kdobson83
Well-known member
I got this wing on banggood for pretty cheap ($14) because I wanted something small, slowish, and had all electronics already.
It's "made" of EPP foam so they say. The center pod is EPP but the wing itself is a softer more flexible foam. Guess it could be a variant of EPP. I was pretty happy with it, seems to be good quality. Paints nice, came with a decent amount of flat carbon shafts, 3d printed motor plate, and nice control linkages. Weights about 230grams or so with a 1806 motor on a 3s 800mah with 9gram servos. Maiden flight looked awesome, was very locked in, slowed down to a crawl, with decent throws. Well, it flew good till the wind started to pick up. It acted as if my control throws went from 100% to 20% in the wind. Like the frame or maybe the control surfaces themselves are flexing badly.
So my question is, is there anything lightweight I can add to the bottom of this to make it more rigid? A long balsa plate maybe? Would covering it in packing tape increase rigidity? I could remove the pod and stabilizers and add tape/heat shrink but I'm not sure this would add rigidity due to it only being maybe 1/2" thick super flexible EPP.
Any help is appreciated!
It's "made" of EPP foam so they say. The center pod is EPP but the wing itself is a softer more flexible foam. Guess it could be a variant of EPP. I was pretty happy with it, seems to be good quality. Paints nice, came with a decent amount of flat carbon shafts, 3d printed motor plate, and nice control linkages. Weights about 230grams or so with a 1806 motor on a 3s 800mah with 9gram servos. Maiden flight looked awesome, was very locked in, slowed down to a crawl, with decent throws. Well, it flew good till the wind started to pick up. It acted as if my control throws went from 100% to 20% in the wind. Like the frame or maybe the control surfaces themselves are flexing badly.
So my question is, is there anything lightweight I can add to the bottom of this to make it more rigid? A long balsa plate maybe? Would covering it in packing tape increase rigidity? I could remove the pod and stabilizers and add tape/heat shrink but I'm not sure this would add rigidity due to it only being maybe 1/2" thick super flexible EPP.
Any help is appreciated!