Possibly the best starting place I have found for EPP Foam EPP HOBBIES.com http://www.epphobbies.com/ Calculate Reynolds Numbers... among other things http://www.mh-aerotools.de/airfoils/howdoi.htm and other links from the same site... http://www.mh-aerotools.de/airfoils/index.htm Got a flying wing? Got an annoyingly long aerial dragging out the back? Try this... http://www.wattsup.co.nz/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=29_84&products_id=2111 of course you might need a different version for you frequency band, just check around the site, they aren't too hard to find Calculate Aircraft Centre of Gravity http://adamone.rchomepage.com/cg2_calc.htm Cheap Battery Packs.com http://www.cheapbatterypacks.com/?sid=1629848 RC Hobby - Receiver Battery Packs https://01836cd.netsolstores.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=225 Great jumping off places for Foam planes:- RC Foam http://rcfoam.com/cart.php?target=category&category_id=75 EPP 540, EPP suppliers & Links (USA) http://epp540.com/index.php Alan Tong from Ace Hobby in Auckland has compiled an incredible (and rather long!) list of useful links for modellers, get a cup of coffee and sit back – lots of reading here - VERY VERY GOOD LINKS SITE FOR MODELLERS! http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Eatong/ Walk-around photos of real planes for all you scale buffs - check here http://aircraftwalkaround.hobbyvista.com/walkindex.html Lots of Model plans here http://www.onerateads.com/RC-431-GLID.htm http://ozhobby.com/store/comersus_index.asp http://www.sperrmuellflieger.de/EPP/Bodo.htm Pictures worth a thousand words, here are some ideas for servo installation. http://www.angelfire.com/indie/aerostuff/ServoLayouts.htm NACA database http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/coord_database.html Ever wanted to find the coordinates for a particular airfoil section, well this is the place to start, you should have enough sections here to choose from http://www.joewoodworker.com/veneering/EVS/reservoirs.htm for Vacuum bag pump systems http://www.veneersupplies.com/product_info.php?cPath=60_36&products_id=58 more vac pump gear http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=980893 http://www.topmark.co.nz/ Suppliers of gear/products that you might really find useful! http://www.electropar.co.nz/index.cfm/PageID/13/ProductID/6/ViewProduct/Mylar+Polyester+Film+(50kg+Rolls Source of Mylar in New Zealand! http://www.fibreglassshop.co.nz/ The name says it all, suppliers of Resin (Epoxy and Polyester), cloth (Glass, Carbon, Kevlar, rovings, woven, strand... the list is very long!) plus numerous other supplies for the craft. Hamilton based shop. http://www.stealth316.com/2-dp8005.htm 3M have a great product designed for gluing difficult plastics - in particular Polypropylene, better known for modelling as EPP (Expanding Polypropylene). |
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