I made this little plane from foam, glue and tape from a free plan off the internets
I made this!
test flight yesterday, all works lovely! very noisy though!
(powered with a 4s 1000 mah lipo battery and a funfighter motor if anyone's interested)
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:08,
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if anyone's interested in the plan
it's called the Firefly and you can get it here
www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=943610
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:08,
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Did it died? :D
Looks fun.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:14,
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no it's fine
it's quite robust, will take a much harder knock than that.
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:19,
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Looks easy to fly as well or is it deceptively difficult?
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:20,
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it's easy to fly given a bit of practice on a simulator
there are easier things to fly- i learned on a trainer- but this will survive crahses quite well so i'm planning on teaching my son to fly with it.
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:22,
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Excellent :D
My James bought an RC Helicopter once and we both thought (foolishly) it would be easy to fly. However they are extremely tricky things to balance and if you smash the blades and bend the main prop-shaft it's expensive to repair and re-trim back up.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:26,
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my experience with planes has taught me this
fly things made of foam, and glue them together when they break.
best thing is to make it yourself from foam. reinforce everything, build it to survive crashes.
all the "proper" people on rcgroups are always saying build as light as possible to make it fly best- I reckon they are too cautious. Clearly if you're not smashing it in to the ground every other time you try and fly it you're not pushing the boundaries.
Once something's flying comfortably it immediately becomes boring. Time to stick on a bigger motor and make it go faster, find out what happens.
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:30,
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I like this approach to science.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:32,
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It is the basis of everything good mankind has ever achieved
people who disagree are worse than Hitler
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:34,
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Have you looked at Spadtothebone?
Simple Plastic Aircraft Design. R/C stuff made from gutter pipe an plastic sheet. All designed to be cheap to make, fun to fly and easy to repair!
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I follow the same approach...
If it's not on fire or smashed to bits then it's not ready yet! ;-)
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JamHamster My eyes, my beautiful eyes!, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:39,
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If it doesn;t come home broken
you haven;t tried hard enough
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:47,
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Outstanding!
I plan to scratch build a plane but haven't found time, it's given me a good place to start. You are an inspiration to looneys everywhere! I may have to post an RC video up at some point! ;-)
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JamHamster My eyes, my beautiful eyes!, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:34,
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Sweet!
Yeah i'd love to see what you've got. Re the scratchbuilds, there are plenty of free plans for dead simple, quick build designs. they go together in a few hours, really.
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:43,
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Thanks!
I'll post it later, it started as a plastic P.O.S. 1/18th scale but many crashes and rebuilds later it's now made from titanium, carbon steel and aluminium. I had to stick a gyro on it just to keep it in a straight line!
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JamHamster My eyes, my beautiful eyes!, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:54,
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that looks like reet fun that does
I could use my son as an excuse for buying an "educashunal" toy. Although him being a month old that might not work quote so well as planned
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wideeye slightly pickled, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:37,
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Boys LOVE this stuff
my son is mad for it. If you start learning now then by the time he's old enough to appreciate it you'll be a really good pilot, so that's a perfect excuse to get going.
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:44,
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or...
I could strap him to the plane, let him get a *real* feel of what it's like. Maybe
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wideeye slightly pickled, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:49,
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yep i can see literally no problem with that whatsoever
sounds absolutely fine to me
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:51,
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Nice
Although if I had one I'd get very tempted to put a camera on it. Then accidentally pile it into a lake.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:41,
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I've been flying a gopro on the big drone project i'm working on
gopro on the nose- i've crashed it several times. LESSON- only a FUCKING IDIOT thinks it's ok to strap a go pro on a home made foam plane without the protective case on.
I piled one in to the ground at about 80mph without the case. not pretty.
With the case they survive pretty much anything.
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:46,
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Weeeeee!!!
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:48,
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....
...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... plop
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Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:56,
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WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGH!
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:57,
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Weeeeee!!!
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 14:02,
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Glue a bag of rancid piss onto it and crash it into Huw Edwards please.
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i haven't seen him down the marshes lately
if you can get him to come round, i'll do the piss crashing
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crab_bloke), Fri 24 Aug 2012, 14:34,
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