What Did You Fly Today

[Timmy]

Here's the new tailless build I've been working on. I like it, it's fresh and different from a lot of lower aspect and/or tailed planes I've been doing lately. It's a bit of a challenge to fly and hard to land right, but I enjoy it and it's helping my skills grow. It's not a good plane for a beginner, but for what it is, it flies surprisingly good and the stall behavior isn't quite as bad as planes this planky usually are.

So to the people who fly a lot of planky planes like this, what are your secrets to success in building and flying?

Nice

 

[Monte.C]

This should count as scratchbuilding (even though it's not on foamboard yet). It's a quick-build sort of trainer for myself. Nice long nose for weight placement and I'll try to work in a reasonable diheral. Everything look proportionally ok? Advice? Or I'll just put my head down and bull forward.

 

[Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes]

This should count as scratchbuilding (even though it's not on foamboard yet). It's a quick-build sort of trainer for myself. Nice long nose for weight placement and I'll try to work in a reasonable diheral. Everything look proportionally ok? Advice? Or I'll just put my head down and bull forward.

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Sweet!

 

[Monte.C]

Like one of those Stik planes right? Well if it flies (and it will - it better OR ELSE) then it might be loads of fun for a newbie like me.

 

[Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes]

Like one of those Stik planes right? Well if it flies (and it will - it better OR ELSE) then it might be loads of fun for a newbie like me.

I thought it looked kinda like a racer but that big wing should be gentle

 

[Monte.C]

I thought it looked kinda like a racer but that big wing should be gentle

Trying to work on it right now -
I gotta ask do you think there's enough aileron? I'd make them wider but with the size of the plane and the shape of the airfoil, the bottom plate is restricting space for the aileron. As it stands I can get a maximum 1-1/4" width to the hinge point. And subtract the bevel from that.

It's very clear that this is why some FT planes use a double thickness on the trailing edge of the bottom plate.

I could run them the full length of the wing, but it's still a narrow aileron... ?

 

[Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes]

Trying to work on it right now -
I gotta ask do you think there's enough aileron? I'd make them wider but with the size of the plane and the shape of the airfoil, the bottom plate is restricting space for the aileron. As it stands I can get a maximum 1-1/4" width to the hinge point. And subtract the bevel from that.

It's very clear that this is why some FT planes use a double thickness on the trailing edge of the bottom plate.

I could run them the full length of the wing, but it's still a narrow aileron... ?

I'd probably make them full length

 

[Monte.C]

I'd probably make them full length

Done.
One more -
For 14" long ailerons could I mount the servos @the fuselage? Or do you think I should move them out a bit into the wing?

 

[Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes]

Done.
One more -
For 14" long ailerons could I mount the servos @the fuselage? Or do you think I should move them out a bit into the wing?

I usually mount mine on the wing. For longer ailerons I try to get the control horns closer to the center of the surface.

 

[Grifflyer]

Here's the new tailless build I've been working on. I like it, it's fresh and different from a lot of lower aspect and/or tailed planes I've been doing lately. It's a bit of a challenge to fly and hard to land right, but I enjoy it and it's helping my skills grow. It's not a good plane for a beginner, but for what it is, it flies surprisingly good and the stall behavior isn't quite as bad as planes this planky usually are.

So to the people who fly a lot of planky planes like this, what are your secrets to success in building and flying?

That flies really nice!!

 

[Timmy]

This should count as scratchbuilding (even though it's not on foamboard yet). It's a quick-build sort of trainer for myself. Nice long nose for weight placement and I'll try to work in a reasonable diheral. Everything look proportionally ok? Advice? Or I'll just put my head down and bull forward.

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looks pretty good to me buddy.

 

[PsyBorg]

I flew my freshly reconstructed Dal Mach 1 build. Not bad for its first outting. Still need to set up the camera, RSSI, and finish tuning it.



This is on betaflight with ZERO filters enabled. It runs way cooler and far less amp draw too now that I changed out 2306 2550 motors for 2406 2330kv and higher pitch props.

Progress tracking thread is here if anyone might be interested to see it develop.

https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/dal-mach1-build-back-in-action.63997/

 

[Timmy]

I flew my freshly reconstructed Dal Mach 1 build. Not bad for its first outting. Still need to set up the camera, RSSI, and finish tuning it.

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This is on betaflight with ZERO filters enabled. It runs way cooler and far less amp draw too now that I changed out 2306 2550 motors for 2406 2330kv and higher pitch props.

Progress tracking thread is here if anyone might be interested to see it develop.

https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/dal-mach1-build-back-in-action.63997/

I kind of imagined you looking like your profile picture. You disappoint me

 

[Quinnyperks]

The alien, flying wing, hot wire Mess.

 

[PsyBorg]

I kind of imagined you looking like your profile picture. You disappoint me

I'm WAYYYYYYY more ugly.. n prolly a tad pudgier now hehe

 

[PsyBorg]

The alien, flying wing, hot wire Mess. View attachment 173245

That center portion looks like you frosted it with vanilla cream frosting. Now I want CAKE!!

 

[Timmy]

I'm WAYYYYYYY more ugly.. n prolly a tad pudgier now hehe

heehee

I love how laid back this forum is.

 

[Timmy]

heehee

I love how laid back this forum is.

I'm full of grins and smiles now

 

[Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes]

prolly a tad pudgier now hehe

That center portion looks like you frosted it with vanilla cream frosting. Now I want CAKE!!

I may be detecting a correlation hehe

 

[Timmy]

I may be detecting a correlation hehe

haha