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I have decided to upload some free plans for everyone to have a look at and maybe have a crack at building.
This one is my original 29" Dragon I built. It is a design I tweaked parts and used my own sizes based on the infamous Villain S1 design by Grimracer. I raced this design in the USA in 2007 at the World Tunnel Championships. It had a blue cowl and actually featured in a photo in RCBM in an article by Jerry Dunlap on the 07 WTC
Dragons.jpg
background is my current M11 Design
front is the 29" Dragon the free plans will make
(Photo Credit to Ray Coleman)
All I ask is for people to share their builds and ask as many questions as possible :) These are templates I used to stick to (only thing clagg glue is good for in model boats :P) 4mm balsa for the template then cut out with an exacto knife. The keelson was 3mm balsa laminated to 1mm birch ply...but 3mm birch ply would be a better alternative.
People who build this can either use a Dumas 7.5 cowl (glass available from my buddy) or you can buy a Vision Cowl from Shawn Junker or a Dragon Cowl from myself...just check the radiobox and transom widths. I am sure many other cowlings will fit (ie TS3/TS2, ML Boatworks) but I cannot be sure.
See below link for PDF and .DXF
I have decided to upload some free plans for everyone to have a look at and maybe have a crack at building.
This one is my original 29" Dragon I built. It is a design I tweaked parts and used my own sizes based on the infamous Villain S1 design by Grimracer. I raced this design in the USA in 2007 at the World Tunnel Championships. It had a blue cowl and actually featured in a photo in RCBM in an article by Jerry Dunlap on the 07 WTC
Dragons.jpg
background is my current M11 Design
front is the 29" Dragon the free plans will make
(Photo Credit to Ray Coleman)
All I ask is for people to share their builds and ask as many questions as possible :) These are templates I used to stick to (only thing clagg glue is good for in model boats :P) 4mm balsa for the template then cut out with an exacto knife. The keelson was 3mm balsa laminated to 1mm birch ply...but 3mm birch ply would be a better alternative.
People who build this can either use a Dumas 7.5 cowl (glass available from my buddy) or you can buy a Vision Cowl from Shawn Junker or a Dragon Cowl from myself...just check the radiobox and transom widths. I am sure many other cowlings will fit (ie TS3/TS2, ML Boatworks) but I cannot be sure.
See below link for PDF and .DXF
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