hi all,

have built a plane using 2mm coroplast material.

specifications as below.

Span - 48"
Length - 32"
Chord - 7"
Wt - 500 gms

Flew with geared 400 motor and 10x8 prop. Test flight was marginally ok. not much thrust with 8.4 v batt.

have upgraded to a brushless motor and with a 3s lipo and 2212/13 motor and 9x6 prop it will clim out of sight in minutes.

regds
sandeep

That is great Sandeep 

Great plane. how much does it weigh? very nice finish.
By the way, what is the fuse made of? i want to make a fuse of 2 or 3mmfoam board
Avijit

sorry, missed reading the wieght in your original post.
Avijit

Now thatz what I call a SPAD!.. Very neat!.. 

-Ismail

Looks like a professional kit ! 

Couldn't help notice the 3 or so models in the background 

sir can i know how you have made the aerofoil,whether its a flatbed one or the semi flat one or simply the sheet itself and what reinforcements have you used in your fuselage and wings.As i am also making a spad for me but findinng it difficult to make it with in the weight limits any help will be highly appreciated.

hi all,

Thanks for the comments. Actually this is result of my 15+ yrs in Aeromodelling.

I have made a no of models in balsa and foam. never liked a spad. but after getting hands on 2mm sheet
i just could not wait to try it out and believe it you can have a plane ready in a day and also fly it.

the specs of the model are
Span - 48"
chord - 7" constant chord
fuse lenth - 32"
fuse ht - 4"
flying wt - 550gms
powered by bl motor 2212/13 from rcforall
3s lipo 11.1v 1300mah
prop - 9x5

I am planning to make a few more planes from this sheet.

The wing is a simple flat aerofoil design. although a semi symetric would be preferable. i am got 3 wings of different aerofoils to be tested.

you can reinforce the fuse with 3mm ply or 3mm balsa. also you use the plastic in cross grain as doublers.
Use Cyanoacrylate throughout. But sand the places you have to stick be4 applying CA.

Note - when purchasing this sheet which comes in 6'x4', pls do not roll it. instead cut it in 2 sheets. you will get 3'x4'.
rolling disturbs the grain direction and you cannot straighten it out.

Any help needed kindly let me know.

regds
sandeep

hi all,

some pics to help you build the coro trainer

some more pics

kindly understand the grain direction of the sheet and use it accordingly.

regds
sandeep

Hi Sbajare,

Could you please add the contruction details of wing also? Please do post if you have the photos of the same.

Regards,
Dileep

this looks great

Nice plane..I'll try to make this using 3mm coro..

Quote from: dileepbalan on July 21, 2010, 09:09:44 AM
Hi Sbajare,

Could you please add the contruction details of wing also? Please do post if you have the photos of the same.

Regards,
Dileep

You may check out this link for coro wing construction: http://www.spadtothebone.net/SPAD/FNSwing/index.html

Thanks Mohan. lots of picture for step-by-step construction

Regards,
Dileep

Quote from: mohan on July 22, 2010, 08:00:05 AM
You may check out this link for coro wing construction:

The Link is not valid  http://www.spadtothebone.com/SPAD/FNSwing/index.html

Here is the updated link http://spadtothebone.net/SPAD/FNSwing/

what is wing span hight,
tail widh and hight
fusalarge lenth and hight.
please describe.

what is wing span hight,
tail widh and hight
fusalarge lenth and hight.
please describe.

Everything is mentioned in the above posts..

This is a great trainer plane..Got 1 from Sandeep Sir...I have been flying it since 3 years..

Awesome model sir!!!