Profile foamies have been around for a while, and their popularity comes from how easy they are to build, how inexpensive they are, and how much fun they can be!
The SandPiper is for intermediate pilots because it can be a handful at times. However, it slows down very well, and for a piece of foam, it is well behaved at slower speeds.
It is designed to be cut out of a single sheet of Dollar Tree Foam Board, so the entire fuselage costs a buck. Dollar Tree Foam Board is a type of foam that has paper on both sides, and is less than a quarter of an inch thick. Depending on the design, some people pull the paper off to make it more pliable, but the SandPiper is designed to use the foam with the paper on because of its added strength.
The Sandpiper at a Glance
- 28.8″ length
- 19.6″ wingspan
- 233g (without battery)
- 375g AUW (depends on battery)
- A2212 1400kv motor
- 30a ESC
- 8×6 propeller
- 1 sheet Dollar Tree Foam Board
- 2200mah – 2800mah 3c lipo
While you can use any motor combo that fits, we like the combo below from Amazon. It comes with a motor, motor collet, esc, two servos, and two propellers. And it comes with a dean’s connector already on the esc! This is what both Ron and Tom used on their SandPiper builds.
Other than that, you will need your own radio and a 3 cell lipo. We use 3s 2200mah – 2800mah lipo batteries connected towards the front of the airplane for balancing out the cg. It is attached to the fuselage with velcro.
Below are the free plans for the SandPiper profile foamy. If you build it, please let us know by contacting us and sending us a picture!
Need to know how to print the plans? See the “Now What?” section on our resizing plans page.