Scratch-built R/C seaplane

Here's a video of a scratch-built "foamy" R/C model of a seaplane that can actually take off and land on water. "Foamies" is the name given to the class of model planes built out of the insulation foam that can be found at home/hardware stores. ModelAero also sells a kit version of this build. Polaris Seaplane Parkflyer Read...

2010-01-29 10:00:24 | This article is from Make Blog

Tags: scratchbuilt   rc   seaplane  

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