Re: F1M / Pennyplane course time allocation?

From: <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:40:32 -0000

With the proper parts and jigs, you could easily knock one of the Kang Carbon ones together in an hour or two. Assumes that you have the proper number of Lamers-style screw holders pre-made, holes cut in the carbon torque bar and top hats bent.

Regards.
Mike Kirda

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo@...> wrote:
>
> Has anybody organized a building course for F1M or Pennyplane; how much
> time should be allocated to get through it? Would one weekend suffice?
>
> I was suggested that I should organize a course of building a VP prop for
> F1M, and came to think that this course should be preceded by a course
> where a model would be built to fit that prop into. So that would be a
> starter. For people traveling longer distances it would be convenient to
> have the course over one weekend (which would mean that the body tubes
> probably should be wrapped in advance so that the course could start from
> gluing the tubes and then proceeding with fitting them).
>
> I was actually thinking of giving 3 options for the build: a) long-fuselage
> F1M for later VP use, b) short fuselage (but with tube) F1M-limited, or c)
> Moustique with a stick fuz for the beginners.
>
> Also, any ideas how long it would take to build a VP for dummies? For
> people needing guidance in the process, that is.
>
>
>
>
> -Tapio-
>
Received on Tue Jun 11 2013 - 05:40:32 CEST