250g and under planes
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Hondo76251
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I just did the mini cruiser, it could make a pretty decent sub 250 fpv. I got my airframe together at just under 100 grams
Maxx
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It's a microsope job fo sure .How the heck did he get servos to fit that! That is so overkill, but I love it!
Sero
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Built mine by pulling the paper off the inside where I could and using clear gorilla glue on everything except the servos so I could replace them if necessary. Further savings by taking the cover off the RX (saved 7 grams) and covering it in conformal coating.
Since the above photo was taken I switched the ESC to this one which gave me a savings of 6 grams. But I had to switch to a higher c-rated battery as the one pictured wasn't adequate and that added about 8 grams. I'm currently using a 3D printed power pod which weighs about 7 grams more than the regular foam one.
The plane fly's quite well at the local parks but it's still more fun in a more open space, I radared this plane at a a little over 50 mph. Lowest speed I could get out of it was 19-20 mph.
I'm thinking of making a 4 channel Mini Scout as it will do better in a smaller space.
Sheriff
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I had one and it flies GREAT !
It is the simplest way to get into the air. Just plug & play.
Head to www.Windy.com and setup an alert the know in advance when the winds will be calm in your area, specialy for the maiden flight since the trims will probably be off and it's hard to adjust if the airplane is thrown around the sky.
Maxx
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This is crazy ! With fpv on that plane , one could chase the bumblebees ...
That doesn’t even make sense!
Here's a link to build documents from the spitfire above. Also has OUTDOOR flight video of that spitfire
https://hackaday.com/2017/02/10/a-micro-rc-plane-builder-shares-his-tricks/
Cheers!
LitterBug
https://hackaday.com/2017/02/10/a-micro-rc-plane-builder-shares-his-tricks/
Cheers!
LitterBug
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Holy cow... you can get kits and parts too. (at a LARGE cost)
http://microflierradio.com/
http://microflierradio.com/
Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
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I like it!How did it fly with the reduced wing area?
And here is one I forgot about! This is the nanowing. It weighs 49 grams with the battery! It also flies incredibly slowly and it's pretty much perfect for indoor flying. We had fun in the gym by bringing in a desk fan, pointing it upwards and basically treating it like a thermal. Throttle not required!
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Do you have any more pics of the nanowing? parts list? I'd love to give this a go since I got some mini 1s' for my DLG, the Lumenier 205mahs were on sale for less than $3.
Maxx
Active member
Thanks for that link , I love those little things .
speedbirdted
Legendary member
This is one of the underside. Uses a coreless motor out of I think a Champ. Unfortunately I don't know where the ESC is from or what it is, doesn't have any markings on it. Reciever is a Redcon CM410x, servos are the tiniest ones I had available (1.7g!) I think they're from Hobbyking. Battery is a Nanotech 260mA 1s - I bought 5 of them at once because a while back Hobbyking had an insane sale and I paid $3.
Surprisingly I could probably get this thing even lighter - the landing gear skid weighs 6g and it's pretty much just me trying to add useful nose weight. I also didn't remove the paper (on this scale, paper is heavy!) On my next micro indoor build, I'm going to try and get it sub-40g for the same wing area by stripping the paper off the top side (the under side is all that is needed as as long as I don't do anything dumb it will only take tensile load) and mostly off the bottom side, and also using an all-in-1 brick I took out of a dead Spacewalker so I don't need the separate receiver. That receiver is heavy!
Maxx
Active member
I too want to build that plane . I love the oldies .
ScratchBuildMast
Elite member
Hope it goes well!
Grifflyer
WWII fanatic
Me too I'm gonna try to get it sub 150 grams rtf.Hope it goes well!
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