OK......to prepare for BBCC 4, and advice from David Terrell, I'm going to attempt to build the Barovkov D Soviet fighter.. out of foam.
I know, I know, the dreaded F-word to us balsa builders....keep reading. However, for the "D" to qualify for a BBCC contest, the aircraft has to be converted from one form of control to another. To my knowledge, this bird has never been kitted in any flying configuration, so I'm going to build a 24" WS glider as the first iteration......then I'll have something to convert to balsa/RC ! David suggested that I could try to make the static model fly......NOT !
Sketched up the parts I'll have to cut...see attached. For all you military vets out there.....the fuse bears more than a passing resemblance to a 55 gr FMJ boat tail......flashback !
My mind started to wander forwards to the BBCC 4 build, and the powerplant(s) that might be required....Can you imagine this girl with (2) 50 mm EDF's (one in each boom) AND a 400 or 480 pusher.....ballistic would be inadequate.....but that's a long way off. "builderdude" is ordering the motor and EDF's as we speak ! LMAO
Here's the 24" 3-view and the templates for the parts (to scale) and the "parts" sketch, not to scale.
link to the build log:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...1#post26998619