Excellent Techniques

[GHMBO]

Guys, if you want to see some interesting weight saving techniques and overall great construction, look at Allen Wright's Fokker at http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/aew/rc/D-VIII/
I know that it is not a micro but a master piece all the same and a learning experience.

[pease1]

<BLUSH> thanks, the plane is a laser cut kit from Dare Engineering. It's light - that's for sure. Some people fly them with geared 280 motors, not microflight - but close. I'm building mine a tad bit heavier (using superkote covering) so I'm going for a geared speed 400. I didn't post info here for fear of it not being a true micro, but thanks for the compliment GHMBO! I'll be posting more photos to the site soon - covering the wing this weekend.

Al

[Blackhawk]

Allan

The bones of your DVII are impressive! Did you make the stab and elevator from balsa too? From the photos, it looks like foam board, but I couldn't tell. I am enough of a purist from my free flight scale days that I can't force myself to mix balsa with foam. So I had to ask! I built a Fokker DVII at 18 inches for CO2 years ago and also the Earl Stahl Fokker DVII for school yard scale using rudder only and a Cox 020. It is a great plane.

I built the Hobby Lobby Albatros DV recently with many mods and it looks so good in the air that I am about to do a DIII based on some rubber scale plans that published in Max Fax in the mid 80s. Then I pland to do the same for an Ansaldo SVA5--I built two of them years ago for CO2 free flight. It is a real hoot to blow the plans up and go for electric RC. And it sure saves the old legs since I don't have to chase them anymore.

Pat Daily

[pease1]

No the taifeathers were made from balsa, they were photographed after covering with white ultrakote. The tail and elevator tips are laminated balsa strips, the rest just straight pieces glued together appropriately. The tail is very strong with the tight lamination bend. To get the balsa to bend without breaking I had to give it a good soak in ammonia.

Al