| Strange to say but once you have mastered the | | | | calls to local sign shops.Aside from these |
| basics of building a model airplane and have | | | | readily available materials, there are a few |
| a few spare bits lying around your workshop | | | | other items that you will need; self tapping |
| or garage it becomes very easy to produce | | | | sheet metal screws, zip ties, a utility knife |
| your very own design of RC model airplane. | | | | and a few wood sticks(4mmx27mmx1m Pine |
| Simple Plastic Airplane Design (SPAD) is | | | | lathing/lattice). Other items needed to |
| really cheap and fun alternative to | | | | complete your RC model airplane, such as |
| constructing expensive remote controlled | | | | wheels, landing gear and control arms, will |
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| are less expensive than those used in | | | | model. A community has been built around the |
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| flying a SPAD is its survivability when it | | | | and more exciting ways to make SPADs.One of |
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| using inexpensive building materials that can | | | | aerobatic maneuver and just can't seem to |
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| shops - or even picked up for nothing from | | | | for the first time and cartwheel your |
| builders cast-offs. While the materials | | | | airplane down the runway, the chances that |
| required for constructing a SPAD vary from | | | | your plane will survive are very good. |
| one design to another, the basic materials | | | | Compared to easily breakable balsa, plastic |
| used include; PCV downspout pipe for the | | | | is a very forgiving material that can survive |
| fuselage, CoroPlast(corrugated platic) sign | | | | higher impact speeds without damage - and is |
| material for the wings and controls surfaces, | | | | easily fixed when broken.Ease of |
| HDPE cutting boards for firewalls and landing | | | | construction, low cost and survivability all |
| gear blocks, and CA (superglue) to hold | | | | add up to a package that encourages modellers |
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