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DaveMc:
Dont feel bad kieth about all the questions. You were reading my mind. All those questions were on my mind aswell. I am waiting on delivery of my first Depron indoor model.

Thanks Aidan for that great advice.

D.

Brian:
Hi Dave,
Me too.
Hmm must be something to do with all this good weather.
Hi Aidan,Keith etc. when I glue in radio I use a Polyurethene like Tek7.
It cures in moisture vapour,found in the air we breath, to a firm rubber.
Very strong, and just cut to remove the rest will peel off.
Its available in black and white at least.

Brian

Happy Days:
Okay all you indoor Guru’s .Two questions;

1/ What is the best material to use for an indoor model, when being flown by a novice indoor pilot? :?:

2/ What sort of  target weight should such a model be? :?:

(I’m expecting to receive loads of different answers :lol: )

K.

billscottni:
Don't know about Q2 but Q1 would DEFINITELY be EPP!

Aidan:

--- Quote from: "Happy Days" ---Okay all you indoor Guru’s .Two questions;

1/ What is the best material to use for an indoor model, when being flown by a novice indoor pilot? :?:

2/ What sort of  target weight should such a model be? :?:

(I’m expecting to receive loads of different answers :lol: )

K.
--- End quote ---

EPP is definitely a good idea if you expect to do a fair amount of crashing and that's a definite possibility for your first few flights indoors. You could build the entire plane from EPP or another possibility is to build an EPP nose section onto a Depron or Extrupor airframe. The nose will always take the vast majority of the abuse.
Weight depends on size but keep it as light as you can. For a typical shockflier size plane (say 780mm to 850mm span) I'd aim for 160g or less if you want to keep the speed reasonable (~130g would be nice but might be hard to achieve first try). Remember, the lighter it is the slower you can fly it and the slower you fly it the more time you have to decide how to avoid the walls.

Aidan

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