Thanks Albert! We have to convert this one for the Phlatprinter for sure
Nice looking build
Mark and Trish

 

You know I like it

 

Sweet ET! Thanks brother
Mark and Trish

 

Albert,
just watched the maiden, it fly's perfect! I have to build one of these for sure
Thanks for sharing again
Do you have any of the files in a vector format so we can convert it into Phlatprinter plans? Maybe a dxf?
Mark and Trish

 

Hay Mark, wasn't this the one from Steven's you were looking at, at Toledo last year?

 

I think it was Tim, its really got a cool look to it and I am really happy to hear Albert has permission to share it
I may just have to build this one for the indoor fly-in Thurs!
Mark and Trish

 

Awesome guys! I have found a few errors and am building a 3D model and reworking some of the parts that I found problems with. I will post when its complete.
Thanks to Glen and Albert for working this up as well as Bill for making up the PDF
Heres the PhlatLAB where we have a build off and make up two of them for the fly-in!
viewtopic.php?f=180&p=28175#p28172

 

What a blast last night flying the Puddle Shark at the fly in. We had to make some modifications to the wing to add more of an angle (dihedral) so we could make the tight turns in the gym, but after that we were flying great! The only battery I had was a 2200 3S and man was it way too heavy for that plane! next time I will fly with a 900 to a 1000 and it should do great. After talking with Evil Tunes and and Dennis as well as a few of the other guys at the fly in last night we found we need to make a few more changes.
Almost complete just need to finish up the model and work up the new parts and they will be posted.
Here is a quick screen shot Attached files

 

Ok here you go guyz
Included are some pics that will help with your own builds
I have not tried cutting/flying this newer version so let us know how it works out.
I made some changes that should help. I think the nose should be a little longer to allow the cg to be moved around a little but I did not get into that. i had the battery all the way to the front.
Also included are the wood parts (I used 1/16th garolite because thats what i had at the time)
If you cut/fly it and see there are changes to be made please make the changes and re-post. Working together like this really helps to get an design tweaked to perfection
One tip: Make sure to add a lot of dihedral you can gauge it by making sure where the wings join together in the center are touching the fuse when you tape them down.
Thanks again to all the boyz that made this plane possible, especially the designer, very cool!
Have fun and be sure to post pics and video.
Mark and Trish
p.s. I have some video but I am having trouble converting it to a for mate I can use right now(computer keeps crashing) so I will post when I get it working Attached files C06633.JPG" class="gc-images" title="DSC06633.JPG" style="max-width:300px" /> Puddle SharkV3.skp (1.2 MB)Â Puddle SharkV3_woodparts.cnc (10.5 KB)Â Puddle SharkV3_woodparts.skp (247.2 KB)Â PuddleShark_V3.cnc (69.1 KB)Â

 

Thanks Paule