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sourcing foam for rc build

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  • 29-06-2015 7:44pm
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    protog777
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭


    I am looking for any shops in Ireland that could supply me with foam to make an rc plane. Would styrofoam work or would I need something stronger? Thanks


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    ShRT
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭ShRT


    You can get floor underlayer from b&q . it's green coloured and has a foil backing and is equivalent to depron that is mentioned quite a bit in foam builds


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    civdef
    Registered Users Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭civdef


    You can also get a1 size foamboard fairly cheap on ebay or much dearer in art & craft shops- which is the stuff being used for the flitetest and experimentalairlines builds.


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    batskat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭batskat


    I often get depron the thin white foam material in 3mm and 6 mm from shop LHS greenhobbymodel.com in Harolds Cross Dublin

    Used with other materials it can be made real strong for fast and still stay light or just use direct for slow fly models

    I got bat type model made from the material so thats why i call myself batskat

    batskat


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    euser1984
    Registered Users Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭euser1984


    What do you use as a template for cutting it? How to add ailerons etc.? Thanks.


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