The pdf files found here are NOT tiled into poster format, therefore they CAN be printed on a Mac using the Preview program.Įach sheet has its own cut marks as part of the drawing.Įach grouping of pages is named for the major component found on the pages that make up the paper template pages, but there are many other templates along with the named major component.īefore starting, create a folder on your computer, which could be named 'Simple Cub', to download the pdf files to.ĭo NOT download and use these plans, unless you want to build the Flite Test Simple Cub exactly as designed by Flite Test. Using the following method, the required number of sheets of paper and number of cuts and tapings are reduced dramatically. The parts are laid out to about 1/4" from the edges of the DTFB sheets. When affixing the templates, poster board or paper, to the DTFB, remember that DTFB is not square and also not exactly 20" x 30". I created a suggested parts layout guide using three sheets of DTFB. I was not able to locate a suggested parts layout for the Simple Cub. Other folks just use the parts from the printed plan as templates and affix the paper directly to the foam board. Some people cut the individual parts from the plans and affix them to poster board to make durable parts templates. When the Flite Test plans for the Simple Cub are printed on 8-1/2" by 11" printer paper, they print to a lot of sheets of paper (60 for the Simple Cub) and require many, many cuts and taping together of the sheets of paper to become the useful plans that are used to create the individual parts. Note: I added the bold, underlined font to his text as this also holds true to the way I have reformatted the plans.
ALWAYS download the files to your device and print them." NEVER print your plans from your web browser. However, for printing technical drawings at a precise scale they simply do not give you enough control to achieve the desired results. For most PDF documents, printing from the web browser is perfectly acceptable. In the article he warns, "The biggest mistake people make when printing the tiled plans is to try printing them directly from a web browser (i.e. There is an article on Flite Test, by Dan Sponholz (AKA SPONZ), on how to print these plans/templates. Simple Cub Tiled Horizontally (Tiled B Size) Simple Cub Tiled Vertically (Tiled A Size) The plans are formatted in four different ways They are beautifully drawn by Dan Sponholz. The Flite Test (FT) Simple Cub Build Video and plans of this popular Dollar Tree Foam Board (DTFB) plane are found on the Flite Test Web site.įlite Test provides FREE plans for all of their designs. The current FT Simple Cub plans are v.1.1. FLITE TEST Simple Cub Simplified Plans Flite Test Simple Cub
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