Hi everyone,

Next fortnight I'm going to Ahmedabad, where my childhood buddy's group flies every Sunday.
Thought of taking something different - an electric control liner and a rubber powered free flight.

This is the rubber FF.

Downloaded oz759 from outerzone
Took it on a pendrive to the printer and got a printout (A2)

Now the first problem.
It's built entirely out of 1/16" sheet.
Just 2 sheets of 1/16x3x12

But the sheets I have are 1mm and 2mm (nominally)
Actually 1/10" and 1/20"

1/20" felt too flimsy, so decided to go with 1/10"
Should have sanded it thinner, as it was very difficult to cut these small parts out (it's 12lb/cft!)

Cut the parts outline portion of the plan and glued it to the balsa.
Realised later that instead of cutting out not quite identical ribs individually, it'd have been far easier to sandwich rectangular blanks and sand them to shape.
Now it's impossible to cut the slots in the ribs for the flat LE&TE.
So prune the ribs and butt to the LE&TE.

A little progress today.
Shaping the LE, tapering the TE, and making all the ribs identical wasn't too easy due to the small size...

Thanks Iyer Saheb for sharing beauty of real Aeromodeling . Nowadays I think no body making these rubber power model . keep it up ,I will also try to get in rubber power model also
regards arvind Khare

Quote from: Arvindkharebpl on January 29, 2025, 11:03:49 AMThanks Iyer Saheb for sharing beauty of real Aeromodeling . Nowadays I think no body making these rubber power model . keep it up ,I will also try to get in rubber power model also
regards arvind Khare

The best thing about these small models is the minimal cost. A single 3x36 sheet is enough. And you can get prop hubs and rubber from Mr Madhav Khare in Pune.

so you will cut all the parts using a cutter or do you have a scroll saw?

Basically you only need a steel ruler, a #11 surgical blade with handle, and a sanding block.
It helps if you have a razor saw and balsa stripper...