MOST PILOTS WANT TO BUILD THERE OWN PLANE
DESIGN AFTER BEING IN THIS HOBBY LONG ENOUGH.
THE FIRST STEP TO BEING A SCRATCH BUILDER IS
KIT BASHING.THE NEXT STEP IS BUILDING FROM
PLANS.THE NEXT TO THE LAST STEP IS DESIGNING
YOUR OWN PLANES.AND THE LAST AND ULTIMATE
SCRATCH BUILDER IS THE KIT MANUFACTUER WHO
IS BULIDING PROTO TYPES FOR FUTURE KIT'S.
STEVE WILCOX AND HIS AWARD WINNING
GLASSAIR 3 AT CAJON PSS 1999 BEST
CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT.THE PLANE WEIGHS
19 LBS.AND THE FUSE WAS MADE BY
CONTACT CEMENTING ONE 5"AND TWO
4" WIDE PIECE OF EPP AND THE SHAPING
THE FUSE.THE ULTIMATE SCRATCH BUILT
PLANE.STEVE IS FROM MESA,ARIZONA.
TOM RAMERIZ LAUNCHES A PROTOTYPE
OF WADE KLOOS T-33 SHOOTING STAR.
IT WAS PRETTY COOL EVEN HAD A JET
NOISE SYSTEM.THIS MIGHT BE A KIT
FROM WADE AT DURABLE AIRCRAFT
MODELS. PHOTO AT THE CAJON PSS
EVENT 1999.
CLICK ON PHOTO TO LINK
TO D.A.M. WEBSITE.
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
THERE ARE ONLY A FEW TOOLS YOU NEED FOR SCRATCH BUILDING
1. A FEATHER CUT WING CUTTER AND VARIAC,12 VOLT STEP
DOWN TRANSFORMER.
2.COMPUFOIL AIRFOIL PLOTING SYSTEM WORKS GREAT
AND IS DESIGNED TO WORK WITH THE FEATHERCUT.
3.BAND SAW AND THEN ALL YOUR OTHER FOAMY
CONSTRUCTION TOOLS.
JEFF VOSBERG IS THE BUILDER OF THE
BF-109 AND THE DORINER 335 ARROW.
THE 335 IS PRETTY TRICK HE HAS THE
BOTTOM TAIL FIN SET UP SO IT POP'S
FREE ON LANDING.
THE SPITFIRE IS BUILT BY KEVIN CARLSON
JEFF AND KEVIN ARE BUDDYS. I MET THEM
AT A TEMPLE HILL SUNDAY FUNFLY. THAT
IS THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
KEVIN HAND SANDED THE WINGS ELIPTICAL
TIPS ON THE SPITFIRE.
TEKOA
FEATHERCUT WING CUTTER
COMPU FOIL
THE COMPUTER AIRFOIL PLOTTING
SYSTEM.THE BEST PLUS A FREE
TRIAL DOWNLOAD.
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