2025 High speed Challenge - Captain J

[Captain J]

alright fellas…

been working on motor mounts and thats about it.

i am essentially going to try this with two frames, a built and purchased.

here is a sneak peak at the build. i sketched the rear where motor goes and made a “plug” that holds the in runner.

 

[bisco]

looking good!

 

[Captain J]

in honor of The Crazies @Mr Man & @Houndpup Rc i am doin this thing.

spent most of today thinking out the two planes i am trying this with, thinking out past mistakes, electronic matching, printing motor mounts, printing flight control decks….but here is where we are. my hope is have these two in the air by tuesday.

man thats cutting it close…maybe extend the end date one more weekend 😎 🙏 😜

motors:

3660 4200kv
2836 3800kv

yeah…i know…i know….pray i dont cut my face off when launching…

 

[Houndpup Rc]

man thats cutting it close…maybe extend the end date one more weekend 😎 🙏 😜

End date for what?

 

[Mr Man]

tw, when launching, hold it by the wingtip, and sorta discus launch it, I’m sure there are some vid’s out there on how to do it.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

tw, when launching, hold it by the wingtip, and sorta discus launch it, I’m sure there are some vid’s out there on how to do it.

Good idea...Expect for most of my planes are to heavy with the big motors and batteries to wing tip launch!

 

[Mr Man]

Good idea...Expect for most of my planes are to heavy with the big motors and batteries to wing tip launch!

I do it with my Radjet, and it’s a BRICK! But having a 4:1 power to weight ratio probably helps🤣

 

[Captain J]

End date for what?

speed challenge…the 13th…i am gonna be at the wire to having everything done.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

speed challenge…the 13th…i am gonna be at the wire to having everything done.

It's July 13.......

 

[Captain J]

It's July 13.......

oh snap…in my head i read June 13th…i was thinking…i got one weekend to test and thats it…july 13th…thats like 2 years from now in foam airplane time.

man…you realize how much crap i sm gonna destroy by then …???? 🤣

 

[Captain J]

pure freakin chaos

 

[Captain J]

I built this as a tribute to the F16DWXL a while back, put a byme db in it….its first flight was a non stop direct to oscillation nation…no tuning was able to stop oscillation.

programming an A3 Pro V2 as a sacrificial lamb before putting an A3 in the F106 in the back ground for the speed test.

 

[Captain J]

alright wild people….plane 1 of 2 is done.

f106 tribute
80 amp esc
2438 3800kv motor
prop…TBD
A3 Pro V2

first test will be 4s, i may go up to 6s via two 3s 850 mah running in series.

side note: assuming you all are having issue's with the forums here? i havent been able to get a page to load here in a couple days until now 😔

 

[Captain J]

alright wild people….plane 1 of 2 is done.

f106 tribute
80 amp esc
2438 3800kv motor
prop…TBD
A3 Pro V2

first test will be 4s, i may go up to 6s via two 3s 850 mah running in series.

side note: assuming you all are having issue's with the forums here? i havent been able to get a page to load here in a couple days until now 😔

 

[Houndpup Rc]

alright wild people….plane 1 of 2 is done.

f106 tribute
80 amp esc
2438 3800kv motor
prop…TBD
A3 Pro V2

first test will be 4s, i may go up to 6s via two 3s 850 mah running in series.

side note: assuming you all are having issue's with the forums here? i havent been able to get a page to load here in a couple days until now 😔

Yup...Hopefully it gets better soon!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

It's not too bad right now!

 

[AIRFORGE]

It's not too bad right now!

😲 SHHHHH! You're gonna jinx us!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

😲 SHHHHH! You're gonna jinx us!

That's was 3 hrs ago!

 

[Captain J]

are you all having issues?
i was thinking it was me…..or is the site getting hammered by bots again?

why target a site about planes…makes no sense.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

are you all having issues?
i was thinking it was me…..or is the site getting hammered by bots again?

why target a site about planes…makes no sense.

All it takes to fix is a "Bot Blocker" plugin on the back side......