CARBON FIBER DISCUSSION

[quorneng]

And when you fly full size, particularly when flying solo you realise that if you make a mess of anything its likely going to hurt!
It does tend to concentrate the mind.

 

[Zoom Master]

And when you fly full size, particularly when flying solo you realise that if you make a mess of anything its likely going to hurt!
It does tend to concentrate the mind.

True I wonder if most pilots always have that on their mind ?

 

[Mr NCT]

True I wonder if most pilots always have that on their mind ?

It's actually like driving a car. When you first start you think about it all the time and you hold the steering wheel in a death grip. With experience you relax and only sweat when something goes wrong.

 

[Zoom Master]

It's actually like driving a car. When you first start you think about it all the time and you hold the steering wheel in a death grip. With experience you relax and only sweat when something goes wrong.

Oh ok makes sense !

 

[Houndpup Rc]

It's actually like driving a car. When you first start you think about it all the time and you hold the steering wheel in a death grip. With experience you relax and only sweat when something goes wrong.

Right?! 😂 10mph feels like 100mph!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

And when you fly full size, particularly when flying solo you realise that if you make a mess of anything its likely going to hurt!
It does tend to concentrate the mind.

Or when you fly a really nice Ms one.....

 

[Zoom Master]

Or when you fly a really nice Ms one.....

Ms ?

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Ms ?

Master Series (the really nice ones, where you mold the foam and it gives nice curves like in this one I did)

 

[Zoom Master]

Master Series (the really nice ones, where you mold the foam and it gives nice curves like in this one I did)
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Oh wow that looks super nice !

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Oh wow that looks super nice !

Thanks! I made it from the foamboard you get at dollar store! (BTW there are free plans for it if you want it!)

 

[Zoom Master]

Thanks! I made it from the foamboard you get at dollar store! (BTW there are free plans for it if you want it!)

Hmm how does It fly ?

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Hmm how does It fly ?

REALLY nice!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Here are the plans:

Plane - FT P-38 Lightning

FT P-38 Lightning Designed By: John Overstreet Plans By: Dan Sponholz Description: The Flite Test FT P-38 Lightning Electric Airplane Kit is one of the most advanced Speed Build Kits you can build. The finished model offers a level of scale...

forum.flitetest.com

 

[Zoom Master]

REALLY nice!

Alright then !

 

[Zoom Master]

Here are the plans:

Plane - FT P-38 Lightning

FT P-38 Lightning Designed By: John Overstreet Plans By: Dan Sponholz Description: The Flite Test FT P-38 Lightning Electric Airplane Kit is one of the most advanced Speed Build Kits you can build. The finished model offers a level of scale...

forum.flitetest.com

Thanks I might build it later on !

 

[Zoom Master]

And also question is it easier to make a large rc plane go fast or a small one ? If the answer is small then why are all high speed rc airplanes relatively large for example.

I know these airplanes aren't MASSIVE but they are still quite large I was looking at my design and saw that my airplane is actually a bit smaller then the above aircrafts.

this airplane is almost as big as this one.

@Houndpup Rc @Piotrsko @Mr Man

 

[Piotrsko]

Mostly going really fast means it gets really small really fast and you want to keep orientation. Can't fly it if you cant actually see which way it's going, or if there are things in the way. Really big takes longer to lose that orientation. Unsure if FPV changes the small fast problem as I haven't flown that way. It might as long as you have signal and control

 

[Mr Man]

Big planes are also more stable, yours seems to have a decent size.

 

[Piotrsko]

Wouldn't say bigger is more stable, but bigger does tend to be less sensitive to odd wind gusts. Then there is Einsteins law E= Mc2

 

[Mr Man]

Maybe, I guess it’s because when you scale up, wing loading generally goes down, resulting in a more stable plane. Bigger planes can also hold the massive motors these speed guys use @Zoom Master