What Did You Fly Today

[L Edge]

Today rather than build, decided to maiden the 3D plane that I built out of Dollar Store foam that I made out of 1 1/4 sheets of 30 x 20 black foam left from my F-117. Project was to see if I can build super light and will it can stand up to hot glue and perform well.

Since I can't paint, a simple design was added with package tape and off to fly. I will need to fine tune it for it hovers, flys inverted and does knife edge both ways. This is what it looks like. I am pleased with it's performance.

So if you want to see how I kept it light in building: Will finish thread with all ways I re-enforced and kept it light.

Exploring Readi Board for designing planes

Running out of blue FFF, decided to see what you can adapt to make a flyable plane. The producer of the black foamboard is R L Adams in Michigan. 3 planes I am going to do are F-117, 3D acrobatic, and my version of the Sponz "Wonder". Chose black(inside is white) since I was designing a...

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Second plane taken was to see if "Wonder" Firebird can do knife edges. It can hover, thought of all the endplates and it should, but no luck. Took it home and found the rudder is off axis. So, will give it another shot it possible. Took 4 flights before I quit.

 

[Rhaps]

E-flite Commander at 9:45 PM. If only there wasn't so many mosquitos

 

[Ratcheeroo]

Had the XK A800 out in the calm this morning and the wind at noon. Great little plane to try to break LOL!

 

[voyhager3]

It’s been a long long time my friends, but I finally got to fly something today, my racer. And it flew beautifully on 4s!

It’s been almost a year since o flew anything, so I guess I still got it!

 

[Squashymoon125]

It’s been a long long time my friends, but I finally got to fly something today, my racer. And it flew beautifully on 4s! View attachment 237966
It’s been almost a year since o flew anything, so I guess I still got it!

Pretty bold choosing a racer for a first flight in a year, happy to hear it went well!

 

[voyhager3]

Pretty bold choosing a racer for a first flight in a year, happy to hear it went well!

It’s also the only plane in flying condition in my fleet. Because I don’t want to build anything because I’m off to college in a few months, and won’t be able to take them…

 

[Squashymoon125]

It’s also the only plane in flying condition in my fleet. Because I don’t want to build anything because I’m off to college in a few months, and won’t be able to take them…

if you remove the wing on a tiny trainer or build an arrow it might be small enough to keep you flying

 

[Ratcheeroo]

It’s been a long long time my friends, but I finally got to fly something today, my racer. And it flew beautifully on 4s! View attachment 237966
It’s been almost a year since o flew anything, so I guess I still got it!

One of my most favorite FT planes, flies like a dream. Nice job!

 

[FlyingWithRyan]

It’s also the only plane in flying condition in my fleet. Because I don’t want to build anything because I’m off to college in a few months, and won’t be able to take them…

I certainly found a way. I have 2 willy nillies sub 250 planes, an extreme flight 48" extra exp, and a Hangar 9 PTS mustang with .46 glow power in my dorm.

 

[mastermalpass]

Saturday, I visited my brother and nephew on the South Coast, my sister joined us and we went to Paignton airshow, seeing some interesting performances; a Jet Pitts S2S - that's a Pitts Special with a couple of Jets on it that are used for hovering and other mad manoeuvres, a Fairey Swordfish (never thought I'd see one of those), Seafire with a Griffon engine, Spitfire Mk.V with a Hurricane in Night Fighter livery and of course, the Red Arrows and a Lancaster which are always great to see.

I stayed at my brother's so on Sunday morning, I noticed the wind wasn't too harsh and I remembered I had the Su-35 in my boot with a fully charged 2200 3S. I suggested that my Nephew might like to see it and my brother agreed, so we found a field where he could get his own private airshow. I think he was more interested this model than the real planes. I guess to a three year old, a model plane is an easier thing to see oneself getting a go on.

Fortunately for me, he didn't ask to have a go until after the battery ran out. 😂 I'll get him on the simulator soon enough, though!

 

[Flyingshark]

I flew my FT Sea Otter for the first time today! The winds were a little higher than I would have liked, but the Otter handled them surprisingly well.

 

[MaxTheFliteFreak]

Saturday, I visited my brother and nephew on the South Coast, my sister joined us and we went to Paignton airshow, seeing some interesting performances; a Jet Pitts S2S - that's a Pitts Special with a couple of Jets on it that are used for hovering and other mad manoeuvres, a Fairey Swordfish (never thought I'd see one of those), Seafire with a Griffon engine, Spitfire Mk.V with a Hurricane in Night Fighter livery and of course, the Red Arrows and a Lancaster which are always great to see.

