What Did You Fly Today

[Crazed Scout Pilot]

 

[mcmoyer]

yesterday actually, but took my Marlin, QQ Extra 300, FT F-16 & FT 3DXL out. 65F, sunny, winds < 5 mph. 2 hours of uninterrupted flight time at a nearby elementary school. It was cathartic. Ended up flying my 3DXL the most of all of the planes. It's so much fun and so much less stress than flying my QQ since it's about $290 less expensive

Already thinking about my 2nd build of the 3DXL. I'll add a tail wheel, double the width for the horizontal and vertical stabs along with the ailerons and side force generators to make them stronger. Upgrade the motor from the Amazon one I bought because it could be delivered fast. Use bigger pieces of milk jug for the hinges. Probably move to magnets for the hatch "latch"

Probably rework the elevators on the F-16. It was really squirrelly yesterday and the nylon control horns I used are a bit too loose. Need to replace them with the wood ones.

 

[synjin]

Redesigned my Lazy-J and went out and maidened it this evening. The original design has an under camber wing like the FT Simple Scout. For the redesign, I set up the wing similar to FT’s Mini Tutor. With a 2205 motor and a 900 maH 2S battery it jumps right off the ground. It has great handling for a three channel airplane, and it was even zippier with a 3S battery. Sadly, it weighs 298 g with the 2S battery, so it needs a remote ID module. I suppose I could make it smaller to get it under 250 g.

 

[Tench745]

Redesigned my Lazy-J and went out and maidened it this evening. The original design has an under camber wing like the FT Simple Scout. For the redesign, I set up the wing similar to FT’s Mini Tutor. With a 2205 motor and a 900 maH 2S battery it jumps right off the ground. It has great handling for a three channel airplane, and it was even zippier with a 3S battery. Sadly, it weighs 298 g with the 2S battery, so it needs a remote ID module. I suppose I could make it smaller to get it under 250 g.
View attachment 243240

If you want to cut weight to stay under 250g there are a couple ways to do it.
The least impact on appearance to get a little weight out is by peeling the paper from the inside of the fuselage. The paper inside doesn't add much strength in most designs. By my calculations, the paper on one side of a sheet of Adams foam weighs about 8 grams per square foot. So it's not a lot of savings, but it can help.
In most planes, though, the biggest weight is the electronics and battery. If your motor and battery are more than sufficient, you could always go for a smaller, lighter motor and a smaller battery to match.
And the simplest, quickest solution but will remove some functionality is to remove your landing gear.

Even with remote ID, I bet it's a blast to fly.

 

[L Edge]

Finalized 2 of the FT EZ Pack planes. So now the Delta and Circle I rate as 5/5 in flight.

Got 3 flights in with each and still adapting the bobcat and bipe. Plans will become available and video will come.


What surprises me that for less than $40, you can teach someone(how about your children) and even if you wreck the model(doubt it) it will cost you less than a $1 to make a new one. I use Adams Readi-board.

Think you can design, here is a cheap way to see if you can. So go to the store and pick up your battery, 2 motors, FC and start building. After I get the other 2 set, my next model I am attempting is going to be a 4 engine transport using 2 units since they can be bound together and they are actually synced in the motor speed..

 

[F.K1999]

Today I finally flew my twin engine plane after long overhaul.

Earlier I tested another iteration of my small wing. It flew well, unfortunately it appeared to be slightly overweight for its role and I’ll have to redesign it.

And my oldest plane is also active

 

[bisco]

looking good!

 

[F.K1999]

View attachment 243395 Took a maiden flight of completely redesigned small wing. To save weight and make it fit into the same bag I switched to a small delta wing design. Wingspan is just 380 mm, but it flew nice. Now it weighs about 217 grams, so GPS antenna, FPV transmitter and bigger li-ion battery should fit without exceeding the limit. It’s also proved to be extremely durable. Looks like my long wanted plane is finally here.

 

[Mr NCT]

Almost no wind this morning! I flew my DR1 on 2s. In calm conditions I'm liking it better than the 3s and still get 5+ minutes with battery to spare. It was nice to get the plane that hooked me on flying back in the air again! As you can see from the launch I'm still getting used to the 2s power settings

 

[bisco]

well played on the hand launch!

 

[hankflies03]

I got to do some flying with my eflite ultimate 2 and I put a little camera on it. Here is the video!