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PE parts question
Posted by jimz66 on Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:02 PM
Here is one to ponder. I know that PE parts can be made at home. Although I would never do it. At least not where I live now. I wonder if you could make a whole plane out of PE parts. Make the inner supports, the walls, and the skin out of PE. I know this sounds weird but I wonder if the PE parts would have the strength for something like that.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 1, 2004 1:13 AM
I don't know if PE would be strong enough, it seems to bend everytime I touch it at least. I guess if you actually made every single rib it might hold up, but I think that it would be better to make the ribs styrene stock, and the rest PE. Confused [%-)] Just an idea anyway.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 1, 2004 1:22 AM
Yes, you could.

Over here there are many pure PE kits out consisting of planes, cars, trains, insects, Dinosaurs they vary from skinned to the internals only.

Said that most of them are rather small scale (HO and similar).

Here are some samples that I could easily find:
http://www.hlj.com/images/unf/unf51021.jpg
http://www.hlj.com/images/unf/unf54342.gif
http://www.hlj.com/images/tys/tys91787.gif
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 1, 2004 9:50 AM
Can't see the pics.... but would like too.
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Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, March 1, 2004 10:09 AM
ok, the link says forbidden. i must see it now.

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Posted by styrene on Monday, March 1, 2004 10:52 AM
Saturday at the show in Richmond, some guy entered a PE kit of a tiny 1/160 (!) Gee-Bee R-1! The thing was phenomenal, but complete with ribs, bulkheads, supports, seatbelts and a control stick that came up right in front of the tiny seat! I unfotunately can't remember the manufacturer of the kit, but it was totally PE.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 1, 2004 8:30 PM
here's those pics





and here I was up all night wondering if it was really possible!!! Thanks for sharing MMF!!!
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Posted by inpw1 on Monday, March 1, 2004 9:52 PM
there is a kit of a fokker eindecker at my local hobby shop that is all PE. i believe it is aa product of edwards. Guess one could check out there website and see.

www.eduard.cz

jim
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 1, 2004 10:13 PM
Corrected Links:

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?UNF51021
http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?UNF54342
http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?TYS91846

Like I said there are many simialr kits out there, tend to be pricey and tough to assemble.
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