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  1. BalsaDust

    PAU Owners Thread

    Me likey electric planes
  2. BalsaDust

    Smaller trailers for 40% + sized Giants!

    No problem. It took some digging for sure. Wasn't actually in a trailer thread but in the middle of a build thread of a profile.
  3. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    my wife and I love it. Been quite a few years since we have gone though. After our last tent sprung a leak in the middle of the night we threw it out and it took this long to finally buy another one.
  4. BalsaDust

    Smaller trailers for 40% + sized Giants!

    Here are the pictures of the trailer I mentioned earlier. it is 2x2 frame with luan sheeting covered with a 8oz canvas like used in boats. He glued it all on with titebond 2 glue and then said it took around 10 coats of Sherwin Williams exterior latex paint. Said it took so much as he kept...
  5. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    So the guy that I did the trainer like an L-4 for and working on the Kadet for stopped by the house today to pick up the trainer. Dropped off this Hangar 9 Edge. Says its needs a recover. Apparently he has had a couple pieces of covering come off in flight. Gonna be fun as I have a bad ass...
  6. BalsaDust

    True 50cc plane. Need some help please.

    PAU Sukhoi SU-26m. 88" wingspan but everything I have heard is it was originally designed around the DA50 and the manual for the Sukhoi has the mounting template for the DA50 in it.
  7. BalsaDust

    Smaller trailers for 40% + sized Giants!

    I will see if I can find the pictures but a guy on another forum not sure which one had built his on top of a harbor freight frame which is what I plan to do. He just put down a floor and then framed walls and sheeted them with plywood on the outside. Afterwards he wrapped it with some sort of...
  8. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    While waiting for epoxy to cure on repairs of the kadet fuse I Got two more profile short kits cut last night. They will start coming together in next week or so. Also got the mine and the wife's new tent set up to see how it goes together and got all the seams sprayed with a sealer just to...
  9. BalsaDust

    Smaller trailers for 40% + sized Giants!

    Watched that video a bunch and it's always entertaining. LOL
  10. BalsaDust

    Group Build, 20cc Profile ARF, Who's In?

    Great video Bart. No hurry up and get back to work. We wanna see that thing fly.
  11. BalsaDust

    PAU Owners Thread

    That's awesome Herve.
  12. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Yup I was checking it regularly. Only two things I don't like about it. One the head is at a different angle than my old one (I will get used to that) and the very tip of the iron doesn't seem to get as hot as the rest. Prolly no big deal on that as what I used to use the tip of the iron for I...
  13. BalsaDust

    Prop bolts....what's the consensus?

    Nord lock is a different type of lock washer that works really good.
  14. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    It should. That's what I was going for.
  15. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Thank you kind sir. I got to use my new covering irons. Still getting used to them as they are way different than my old ones but me like so far.
  16. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Top of the wing for the kadet.
  17. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Bottom of a kadet sr wing is covered. Will get some black on stripes as well then the top will be all white with black graphics.
  18. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    No offense taken. It's a purdy plane.
  19. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Nope apparently I'm oblivious. LOL
  20. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    That's a purdy edge. Who makes it?
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