FT Twin Arrow and FT Glow Arrow
I have been enjoying a couple of adaptations of the FT arrow design. I made a really nice LED Glow Arrow which is great for night flying. I use the Turnigy Nanotech 1.3 3S 25-50c battery and a 2204 motor. This gives a 15min flight time, which is ages. The redesign is stronger than the original and has the battery right forward meaning no added weight is required. I have also added a bit of down-thrust to the motor, which works for me. It has a black recognition stripe on the top, so orientation as night is easier. A night flier is great in winter for those week-day evenings when you can't normally fly.
The versa-sized Twin arrow that I designed last year is still going strong and gives great 4-channel flying. I have managed to sort all its design vices now and it is a very pleasant low speed flyer that goes like hell at full throttle. The motors are angled outwards to give more leverage on differential thrust. It doesn't spin like crazy, but has very positive yaw action and does lovely wing-overs/stall turns. That uses a Turnigy 3S 2.2 though 2 ESCs and the same KingKong 2204 motors as all the other FT designs I've built.
I am happy to share these with anyone who is interested. I have them in DXF format.
This uses the HobbyKing LED strip with controller, allowing colours to be changed mid-flight.
The LED control board is in one spar.
This is an old photo, but it looks much the same now!
I have been enjoying a couple of adaptations of the FT arrow design. I made a really nice LED Glow Arrow which is great for night flying. I use the Turnigy Nanotech 1.3 3S 25-50c battery and a 2204 motor. This gives a 15min flight time, which is ages. The redesign is stronger than the original and has the battery right forward meaning no added weight is required. I have also added a bit of down-thrust to the motor, which works for me. It has a black recognition stripe on the top, so orientation as night is easier. A night flier is great in winter for those week-day evenings when you can't normally fly.
The versa-sized Twin arrow that I designed last year is still going strong and gives great 4-channel flying. I have managed to sort all its design vices now and it is a very pleasant low speed flyer that goes like hell at full throttle. The motors are angled outwards to give more leverage on differential thrust. It doesn't spin like crazy, but has very positive yaw action and does lovely wing-overs/stall turns. That uses a Turnigy 3S 2.2 though 2 ESCs and the same KingKong 2204 motors as all the other FT designs I've built.
I am happy to share these with anyone who is interested. I have them in DXF format.
This uses the HobbyKing LED strip with controller, allowing colours to be changed mid-flight.
The LED control board is in one spar.
This is an old photo, but it looks much the same now!
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