evranch
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OK foam flyers, it's way to cold (-20C, gale force winds, freezing rain!?) to fly or to do anything productive. It's time to get going on another FT scratch build.
I'm ordering goggles and a micro FPV cam. So this is going to be a FPV build. I already have a big, long range cruiser that I'm going to set up for long range FPV someday, so that's not what I want out of this FPV plane. Basically, I want a fast aerobatic/racing/combat platform that I can fly at screaming speed over the hills, and I can mount the micro camera on without having to stare at the prop. And if there's a spot where I can put my knockoff GoPro, all the better.
I want it to run on Power Pack C because that's what I can pick up locally at a good price, the same setup that's on my Baron. That kind of rules out all the Mighty Minis, I think, which is too bad. However, smaller motors are only available from expensive brands here.
Almost all the pushers in this range from FT appear to be wings. I've never flown a wing, always been a little wing-curious, but then again, I kind of want something with yaw control, that I can fly in the wind and perform standard aerobatics with. But, if nothing else, I guess it could be a Versa wing or a Spear. The Goblin is cute but it's really just a wing in disguise, and it's power pack F anyways. Then there is the 4-channel FT Explorer but it looks a little dozy.
So... what are my options for fun, aerobatic pusher planes? Coming from another perspective, how hard would it be to mount a camera on a FT tractor plane in a way that I won't have to look through the prop disc? I'd love to build an Edge 540, but I'm not sure how well it would work with the camera.
I'm ordering goggles and a micro FPV cam. So this is going to be a FPV build. I already have a big, long range cruiser that I'm going to set up for long range FPV someday, so that's not what I want out of this FPV plane. Basically, I want a fast aerobatic/racing/combat platform that I can fly at screaming speed over the hills, and I can mount the micro camera on without having to stare at the prop. And if there's a spot where I can put my knockoff GoPro, all the better.
I want it to run on Power Pack C because that's what I can pick up locally at a good price, the same setup that's on my Baron. That kind of rules out all the Mighty Minis, I think, which is too bad. However, smaller motors are only available from expensive brands here.
Almost all the pushers in this range from FT appear to be wings. I've never flown a wing, always been a little wing-curious, but then again, I kind of want something with yaw control, that I can fly in the wind and perform standard aerobatics with. But, if nothing else, I guess it could be a Versa wing or a Spear. The Goblin is cute but it's really just a wing in disguise, and it's power pack F anyways. Then there is the 4-channel FT Explorer but it looks a little dozy.
So... what are my options for fun, aerobatic pusher planes? Coming from another perspective, how hard would it be to mount a camera on a FT tractor plane in a way that I won't have to look through the prop disc? I'd love to build an Edge 540, but I'm not sure how well it would work with the camera.