8Bit_Koopa
New member
Recently I have been trying to get my wife into my new hobby. I built us a couple of FT Sparrows and was contemplating a paint scheme.
I was thinking stripes or simple patterns when she suggested something much cooler. Toothless, the nightfury dragon from the "How to train your dragon" movie.
Now looking at the FT Sparrow's V-Tail and the V-Tail of Toothless, I saw this was going to be a perfect paint scheme. So I broke out the black spraypint and got to work. I had to add a small piece for the ears, as well as some cutout eyes glued to the side. The resulting work turned out amazing! Not only did I get an excelent looking aircraft, I also got her more excited to try and fly it!
I also made a handy carrying device to make it easier to travel to and from the field. It also doubles to protect the tail fins. I was inspired by the new FT backpacks, and how the FT Super Bee can be banded together for travel.
I can't wait to get this thing out and maiden it. So far just a few glide tests in the backyard. Still not sure how from only 2 feet off the ground she got it to nosedive so hard it ejected the battery and pulled the speed control off the motor...
Apparently I'm going to need to do a little more reinforcement or something still before we get to powered flight.
I was thinking stripes or simple patterns when she suggested something much cooler. Toothless, the nightfury dragon from the "How to train your dragon" movie.
Now looking at the FT Sparrow's V-Tail and the V-Tail of Toothless, I saw this was going to be a perfect paint scheme. So I broke out the black spraypint and got to work. I had to add a small piece for the ears, as well as some cutout eyes glued to the side. The resulting work turned out amazing! Not only did I get an excelent looking aircraft, I also got her more excited to try and fly it!
I also made a handy carrying device to make it easier to travel to and from the field. It also doubles to protect the tail fins. I was inspired by the new FT backpacks, and how the FT Super Bee can be banded together for travel.
I can't wait to get this thing out and maiden it. So far just a few glide tests in the backyard. Still not sure how from only 2 feet off the ground she got it to nosedive so hard it ejected the battery and pulled the speed control off the motor...
Apparently I'm going to need to do a little more reinforcement or something still before we get to powered flight.