ESC let out its smoke then my plane glided nicely into the woods. Note the solder splashed on the inside of the fuselage. Fortunately I only lost the ESC, the carbon fiber spar and 1 servo. Everything else is reprintable. I need to use a separate battery for the radio and control surfaces. Any recommendations?
AR wing pro,
INAV
4S2P 7000mah
Changed ESC right before this flight, setup made it a bit tail heavy, and I forgot to check it, dead calm weather, too slow and wing stall into death spiral. Minimal damage luckily.
I had a random thought that I would love to have a super tiny full acrobatic fixed wing airplane to fly in very tiny outdoor spaces like a small backyard, or maybe even inside. I was actually quite surprised to come up empty handed. Almost every other area of the RC hobby has gone micro, except this area. Even just acrobatic foamies seem to mostly be quite large.
We have full fpv quadcopters weighing in at around 20 grams.
We have full 3d collective pitch helis that fit in the palm of your hand.
We have tiny little 1:43 drift cars with gyros and all wheel drive.
I did see some pretty small palm sized homemade airplanes, though they weren't acro.
I realize this could be challenging, and probably extremely wind sensitive, but it seems like it would be possible to make, considering how tiny and light as motors and servos have become. I'm thinking something small made of perhaps 2mm foam with maybe some 1.5mm carbon fiber bits where needed, and a tiny little motor with a 2-3 inch prop. Something that weighs like 15-30 grams.
Think we will ever see something like that? Or does something actually exist that I missed?
I am converting this gas plane to electric. I have never done it before. I do have one of my club members that have been assisting me here and there but don’t want to bother him
about everything and basically have him building the entire thing.
I am not sure how to decide where the battery will go. I know I need to have the center of gravity on point. I am using a:
Smart 60 amp 3S to 6S ESC and Futaba S3004 servos.
So how do I determine the placement of the battery?
Just finished putting together the Hanger 9 J-3 Cub. I have been wanting one for a while and after a month of sitting in the box in garage, had some time to put together. Hopefully I can maiden it soon!
A little underpowered with the FG-40 Saito. I'm going to swap it out for a Stinger 35cc two stroke.
Time to finally build it to spec and not 1lb over.
This is going to probably be fairly lame compared to some of the stuff I see on here, but here's my $100 skymetic RTF Pitts biplane with a smoke bomb rigged with piano wire on the landing gear. It worked far too well and made me smile way too much.
I finally got a receiver for my Avios C130 V2 and while setting up the flaps the left wing outer flap servo binded on the linkage and toasted the servo. My question for anyone knowledgeable is whether I need a regular servo or a reversed one? First time screwing up. Didn't unplug it fast enough...
Appreciate any help
thinking about what my next edf should be. I still learning on them. Our clue has a small paved runway, good for takeoff, landing is a crapshoot. 64mm just bc the batteries. I have a bunch of 4s 3200. Currently have that blue habu and 50 which is floaty but honestly a lot of fun, and the viper 64. Honestly not a fan of the viper 64. I know it has a very light wingload. I caught it on a great sale last winter but I've cartwheeled it a few times, added some carbon fiber, but it's days are numbered. To slow on approach and the wind will flip it, to quick and I sometimes bounce it. I have some receivers and have been watching for a sale, debating the 64mm futura, a 64mm f16 yeah I know fixed gear, or maybe the 70mm habu ss. It's kinda ugly but that one gives you room to grow with batteries it seems. Basically I maybe fly once a week tops so want to stay in the 2-300 range, bnf is nice but have a spare ar631, and a little bored with the prop planes and trying to learn edf's. Just don't want to drop coin on 6s batteries right now. Any suggestions?
I have always wanted a Hobie hawk, and I got a good deal on one. Still need to fly it. (Also this picture shows off how short I am)
Thankfully not literally.
Apologies if this is the wrong subreddit, I didn't see a related helicopter one.
Decided to resurrect my old T-Rex 500 that's been sitting in storage for over a decade.
Bought myself a new 5-blade head and 4-blade tail. (I have plans, they involve lifting things)
But we have an issue.
Despite having pitch-gauged every blade (only have my old analog gauge sadly) three times, I get a whopper of an oscillation as soon as any amount of power is applied.
I've weighed all the blades. The one genuine Align blade is 66g, the four aftermarket ones are 65, 64, 63 and 62g.
Is that enough mass difference to cause issues? I'm not sure I can fix that by adding tape to the light blades.
98g AUW
18x3.5 inch wing
Good day everyone!
I’d like to pick out an RC glider for myself and I’m really counting on your help. I was heavily into FPV drones about 8 years ago, but then dropped the hobby. Now I want to try gliders.
I already have:
I want:
Hi everyone,
I'm doing some market research and would love some honest feedback from this community.
When I first looked into building a foam RC airplane, I found it surprisingly difficult to choose compatible electronics. Picking the right motor, ESC, battery, servos, propeller and connectors took much longer than I expected.
I'm wondering if there's a need for a beginner-friendly electronics kit where everything is already matched and guaranteed to work together. The only thing you'd need to provide is the foam airframe.
Would you have bought something like this when you were starting out?
If not, what would stop you? And what would you expect to pay for it?
Working on getting my DLG back in the air after the front fell off last weekend. All I’ve got to work with is scraps from a couple of completed kits. It won’t be pretty but it’ll fly im sure.
Next up is to finish the nose and try and construct a cockpit cover from scraps.
In the second pic you can see some of the extra bracing for the wing mounting that I added after the wing ripped off the fuselage after the first couple of throws.
I rushed my preflight and it came back to bite me in the ass. I took off and I realized my ailerons were reversed and that didn't occur to me until it was too late
I just got my first rc plane and want to upgrade the ESC in my LDARC 450X tinywing, it came with 6A ESC, but i think its not enough to power the 1105 with 3.8inch prop, is this ESC suitable?, thank you