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The Great 2020 Quarantine Build-Off?

Hoomi

Hoomi

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Looks great! I hope to see a flight video sometime soon! Take care, and we'll be sending positive thoughts and prayers up on your behalf!
 
AIRFORGE

AIRFORGE

Make It Fly!
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Slick1855 said:
Took me 1 year and 8 months of quarantine to do it but my 200% corsair went airborne for the first time today! Just in time for Flitetest to release an updated, easier to build option....
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Sweet! Did you use any of the thicker FT Maker Foam, or just standard foam board? Looks great! (y)
 
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Slick1855

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Addicted said:
Sweet! Did you use any of the thicker FT Maker Foam, or just standard foam board? Looks great! (y)
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Unfortunately when I started this the thicker foam wasn't available yet. So I scaled the plans to 200% and doubles the foam in some spots and used a single layer skin.

It also has 2 fairly substantial birch spars, along with a wood spine running down the center of it. It basically looks like the plane swallowed a simple stick fuselage.

Takes 2 4s-5200mah batteries and a very large impact socket zip tied inside the cowl to balance out

Runs on a 5065-400kv motor, spinning a 20" prop.

FPV system runs on its own separate 3s - 850mah battery.
 
The Hangar

The Hangar

Fly harder!
Mentor
Slick1855 said:
Unfortunately when I started this the thicker foam wasn't available yet. So I scaled the plans to 200% and doubles the foam in some spots and used a single layer skin.

It also has 2 fairly substantial birch spars, along with a wood spine running down the center of it. It basically looks like the plane swallowed a simple stick fuselage.

Takes 2 4s-5200mah batteries and a very large impact socket zip tied inside the cowl to balance out

Runs on a 5065-400kv motor, spinning a 20" prop.

FPV system runs on its own separate 3s - 850mah battery.
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Are you running the 4s packs in series or parallel?
 
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Slick1855

Active member
The Hangar said:
Are you running the 4s packs in series or parallel?
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Right now parallel. With this much prop on it 8s would be way too much.

I think it would be better going to 5 or 6s and a smaller prop, but the cowl on this thing is HUGE.

It makes the 20" prop seem small.

I cut the flight short at 3-4 minutes because of the wind, and still had 88% battery left. It took me 80-90% throttle to come back up wind, and 30-40% going down wind.
 

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BATTLEAXE

BATTLEAXE

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Slick1855 said:
Right now parallel. With this much prop on it 8s would be way too much.

I think it would be better going to 5 or 6s and a smaller prop, but the cowl on this thing is HUGE.

It makes the 20" prop seem small.

I cut the flight short at 3-4 minutes because of the wind, and still had 88% battery left. It took me 80-90% throttle to come back up wind, and 30-40% going down wind.
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Is that a '55 Chevy Belair in the garage?!

Nice Corsair BTW, any flight video yet
 
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