Mighty Mini Sea Duck 1.2

[iceking1152]

This project had to stay on the shelf for awhile while life got in the way, but despite delays and lack of updates, I won’t give up! A question that came up:
Has anyone set their Mini Sea Duck with a flaperon configuration? I bought a y-cable to use for them, but since I’ll be using an r88, I’ll have extra channels and I’d be able to run extensions to get the aileron servos to be on independent channels. Does anyone recommend having flaps functionality for this plane?

 

[Piotrsko]

Could make water transitions a bit touchy, maybe

 

[iceking1152]

Does anyone know what the recommended control throws are?

 

[Jo's squadron]

Does anyone know what the recommended control throws are?

I just put lot of throws and a good amount of expo and adjust it from there.

 

[iceking1152]

Trying to put the c pack 2205 2300kv motors on. The wires have some heat shrink at the base of the motor preventing me from slotting it through the holes in the mini firewall. I can drill new holes in the firewall to get it to fit, but has anyone ran into this issue? Could I leave the wires running over the top and conceal it with the cowling? What did you do at this step?

 

[iceking1152]

Obligatory progress pic for asking so many questions. The video glosses over making the power pod. Can someone post a pic of theirs? I figure the position of the firewall is critical to the thrust angle, so I’m not sure f it should line up with the bottom part of the u on the firewall, or sit above it?

 

[AIRFORGE]

Trying to put the c pack 2205 2300kv motors on. The wires have some heat shrink at the base of the motor preventing me from slotting it through the holes in the mini firewall. I can drill new holes in the firewall to get it to fit, but has anyone ran into this issue? Could I leave the wires running over the top and conceal it with the cowling? What did you do at this step?
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You can file/sand/nip/grind the hole to make it larger. Also, a hair dryer can make the insulation on the wires a little more flexible. Be careful to not melt anything of course.

 

[Horseman3381]

Looking good!

For the powerpods, since this is a twin engine, there is no thrust angle built into the power pods, so don't need to worry about that. The pods should be same size of the firewall. If they are a bit off, I would do your best to either center it on the pod, or offset it to the bottom of the U. Either would be fine.

 

[Jo's squadron]

How is it coming?

 

[balsa basher]

Is someone able to post the tiles plans!

 

[Mr Man]

Is someone able to post the tiles plans!

Like this?

 

[balsa basher]

Like this?

Thanks!!! I’ll never have time to build all of these, but it’s fun to collect all the plans

 

[Mr Man]

Thanks!!! I’ll never have time to build all of these, but it’s fun to collect all the plans

👍

 

[iceking1152]

Finally making some progress. I moved and have a dedicated plane-building workbench now. Hopefully I can finish it off tonight and maiden this weekend

 

[RickHunter]

Finally making some progress. I moved and have a dedicated plane-building workbench now. Hopefully I can finish it off tonight and maiden this weekend

The Sea Duck is one of my Favorite FT planes. I have never made a mini, but several regular ones, and even a 200% one. They fly great. The mini duck is definitely on my to build list.

 

[bisco]

looking good Iceking!

 

[iceking1152]

Maiden flight went well. A member from my club helped me trim it out and hand launch after the initial grass takeoff didn’t go. The video didn’t come out well, I accidentally had it in slow-motion. Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions for getting this built. I noticed off the bat that 100% rates were way too much, I felt comfortable around 75% and eventually added 20% expo. This is my first plane without any gyro whatsoever, and I managed to get it down undamaged in 2/2 flights today. I’m very happy with how it performed!

 

[Mr NCT]

Maiden flight went well. A member from my club helped me trim it out and hand launch after the initial grass takeoff didn’t go. The video didn’t come out well, I accidentally had it in slow-motion. Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions for getting this built. I noticed off the bat that 100% rates were way too much, I felt comfortable around 75% and eventually added 20% expo. This is my first plane without any gyro whatsoever, and I managed to get it down undamaged in 2/2 flights today. I’m very happy with how it performed!

It's a sturdy plane. I bounced mine more than once without damage.

 

[RickHunter]

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For V2 I modified the hatch.

Great idea. Will definitely be doing this with the one I'm building now.

 

[RickHunter]

Building a Duckling for the build-ruary contest and needed motor mounts and skid plates. I land in asphalt and hard pack dirt only. So i printed these and thought i would share them. Thanks to @Horseman3381 for the plans. Let me know if there is any issues, I am very new to 3d design. I use a heat gun to curve the front plate (blow dryer would pry work too).