RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick
set your picture size down in your digital camera to e-mail quality, no need to use such high resolution
Posted on: 8/22/2010 8:53 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick
For an excellent short kit www.lasershortkits.com Follows the old original Jensen plans with a couple great modifications, better wing spar, bolt down wing, etc.
Posted on: 8/22/2010 8:50 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Super Sportster twin...
I laser cut the mods for making a stock Sportster into a twin. www.lasershortkits.com
Posted on: 7/14/2010 8:05 AM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Electric set-up for Twin Double Impact
Hi, a couple of guys who have built the Double Impact short kit I supply, have told me they were going electric. Maybe we should reach out and ask for some feed back. I also short kit the Twin Lizzy which is electric or gas. www.lasershortkits.com
Posted on: 5/5/2010 6:20 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Laser Cutting Service? / RFQ
I can do it as well contact me at info@lasershortkits.com I'm here on the east coast. I specialize in small production runs.
Posted on: 4/7/2010 7:27 AM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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I need some advise on ESC for boat
I bought a Lucky IX tug boat at the WRAM show in New York. I would like to power it with a sealed 12 volt 7 amp battery (the kind you see in field boxes) It needs weight in the hull anyway as it seems top heavy. These sealed batteries weigh about 5lbs. My question is, the boat came with a Chinese ESC and a cheap 4 channel reciever. Will the ESC work with a 12 volt battery or do I need to buy a new ESC for the increased amperage? Will the ESC maintain 4.8 volts to the reciever if I run 12 volts? Seems like a lot of questions, but I'm sure someone out there can help with a part number or system that will work.
Posted on: 4/5/2010 5:06 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "RC Boats General Discussion"
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RE: Don Smith Mosquito
I would also like some info on this model
Posted on: 4/2/2010 8:00 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Twin Lizzie Build
Here are some pictures of my laser cut kit Twin Lizzy finished by a gentleman in OR. He put 2 -OS 46 AX's on it and says it flies great. I would love to see some more of my kits out there, send me pictures! This should get you motivated again Shawn.
Posted on: 3/12/2010 5:07 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Twin Lizzie Build
It's been quiet for a while, how's the build going. I've sent out a bunch of these short kits and would love to see more posts on the builds. I just got a nice letter and pictures from Mort Sullivan of Ashland, OR with pictures of his finished plane. www.lasershortkits.com
Posted on: 3/6/2010 2:12 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Twin engine Kits
Here are my favorites www.lasershortkits.com
Posted on: 3/6/2010 11:18 AM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Good Twin Engine Kits
Here are some of my favorite twins www.lasershortkits.com
Posted on: 3/4/2010 9:16 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Instructions for Adjusto Jig
I include the 5/32" holes in the ribs when I supply laser short kits. There are still a lot of adjust-o-jigs out there and they are a pleasure to use, especially when you don't have to drill all the ribs with the jig.
Posted on: 2/16/2010 8:39 AM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Laser Cutting Service? / RFQ
Contact me at: info@lasershortkits.com I can get the parts out to you reasonably fast. E-mail me your cad drawing or scale sketches. I currently do short kits for Flying Models Magazine there are a couple of my kits listed on www.lasershortkits.com take a look.
Posted on: 1/21/2010 11:46 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Scratch Built Twin
Just a couple notes here, I built my twin in 1997 and it has close to 100 flights. (The one with the Stars and stripes) Never (knock on wood) had a mishap. Epoxy dries out and gets brittle, I try to use the foaming gorila glue as much as I can, it doesn't seem to give out, it's fuel proof and it actually forms nice fillets around the surrounding wood that locks everything in place.
Posted on: 1/21/2010 6:46 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Scratch Built Twin
Nice twin! I have built and laser cut a few twins and I prefer tail draggers. At least for me they are easier to handle on the ground. Check out www.lasershortkits.com If you need custom lettering for you plane let me know, I did these in my sign shop.
Posted on: 1/21/2010 10:09 AM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Can you ID this plane?
I've been making short kits for this plane for a couple years now. www.lasershortkits.com
Posted on: 1/13/2010 6:18 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: WANTED :Magnum 80 R/C Sport Dick Sarpolus twin .40 76
Here is the Magnum 80 short kit www.lasershortkits.com
Posted on: 1/8/2010 6:13 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Looking for the kit
www.lasershortkits.com has both the Chuck Cunningham "Hooker" and Kraft's "Das Ugly Stick" both very close to the original. Check it out.
Posted on: 1/8/2010 8:10 AM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Can you ID this plane?
I short kit this plane www.lasershortkits.com
Posted on: 1/7/2010 11:43 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: plans to kit
I have cut custom short kits for people using corel 13. I take a set of plans and scan just the really hard to cut parts like tapered wing ribs and fuse formers. The program has a tracing feature that actually works quite well. I true up the slots to fit the spars nice and snug then convert the outline to a vector. www.lasershortkits.com
Posted on: 11/18/2009 6:15 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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Laser cut kits
I was wondering if anyone could suggest a real popular kit to short kit. I cut kits for Flying Models plans now and they advertise a couple of my kits in the plans section of the magazine. Do you think a short kit of the Ringmaster Sportster C/L would be a good choice? I would have to make sure there are not any copyright conflicts.
Posted on: 11/16/2009 10:27 AM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Twin Lizzie Build
I can make you a set of plans today and mail them out, I have the originals from the designer.
Posted on: 10/1/2009 7:51 AM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Magnum 80 build
Your'e finding stuff I'm unfamiliar with. I never built this kit and I expect to get some feed back. If something looks out of the ordinary let me know and I'll fix it on future kits. You're my Beta builder on this one!
Posted on: 7/24/2009 7:05 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Magnum 80 build
Vertical webbing can't hurt. Are you going to use hardwood spars? I like to use poplar, the extra weight is not a problem with that much power and the extra strength is a bonus.
Posted on: 7/24/2009 6:20 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Magnum 80 build
I cut the parts by tracing Dick Sarpolus's parts directly from the plans. Yes there are some discrepencies. The spars should be placed and glued and then take a long straight sander and trim the longer ribs to the shorter ones. Don't worry you won't make much difference in the wing cofiguration. The long straight edge sander will even out all the minor misses. Don't forget there are cap strips and sheeting to be applied that will even out all the lumps and bumps after sanding. Imagine what you would be seeing if you scroll sawed all the parts by hand!
Posted on: 7/23/2009 9:05 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Magnum 80 build
You will find the jig to be invaluable when you are constructing the wing. The retract installation, throttle servo and cables will be a breeze when you do the entire wing and dihedral all at the same time.
Posted on: 7/19/2009 4:03 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Magnum 80 build
Bill, as you get further along with the retract installation, make me some drawings of the parts and modifications, I could include them with future kits for the guys who want retracts.
Posted on: 7/16/2009 6:22 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick
Have fun with this build. Check out www.lasershortkits.com there is a nice version of the original Kraft, Jensen kit there. It is a pretty complete kit, scallopped ailerons and elevator. Fuse sides, etc.
Posted on: 7/8/2009 7:23 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick
I would like to see a 70+ four stroke on your list.
Posted on: 7/7/2009 9:53 PM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Inexpensive ? receiver source
With a lot of guys going to 2.4 there are a lot of 8 channel Futaba recievers for sale for $20.00 at flea markets. I buy them up, put my crystal in them and have a blast.
Posted on: 6/14/2009 10:03 AM by Author "The sign man" in the forum "RC Combat"
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