F1D Build Project: MS & TB Rolling

This video is part of a series on building a complete F1D Plane. See the entire series on the playlist F1D Build Project, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe1IYdMr0FSzOGTYBnClUX2WVj-3YszDL In this video, we select and cut wood for our motor stick and tail boom, and wet form them into tubes. The next video will cover seaming the tubes. Content: 0:00 Motor stick wood selection and design decisions 3:05 Cutting the MS blank 8:05 Cutting the Tail Boom blank 12:56 Cutting a second TB blank 17:06 Water soak the blanks 18:06 Wrap the MS Blank onto form 23:33 Wrap the TB blank onto form 29:00 Trimming and unwrapping the MS 35:10 Unwrap TB This project has a companion document and other data on the F1D Blog, https://thef1dblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/14/f1d-plan-construction-information/ The build notes on this site will have links directly to pertinent steps in this series of videos. Plane designs: Salt Junior: https://thef1dblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-salt-jr-21.pdf F1D 4+: https://indoornewsandviews.com/2019/05/08/kang-lees-ama-cat-ii-record-f1d/ Kang Lees 2024 WC F1D: https://indoornewsandviews.com/2024/06/03/kang-lees-2024-world-champion-f1d/ 3-D Printed templates and forms: https://www.thingiverse.com/ceandra/designs