How to repair your foam RC Plane
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- We've all crashed our rc plane and wondered if we should fix it or not. I suggest you try.. With the right techniques with glue and clamps you can repair your destroyed airplane have learn some modeling skills that will help you and your friends. In this video I review glues, glue application and clamping techniques that will help you.
All tools and glues are readily available from your local hardware store or amazon.
00:00 Intro
00:27 Adhesives
02:40 Application tips
04:45 Application demonstration
09:10 Clamping techniques
10:38 Other gluing examples and tips
13:17 Using old foam parts
13:49 Summary
Excellent video! Great idea to use the pins for clamping, I've wasted way too much time stood holding pieces together during repairs. Absolute hidden gem of a channel.
Glad you like the channel.. I really enjoy adding educational videos along with my reviews.. Appreciate your comments. Will
Wow absolutely so many Nifty little tricks that go a loooonnnng way with doing a great job. So many combos that clearly work well together. Glad I clicked on this video.
Thanks Hassan. Glad you liked it.. I appreciate your comments. I've made several repair videos that are on my channel.. Will
I knew you wouldn't be short on glue, lol. Interestingly enough...we bought a steamer today. Guess who turned me on to that? Lol. The creative clamping is brilliant. Really an informative vid Will!
Thanks Adam... You bought a steamer??? Why? You never damage planes.. Well, other than the F86...😂
I greatly appreciate the excellent tutorial on clamping methods! Thank you for these videos."
So happy you enjoyed this video.. Really means a lot to me to see these comments.
Very nice and informative step- by step guide to foam r/c aircraft repair!❤❤❤❤
Glad you liked it.
Thanks for making this video! Very helpful and I dig the “creative clamping” process!
Its enjoyable to just fiddle around and put the puzzle back together...
Thanks a bunch, great to learn some of these repair processes.
I always say they fly better after they have been crashed and repaired. 😁 Now you can focus on flying and not so much if it is going to get banged up. 🛩️
Glad you liked and learned something on this video.. I think you're right about that first dent... Now you can just have fun and fly the plane...
Good demo. There were several interesting ideas in your video.
As always.. Appreciate the support.
T pins and rubber bands- very creative! Nice techniques, thanks -:) Something I often use to clamp is masking tape on large surface areas, but if you aren't going to repaint after the repair, you have to be careful and take away some of the tack from the tape adhesive by putting the tape on a cotton shirt or cloth, and pulling it on and off a few times to make it less tacky. The paint flakes off so easy on most of these foamie planes..
I agree with the remove the tackiness.. I'll use some frog tape too.. Lots of great tips out there..
Great video WIll everything you do is what I been doing too, at our field a flyer crash his Habu SS 50mm many pieces 3 hrs on the table was all back together and flying and now he has over 20 flights on it after the repair he was a happy camper he was going to toss it in the trash can and I stopped him 😀😀😀😀
Thanks Frank. Appreciate the support. I love giving back and rebuilding planes for my buddies.. It's just as much fun to build/repair and tinker as it is to fly them....
Will - great video - in time to repair the fuse breaks in my F8F. See you at the field.
Let me know if you need any help.. Always willing to help out a friend....😎
Great techniques on repairing foam. There is good value in your videos for new and seasoned pilots. Thanks will.
Thanks buddy. Appreciate the support
Great video Will! Thanks 🙏🏻
Glad you enjoyed it.
Great tips. Thanks!
You bet!
You can reduce the tackyness of masking tape by applying talcum powder.
Yep, good tip.. I apply it to my t-shirt a few times.. Also, use Frog Tape low-tack on occasion...
Would I be better off waiting and ordering the E6000 or should I proceed with the hot glue gun that I already own? Also, does the glue dry inside the syringe making this method a one-time use? Or, will the glue remain inside it without hardening? Thanks. Newly subscribed. I have a Carbon Cub S2 that the ground suddenly rushed up to meet nose-on.
Thanks for watching and subscribing.. Appreciate it.. Hot glue is really good, but it can be messy and you gotta be quick on the fitting. I prefer E6000 for major structural repairs that may take a few minutes to put everything back in place.... After I use E6000 or any flexible contact cement in the syringe, I let it dry a bit and then it kinda peels out of the syringe. A small metal/piano wire will clean out the tip.. Good luck on your rebuild...
@@SteffenRC Appreciate you replying so quickly. E6000 it is.
When needed, i add alcohol (70% - 91%) to any epoxy to make it thinner. More alcohol = more thin. Great as a 'cover coat' application.
Foamtac, gotta remember to separate, wait 1 minute, repeat 🤪 a few times.
curious, when you thin out with alcohol, does it change the cure time of the epoxy?
Nice video showing creative ideas. I have used E6000 in the past without any issues. Recently, I had a problem because it softened the EPO foam (the glue was globed on thick).
Great idea with the alcohol... Foamtac is great for sure.. Its sure speeds up the curing if you let it string up a bit as you described... Thanks Will
Yep, I've done the same thing.. Now I try to apply a light coat with a brush to prevent that... Thanks for watching.. Will
I got a plane that crashed can I send you it after you send it back
Sorry buddy, watch all of my repair videos and do it yourself. Its a great part of the hobby to learn the repair and modification process. I'll help you along the way if you need help... What kind of plane did you crash?
Umx timber
@@San_diego_rc_innovation Sorry about your plane.. What is damaged? Wings, Fuselage, landing gear? or Everything..???
The wing snapped and the rudder
And the carbon in the wing