Re: props

From: <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:20:16 -0000

Hi Neil.

Try a toothpick first. 1/32 thick c grain for the blade. You could notch out the center of the blade or glue the toothpick to the front side of the blade.

A bleach bottle with a 15 degree reference line should work reasonably well. Or I could set you up with a prop block.

Regards.
Mike Kirda


--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Neil Dennis <wombatt@...> wrote:
>
> The stretched Dennydart MKIV flies pretty well across the living room,
> but I keep breaking prop blades.
>
> SO, think I'll build one, I've been using "can" formed blades, but glue
> a piece of bamboo skewer the full length of the blade, kinda wonderif
> that will screw up the efficency and which side - front or back - would
> be best??
>
> Interesting, anyway, wombat
>
Received on Sun Feb 17 2013 - 13:20:18 CET