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Offline Stratocaster

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In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« on: March 02, 2010, 10:33:13 AM »
I have always loved the WWI era birds and just had to have a DR1. I built several models last summer but none were very scale so I set out to design one using common parts that would promote the scale appearence. The Guillows wood kit had the plastics I needed so I ordered a set and went to work. This year I am taking a gap year between Highschool and College taking a CAD course so I had time to design and fly several versions of this little guy. What do you think? Any other scratch builders out there?


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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 05:32:59 AM »
Purty.

I like the way the prop looks to scale too.
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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2010, 07:58:30 AM »
 :aok great work
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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2010, 08:32:35 AM »
Are you looking to sell one of those ready to go out of the box?




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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2010, 08:39:59 AM »
No bracing wires, just like the real one. Well done.  :aok
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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2010, 10:28:58 AM »
Thanks for comments guys! I don't intend to sell a ready to fly version of this plane but I have uploaded free plans to www.rcgroups.com where you can easily build your own.

The airframe is incredibly simple and if you have any modeling skills at all you can have one in the air in less than 5 hours from a sheet of foam.

I love this plane because you can fly it just about anywhere (I fly it in front of my house) but its still incredibly aerobatic. I flew the blue one on Rudder/Elevator/Throttle only but just added ailerons today.




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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2010, 10:32:37 AM »
very nice!!! :airplane:
 any vids yet?
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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2010, 10:39:12 AM »
Strat do some research get your design patented,  you dont someone else (or company) will and sell them planes, thats a very cool plane you did a great job you might have found your calling.
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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2010, 11:00:26 AM »
That's awesome, you should definitely pat. that design and sell it. You would make a small fortune
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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2010, 11:02:09 AM »
Strat, nice work.  I'm interested in building one of these, but I haven't been able to find the plans on the rcgroups site.  Can you link more directly to the plans for me?  Much appreciated!   :salute
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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2010, 11:04:48 AM »
You definitely did a good job at it and you should get it patented, and would like to see some video of it too.
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Re: In light of the WWI Arena (My R/C Fold Up Fokker Dr.1 design)
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2010, 01:42:01 PM »
Honestly, trying to patent the thing probably wouldn't be worth the cost.  Getting a patent isn't cheap.  Better bet would maybe be to try and market the plans instead.  The plans would be subject to copy rights, which are much more straightforward then patents.  Might even try taking some high quality photos of the construction process and writing up a "How To" article to submit to one of the magazines like ParkFlyer.  Set up a quick and easy website with a PayPal link to sell the plans to coincide with the release of the article.

I would pay $10-15 for the plans.  I buy plans all the time.
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