Oh boy - how I wish I had the money to do that and the space to keep it all! I’m sure I could find the latter one, but not the first!
Three Dimensional Flying with a Two Dimensional Plane!
- Thread starter buzzbomb
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Well mine will definitly be used a lot! Thank you for the design that I’m sure I’ll love!
I plan on picking up something similar to that - but is yours rtf? It looks like it at least comes with the motor! For 30$ wow!
Wow! I thought I was busy with my ft-22 and viggen and painting my commuter...
Headbang
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Money is not an obstacle. Space on the other hand..... I have planes in every nook and cranny, hanging from ceilings, on the walls, in a trailer, at work... big issue!
OliverW
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It is the foam giles 202 kit. Comes with everything but electronics.
OliverW
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Planes 2-5 on the page are the kits. http://www.valuehobby.com/airplanes/all-airplanes.html?p=2Cool! Thirty Buicks??!! Can't argue with that! I want one! Except I'll soon be able to build @Headbang's design, and don't really need one. I still want one, though!
Haha. I have 4 receivers - one in the ft-22, spitfire, and commuter, and the last one will be going between the viggen and your edge. But hey - if it wasn’t for flitetest, I really would have hardly anything, so I’m happy😀. I have planes pretty much everywhere, but I can always squeeze another one in! Half of them probably won’t fly ever again, so tossing them isn’t a big deal if I need more room...
Headbang
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Best part about foam board is they have limited life span, even my original seaduck is droopy and not in good shape. Never crashed it, just foam board wears fast. Makes room for new planes!
Yes!
L Edge
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Knife edges will be easy on this one.
OliverW
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Oh yeah!
Headbang
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Printing a new power pod for an 1806. 3d printed power pod accommodates both motors now. Too windy to fly it, but will be ready as soon as weather improves. I will add a bit of wieght to simulate a 1000mah pack. Worst case, I have to put in some optional holes on the wing to lighten it up, holes would then be covered with a strip of packing tape. Maybe can even get under 250g for legal purposes. Specs say motor alone is 12g lighter....
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Wow - thanks!
mayan
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You better have that on video
.I agree kinda similar to @Hai-Lee ’s KFM Wing for those that know it.
OMG, @buzzbomb this kid has skill. Rock on @SquirrelTail. When can I get some private lessons
.Beautiful!
Shocked and happy to hear this coming from a hard headed man like yourself. Who knocked some sense into you buddy?
You’ve probably tested this already by now but I would tell that 5g servos will work not on all control surfaces though. If used on the rudder the servo will jitter.
+1THAT is crash resistance! Some of us will need that.
+1"Easy A.F." I'm both shaking my head in consternation and grinning from ear to ear! I would make a change to it. "HB's 3D Easy A.F." It sort of says it all!
+1You're on top of it Headbang! You've got a lot of people really looking forward to the final plans. I'm certainly one of them!
And as far as I see you did a great job, thank you for this.
Wow just finished reading the entire thread great thread @buzzbomb, and @Headbang what a job well done, I am speechless! The FT Edge is a pain to fix and not such a good model to break unless you have a lot of time to build a new one. I will be building one of these very soon.
Lol - I would watch vids of you flying on a simulator! I’ll check out your channel right now and see what else you got!
I built the ft edge and it is severely underpowered on 3s with the old power pack and a 10 inch prop. The motor mount area was a disappointment to me since the whole plane had been so complex and fun to build, but even before I crashed it, the motor mount seemed flexible and weak... overall it’s a great plane and actually not too hard to repair if you’re the kind of person that just pumps glue into the break and hold it there until it dries straight...It was never intended as a first plane trainer. Purely as a way for an intermediate pilot to get into 3d flying on the cheap and easy. I crash a lot! I'm always pushing, or I get bored, so I destroy plane after plane after plane.
Then @kilroy07 sent me a laser cut kit for the FT Edge 540! What an awesome plane it is. It is so darn complicated to build, and repairing it is a nightmare. I'm afraid to fly the darn thing, because I don't just want to fly it. I want to get stupid with it and push my limits. That means I'm going to destroy it, and I didn't want to do that. I really like it.
That's the gestation of this thread, this idea. 3D. Cheap to build. Easy to build. No remorse when you crash and burn. Build another on the cheap and easy. Learn to fly 3d without fear! You and @Grifflyer are doing wonderful work towards those ends. Much better than I could have ever accomplished. Keep it up! My gosh, we're almost there! I am smiling from one ear the other, right now, just thinking about it. Thank you!
Headbang
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I just did not trust the motor mount and reinforced while building. Flys well on a 500w motor. Old 2215 in the c pack does not handle a 10x4.5 well, motor drops rpm too much. Works much better on a 9x6. 9x4.5 on 4s works well too. I never understood why they packaged that motor with that prop. On the radial it makes sense tho. My tests with the radial 2215 worked out well with a 11x4.5 and a 10x6.
