2 Mil. & 4 Mil. In Stock
[font="Arial"][/font][size=3][/size]Attention all SPAD Builders! We have found that 2 Mil. coroplast is hard to find .. let alone at a decent price. As well as finding someone who is willing to sell small amounts without killing you with high shipping charges. In 2005, after hurricane Katrina, we had 3 large increases in the cost and we've had one large increase this year already, on both 2 Mil. & 4 Mil. coroplast. We even checked a popular distributer on the east coast to purchase large quanitities and they seemed like they didn't want to give us the time of day, let alone sell their product. We were treated rather rudely & we understand that many of you have run into the same problem with coroplast distributors. We have now become a distributor for 2 Mil. & 4 Mil. coro. Most sign places do carry the 4 Mil. and it's not that hard to find, however if you need it, we have it. Colors in stock for both 2 Mil. & 4 Mil. are: Red, White, Dark Blue, Gray, Black, Orange, Yellow, & Green. 2 Mil. (one size only) 48" x 24" (24" flutes), $5.49 each 4 Mil. (one size only) 48" x 24" (24" or 48" flutes), $5.49 each Average shipping cost is about $20 ... please contact us for a shipping quote if your interested. Orders over $250.00 are shipped free. 2 Mil. Coroplast ... one box will fit up to 30 pieces 4 Mil. Coroplast ... one box will fit up to 18 pieces If you are interested .. email us at fxhobbies@cox-internet.com or call between 9:30 am. - 5:30 pm. CT, Tuesday - Saturday 501-984-5826 Thanks, Mr. FX
Posted on: 3/8/2006 1:07 PM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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RE: My 90 size SPAD
[size=3][/size][font="Arial"][/font] When I saw the long U-Channel, the first thing that came to my mind was a bad flexibility problem. But by using 1"x1"x1" U-Channel, you will eliminate almost all of the flexing. I am curious as to how you are going to mount the wing to the U-Channel. On our prototype U-Channel planes, we had a problem with the wing wanting to twist. We were able to solve this problem by running the U-Channel through the wing and still, .. we had to put a brace under the wing attached to the U-Channel to help stiffen it up. Even though this plane is no where near the size of your plane, .. this one has a 48" W/S, 32" U-Channel fuselage (7/8"x5/8") ... here are some pics of it to maybe give you some idea of what we did. I don't know if this will help you because we may have mounted the wing differently than what your planning on. This plane has a OS .46 LA which is the biggest I would dare to put on it. The total weight of this plane was 4 lbs. 5 ozs. which makes it fairly light and extremely fast. ... At least for me anyways. If you hit around 7 lbs. on your weight, with a .90 on it .. as streamlined as it looks, it should zip around the sky pretty good. Regards, Mr. FX [image][/image]
Posted on: 2/1/2006 10:31 PM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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RE: ARF Spad
[size=3][/size][font="Arial"][/font]Sorry for the type-o's .. but that happens sometimes after working long hours :o) Mr. FX
Posted on: 2/1/2006 10:01 PM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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RE: ARF Spad
[size=3][/size][font="Arial"][/font] What is a Tyrant? ... A Demon? No .. not really. ... The FX-Tyrant was designed not after the Demon .. but believe it or not, ... the Debut. We were building the Debut's and we just wondered what one would do if we put the wing below. We tried using the orginal Debut wing except made out of 4-Mil., .. that didn't go over well. Then we tried the RNAF style wing, .. that flew better but still didn't acheive what we were after out of the plane. What finially worked and worked very well, is the 2-Mil. Semi Symetrical wing. The airfoil is not a Clark-Y airfoil. It does not have a flat bottom. The tail feathers and control surfaces are 4-Mil. To get the plane to track straight down the run way, we found if you leave the landing gears mounted at the leading edge of the wing, and give it a little toe in on the wheels, this helps alot and the plane will track nicely. If I'm not mistaken, on the spadtothebone web site, under tips, it shows how to do that. In regards to anyone wanting to know some info. on the FX-B.U.F.F. Stix, sorry .. no update yet. We have only built one prototype and we're trying to work out the kinks in it. At this time, they are not for sale ... we don't have any on ebay. I think what your seeing on ebay is the FX-Bandit and the FX-Big Bandit. Thanks, Mr. FX
Posted on: 2/1/2006 9:48 PM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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RE: Can CA expire or go bad?
[size=6][/size]MrGreenSpeed is right! “Very important: When You press the coro together You can't move it, not even a little bit or it will severely weaken the joint. Then it still need a few hours to cure to full strength.� Just a slight movement will weaken your joint by almost 90%. And yes…CA glue has a very short shelf life, about 3 months depending on how warm the room temp is. You can prolong the life of CA glue by storing it in the refrigerator. An open bottle will keep for about 6 months and if it is not opened, it will keep for years in the frig. Another tip they told us, keep it out of the sun, they did not tell us why. If the opened bottle starts to become thicker, gooier or stringy…get rid of it. CA glue is cheap compared to what it could cost if something came apart or fell off in the air. This info came from the manufacture. Mr. F.X.
