here is my latest build in the micro print-to-foam department.

it's done with the same techniques as my other micros.

16" WS, using ar6400, as2000L (for ailerons) a PZ J3 cub motor.
all up wieght with 160mah battery is 24.8 grams.

she flies like a dream. acually turns well with rudder only. might make another one with tail feather control only

very pretty! 2mm depron?

oh, actually no, it's 1mm pro-formance foam on everything but the wing, which is 1mm depron.

Good work!!!

Light weight, good performance......magical combination.

Congrats.

beautifull!!!

thank you.

Yes, if there was one thing I could impart onto a person new to building RC planes, especially micros for indoor flight, it would be BUILD LIGHT

that is why I use the print to foam method. I get the detail I want without adding hrdly any wieght.

Hi...
Is,it,the plans,from paper plane!?Niceeeee

yes! Thank you I buy tons of models from Ecardmodels.com

I manipulate the files, re-scale them, separate the components,and set some up to print on both sides of the foam, such as the wing and tail surfaces.

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Thanks

build light... yes, i forget many times that my plane belongs in the air, not crashing in the ground. im using 1mm for a 24 inch plane ive done before. you end up with a monocoque structure. very odd to work with. i love the print to foam methond and want to try it one day. i wonder how big you can go?
have you ROG'd?

you mean rise off ground? yes it flys inside only. so off the gym floor is no problem. gotta give it up elevator because of the not-to-scale prop. half throttle and a little up elevator and off she goes.

biggest print to foam I've done is 17" wingspan. But I belive it could be done larger. not necessarily needed for large planes though, since you have a bit more "wiggle room" to add scale details on a larger plane.

I like the print to tissue and apply to foam method for larger planes. adds some strength and a bit easier to get the depron shaped properly first before you have to worry about the detail being right.

Another beauty!

What printer are you currently using?

Gene K

P.S. Did you ever get your Siemens-Schuckert D.III tuned in? That model's been on my to-do list since I saw your thread.

hey speedy!

the printer is just a cheap simple canon MP250. about $40.

thanks! no it's just too tail heavy to correct and fly indoors, and too small to fly in the whirlwind state of kansas. it's stinkin' windy here 90% percent of the time.

However, I am working on a new set of graphics to do the siemens-schuckert in a print to foam and print to tissue combination to get the wieght down to the proper level.

Oh yeah, the foam printing and plane look great.

Pete

Thank you,

It's alot of prep work on the files and alignment, but in the end it's repeatable and the lightest form of building with a scale look that I've found.

I've been looking through the ROF skins to see what I might build next, but I might do another card model graphic plane first, a Spad XIII.