42" Mitsubishi A6M Zero Swappable - Build Thread
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Will do. I'm even going to give autocad a try. Your inspiring me to try my hand at designing to try and give back to this great community. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Yeah v.1 is still the latest. I was going to update them but got distracted with the floats.
That's great. The more people designing the better. It can be a bit of work some times but it's a lot of fun no matter what.
I'm up in the woods so I can't upload video, but I can get a couple pictures out.
It flies great with the floats. Had to re-trim, and it actually needs the rudder to make a clean turn but that just adds to the fun. It rolls, loops, flies inverted. Heck, it even hovers now. Adding floats lowered the CG and somehow made the rudder way more effective, it'l hover very easily. Kinda rediculous for a warbird.
Oh, and it turns out if you fly long enough while it's snowing you do need to de ice RC planes.
It flies great with the floats. Had to re-trim, and it actually needs the rudder to make a clean turn but that just adds to the fun. It rolls, loops, flies inverted. Heck, it even hovers now. Adding floats lowered the CG and somehow made the rudder way more effective, it'l hover very easily. Kinda rediculous for a warbird.
Oh, and it turns out if you fly long enough while it's snowing you do need to de ice RC planes.
The-One-Who-Never-Crashes
TOWN-C Aviation
Probably. You have to either use poster board or bend the foam.
The-One-Who-Never-Crashes
TOWN-C Aviation
Man, does that look good! Your flying location is gorgeous!
It's pretty awesome up here. My brother rents a house on 800 acres up in Okanogan county. Got the whole valley to fly in when I visit.
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5 acres is generally plenty. Can't make much use of 800 acres with most planes.
Discovered that the plane will haul the floats and a gopro. Not nearly as much thrust but great for video and pictures.
The-One-Who-Never-Crashes
TOWN-C Aviation
Lucky you!!!
Yeah, I got a bunch of video from the plane and from the ground. I'll post it up when a get back to civilization.
I'm back in the land of internet.
Loops, rolls, inverted, hovering. Goofy for a float plane.
Made a quick holster for the gopro out of paper and tape, then hot glued it to the right wing. Worked well enough for getting some good stills. Be aware, this is a warbird, not a video platform. I'm not flying perfectly smooth.
First Flight with the Floats. Probably a bit boring, was a little tail heavy and landed quickly. When flying with the float's I used a 1500mAh 3s to keep the weight down, but flying with the Go-Pro shows that really wasn't needed.
Loops, rolls, inverted, hovering. Goofy for a float plane.
Made a quick holster for the gopro out of paper and tape, then hot glued it to the right wing. Worked well enough for getting some good stills. Be aware, this is a warbird, not a video platform. I'm not flying perfectly smooth.
First Flight with the Floats. Probably a bit boring, was a little tail heavy and landed quickly. When flying with the float's I used a 1500mAh 3s to keep the weight down, but flying with the Go-Pro shows that really wasn't needed.
Thanks Local for all your work and updates. Mine is coming together nicely!
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Cool man, the removable wing is a nifty idea. Interesting way to solve the elevator. That linkage won't be flexing anytime soon.
Awesome man. What motor you using?
CG should be about 1.6" in from the leading edge of the wing near the landing gear cutouts on the plans.
I am using power pack C, so emax 2215/09, 30amp esc and a 2200 battery. CG was right on your mark about 2" in finger length back. I also glued the wings but the gear is removable and uses the rubber bands for shocks, similar to the Sportster design. Could totally have left the wing as removable though. For gear I use 1/8" music wire and I like the foam replacement wheels for that horizon apprentice....6.50 for a 3 pack is a steal.
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Ok, fixed the problems that I can remember and hopefully didn't create any new ones. When I get a chance to, I plan to build another of these out of Adams board for combat and test the new plans, but they should be where they need to be.
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