I forgot how much fun this little plane was to fly until i found an old video the other day
My original was from bluecore. It was a blast...
I wanted to cut this plane before posting the code but im still fighting my machine. :?

anyways .... this file is for 3mm depron . it has a KFM 3 airfoil and the nose is triple layer.
It should be fun when im able to cut it !

It would be a simple chore to convert this file to fanfold if there was interest......

As always Just have fun with it ! Attached files King Cat.wmv (12.3 MB)Â King Kat.cnc (48 KB)Â King Kat.skp (402.9 KB)Â

 

ewo, thanks for this one!

What troubles are you having with your Phlatprinter?

 

Nice! Thank you ewo This one looks fast
Mark

 

Im adding a couple little Pic's. I did get it cut. but it was a pain !
If i run the machine anything over 25 ipm the x just sits there and buzzez :x

I found a couple little things with the file. Nothing big though
If you cut from this file keep a sharp hobby knife handy as well as some sand paper for the leading edges and the nose .

Still need to add the spars ( 1/8" ) hardwood spars, " I WILL USE CARBON FIBER "
I will also power this "OLD SCHOOL WITH A DCM-189"

Feel free to use any power system you choose !! As well as any thing else for bracing the tail booms and wing. Attached files

 

Nice looking plane ewo! That is a great job on the code.
One thing I did notice is that you have your feed rates set to 8' instead of units/min
You should change that to say 15 or 20 on the MKI and 200 for the MKII
Mark and Trish Attached files

 

Hmmm, I have always left mine at 100 for my MKI with very few issues.

I did not know this. Thanks Mark.

 

I believe that it will only cut as fast as what you specify as the top speed in MACH. In other words if you tell the file to cut at 100, but MACH has the Max speed set to 20; it will cut at the max speed set by Mach... in this case 20.

 

Mark, the paramaters box you showed cannot have came from my file.
This is what i see Attached files

 

I see the same thing as Mark ewo.
If the file was saved in architectural it will show feet and inches. If it is set to fractional it will show the normal figures. Also if it was set to mm's it would have shown mm's in the box.

Somehow just before you saved the file it may have been saved into the architectural template. Perhaps you copied it to a new file to post on the forum?? Attached files

 

Shawn, Again this is what i see.
I sent the same file to the forum that i have.I didnt change anything.

Please, whats wrong here ? Attached files

 

Are you using an upgraded version of the script ?

Please check one of my other files and see what you get in the paramaters

 

Oops, yep I forgot my script and Mark's is the beta. Tim has been working on it to output mm's and this is why it also shows feet and inches lol.

It would be good practice for you not to work in Architectural because it will show up in the later versions of the script like this.

Decimal is the most precise method btw.

 

You really had me biting nails there boys !

I will change my format to decimal. Thanks for the tip !

 

Wow, I have no way of telling how long the line is thats 7.6005" I will switch back now thank you

 

Aw , that would be a little bit more than 7-1/2" and a little less than 7-5/8" LOL.

If you want fractions go to fractional mode instead of architectural, then you will not get measurements in feet.
The main thing to remember is every time you see a ~1/4" that could mean it is actually 3/16" or sometimes more than a 1/4". The ~ means it's around that measurement.
An easy way to see this is to draw a line and lets say 7 1/4" in fractional mode. Then go and change it to decimal mode and measure the line you just drew. Most of the time it will not show 7.250 but instead it will be off a little.

Just a little fyi.

 

Nice looking Frank
Mark and Trish

 

Yessir you gotta stiffen up those booms !

Here is a picture of the first couple i built a long long time ago
with a J 250 installed if i remember right. Might have been a DCM-189.
Too long ago to remember ! Attached files .jpg]