smashed2bits
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Does anybody know how these do in wind yet?
If you want to go fast, have a look at the funfighter Motor, they're quite cheap but according to nerd nic's videos are capable of accelerating those small planes to about 100mph.
Here's an idea I just came up with to improve the appearance of the new mini-Corsair's cowl.
I wanted to come up with something to soften the appearance of the abrupt-ending hard edge of foam board at the front of the cowl. At first I thought of finding a plastic water bottle or something of suitable diameter. But most bottles have too gradual of a curve for the Corsair. So I thought: why not just thicken up the foam a little, then sand the edge to a curve. Below is a photo of what I ended up with (with an original cowl next to it for comparison).
Here's what I did:
While the cowl piece was still flat, I removed a thin strip (about 1/4") of paper at the cowl front edge, by marking the curve using the cowl template as a guide, then scoring the surface of the paper along the mark with a hobby knife, then pulling up the strip. Then after working the cowl piece into curve (per the build video) and taping it, I sanded the exposed foam edge to a nice rounded shape. Then from some scrap DTFB I cut an additional narrow strip of foam, using the cowl template as a guide (shorter curved edge). This piece is to be added to the inner diameter of the cowl to thicken up the lip a little so it doesn't look like the end of a foam board. For this strip, I first removed the paper from one side, then worked it into a curve, then removed the paper from the other side (if you remove the paper from both sides first, it will tear when you try to work it into a curve). Then I pushed the extra strip into the cowl from the larger-diameter side. It takes a few trial fits to figure out how much to trim the length to. You want it good and snug so there's no crack between the pieces (in the photo, it's not even glued in yet).
I love the smaller sized stuff, and I'm really liking some of the build innovations on these two designs. The round cowl, and the battery hatches are awesome.
After going over the plans today, and watching a bit of both build videos I've decided I'm not going to build either yet. Instead, I'm going to steal the design technology and build an A6M Zero in the same size that'll take the mighty mini power pod. Gonna try and only use one sheet of foamboard as well.
I've got the wings and fuselage drawn up. Just working out the tail and fiddly bits now. I'm liking herk1's cowl mod, something similar should work very well for getting the right profile on the Zero cowl.
Hi,
I'm currently working on an A6M2 Zero as well as a number of other mini-sized warbirds that are similar to these.
Check out my thread: http://forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?23490-Mighty-Mini-Warbirds-Winter-2015-16.
It looks like great minds think alike!
@ Localfiend,
Great work! You have done exactly what I had planned. :applause:
I can't wait for the formers and poster board templates.
One suggestion, I would make the wing tips slightly less tapered to counter any possible tip stall.
Better to err on the side of flight performance than to scale outline.
It looks fantastic, keep up the great work!
Tom. G
P.S.: You could use the Mustang canopy if you add a little to the middle to stretch it out.
hello everyone
i have some motors and ESC laying around from previous projects and i was wondering if i can use them ob a mini Corsair
the lightest combo i can find is a Flush 25A ESC and a 2826-1240kv motor
do you think it will work?
and do you think i can use a 3s 1000mAh battery? it weighs only 72g (10g heavier than the 800mAh 3S)...
im thinking of ordering the recommended Multistar Elite 2204-2300KV motor , a 1000mAh batterty , and using my 20A ESC without the heat shrink to lose some weight...but im not sure about the total weight...