kacknor
Build another!
I confess to a problem. I can’t seem to ‘just build it’. If it’s simple I complicate it. If easy, I find a way to make it more difficult. It does lead to learning stuff. I’ve been looking for a slow flyer and decided to scratch build an FT Old Speedster. Do I download the plans and just get to it? No. Not me. I choose to do an 80% build.
I took a few liberties with the design. It's has about half the dihedral of the original and I added a BBQ Skewer wing strut, ailerons and flaps. I am a little concerned that it will be unstable because of the dihedral, but figured with the ailerons it didn't need so much. Motor is a 24 gram hexTronik. Put a 8x4 prop on it and think it will fly fine on two or three cells, but I balanced it for a 1000 mAh 3c. Wingspan is about 28", length 24" weight isn't known. I've been spending on motors and ESCs, not scales.![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Hanging out next to a Mini-Sportster for scale.
Showing the flap and aileron servos.
It works!
I had to modify one of the flap servos to work in the mounting position by swapping wires internally. It's all good.
JD
I took a few liberties with the design. It's has about half the dihedral of the original and I added a BBQ Skewer wing strut, ailerons and flaps. I am a little concerned that it will be unstable because of the dihedral, but figured with the ailerons it didn't need so much. Motor is a 24 gram hexTronik. Put a 8x4 prop on it and think it will fly fine on two or three cells, but I balanced it for a 1000 mAh 3c. Wingspan is about 28", length 24" weight isn't known. I've been spending on motors and ESCs, not scales.
Hanging out next to a Mini-Sportster for scale.
![20160114_104058.jpg 20160114_104058.jpg](https://ftforumx2.s3.amazonaws.com/2016/01/117822_d9c15965916a32180029b31256ea9aec_thumb.jpg)
Showing the flap and aileron servos.
![20160114_104200.jpg 20160114_104200.jpg](https://ftforumx2.s3.amazonaws.com/2016/01/117825_5e7e706294bddbcb314dd745d31e6452_thumb.jpg)
It works!
I had to modify one of the flap servos to work in the mounting position by swapping wires internally. It's all good.
JD