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I do all my own plans in my head and draw em out.20 years model making its all to easy.Some fly,some don’t.The second pic is a cylon fighter that will fly as glide test have shown.I am making a special clear canard for the front that gives it exelent stability and will use ailervators for control with a geared 180 motor.I have yet to test fly the biplane because of all the rain and wind but I hope to get a flight in soon.
Now to race and get some video…
She’s pretty watertight,not even a teaspoon of water gets in.Heaps of paint and clear seal her up….http://www.rcuvideos.com/view_video.php?viewkey=16ffcbf3314df2b3cb9c
Well after all the stress I got a new board for $15 through a mate off ebay ! A simple on,off,left,right and all’s well that keeps me away from dse !!Thx anyway and yes the numbers were sanded off.I hate that !!
F16 Skywolf…This is a pic of a mates plane bought for $68 (BIGW)..A bit of paint and she looks like a F16.Some home made depron wings should make it lok even better.Still has’nt flown because of the @#$%$@# Wind ! Thus the paint job…Will try to post pics in my gallery
Both the Sky A40 and DSE dragonfly are thrusters(use throttle to climb and motors thrust to turn).A 40 is great 4 a beginner,very hard to kill,except if you hit the ground at mach 2.Dragonfly is like a big A40,same flight principal but as they say the biiger they are the more damage on impact.I have a Yellowbee which flies great(trimming very impotant to get it to fly right).I would have got a Dragonfly but they did not have when I went plane hunting.I’d go with an A 40 until you can fly good then get a Dragonfly,that way you won’t crash and have to repair it.My A40 has had over 100 flights and still going strong(even after midair crash due to A40 dogfights).
Transmitter batt pack..charge for 4 hrs..I use a dicksmith 9.6 nicad pack.$29 with 4 hr charger works great.Just remember not to let your flight batt get too hot or they go bang…or you could just use AA batts for the transmitter ..remember what goes up,must come down,only the speed varies !!
Cool,just remember you have to be quick on the controlls.If it looks like its gunna stall a quick tap left or right will level it out.Trim on the tail is also important to keep level flight.If your charger is the timer type(green light goes out when Batt ready)I give my flight batt another 1-2 mins but watch the temp of the batt so it not too hot.You should get 5 min +.There are some handy hints from Trash in the forum..May u fligh high !!!
A 40’s what a great little plane.I have flown mine over 100 times with a few little crashes(dogfights)and it still flies like a dream.Best fun plane I ever bought for $70.
DSE has the Blue storm rc hovercraft on special for $50,just needs a 9.6 batt and a 9vlt and your away.Had a look at one and they are made well(good rubber skirt),performance ??,but well worth a look.Its smaller than those green,orange BIG W ones and cheaper,(srtonger)…………”What do you mean my Robosapian should’nt have weapons that can hurt you ..(kill,mame,ouch)..I told you I wanted a Battlemech !!!!!!
Yep,make an airboat,then u can use rudder or twin motors ! You should be able to make a rudder work using a gear/lever setup to get your actuator coil to turn a rudder.It would require less force(on the actuator) to make it work if levered..I made one from a rc can car and it worked fine in the mates pool.Stretch a balloon over your rx stuff and seal with silicon,perfect waterproofin !! mmmmmm I might try makin a sub !! Hell,another idea to drive me crazy…
Ahhhh !!! who does’nt love a good old crash.That’s flyin !
Now that’s an upgrade.Don’t forget the tape on the wings,we would’nt want to crash now would we.I might need a bigger park to fly that one.Dogfights,that I would like to see……
check out this robot.http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/
I’d go for an A-40 if you’ve never flown before,bloody great fun,cheap and easily repaired.Just give Trash a yell he sells em for around $60-$70.Here’s one,Dragonfly ,2 Channels Electric Powered Remote Control Plane
– Digit proportional radio equipment
– Twin motor design
– Anti Strike Design
– Ready to flyI have a yellowbee that flies great(some do,some don’t) but if I was goin to buy a good one,this is worth a go ! I think DSE sells em around $120
My next idea…Yellowbee engines,rx board,flight batt,put into a A-40…..its a 40’Bee! Proportonal throttle and steering,shorten props,weight might be a prob but we shall see.This thing should zoom through the sky and give me atleast 20-30 min flight.Now I just need the time to do it.And this F@#@$%^^n wind will not go away !!
Yeh,some days my A-40 just keeps climbing to the point where you go ,um please come down..other days it flies at goalpost hight,cool for a flybye !I fly my planes across from the beach(have a park protected by trees)which can be interesting when u clear the trees and hit the wind..Have landed only once on the cricket pitch (as u said not easy)but heaps of fun.As for Dogfights I could never hit a streamer but can hit the other plane in mid air (Cavo 2 Ray 1)and my A-40 is the onlyone not to need major repairs.If only I could fit a weapon…..Hahahahahh ..Razor blades on the wingtips maybee..Hehe !!
A-40’s are the go..claimed a height record on sat,could only just see it amonst the clouds and still had control.Major stunts all the way down to a perfect landing.Even had 2 vertical landings in the wind,who needs a helicopter,myA-40 hovers !! Fly High All !!
A-40’s are the go..claimed a height record on sat,could only just see it amonst the clouds and still had control.Major stunts all the way down to a perfect landing.Even had 2 vertical landings in the wind,who needs a helicopter,myA-40 hovers !! Fly High All !!
9.6 v DSE battery goes Bang !! Well I charged the batt,went for 2 A 40 flights.Next day I went to go flying,opened my flight bag to check everything and found my 9.6 totally cooked,melted and F’D..Went to DSE for a replacement.. S..T they said,never seen that before.Got a new batt now its too windy to fly,such is life.One of the batts in the pac shorted out and that was that.Here I was worried about cookin the A-40 batts…Fly High all !!
9.6 v DSE battery goes Bang !! Well I charged the batt,went for 2 A 40 flights.Next day I went to go flying,opened my flight bag to check everything and found my 9.6 totally cooked,melted and F’D..Went to DSE for a replacement.. S..T they said,never seen that before.Got a new batt now its too windy to fly,such is life.One of the batts in the pac shorted out and that was that.Here I was worried about cookin the A-40 batts…Fly High all !!
What’s that,1/2 A Esters rocket engines in a weapons pod mounted on his arm that fire black powder missiles whe his hand is activated.A backpack Flamethrower conected to his other arm from a modified butane solderiron or a modified electric chainsaw hedgetrimmer or a small blade circular saw from dremel tool or a modified axe hatchet,hammer,grinder,shotgun,minigun,grenade launcher…Umm,, me thinks too much !!! But I can do all the above because I’m Mad !!!or so I tell myself !! Bring on the RC Battlemechs…Have they no imagination !!!!
What can I say,I hate my neighbour’s cat.My A-40 just lacks that certain oomph to get the point accross.Heli blades should do the trick.Oh yeah,I spent about 4 mins avoiding an attacking crowe the other day flying my A-40.It’s hard to fly when your pissing yourself laughing !!! Cowe 0…. Me 1….oh yeah !!
Yeah,they sound interesting.Let us know how controlable they are if you get one.I need something to chase the cat,and as you say they come with batt and all.For the price its worth a shot.One of these cheap heli’s has to be half ok control wise or maybe not.We only learn from buying and trying..
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