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  1. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Funny because I have had plenty in a couple of groups for these years mustangs tell me to forget it and its not worth doing the swap from v6 to v8 and just start with a v8 car as I will have to upgrade all the suspension and other stuff. They dont get it when I say even if it was a GT all that...
  2. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    LOL no 3W and it wont stay for long. Plan to get car driving again and start accumulating parts. Thinking a 302 bored and stroked to 347 would be sweet.
  3. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    @stangflyer I'm picking up a Mustang in the next couple of weeks. May not be the ones your after though. Will be nice to have a project car in the stable again. Just V6 Automatic car but that will change with time. Belongs to a coworker currently but he told me to come get it out of his yard and...
  4. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    How is the progress coming along on yours?
  5. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Basically where I drew the red dot on my layout for the foamy version of this plane.
  6. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    With all the other size glitters I have built a good starting point for the CG is to pinch the fuse right where the canopy meets the forward section of the fuse.
  7. BalsaDust

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    The rascals are such neat looking birds.
  8. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    If you are getting nice clean cuts each time it is less important to plane it after each cut
  9. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Try now. I thought any autoCAD should open it but I think I saw another problem. Got a new laptop at work and no longer running my student version of AutoCAD instead I'm running the AutoCAD Mechanical 2020 version that is part of our package at work. Hopefully it works now.
  10. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    I’ve never tried cutting sheet goods as the bandsaw I have isn’t good enough. I do cut all my own sticks and tristock though.
  11. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    My personal preference is any profile I built that is over 20cc will get a sheeted foam fuse. A buddy of mine has the WWRC 55cc extra that is a built up fuse. Even with him beefing up the fuse in key spots the tail still chases the wing in rolling maneuvers. I do think the foam fuse builds out...
  12. BalsaDust

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    I spun a 23x8 on my 55cc planes no problem.
  13. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    My 55cc version was a foam fuse. I started with a sheet of the white beaded foam insulation from Lowes that has the silver plastic on one side. I peeled all of that off and then just traced my fuse on it and just it with a knife. My notes that I feel helped make it a strong fuse with pics from...
  14. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    No problem. If you do build it please start a thread and let me know what things you do throughout the build. I could update a set of plans to reflect it for everyone One thing I thought of if your willing to go that route but I think once you get to 30cc size it’s worth it to do a foam core...
  15. BalsaDust

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    That’s awesome. I will probably print one for the 1/4 scale cub I need to rebuild.
  16. BalsaDust

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Went flying at lunch with the coworker I gave a drone too and another coworker who also has one. Love the picture quality that comes off of my Mavic. These pics are from the park on site where I work. Pretty nice perk having it back there with two nice ponds to fish in.
  17. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Plans should be in your email. I ended up scaling to 72" span as the wing area drastically increases as its scaled. when I went to 74" span the area was up to 1400 sq in. At 72" span its at 1266 sq in which should be fine but I would recommend trimming 1/2"-3/4" off the TE of the ailerons as I...
  18. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    10-4. Will get on it in the morning.
  19. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Ok I will scale them in the morning and will also at least try to figure out the exact amount the ribs will need to be scaled as well and do that for you. Do you want it as a DWG or just a PDF.
  20. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Yes I think 10 pounds would be possible but I think up to around 12 pounds would still fly amazing on a 35cc. Your welcome to scale up the 20cc plans if you would like. I could redraw it but will be a while before I will have the time to do it. If you do scale it up I would scale it up to around...
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