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Title: Some of you probably know...
Post by: Wayne Collier on July 07, 2007, 09:24:41 PM
This past Christmas in a moment of reminiscence, I suppose, my brother bought me a rubber powered Cessna 180.  I began building it with the attitude of "I want this one to really fly."  I sanded a lot of the wood away, left off the landing gear and some other parts, and used only clear nitrate dope for paint in order to minimize weight.  A few days ago it went on its maiden flight. I was amazed.  Flew way, way better than I had hoped. Now I fear that I may getting hooked on rubber powered free flight modeling. 

So my question is do any of you know of any helpful forums dedicated to that subject?  Hopefully something similar to what this one is for CL. 
Title: Re: Some of you probably know...
Post by: Tom Perry on July 07, 2007, 09:32:56 PM
Quote from: Wayne Collier on July 07, 2007, 09:24:41 PM
This past Christmas in a moment of reminiscence, I suppose, my brother bought me a rubber powered Cessna 180.  I began building it with the attitude of "I want this one to really fly."  I sanded a lot of the wood away, left off the landing gear and some other parts, and used only clear nitrate dope for paint in order to minimize weight.  A few days ago it went on its maiden flight. I was amazed.  Flew way, way better than I had hoped. Now I fear that I may getting hooked on rubber powered free flight modeling. 

So my question is do any of you know of any helpful forums dedicated to that subject?  Hopefully something similar to what this one is for CL. 

Wayne,

Try this site:

http://www.smallflyingarts.com/index.html

 H^^
Title: Re: Some of you probably know...
Post by: Mark Scarborough on July 07, 2007, 09:34:01 PM
there is a yahoo group dedicated to guillows models that I visit occasionally, there is some usefull infor there
Title: Re: Some of you probably know...
Post by: Robert McHam on July 08, 2007, 02:06:41 AM
I highly recommend this article on the Small Flying Arts web page suggested in post number two of this thread. clic on the article called "A Faster Method For Stick Fuselages" It will only take a few minutes to read and with the great pictures  it is explained in great detail. The next project you try, no matter what it may be, will benefit!

Robert
Title: Re: Some of you probably know...
Post by: Wynn Robins on July 08, 2007, 01:49:27 PM
and here for plans and the like

http://www.geocities.com/dmlivesay/
Title: Re: Some of you probably know...
Post by: Keith Spriggs on July 08, 2007, 05:47:16 PM
Quote from: Wynn Robins on July 08, 2007, 01:49:27 PM
and here for plans and the like

http://www.geocities.com/dmlivesay/

You must have caused a stampede. I tried to go there but it said "This site as exceeded the data transfer limit"
Title: Re: Some of you probably know...
Post by: Wynn Robins on July 08, 2007, 06:19:54 PM
yeah, his site does not have a lot of space - but if you give it a couple of minutes - it comes right again....
Title: Re: Some of you probably know...
Post by: Keith Spriggs on July 08, 2007, 06:37:24 PM
Quote from: Wynn Robins on July 08, 2007, 06:19:54 PM
yeah, his site does not have a lot of space - but if you give it a couple of minutes - it comes right again....

Yes it did this time. Looks very interesting. Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: Some of you probably know...
Post by: Wayne Collier on July 08, 2007, 07:11:06 PM
Hey guys, thanks for the info