Virology76
Junior Member
Hello everybody!!
I am new to the forums but have been a fan of Flite Test for a long time, they are the reasons I got into RC flight to begin with. I fly quadcopters and have a couple of fixed wing aircraft, including a very beat up HobbyZone Duet. It has gotten to the point that I am not really able to repair the Duet any further, but the electrics are in perfect order, so I hate to toss them! On another note, I have been wanting to get into scratch-building for a while. Maybe many of you can see where this is headed....
Does anyone have any ideas for building some sort of small aircraft that would function using the electrics from the Duet? I have spent hours searching the internet and forums to see if anybody has made something like this, but I have come up empty. I really liked the Duet, it was a great way to get started in fixed wing RC, but it is incredibly fragile. HobbyZone does not sell much in the way of parts for it, mainly because they consider it to be (in their words) "toy grade". So I am trying to come up with ideas to build a replacement aircraft for the electrics.
I know that I have several hurdles in this project, the two main ones as I see them are weight and differential thrust. I have looked at the plans and speed build kits to see if something could be adapted, but I think my own design may be the only thing that will work because of the hurdles I mentioned. In my mind I have been leaning toward some sort of small craft with a simple one piece wing and a tail section with single vertical stabilizer and full length elevator. Then I was thinking of connecting these with a boom of some sort (carbon tube, BBQ skewer, etc) just to keep the weight down.
That's about all I have. I think this is a challenging build, but a rewarding one. I know for my internet reading that I am not the only person to be in the boat of having a Duet with perfect electrics and a shattered fuselage... Any ideas or guidance that you guys and gals have will be greatly appreciated!!
I am new to the forums but have been a fan of Flite Test for a long time, they are the reasons I got into RC flight to begin with. I fly quadcopters and have a couple of fixed wing aircraft, including a very beat up HobbyZone Duet. It has gotten to the point that I am not really able to repair the Duet any further, but the electrics are in perfect order, so I hate to toss them! On another note, I have been wanting to get into scratch-building for a while. Maybe many of you can see where this is headed....
Does anyone have any ideas for building some sort of small aircraft that would function using the electrics from the Duet? I have spent hours searching the internet and forums to see if anybody has made something like this, but I have come up empty. I really liked the Duet, it was a great way to get started in fixed wing RC, but it is incredibly fragile. HobbyZone does not sell much in the way of parts for it, mainly because they consider it to be (in their words) "toy grade". So I am trying to come up with ideas to build a replacement aircraft for the electrics.
I know that I have several hurdles in this project, the two main ones as I see them are weight and differential thrust. I have looked at the plans and speed build kits to see if something could be adapted, but I think my own design may be the only thing that will work because of the hurdles I mentioned. In my mind I have been leaning toward some sort of small craft with a simple one piece wing and a tail section with single vertical stabilizer and full length elevator. Then I was thinking of connecting these with a boom of some sort (carbon tube, BBQ skewer, etc) just to keep the weight down.
That's about all I have. I think this is a challenging build, but a rewarding one. I know for my internet reading that I am not the only person to be in the boat of having a Duet with perfect electrics and a shattered fuselage... Any ideas or guidance that you guys and gals have will be greatly appreciated!!