FTFC20 Howard DGA-6 (Racing) designed by Mayan

[mayan]

Forgot to mention that I recently added a bit more design work to this model and finished off a few things that were missing on the design. I add the cowl spikes and closed the back part of the tail boom with post board and filled it with a plastic wrapping like they do on the nose section of the Spitfire. Next thing I need to address is the landing gear wheel pants, the wheel fairings, and all the struts for the wing.

 

[buzzbomb]

Alright folks so V2 has been flying for a while now and I love it! So far the weight of the bird using the under-cambered wing design is 455g, excluding the battery. So far V2 of this model has been tested with two different power setups. Setup 1 is using a B pack motor, 10x5 prop and a 20A ESC makes a nice slow flyer, needs more run way to take off/land and can't do any special manuvers but flies nice and steady. Setup 2 is using a C pack motor, 9x4.7 prop, and a 20A ESC this setup turns the bird into a speedier aircraft, allowing short take off/landings and has better handling in the sky to do manuvers. Both setups are fun and both can be flown in wind ranging between 0-18km/h which is what I was able to test fly the plane in. So far I have been able to balance the plane perfectly with 3S batteries ranging from 1000mah - 2200mah, but I believe that this plane can handle big batteries. Maybe on of my next test will be to parallel two 2200mah batteries see what flight time I can make out of it. Do to the large space inside allowing for big batteries to go in I think it can be used for awesome long distance FPV.

Any how here is a short video I made of the last time I took it out, enjoy.

I think I might release so beta plans soon so others can attempt to build it and comment the build process prior the end date of the challenge that way I can address any problems others might encounter before the challenge is over .

Rolls, loops, low passes. It looks you're getting it figured out. It was flying great!

 

[mayan]

So I recently found a problem with my design, the wing tips. In the design I removed the papaer from the upper part of the wings to allow them to mold over and create a nice looking airfoil. The thing is that if the wing tip gets just a little downward bend it messes it up and make handling of the plane hard although not impossible. The problem though is that no matter what trim you do to the aileron the problem continues. I fixed my wing up after I realised the problem but unfortuatly on my last outing with it I totaled the wing completely, ripping of the wing tips completely, which leads me into building a new wing all in all, I probably won't make any changes to it yet, but might do so before realising V3. I also finally had the chance to finish fixing my work room and spent yesterday night and this morning to bring it back into useable condition, so hopefully tonight I will remove all the parts that are not being used from the V2 plans and realse a beta version of them (fingers crossed).

Any how let's start building the new set of wings.

 

[Arcfyre]

Outstanding work, my friend.

 

[mayan]

Outstanding work, my friend.

Thank you buddy!

 

[Hai-Lee]

So I recently found a problem with my design, the wing tips. In the design I removed the papaer from the upper part of the wings to allow them to mold over and create a nice looking airfoil. The thing is that if the wing tip gets just a little downward bend it messes it up and make handling of the plane hard although not impossible. The problem though is that no matter what trim you do to the aileron the problem continues. I fixed my wing up after I realised the problem but unfortuatly on my last outing with it I totaled the wing completely, ripping of the wing tips completely, which leads me into building a new wing all in all, I probably won't make any changes to it yet, but might do so before realising V3. I also finally had the chance to finish fixing my work room and spent yesterday night and this morning to bring it back into useable condition, so hopefully tonight I will remove all the parts that are not being used from the V2 plans and realse a beta version of them (fingers crossed).

Any how let's start building the new set of wings.

Just a thought!

If you remove the paper to make the wing profile smoother or the like there is nothing stopping you from gluing the paper back on after the wing has been shaped and glued as required!

Have fun!

 

[mayan]

Just a thought!

If you remove the paper to make the wing profile smoother or the like there is nothing stopping you from gluing the paper back on after the wing has been shaped and glued as required!

Have fun!

That's exactly what I thought of doing

 

[mayan]

I finally finished fixing my work room and was actually able to get to my computer, soooo I removed some parts from the plans and submitted the beta version of them to the resource area on the forum. Once they are approved you'll be able to find them here: https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?resources/howard-dga-6-aka-mr-mulligan.88/ if any of you want to build it and give me their honest feedback about it.

 

[mayan]

I realized some problems with the wings on plan that I uploaded, I already fixed them so I will rebuild the wings today and upload the new plans once I make sure they are OK. I update the problem with them on the resource discussion area so that anyone downloading might see that.

More later...

 

[mayan]

QUICK UPDATE
Updated the plans on the resource area, and started building the final version from them, from now on any corrections made to the plans will be the final corrections before an official release.

 

[mayan]

Alright so after a bit of a break from this project using my spare time to build and fly FT models that I know will fly prefect. But tonight after a staff meeting at work I’ll be back to this project 100% with 3000 horse power pushing forward to make this a killer model. I have the night shift, if it’s quite that’s 8 hours of pure work on the model .

 

[mayan]

Quick update. The wing was built the main part of the fuselage too and tonight we get to repeat the same thing. Probably will get to finish 90% of the model tonight .

 

[mayan]

Alright so at work, just finished going through the alerts I had with a hot cup of tea and now going to go back to building. See ya'll later!

 

[danskis]

You mentioned the wing tips being too fragile. To fix that I get the glue gun really hot and gluee a gift card to the bottom of the wing tip. If you put the glue on the card the card gets soft and follows the airfoil shape nicely.

 

[mayan]

Over the last few days I have been working this project again printing out pieces, testing and fixing. The build is still not finished but this is where it’s going to wait for me to come back from vacation.

 

[The Hangar]

Over the last few days I have been working this project again printing out pieces, testing and fixing. The build is still not finished but this is where it’s going to wait for me to come back from vacation.

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I love it man! What size prop is that?

 

[The Hangar]

I love it man! What size prop is that?

Nevermind - I saw your old post and see that it's a b pack. I thought it was an A pack...

 

[mayan]

@The Hangar it’s spinning a 9x4.7 and currently able to fly off the B pack or the C pack motor. I am sure it can take bigger motors but so sure about smaller ones.

 

[Piotrsko]

It NEEDS the dummy radial mount printed and installed, which looks like the shakey jake that should be there.

 

[mayan]

It NEEDS the dummy radial mount printed and installed, which looks like the shakey jake that should be there.

You are so right . I’ll probably add it for the last version but still want people to build it without that, basically built with as little things as possible to allow others with just as little means as myself build it .