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What is a plan pack
The plan or plans (as there may be more than one sheet) are
designed in such a way as to give the builder a working drawing
on which to build his aircraft. The builder literally pins down
onto the plan his wooden parts, glue's them together and then
when they are fully set he removes them from the plan in order to
then commence the three dimensional assembly of those parts
resulting in the construction of a fully working airframe.
The pictures below are to give some
idea of what we produce.
The patterns are shapes of fundamental parts which may or may not
be fully shown on the plan. These are printed on self adhesive
paper to enable them to be cut out & conveniently stuck onto the timber
being used making the cutting out procedure much easier.
The ribs are wing ribs, pre-cut to the wing aerofoil shape and
slotted to accept the wing spars. Although these can be cut by
the modeller, we offer these as an option as there are quite a
few of them and they need to be accurate with each other in order
to ensure that the wing panels stand the best chance of turning
out straight and warp free. Most modelers opt for them as it
helps to give them a good start with the project.
The cabanes are the supports for the upper wing of the aircraft. In some cases these are fabricated from durable Aluminium (dural), we can supply these pre-bent items when that specific aircraft requires them.
| This photo shows a plan & the sticky backed patterns to its left, as in one of our plan packs. |  |
| This photo is showing a typical example of the hardware we supply in
our plan packs. (Barnstormer 72) Top left, dural undercarriage. Bottom left, the cabanes. Right, rib pack (old bandsaw style)
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| These are the new laser cut ribs. They appear to be just lines drawn on the wood whereas they are in fact cut all the way through and retained in the board by leaving small tags (uncut gaps) to keep them attached. |  |