Posted on: 1/24/2006 11:48 PM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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RE: FX Hobbies
[quote]ORIGINAL: JD380 Ah Frank, what does B.U.F.F. stand for? I can think of a couple, just not suitable for here.[:)] [/quote] Get your mind out of the gutter ... we try to keep things clean. B.U.F.F. stands for Big Ultra-light Friendly Flyer or the military term for the C-130 .. Big Ugly Fat Fellow. We will not know the price of this plane until we finish the test flights. However we have found out that if we make the wing span 79 1/2" instead of 80" we can keep our shipping girth under 108" and this will save our customers a substantial amount of money on shipping rates. An average shipping cost will be about $20 - $25 ... this may seem high but you have to realize, the box will be 80" long and re-inforced sides to help prevent breakage of the wing. In regards to our website, we're looking at about 3 weeks+ (.... but don't hold your breath), there is a lot of work involved but we'll get it done eventually. For those of you who have offered to build our web site in return for a couple planes, ... we appreciate the offer but I don't see how that would be fair to you. Think about it, ... coming here and taking pictures of all 45 different planes that we build, and then doing the write-ups, capturing the various color schemes, & etc... it seems like a lot of work for a couple of planes. But again, we do appreciate the offer. Mr. FX
Posted on: 10/16/2005 10:57 AM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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RE: FX Hobbies
with some of the old planes and old prices. http://www.phoenixct.com/fxhobbies/html/Airplanes.htm We
Posted on: 10/14/2005 8:04 PM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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RE: ARF Spad
[size=3][/size][font="Arial"][/font]ARF FLYERS, Thanks for all the great comments regarding our FX-Planes. They are much appreciated. At the present time, we're working on our web site to make it more informative about our planes. We appreciate your patience with us. If you do need to reach us, contact us through our email address: fxhobbies@cox-internet.com , or for a quicker response, please give us a call at 501-984-5826. This past week, we have weighed some of the planes that we have and according to our scale, here is what the planes weigh, including landing gear, before any equipment is added. FX-FIRE FLY 34" W/S = 1 lb., 6 oz. ... Combat plane - no gear. FX-TYRANT 48" W/S = 2 lbs., 6 oz. FX-CIRRUS 48" W/S = 2 lbs., 3 oz. FX-EASY GOER 56" W/S = 3 lbs., 3 oz. FX-BANDIT 48" W/S = 2 lbs., 5 oz. FX-B.U.F.F. STIK 80" W/S = 4 lbs., 2 oz. **Note** Add about 2 - 3 oz. if the plane has a dihedral wing ... the FX-B.U.F.F. STIK 80" W/S does not have the dihedral option. Here's a couple pictures of our FX-FIRE FLYs that we'll be adding to our web site shortly. The FX-FIRE FLY is a combat plane and has a 34" W/S, a 24" fuselage, and takes a size .15 or .25 engine. Thanks for all your support, Mr. FX [image][/image]
Posted on: 10/11/2005 9:57 PM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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RE: Gnat questions
[size=3][/size]Believe it or not ... the GNAT flies pretty good even with a 30' streamer on it. We've got about 25 GNAT fliers in our club that fly them for combat. The reason the guy's like the GNAT so much is that it flies slow enough for our new pilots to get into combat flying .. but I agree with you about the eddy and/or vacuum under the wing. We have solved this problem with the QHOR .40 and the QHOR .25 We even call it a new name .. the FX-STINGER .40 and the FX-STINGER .25 .. we're still working on one for the GNAT. The wing has a 4 mil. bottom and a 2 mil. top with the U-Channel running through the spar in the wing. It is attached to the U-Channel with screws and backing plates. The wing is lighter and makes a world of differance on this style plane. We did run into a problem with the location of the battery pack and receiver. You can slide it in the end of the wing but can't access it anywhere. So we put a little hatch in the front of the spar on the bottom of the wing and work quite well. The only thing is you have to be a little more patient when installing the receiver and battery ... this also helps to keep the fuel off. Here are some pics of what we have done. NOTE: This is not an easy wing to build or square up ... but it's worth it!!![image][/image]
Posted on: 2/12/2005 12:38 AM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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RE: More Chord?
[size=3][/size]What type of airfoil do you have? Are you running a dual spar with a semi symmetrical type wing? Here are some pics of the one I built ... if they show up ... This plane has a 48 in. wing span with a 12 in. chord. I have found that SPADs are heavy to begin with and they need all the help they can get to get off the ground, and this airfoil is a major key issue in the performance of the plane. If the pics don't show up ... somebody please tell me how to put them in. [image][/image]
Posted on: 2/10/2005 11:25 PM by Author "fxhobbies" in the forum "S.P.A.D. Aircraft - Coroplast design"
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