I stayed at my brother's so on Sunday morning, I noticed the wind wasn't too harsh and I remembered I had the Su-35 in my boot with a fully charged 2200 3S. I suggested that my Nephew might like to see it and my brother agreed, so we found a field where he could get his own private airshow. I think he was more interested this model than the real planes. I guess to a three year old, a model plane is an easier thing to see oneself getting a go on.

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Fortunately for me, he didn't ask to have a go until after the battery ran out. 😂 I'll get him on the simulator soon enough, though!

How big is this plane? It looks like a nice backpack plane to go biking with.

 

[mastermalpass]

I flew my FT Sea Otter for the first time today! The winds were a little higher than I would have liked, but the Otter handled them surprisingly well.

Very good! Looks like it handled the wind and that somewhat enclosed space pretty well. I'm assuming you had a tree overhanging you, blocking out a lot of the sky forcing you to stay low.

 

[mastermalpass]

How big is this plane? It looks like a nice backpack plane to go biking with.

That photo makes it look small. It's actually 1 metre long with a 75cm wingspan. Not something you can easily duck under branches and walk overgrown paths with. I prefer to carry it in hand so I can hold it out in front of me and make sure it's not going to brush anything. But, I think a few people have scaled down RC Powers designs; they are pretty simple afterall.

 

[Flyingshark]

Very good! Looks like it handled the wind and that somewhat enclosed space pretty well. I'm assuming you had a tree overhanging you, blocking out a lot of the sky forcing you to stay low.

Thanks! You're right, the tree in the top of the frame in the video was a factor, but I also tried to stay low so I could have the option to land during a gap in the wind. Hopefully I can take it out on a less windy day and find out more about what it can do soon!

 

[CappyAmeric]

I built the FT Beech D18 a few month ago, but it was too wet outside to maiden it.

I was able to fly it today, and what a nice flying aircraft. John Overstreet's designs are often very stable, but this was remarkably so. I flew it first with a 3300 mAh 4s, and then with a 2300 mAh using the same battery position but the CG was unaffected. On twin FT Radial C pack motors, it had great vertical. The design is very fast, and handles nicely at slow speeds. If you want an excellent large aerobatic twin, this is one to build!

 

[Mr NCT]

I built the FT Beech D18 a few month ago, but it was too wet outside to maiden it.

I was able to fly it today, and what a nice flying aircraft. John Overstreet's designs are often very stable, but this was remarkably so. I flew it first with a 3300 mAh 4s, and then with a 2300 mAh using the same battery position but the CG was unaffected. On twin FT Radial C pack motors, it had great vertical. The design is very fast, and handles nicely at slow speeds. If you want an excellent large aerobatic twin, this is one to build!

Beautiful build, well done!

 

[CrshNBrn]

I built the FT Beech D18 a few month ago, but it was too wet outside to maiden it.

I was able to fly it today, and what a nice flying aircraft. John Overstreet's designs are often very stable, but this was remarkably so. I flew it first with a 3300 mAh 4s, and then with a 2300 mAh using the same battery position but the CG was unaffected. On twin FT Radial C pack motors, it had great vertical. The design is very fast, and handles nicely at slow speeds. If you want an excellent large aerobatic twin, this is one to build!

Absolutely gorgeous! Love that paint job.

 

[mastermalpass]

I built the FT Beech D18 a few month ago, but it was too wet outside to maiden it.

I was able to fly it today, and what a nice flying aircraft. John Overstreet's designs are often very stable, but this was remarkably so. I flew it first with a 3300 mAh 4s, and then with a 2300 mAh using the same battery position but the CG was unaffected. On twin FT Radial C pack motors, it had great vertical. The design is very fast, and handles nicely at slow speeds. If you want an excellent large aerobatic twin, this is one to build!

Very nice! You've really complimented the design with that paint job. With all that spare power and stability, I would be cutting out the windows to fill in with acetate and sticking in lolly sticks and plywood to reinforce the canopy where necessary. I sometimes imagine making a nice big passenger plane like that and I think I would wanna model the interior as well. But then, that might mean it won't loop and roll as nicely as it does in your vid.

 

[voyhager3]

I’ve crashed my racer 4 times since my last post, and frankly I’m tired of it. It almost always flys like a dream, but the launch, is just a pain. But I’ll keep fixing it.