MadModder
The Craftmans Shop => Radio Control Models => Topic started by: vtsteam on March 10, 2013, 05:35:03 PM
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This is a plane that I eventually modified into a P-38. It was originally a Foamflyer S0-11 -- a sort of blocky shaped easy to build model made of expanded bead styrofoam. The original was a pusher with two square booms and a square fuselage, and rectangular wings. Here's Foamflyer's original model on which mine was based -- I don't have a photo of my own.
(http://www.foamflyer.info/P083.jpg)
It was a good flyer, and I often wondered if something similar could be built that looked more like a P-38.
After I'd crunched my SO-11 so many times that it was becoming an embarassment to fly, I hit on the idea of after every crash gradually adding new pieces of foam that looked more like a lightning -- eventually repairing it into the other plane. It worked better than I had imagined! Here is the result:
(And a video link below the picture -- hope it works -- let me know if it doesn't!)
(http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/yy150/vtsr/vtsr/TecumsehBuild/FFSO-P38-hacked0059sm.jpeg)
[embed=425,349]<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32745520" width="500" height="375" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> [/embed]