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Hey all,
I've noticed that there are few cool looking trainers on the market, and even fewer that you can scratchbuild. Therefore, when I encountered the Airhogs titan at Walmart in California, I turned it into a simple trainer that almost anyone could fly. A supercub stock motor with a 2 cell 1000MAh nanotech provided the power, and a mixed set of servos provided control.
This trainer had only one weakness: TEEPSTAHLLS! translation: tipstalls. The wing had Wash-in designed into it, and was nightmarish to land. It also spent 20 min. in a pond after the prop flew off! I gave this aircraft away to one of the Cadets, since I had been given 2 other aircraft during the week, and had tried to replicate it, but had been unsuccessful due to the stock wing's tipstalls.
So today at lunch I found the Titan Glider thread on RCgroups (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1206083), this thread had a wealth of information, including that the plane flew better if the larger wingtips were removed. And I just happened to have purchased a new Titan on summer clearance.
After about an hour, this slowly emerged from the garage:
The first flight was not great as my thrustline was WAY off, that, with insufficient Rudder and Elevator throw, doomed my launch, but thankfully, the titan is very durable, as I discovered later.
After adjusting the thrustline and trims, the titan flew great. The speed range is fantastic, with about 55 MPH being my top speed guess, and It looks really cool in the air. It is also very very docile, having only a sharp pitch down when power is applied instantly. A slow increase in throttle take care of that well.
As I was flying, a neighbor who is fascinated with RC models, but has not flown since his teens came to watch me fly. He and I were chatting while I flew, and soon I decided to let him fly for a while. He was able to fly the Titan for about 2 minutes without instruction or guidance except to tell him what a pattern was, which he promptly executed. This was excellent performance, but his flight came to an abrupt end when he applied power at low altitude and didn't compensate fast enough for the hard roll. Although the fuselage had snapped in half, within 3 minutes we were back in the air, and I coached him to his first landing.
This is a testimony to the excellent performance of this craft as a trainer, and to its modability. I will be posting a fighter type mod on my other airframe later, when I complete it...
I've noticed that there are few cool looking trainers on the market, and even fewer that you can scratchbuild. Therefore, when I encountered the Airhogs titan at Walmart in California, I turned it into a simple trainer that almost anyone could fly. A supercub stock motor with a 2 cell 1000MAh nanotech provided the power, and a mixed set of servos provided control.
This trainer had only one weakness: TEEPSTAHLLS! translation: tipstalls. The wing had Wash-in designed into it, and was nightmarish to land. It also spent 20 min. in a pond after the prop flew off! I gave this aircraft away to one of the Cadets, since I had been given 2 other aircraft during the week, and had tried to replicate it, but had been unsuccessful due to the stock wing's tipstalls.
So today at lunch I found the Titan Glider thread on RCgroups (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1206083), this thread had a wealth of information, including that the plane flew better if the larger wingtips were removed. And I just happened to have purchased a new Titan on summer clearance.
After about an hour, this slowly emerged from the garage:
The first flight was not great as my thrustline was WAY off, that, with insufficient Rudder and Elevator throw, doomed my launch, but thankfully, the titan is very durable, as I discovered later.
After adjusting the thrustline and trims, the titan flew great. The speed range is fantastic, with about 55 MPH being my top speed guess, and It looks really cool in the air. It is also very very docile, having only a sharp pitch down when power is applied instantly. A slow increase in throttle take care of that well.
As I was flying, a neighbor who is fascinated with RC models, but has not flown since his teens came to watch me fly. He and I were chatting while I flew, and soon I decided to let him fly for a while. He was able to fly the Titan for about 2 minutes without instruction or guidance except to tell him what a pattern was, which he promptly executed. This was excellent performance, but his flight came to an abrupt end when he applied power at low altitude and didn't compensate fast enough for the hard roll. Although the fuselage had snapped in half, within 3 minutes we were back in the air, and I coached him to his first landing.
This is a testimony to the excellent performance of this craft as a trainer, and to its modability. I will be posting a fighter type mod on my other airframe later, when I complete it...
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