Depron foam sheet
Up one levelDepron is a thin extruded polystyrene sheet, in 3mm or 6mm thickness. Some tips for building with depron.
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- what is depron
- Nice description with pictures.
- Depron molding technique
- Forming Depron by hand around a former and then baking in the shape. Some great scale models can be made this way.
- Depron Wing
- Forming a thick Depron wing by scoring and bending.
- FoamFly.com BENDFOAM
- Using 2 broomsticks and some other parts, you can build a jig to bend airfoil shapes in foam sheeting.
- Building a Shockflyer
- Nice tutorial on building a shockflyer-type plane from thin foam sheeting, with a good pull-pull system and some building tips.
- RC Groups - Building a simple depron Starlite
- This small plane can be built in a couple of hours. Note the wing section and wing forming photos.
- Bent depron wing
- A build article with detail photos of depron heatforming.
- How to fold Depron like paper
- A really simple, illustrated method for folding depron without cracking it.