Brand New to Flite-test

[RickzFPV]

I just wanted to say I am brand new to Flite-test been flying fixed wing for quite awhile now and got into fpv quads about 4 and 1/2 years ago, and have always loved everything about the R/C hobby. I just got my Bloody Baron kit built and it is so much fun to fly. I have a ft explorer that will be my next build. This thing flies absolutely beautiful, just wanted to say thanks.

Rick

 

[Merv]

Welcome to the forums

 

[Flying Monkey fab]

Welcome and I hope you will become a regular.

 

[RickzFPV]

I will be a regular for sure I can’t believe I waited this long to get one of these kist

 

[CrashRecovery]

You will not find a more friendly group of misfits on the internet.

 

[AIRFORGE]

@RickzFPV , Welcome to the Forum, brother!
Are you using Open, or EdgeTX on your Zorro? Which module? How do you like it?
Do I ask too many questions? LOL!

 

[The Fopster]

I just wanted to say I am brand new to Flite-test been flying fixed wing for quite awhile now and got into fpv quads about 4 and 1/2 years ago, and have always loved everything about the R/C hobby. I just got my Bloody Baron kit built and it is so much fun to fly. I have a ft explorer that will be my next build. This thing flies absolutely beautiful, just wanted to say thanks.

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Nice clean build and a really distinctive colour scheme - nice! If your first build looks that good your tenth will be amazing. And I suspect there will be a tenth! Anyway - welcome.

 

[RickzFPV]

@RickzFPV , Welcome to the Forum, brother!
Are you using Open, or EdgeTX on your Zorro? Which module? How do you like it?
Do I ask too many questions? LOL!

Right now I am running a nightly build of open tx but will be going to edge tx 2.6 in the near future I am running a happymodel slim pro Elrs module on it and as far as the transmitter I absolutely love it gimbals are super smooth and the weight and balance of it is excellent.

 

[RickzFPV]

So guys have a question I really like the way this bloody baron flies it is so much fun even in a little wind. I also bought a FT explorer core kit (by accident) thought it was the full speed build kit. Where can I look on here for some ideas for a wing, I really would like it to be a little sporty as I am past the trainer stage and I like to do aerobatics with my planes.

 

[SSgt Duramax]

So guys have a question I really like the way this bloody baron flies it is so much fun even in a little wind. I also bought a FT explorer core kit (by accident) thought it was the full speed build kit. Where can I look on here for some ideas for a wing, I really would like it to be a little sporty as I am past the trainer stage and I like to do aerobatics with my planes.

Build an armin wing for it. Several people (including myself) have and it works well.

Make sure you get the thrust angle right on that motor! Pusher planes like that are testy with thrust angle. Also, it can be tough to get a good CG on it. I had to scoot the wing back a touch with a 4500 mah pack.

 

[RickzFPV]

Build an armin wing for it. Several people (including myself) have and it works well.

Make sure you get the thrust angle right on that motor! Pusher planes like that are testy with thrust angle. Also, it can be tough to get a good CG on it. I had to scoot the wing back a touch with a 4500 mah pack.

Yeah I am probably gonna get some bigger batteries even for my bloody baron I wanted to keep it light so using a 3s 1000 mah battery on it. It has to go all the way forward to balance correctly. But it flies really well.

 

[SSgt Duramax]

Yeah I am probably gonna get some bigger batteries even for my bloody baron I wanted to keep it light so using a 3s 1000 mah battery on it. It has to go all the way forward to balance correctly. But it flies really well.

I don't know how big you want to go, but a day or two ago banggood had some 4S 4000mah 100c batteries for a flash deal at $30 each. Even if they don't live up to their C rating, I'll never need that much juice. I bought a couple, so if they are still there, that is a good deal.

 

[RickzFPV]

I don't know how big you want to go, but a day or two ago banggood had some 4S 4000mah 100c batteries for a flash deal at $30 each. Even if they don't live up to their C rating, I'll never need that much juice. I bought a couple, so if they are still there, that is a good deal.

Yeah I am gonna get some on the way I am kind of just getting back into electric fixed wing so mainly gage quadcopter batteries was thinking about ordering some 2200 mah batteries and probably some 3000 mah batteries just to have

 

[RickzFPV]

I was gonna start building my ft explorer and then kind of shifted gears lol and am building a tiny trainer from plans. I want to see how long it actually takes to build one from scratch to see if it is feesable to do some with my sons stem class

 

[SSgt Duramax]

Lots of FT planes probably wouldn't balance very well with a 3000, but they may. My battery sizes are 1000mah, 2200mah, and 4000mah lol. I just use the big ones in my FPV plane I made. I have another couple of planes I am planning that are going to take big batteries too.

I don't know how far you want to go with stem. FT has a stem 3 pack of gliders, and I am sure that you or I could come up with a design that would be easy for them to build. Chuck gliders are good too.

Nernic has good chuck gliders. Well, I can personally vouch for the mustang and F-16, they were great and my daughters loved them.

https://www.nerdnic.com/

As far as your quad stuff don't underestimate what the little 2205/2207 motors can do. Two sunnysky 2207 motors ripped my 3lb plane off the ground on 3S no problem at 60% throttle. It would have went straight up if the gyro didn't kick in.

 

[RickzFPV]

That is awesome yeah I have a bunch of 800 1000 and 1300 mah batteries was gonna get some that were bigger just to have just in case my plan is to put a 2206 in this tiny trainer probably have more power than it needs but that is ok. I am looking at the r/c side for his stem class because he has been in it since jr high and is now in HS here is the project they took to the state competition this year. It is fully 3D printed except for the electronics and the hardware. It has fpv and full navigation with INAV.

 

[FlamingRCAirplanes]

That is awesome yeah I have a bunch of 800 1000 and 1300 mah batteries was gonna get some that were bigger just to have just in case my plan is to put a 2206 in this tiny trainer probably have more power than it needs but that is ok. I am looking at the r/c side for his stem class because he has been in it since jr high and is now in HS here is the project they took to the state competition this year. It is fully 3D printed except for the electronics and the hardware. It has fpv and full navigation with INAV.

Wow I love that!! Nice prints too! They look perfect! Gonna have to do that myself some time…

 

[RickzFPV]

Got a couple questions I have 1/2 of my armin wing built and getting ready to start the 2nd half. I am using a carbon arrow shaft for my spar. Do you guys install tubes in the wings for the spar or glue the wing together and make it 1 piece I would like to keep mine in 2 pieces to make it easier for transport. Also do the arrow shafts need to run the full length inside each wing.

 

[RickzFPV]

So maidened both the bloody baron and explorer tidy both flew absolutely beautiful. Had a great time today flying with my son and some of his friends. The bloody baron is posted above in the thread and here is the explorer with the Armin wing flew it with a 3s lipo and a 4s liion. On the liion we had it in the air for about 40 minutes. I am looking forward to building some more of these kits.