mini-stick

[petey pete]

anybody with any expierence with mini-sticks? I would like to try one. The smallest I've built is about the 10 to 12" range(lil' pieces) at about 3 grams. downloaded some plans from the net but have some questions about wood stripping and props,rubber strippers, and well, just about everything. any rubber enthusiasts out there?

[Terry Lyttle]

Yup, still build rubber stuff, mostly Peanut Scale, I still find that type of model is the biggest challenge. We used to get the kids to build Peck ROGs as an intro to indoor, very successful kit.

I don't bother stripping my own rubber. Again, I depend on Peck and others to supply quality rubber, and am seldom disappointed in the products. However, I still spend a lot of time with my Master Airscrew balsa stripper to allow better control over the weight/strength of the airframe.

For awhile, our group was building what we called 1/16 Scale: using Guillow plans (mostly) we built the models out of 1/16 balsa, single-surfaced wings/tail, then play with rubber/prop until you could get a minute or more in a standard gym. Lots of fun!

Let me know if I can help, e-mail kpa@img.net