n0tzq
Junior Member
After nearly 30 years in the hobby (mostly offroad racing ( but some carpet) both electric and nitro buggies with sail boats and aircraft experience tossed in over the years)...
I started this FT Flyer build from scratch last Sunday during football. It's my first scratch built and first plane in about 20 years...the last planes being a Balsa USA Stick 40 Plus, a Goldberg Gentle Lady, and a Goldberg Eaglet 50 setup as an electric using an old electric motor from one of my buggies.
Tonight, I finished fitting, made the landing gear, and glued it all together. Total time, including taping together 8x11 sheets of paper to create the plan is about 8 hours from start to this point. The instructions Josh B gives in his video are pretty good but there are some areas that I am concerned about that weren't covered well in the video so hopefully I got it right (or right enough that it won't be disastrous on the first flight LOL).
And now its ready for minwax, paint, and electronics/control assembly. Its nearly 100% scratch built with the wheels being the only thing store bought specific to RC so far. The landing gear is made from an old wire coat hanger and tie wraps for collars which with a plane this light should be sufficient to the task of preventing it (hopefully) being a lawn dart (haven't figured out how to prevent it from being a heater dart tho @ Josh S.) under normal conditions.
Anyone care to guess what color(s) its likely to end up being?
And to make matters worse, I have ANOTHER project I'm in the middle of.....
Yup...a Bat Bone that was orphaned in favor of airplanes by someone before it even had the first screw put into it.
Which lead me to this...just to fill in time while waiting for parts...
And brings me to a suggestion...which probably should be (unless it already has been) posted in the show suggestion section of the forum concerning this little gem of a quad (strictly in my most humble opinion). I have a blast flying this around the house, harassing and being harassed by the cats and getting screamed at by my Conure..
because I'm giving some other "bird" more attention than him.
I curse Josh and Josh (and David and Chad and the entire FT team) for dragging me back into this part of the RC hobby. The shows they do are so entertaining and informative that its made me want to give flying another go ( and with FPV too!) SO... kicking and screaming :black_eyed: tho I may be, I can't wait to go watch more FT videos and for the weather to warm up to the point where I can go fly the FT Flyer after its finished (and the Bat Bone, and probably the Old Fogey..and..well who knows what next).
I will post updates on both the FT Flyer and the Bat Bone as I make progress, as well as any new FT planes I start (likely the Old Fogey next).
Happy Holidays everyone and keep the landing gear side down.
and I welcome all comments and suggestions concerning this particular build and anything RC in general.
Dave
aka n0tzq
I started this FT Flyer build from scratch last Sunday during football. It's my first scratch built and first plane in about 20 years...the last planes being a Balsa USA Stick 40 Plus, a Goldberg Gentle Lady, and a Goldberg Eaglet 50 setup as an electric using an old electric motor from one of my buggies.
Tonight, I finished fitting, made the landing gear, and glued it all together. Total time, including taping together 8x11 sheets of paper to create the plan is about 8 hours from start to this point. The instructions Josh B gives in his video are pretty good but there are some areas that I am concerned about that weren't covered well in the video so hopefully I got it right (or right enough that it won't be disastrous on the first flight LOL).
And now its ready for minwax, paint, and electronics/control assembly. Its nearly 100% scratch built with the wheels being the only thing store bought specific to RC so far. The landing gear is made from an old wire coat hanger and tie wraps for collars which with a plane this light should be sufficient to the task of preventing it (hopefully) being a lawn dart (haven't figured out how to prevent it from being a heater dart tho @ Josh S.) under normal conditions.
Anyone care to guess what color(s) its likely to end up being?
And to make matters worse, I have ANOTHER project I'm in the middle of.....
Yup...a Bat Bone that was orphaned in favor of airplanes by someone before it even had the first screw put into it.
Which lead me to this...just to fill in time while waiting for parts...
And brings me to a suggestion...which probably should be (unless it already has been) posted in the show suggestion section of the forum concerning this little gem of a quad (strictly in my most humble opinion). I have a blast flying this around the house, harassing and being harassed by the cats and getting screamed at by my Conure..
because I'm giving some other "bird" more attention than him.
I curse Josh and Josh (and David and Chad and the entire FT team) for dragging me back into this part of the RC hobby. The shows they do are so entertaining and informative that its made me want to give flying another go ( and with FPV too!) SO... kicking and screaming :black_eyed: tho I may be, I can't wait to go watch more FT videos and for the weather to warm up to the point where I can go fly the FT Flyer after its finished (and the Bat Bone, and probably the Old Fogey..and..well who knows what next).
I will post updates on both the FT Flyer and the Bat Bone as I make progress, as well as any new FT planes I start (likely the Old Fogey next).
Happy Holidays everyone and keep the landing gear side down.
and I welcome all comments and suggestions concerning this particular build and anything RC in general.
Dave
aka n0tzq