Repairman
New member
Hi everyone, I haven't posted before but have been checking in for a few months now.
My son and I first discovered Flitetest on YouTube. I remember the first ever video we watched, it was this the DIY Foam Board Water Plane (The FT Sea Duck). My son, who is 4, wanted one immediately, and still does. Unfortunately we haven't built one yet, I don't think either of our flying skills are up to water landings and take off's just yet. We both have achieved considerable expertise at sudden stop landings though. The biggest improvement in my flying skills came when I discovered cheap little NAZE32 controllers and I have a versa wing that has survived long enough, with the NAZE32 moderating my control, to use up a battery and do a couple of laps of the park. A very exciting and joyful moment for my son and I.
the NAZE32 led me to quadcopters and though I haven't flown a quad yet I am scratch building a 3d printed DJI Inspire style quad with landing-gear/motor-booms that raise and lower. This project I am calling the Open Inspired Piranha and it is itself heavily inspired by another project called DJI Inspired v1.5 by Fragmaster from RCGroups forums that was inspired by a quad called the DJI Inspired, by BlackBox RC, also on RCGroups.
Anyway it's been a pretty intense ride this whole RC flight thing. I am learning about 3d printing, CAD design with Fusion 360, all the electronics and radio stuff. It never seems to end. There is always something interesting that I can add to my knowledge in this hobby. And, for my son, I really can't think of a better way to introduce all these hot new STEM ideas: computer software programming, robotics and automation, electronics, rapid prototyping and manufacturing, design thinking, aeronautical engineering, materials science... I think this hobby can really help a young person become ready for our new technocratic societies.
If you have read this far you really deserve a few build pictures. Which after all is all anyone really wants to see anyway. And, if your interested in the Piranha build progress check out openinspired.org, I have even published the 3d printer files and original CAD files, if you want to make your own, or are just interested. The whole project is also hosted in a GitHub open source repository.
My son and I first discovered Flitetest on YouTube. I remember the first ever video we watched, it was this the DIY Foam Board Water Plane (The FT Sea Duck). My son, who is 4, wanted one immediately, and still does. Unfortunately we haven't built one yet, I don't think either of our flying skills are up to water landings and take off's just yet. We both have achieved considerable expertise at sudden stop landings though. The biggest improvement in my flying skills came when I discovered cheap little NAZE32 controllers and I have a versa wing that has survived long enough, with the NAZE32 moderating my control, to use up a battery and do a couple of laps of the park. A very exciting and joyful moment for my son and I.
the NAZE32 led me to quadcopters and though I haven't flown a quad yet I am scratch building a 3d printed DJI Inspire style quad with landing-gear/motor-booms that raise and lower. This project I am calling the Open Inspired Piranha and it is itself heavily inspired by another project called DJI Inspired v1.5 by Fragmaster from RCGroups forums that was inspired by a quad called the DJI Inspired, by BlackBox RC, also on RCGroups.
Anyway it's been a pretty intense ride this whole RC flight thing. I am learning about 3d printing, CAD design with Fusion 360, all the electronics and radio stuff. It never seems to end. There is always something interesting that I can add to my knowledge in this hobby. And, for my son, I really can't think of a better way to introduce all these hot new STEM ideas: computer software programming, robotics and automation, electronics, rapid prototyping and manufacturing, design thinking, aeronautical engineering, materials science... I think this hobby can really help a young person become ready for our new technocratic societies.
If you have read this far you really deserve a few build pictures. Which after all is all anyone really wants to see anyway. And, if your interested in the Piranha build progress check out openinspired.org, I have even published the 3d printer files and original CAD files, if you want to make your own, or are just interested. The whole project is also hosted in a GitHub open source repository.
