Foam board

How do you keep the correct scale

I had only one issue with under scaling. I imported two pages from the same plane, and one was roughly 5% smaller. I still have no idea why it happened, but was able to scale it up in Easel, just by matching the dimensions to the .pdf plans.

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I’m going to try it again. Any othe tips you’ve picked up?

As the board is being cut, it tends to bow upwards slightly. I don’t have a vacuum table to prevent that, so I just hold it down a bit by hand when the shallow 1 mm cuts are being made. It might not even be important, but I still do it.
The white Adams foam board works great, but the brown FliteTest foam board is better.
After you cut, and build a couple times, you’ll see what works, and what doesn’t. Keep me posted. I’m interested in any tricks you learn as well.

https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?resources/categories/planes.6/

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Great Stuff at FliteTest! Sponz is the man!

Mesa RC Club is a great group of Colorado STUDENTS that design amazing planes!
Many of their plans can be downloaded free.
https://www.mesarc.club/aerialplans

Howdy Phillip… I tried for the first time using the blue tape and glue… but wouldn’t you know it… my CA glue was all dried up. I happened to think about a work around… and then remembered my 3M spray glue. I just hit the piece with a small amount while I held it in my hands… and then put the two together. Worked like a charm… and really held the work piece down. And…I think it is alot cheaper than the CA glue I bought.

Thanks for your videos and all your advice… Chuck Lyons Akron, Ohio