Anybody else scratch building tonight?
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Shurik-1960
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I looked at the photo carefully: is this 3D printing? Is the wing and plumage foam?
CrshNBrn
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Yes- parts of it are 3D printed (from Solidworks), while the rest is foamboard (wing & horizontal/vertical stabilizers, plus a few parts of the fuselage). I call it my Frankenstein plane.
Shurik-1960
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I saw a model airplane that was printed on a printer crash.Her fuselage was bent from the summer heat. My neighbor in the country has 2 3-D printers and this was his model. I repaired his TV and asked him to print the exhaust pipes for messerschmitt.He said that he had to do the project for a long time and refused. .. A week later, he brought an inverter welder for repair... but I didn't open the door for him. This is how my acquaintance with the 3-d printer took place.)))
Excellent work. Are there plans?
Mr Man
Mr SPEED!
Hopefully
Timmy
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Shadey never fails to impress
Flyingshark
Master member
Wow, that’s going to look beautiful in the air!
Flight video please. And plans!
L Edge
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Could you explain how you approached the rudderless situation? Using a FC or gyro(s)? Noticed the drag brakes.
skymaster
Elite member
Could it be done with differential thrust?
shadeyB
Legendary member
thanks pilots 👍
here’s light from my 1st one
my last build and this one will have working Drag “Rudder”
I tested it with both gyro the last time and worked good most of the time but found gyro had it crabbing at times
without it worked great also, did what I wanted it to do and when…. But not ruling out a gyro would be beneficial to a wing 👍
i have drag set on 2 different channels, in a servo centred position they are both set open at 20* (degrees) = split 10*10*
if I push full left on rudder the right drag closes and the left will open to approximately 50* (degrees)
this could be achieved with a y cable however it would take more fine tuning of servo and control arm position.
when on separate Chanel’s let’s say the left (drag) I reduce the end point on the radio 1st, then push full right stick & keep it there,
then adjust the end point until it closes fully without servo stressing. move stick full left and hold it there - again adjust end point till I get the desired ”full open” position
repeat the process on the Right “Drag” rudder in opposite directions
the Aim is to have one close while the other opens. When rudder stick is released the both return to “equally” open at around 20*
this build I’m thinking of adding 3pos switch to the Drag rudders ……. With some mixing on radio …… tx16
pos1- (bottom) - both closed to reduce drag and get flat out speed 😂🚀
pos2 - (middle) - normal flight operation with Drag rudder
pos3 - (top) - both open and used as drag brake
still not decided on this tho lol
I would say yes but unsure if I would want to as a wing is more unstable than standard Plane with 2 motors
Dutch Breeze
Active member
Very nice shady! I just checked out your channel. I really liked your tornado. Very underrated plane here in the states.
shadeyB
Legendary member
Thanks buddy 👍🏻 I try to put up as much info on the builds as possible but miss things at times for the excitement of a maiden lol , I have ran the Tornado on the 70mm and recently switched it to pusher and love it still , great swing wing model
Mr Man
Mr SPEED!
https://ftca.flitetest.com/product/ft-tubby-b-17/ . Buwahahahaha!
Dutch Breeze
Active member
How did you end up addressing the “long grass breaks stuff” issue? Mow the lawn or change the design a tad? And that thing is so darn pretty. So impressed.
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