hiroshiman
Active member
Yeah... This has to be taken with a grain of salt, and humour.
Sooooo, when you join a forum where people know what they're talking about, you just follow their advice, period. If you don't, you end up scratch building a plane that looks good, and then needs fixing before it even leaves the ground.
I wanted to build the Simple cub, cos it sounded like fun and easy, and ended up building a Simple Scout cos @FDS said it would be easier to fly for a newbie. He also mentioned that the nose should be built something like 3cm longer to counteract the tail weight, especially because I was building it with EU foamboard (5mm), so I took a mental note of that. THEN I started building and got lost into cutting, folding and gluing. I kind of remembered the "make the nose longer" like a ghosty sentence, and thought that it would all be okay because my motor was heavy, the battery was bigger than the one in the kit, and things would just work out anyway. Turns out, the plane is damn tail heavy....
Shut up and listen, *note to myself*, because those who are arrogant enough to give you advice are actually not, they do it because they have a clue, and you don't.... This is now my official Simple scout build thread.
So the plane is built and equipped with these parts, I hope this will help people who are looking for supply and find it a bit confusing when they start (totally normal):
Support Mat Graphic Airplac®, 50 x 70cm - 5 mm
HobbyKing 30A ESC 3A UBEC
HXT900 Micro Servo 1.6kg / 0.12sec / 9g
PROPDRIVE V2 2826 1100kv Brushless Outrunner Motor
OrangeRx R620X V2 6Ch 2.4GHz DSM2 / DSMX Comp Full Range Rx w / Sat, Div Ant, F / Safe & SBUS
PolyMax 3.5mm Gold Connectors 10 PAIRS (20PC)
Nylon XT60 Connectors Male/Female (5 pairs) GENUINE
GEMFAN SLOWFLY ABS PROPELLER 9X4.7 BLACK (CCW) (4PCS)
0.055 Music Wire 36 Inches Pack of 3
1/8 Music Wire 36 Inches
Turnigy Nano-Tech 1800mAh 3S 30C Lipo Pack w/XT60
OrangeRx Tx6i Full Range 2.4GHz DSM2/DSMX compatible 6ch Radio System (Mode 1) International Version
TURNIGY E3 COMPACT 2S/3S LIPO CHARGER 100-240V (EU PLUG)
Things you may want to consider buying
BATTERY MONITOR 2-6S
LITHIUM POLYMER CHARGE PACK 18X22CM SACK
TURNIGY 8S BATTERY CAPACITY METER - BATTERY VOLTAGE CAPACITY CHECKER - BALANCE DISCHARGER/ SERVO TESTER
4 X AA BATTERY HOLDER (RX PACK) (for testing servos using the above product)
The plane is built. Sadly I can't weight it. It looked just like it should have had at the end of the build, and then I ended up having to make the power pod 5cm longer to balance it, that's why you shut up and listen.
This is what your plane looks like when you finish it:
This is what happens when you need to make a long power pod:
This is what it looks like after installing the whole thing:
And this is the coolest thing ever, when you try the servos ^_^
Servo test
So I have a few questions now, and I plan to shut up and listen.
- Will it fly?
- Was slowfly prop a good choice?
- The fact that the nose is so much longer will likely make it easier to tilt it and not take off (from a ground take off perspective)?
- How long can I fly it with the 1600mah battery? Knowing that I naively thought that this receiver had built in telemetry and that I would just get battery information from thin air without an additional sensor/cable.
You guys take care, and big up to @FDS for being so nice and answering my initial questions
Cheers
Sooooo, when you join a forum where people know what they're talking about, you just follow their advice, period. If you don't, you end up scratch building a plane that looks good, and then needs fixing before it even leaves the ground.
I wanted to build the Simple cub, cos it sounded like fun and easy, and ended up building a Simple Scout cos @FDS said it would be easier to fly for a newbie. He also mentioned that the nose should be built something like 3cm longer to counteract the tail weight, especially because I was building it with EU foamboard (5mm), so I took a mental note of that. THEN I started building and got lost into cutting, folding and gluing. I kind of remembered the "make the nose longer" like a ghosty sentence, and thought that it would all be okay because my motor was heavy, the battery was bigger than the one in the kit, and things would just work out anyway. Turns out, the plane is damn tail heavy....
Shut up and listen, *note to myself*, because those who are arrogant enough to give you advice are actually not, they do it because they have a clue, and you don't.... This is now my official Simple scout build thread.
So the plane is built and equipped with these parts, I hope this will help people who are looking for supply and find it a bit confusing when they start (totally normal):
Support Mat Graphic Airplac®, 50 x 70cm - 5 mm
HobbyKing 30A ESC 3A UBEC
HXT900 Micro Servo 1.6kg / 0.12sec / 9g
PROPDRIVE V2 2826 1100kv Brushless Outrunner Motor
OrangeRx R620X V2 6Ch 2.4GHz DSM2 / DSMX Comp Full Range Rx w / Sat, Div Ant, F / Safe & SBUS
PolyMax 3.5mm Gold Connectors 10 PAIRS (20PC)
Nylon XT60 Connectors Male/Female (5 pairs) GENUINE
GEMFAN SLOWFLY ABS PROPELLER 9X4.7 BLACK (CCW) (4PCS)
0.055 Music Wire 36 Inches Pack of 3
1/8 Music Wire 36 Inches
Turnigy Nano-Tech 1800mAh 3S 30C Lipo Pack w/XT60
OrangeRx Tx6i Full Range 2.4GHz DSM2/DSMX compatible 6ch Radio System (Mode 1) International Version
TURNIGY E3 COMPACT 2S/3S LIPO CHARGER 100-240V (EU PLUG)
Things you may want to consider buying
BATTERY MONITOR 2-6S
LITHIUM POLYMER CHARGE PACK 18X22CM SACK
TURNIGY 8S BATTERY CAPACITY METER - BATTERY VOLTAGE CAPACITY CHECKER - BALANCE DISCHARGER/ SERVO TESTER
4 X AA BATTERY HOLDER (RX PACK) (for testing servos using the above product)
The plane is built. Sadly I can't weight it. It looked just like it should have had at the end of the build, and then I ended up having to make the power pod 5cm longer to balance it, that's why you shut up and listen.
This is what your plane looks like when you finish it:
This is what happens when you need to make a long power pod:
This is what it looks like after installing the whole thing:
And this is the coolest thing ever, when you try the servos ^_^
Servo test
So I have a few questions now, and I plan to shut up and listen.
- Will it fly?
- Was slowfly prop a good choice?
- The fact that the nose is so much longer will likely make it easier to tilt it and not take off (from a ground take off perspective)?
- How long can I fly it with the 1600mah battery? Knowing that I naively thought that this receiver had built in telemetry and that I would just get battery information from thin air without an additional sensor/cable.
You guys take care, and big up to @FDS for being so nice and answering my initial questions
Cheers