Badan Vertigo 2M Build Thread!!

[Cosmith]

Where can I buy a Hot Knife in Canada? I need one to cut the hatches in my Comp CARF Spitfire.

For anybody interested, here is where I got my hot knife: http://creepedout.ca/ They are actually a costume/art type of store but they're in Canada and they are a Hotwire Foam Factory dealer. They also sell foam if that's something you could use on a project.

[Carlisler]

Where can I buy a Hot Knife in Canada? I need one to cut the hatches in my Comp CARF Spitfire.

Here is where I bought my hot wire stuff guys.

Etobicoke.

http://www.sculpturesupply.com/list....rving+Supplies

[tbrum]

Wow... lots of places that sell them! Sweet! I was thinking of buying an 8" version. Tough to find, but I hear they are even more durable and hotter than the 6". My 6" is starting to act up a bit. It has had a hard life.

Congrats on the progress Cory. I agree on the electric conversion. I have 3 electrics and 1 gas in the 35cc class and even though my MXS (gas) flies so well, I find myself pulling out the electrics far more. Such a huge convenience factor and more options to fly, especially on the golf course, LOL

[Cosmith]

Wow... lots of places that sell them! Sweet! I was thinking of buying an 8" version. Tough to find, but I hear they are even more durable and hotter than the 6". My 6" is starting to act up a bit. It has had a hard life.

Congrats on the progress Cory. I agree on the electric conversion. I have 3 electrics and 1 gas in the 35cc class and even though my MXS (gas) flies so well, I find myself pulling out the electrics far more. Such a huge convenience factor and more options to fly, especially on the golf course, LOL

That's what I'm thinking. Now that I have a generator and a sweet charging setup it is just so easy and quick. How do you find the 6s setup in your son's 30cc plane...is it comparable to gas for power?

[Flyin High]

Awesome, thanks for the offer Trevor. When the time comes, I would love to borrow the templates! I ended up buying a hot knife and wire kit at the sculpture store Scott mentioned in Etobicoke. Really cool store with lots of useful stuff for building planes.

[BAMDFISHER]

Hey Brian. I've never seen them sold here. But I don't get out much. You can just order direct from Foam Factory.

That being said, a hot knife won't work on a CompARF... it works on soft foam like polystyrene, Depron, EPP, etc

Trevor on the RC Universe site, in the Spitfire building forum, a fellow used a Hot Knife to cut all of his hatches on the SPIT.

The job looked great. The knife looked like this.

[NDW]

I see curries art supply also carries some of the foam factory hotnwires. I sure if you wanted what they didn't have it could be quickly ordered for you.... After buying a decent HVLP gun I can see a Hotwire in the near future.....
Dave....

[tbrum]

Trevor on the RC Universe site, in the Spitfire building forum, a fellow used a Hot Knife to cut all of his hatches on the SPIT.

The job looked great. The knife looked like this.

Ah. That tool looks more like a soldering gun with a different tip. I can see how that would cut through a CompARF. But these Foam Factory Hot Knives are not heavy duty like that. Two completely different tools.

[Pschulte]

Trevor on the RC Universe site, in the Spitfire building forum, a fellow used a Hot Knife to cut all of his hatches on the SPIT.

The job looked great. The knife looked like this.

I saw a knife like that at micheals. They had it in the wood burning section

[itizme]

I saw a knife like that at micheals. They had it in the wood burning section

Wasn't it in the herb section?