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Aerofoam Radio Control
Aeropic: A machine to cut out polystyrene.
JK Aerotech - Precision CNC-machined, R/C, foamie, tape-together combat kits for slope and power plus accessories.
Alfa models
American Foam Technologies
Aussie Hobbies - Australia's leading supplier of EPP foam gliders, accessories
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Del Brengman's Foam Cutter Plans
Buiding and Sheeting Foam Wings - without excess weight.
0-ANEW.JPG (636 bytes)  Bullet R/C Aircraft - Foam R/C planes.
Burns Model Aircraft - Kit and built z-wings. Ni chrome wire, EPP foam
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CNC FOAM CUTTER  
CNCHobbies - CNC foam cutting controller boards with heat control.
Compufoamcore - Computerized foam-core wing cutting for R/C airplanes.
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Depron Demolishers Of America - Builders and flyers of electric foam aircraft. Pictures and videos of construction projects and
DESTRUCTION. By Eric Deagle
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Feathercut Hot Wire Foam Cutter for Cutting Foam
Floyd R/C Sailplane
- Foam sailplane for one design, combat or fun fly.
Flying Styro Kit
FOAM CUTTER

Foam Cutting
0-ANEW.JPG (636 bytes)  Foam Cutting Hot Wire CNC Machines
FoamLinx designs and manufactures Foam Cutting CNC Machines for wide variety of industries such as Hobby models and R/C Plains, Aerospace, packaging, proto-typing, casting, architecture, theme parks, and many more.

Foam Cutter Plans
Foam Cutting Bow construction - rcFU
Foam Cutting Sequence
Foam Cutting Bow construction - rcFU

(an interesting discussion by people with real experience, about the sequence of foam cutting operations and options for "getting it right")
FoamFly.com
FoamLinx - Automatic foam-cutting CNC machines.
Foam Wing Construction - rcFU
Foom Delta ("foam"!) delta design from Holland. Includes drawings.
Frankenfoam - Cheapest Foam Airplane.
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High End Technology - HET Holland
Hot Wire Cutting Bows
How to Build a Low-Cost Automatic Foam Cutter - With parts available from your local home/hardware outlet. By Tal
Barnea.
How to - Cheapest hot wire foam cutter
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Jess Nicholls Distributor of Star- series all-moulded models from Central Europe
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lightflite.com - Unique, affordable, .9 density EPP foam and carbon rod construction slow flyer trainers to all out 3D hyper aerobatics.
 

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MAD Aircraft Design Main Page
Dan Marowe's R_C Page - Foam Wings
Martin Brungard's Bow Tension Calculations and Bow Design spreadsheet

Martinucci Maurizio - Plans for foam "400" powered scale planes. Pictures, videos and free projects. By Maurizio Martinucci.
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Oliver Seguin's French site. Lots of reference info, plus plans for CNC foam cutter.
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R/C Research -Manufacturer of foam wings and kits, accessories and NiMH battery packs for 1/12th scale combat aircraft.
0-ANEW.JPG (636 bytes)  RippinFoamies.com - DIY foam aircraft. Free plans and building tips for indoor and outdoor electric foam aircraft.
rcVWING - Maker of unique foam electric plane(s). Retail and wholesale
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Sailplane Foam Cutter
Sanding Airfoil Templates
(a neat trick to get smoothly sanded concave surfaces on airfoil templates)
Sharp Flyers - Kits for large, foam R/C airplanes and plans of airplanes that can be built out of common materials.
Sheeting Foam Wings with Brown Paper and Epoxy (something besides fiberglass to put in your vacuum bag!)
Smitty Wing Works - EPP models, pylon racing, construction tips, photos, CNC foam cutting. By Andrew Smith.
SPAD Home Page

Steel Head Products  
Styrofoam multi eletric 400-engine rc aeroplanes   : Prague, Czech Republic
- C 160 Transall, C 130 Hercules, Ju-52 Tante, OV-10 Bronco, B-29 Superfortress- Styrofoam Kits of eletric 400 powered aeroplanes R/C models
Styrene Studio
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TEKOA_ Feathercut hot wire cutter
Trick R_C EPP Foam Giders
The Cheap little Sucker - Vacuum pump
Monte Thompson R/C Airplane Design - Cessna Bird Dog foam kits, aerial photography, more.
Trick R_C EPP Foam Gliders
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Ultrafly Model - High-performance, electric foam aircraft and accessories.
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Why Cut Bottom First? (an explanation by Eric Sanders - author of CompuFoil, on why to cut the bottom surface of a foam wing first)
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Zagi.com
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45 Degree Weave Strength (a writeup by Oliver Wilson on several reasons to try a 45 degree weave orientation while bagging and building fuselages)
Bagging Compound Wingtips (Oliver Wilson's method for bagging compound wingtips)
Cheap Little Sucker - vacuum pump
Composite Wing Layup (a writeup on how to create fiberglass bagged composite wings)
*** DO YOU USE EPOXY? *** (of course you do...)  Read this important note about latex vs. vinyl gloves when working with epoxy! 
Hot Box Thermostat Source (a note by Fritz Bien on where to find thermostats for epoxy curing hot boxes)
Simple Vacuum Bagging System :How to set up a truly inexpensive vacuum bagging rig!
Vacuum Bagging - Very well-done primer on building and hinging vacuum-bagged wings. By Chris Fouquet.
Vacuum Bagging Wings 
Vacuum Forming own Canopies
Vacuum Forming (The Future is Electric)
http://www.charlesriverrc.org/articles_foam_vac.htm#Vacuum Bagging
http://www.pilotsguide.com/rc/vacbag.shtml
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