My First Scratch Build

[Soundguru]

Hello All,

I am new to the forum, but have been reading and watching for a long time. I worked in the RC industry back when I was in college. I was a technician at ACE RC in the late 80's and early 90's. I have just recently gotten back into the hobby after about a 15 year break, and have been very interested in scratch building.

So here are some photos and a video of my first ever foamie scratch build.















This is the maiden flight and a couple subsequent flights of my scratch built F35-V2. The flight took place on the evening of Wednesday, December 12, 2012.

Plane is an RCPowers plan, F35-V2.

Made from DT (Dollar Tree) foam board.

Motor: Turnigy D2826-6 2200kv Outrunner Motor
ESC: HobbyKing Red Brick 30A
Battery: Nano Tech 3s 2200mAh 30C
Servos: 4@ Hextronix HXT900 9g

Control Set-up: 4x4 Elevon Mixing

Any constructive comments are appreciated.

 

[PaulT]

Ya, I guess that's ok.

 

[earthsciteach]

Looks great! Congrats on your first build. Welcome!

 

[colorex]

Beautiful build, looks really nice for a first scratchbuild!

 

[Foam Addict]

That's great!
A lot better than my first 20 or 30 scratch builds!
If you don't mind my asking, what RC company did you work for?

 

[Soundguru]

That's great!
A lot better than my first 20 or 30 scratch builds!
If you don't mind my asking, what RC company did you work for?

I used to work for Ace RC in Higginsville, MO

 

[Foam Addict]

Cool!

 

[KKArioKA]

well done !

* Paint it ! bright colors on wing tips is always good