority because he can drag an ugly piece of builders foam covered in gaff tape around the sky at 90 miles an hour. Relying on a Taiwanese built 2.4Ghz radio to constantly adjust and maintain the direction of your ARF that you didn't build, merely assembled.You obviously have not the skill or the integrity to to appreciate the complexity or difficulty of free flight.
tomview1 10 months ago
@tomview1 excuse me? i've been doing line control since i was 10. and i'm 38 now! so go jump off a bridge and screw your self.. ARF my arse.. 2.4 gighz, yea right.. i'm 72 mhz, and i've only reciently went to FM. so blow me.. as for an ugly pos builders foam.. guess what, TAKES HALF THE TIME TO BUILD, and 1/10th of the cost to build, and its 100 Times faster to fix.. PUNK. talk shit to me.. go fuck your self. attack me in a public forum.. you can count your self as banned and ignored.
danratsnapnames 10 months ago
@danratsnapnames You obviously didn't learn a lot from your control line days - now that I've seen what you build and (apparently) fly, well I've learned a lot about you.
It must be wonderful to be so self assured and able to function with acquired brain injury syndrome!!!
Seriously I over estimated you, I really thought you where just a condescending smart ass prat.
I now see that you are functioning at the peak of your capacity - hooray for you!!
tomview1 10 months ago