Baby Bugatti
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FWIW; I flew it in pretty decent winds at both FFEast and FFWest, and my home field is never calm - it handles wind rather well. If you don't have A-pack size stuff, I get it, but I haven't found it to be "delicate" by any stretch.
Allenhat
Member
5th company. I started my army with 5th edition. The bottom of the wing has the black/green/cream checkerboard company markings on it.
I have too many hobbies.
I can confirm that I handles the wing pretty well. It was plenty breezy when I flew mine at Flitefest and it did quite well. The high wing loading helps a lot. I was surprised how well it slowed down though. It's also pretty tough but it certainly isn't beginner friendly in my opinion.
mrjdstewart
Legendary member
well after having to teach the guy @ office max how to print, and convincing him it was copyrighted, but still free and ok to print, i got a full set of plans for BB.
and so it begins...
may have some questions but before i ask a dumb one that will obviously be answered as i build i will wait. with that said, power pod looks mighty small for a "typical" FT mini-pod. we will see, i check the reference gauge on the plans and 1" was 1" so i am crossing my fingers and powering ahead...
laters,
jason
and so it begins...
may have some questions but before i ask a dumb one that will obviously be answered as i build i will wait. with that said, power pod looks mighty small for a "typical" FT mini-pod. we will see, i check the reference gauge on the plans and 1" was 1" so i am crossing my fingers and powering ahead...
laters,
jason
SlingShot
Maneuvering With Purpose
That is something you definitely have to do. I have to do it here in Mexico. The last time, the girl selected ARCH D instead of ANSI D, and it took me a while to decipher the problem.
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Rangerboy52
New member
such a cool plane! is it very hard to fly? I have experience, but am not a pro flier.
JakeTheSloth
Active member
Well, I made my yesterday and I have to say one thing - it's not easy to fly. This plane doesn't glide, like at all, you have to throw it up in air and give it some speed and keep it to keep plane airborne. Don't climb hard with low throttle or you'll tipstall and probably won't retrieve. Better don't fly until battery is low and you can't have at least half of throttle on 3s battery and you're in place where people are walking around, there's a lot of bushes or trees etc. because you're simply not going to land where you want to, but where the plane wants to. My advice is that you better make Mini F-22, it's a great plane, I made at least 5 copies of it (some were crashed by me, some by my brothers) and I learned how to fly fast and small planes with ailerons on it. If you're still going to build this one, keep those advices in mind, and also - use smaller servos than 9g, 3,7g are perfect IMO,
but 5g will do, and better maiden it in open area with soft and high grass around, otherwise you'll probably break it after few throws. Launch at slightly more than 50% of throttle. Reduce throws to LOW if you want the plane to be controlable by pilot with non superhuman reflex and precision.
Good luck Here's my BB just before maiden and after few flights and meeting with a low voltage pole.
HINT: better paint it. Using tape is causing these stripes to show. Getting rid of those is very annoying and more time consuming than making model itself
but 5g will do, and better maiden it in open area with soft and high grass around, otherwise you'll probably break it after few throws. Launch at slightly more than 50% of throttle. Reduce throws to LOW if you want the plane to be controlable by pilot with non superhuman reflex and precision.
Good luck
Here's my BB just before maiden and after few flights and meeting with a low voltage pole.HINT: better paint it. Using tape is causing these stripes to show. Getting rid of those is very annoying and more time consuming than making model itself
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Great looking build!! And yea, you're on track with a lot of those observations - it's a little speed demon just itching for a pylon to race around, like it's original historical design. Also the Baby Baron is another pocket rocket that has all the same characteristics. So in the words of Tim Gunn - "If that's the look you're going for, it's a good one!"
jpot1
Elite member
More progress. Doubled up the spars and removed foam on the bottom to embed the servos in the wing. Also had to melt a little foam on the underside of the top wing for the foldover to sit nicely.
Daemon1954
New member
Very nice build.
nilsmeinardi
New member
I made one, super cool airplane. My auw is 240 grams with a 1000 mah 3s.
Here is a video of the second flight: https://youtu.be/oqCQ5wahgF0
Here is a video of the second flight: https://youtu.be/oqCQ5wahgF0
Michael9865
Elite member
Would you be willing to share the graphics that you used for the wings?
JakeTheSloth
Active member
Sure https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_4vo9izedYhOThJbVBhVjFlbm8?usp=sharing
It's not HQ. I simply imported BB to GIMP, found some decals in internet, copied and pasted it, then scaled and voila, here are my markings (scaling made those wings look pixelated :/). I encourage you to make your own markings, GIMP is free.
By the way : I rebuild my BB and added some modifications, I mounted elevator servo vertical, I just made a hole in the wing near end of fuselage and glued it to fuselages side, thanks to that pushrods are shorter and more rigid, I didn't use power pod, I used few pieces of foam and glued them directly inside nose, then I glued firewall to it. Now it's very sturdy and more crash resistant than with normal power pod + I have more space. I had some bad time pushing LiPo to planes back (I'm using different foam, and had some CG issues), so I made a rectangural hole in bottom part of wing (not going through upper surface), and now I can push my bat almost to the very back of plane - very important thing - make sure your lipo won't move even 0,5' back or forth, it'll ruin your CG and make you crash. After trimming it and balancing properly it's flying great, it's a little rocket that doesn't just fly like a beast but also look very cool. Thank you guys for making these plans and giving them for free to everyone. You're the best!
JakeTheSloth
Active member
I'm very curious about how is it going to work. What motor and battery are you planning to use for it??
That's awesome!! Seriously, a 2s is a perfectly fine setup for this bird, it's still fast enough to be fun without being stupid scary. I've been asked to participate in an RC demo at work, and I plan on flying a Baby Bugatti on 2s, to show just that.
Congrats!!
SlingShot
Maneuvering With Purpose
Thanks. I tamed the beast, but a 1300 2 cell felt like a load. I would have liked to try it with a lighter battery.
Oh yeah, I can see that. A 500 should be plenty.
