Information for the Do It Yourself Miata Owner
Mike has figured out how to strengthen a foam core and make it very durable. The words Foam core wings suggests that foam is the core of the wing. But what is it really the core of? Mike Waters discovered that there is strength in laminating a sheet of 3/4 ounce fiberglass and a sheet […]
Cutting foam with a hotwire requires several tools and a few skills. Some of the skills used are intuitive and some are more complex. The procedures discussed below will be for construction and use of a hotwire foam cutter. Foam can be cut with a band saw, table saw or other type saw. However, that […]
Some years ago a couple fellows I know were making some forward ‘V’ swept wing planes they called a Vortex. I built a few and flew them. They were made of built up balsa and used .25 FX glow engines. They were capable of some pretty impressive speed and maneuvers. But today, I avoid glow […]
With the templates made and parts cut out, building the fuselage with the jig is “Super Easy”. The jig holds the sides nice and square resulting in a very professional fuselage. See the Fuselage Jig Use posting on the Fuselage Jig post. The firewall can be installed with the fuselage removed from the jig. It […]