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Post by BTCat on Mar 18, 2010 16:49:41 GMT -6
This one glides nicely, does beautiful loops and occasional knife edge. It also glides inverted pretty well. As you can see by the nose, It landed hard a couple of times, but man it is fun to fly! So easy even my 6 year old was flying it  I posted a couple of pics...   |
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Post by Solitaire on Mar 18, 2010 19:16:39 GMT -6
Ahah, just my speed. No LiPo's to worry about exploding. No motors to worry about over-amping No expensive Rx's No linkages to worry about bending No ESC's to worry about being undersized No props to break  |
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Post by BTCat on Mar 18, 2010 19:26:03 GMT -6
Ahah, just my speed. No LiPo's to worry about exploding. No motors to worry about over-amping No expensive Rx's No linkages to worry about bending No ESC's to worry about being undersized No props to break You forgot the most important one --- CHEAP! |
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Post by Solitaire on Mar 18, 2010 20:03:30 GMT -6
...Unless you ship it to Canada  |
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Post by BTCat on Mar 18, 2010 20:34:40 GMT -6
I actually built it to play around with the KF wing design to see which one glided best. As per everything I read the top step 50% worked well. I tried it with the taper and with even step all the way across. I also tried it with dihedral. I had a blast doing loops with it in the back yard. The tapered did the best loops, but shorter glides. The one without taper did both well. The one with dihedral hardly would complete the loop. Most of the time it uprighted and glided right before it made the top. I think it would have been even better at self righting if I had moved my nose weights as low as possible.
I wore that paper airplane out. Simple fun for simple people ;D
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Post by akent on Mar 18, 2010 21:08:06 GMT -6
That is awesome, BT!
Ya gotta love this foam stuff!
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Post by BTCat on Mar 18, 2010 21:37:34 GMT -6
That is awesome, BT! Ya gotta love this foam stuff! Nope, this one's poster board. A mock up for the next one maybe |
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Post by 19000rpm on Mar 19, 2010 5:42:55 GMT -6
That is awesome, BT! Ya gotta love this foam stuff! Nope, this one's poster board. A mock up for the next one maybe How big is it? |
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Post by BTCat on Mar 19, 2010 14:49:02 GMT -6
Nope, this one's poster board. A mock up for the next one maybe How big is it? It's a little bird. About a 7" wing span on this. 18" wingspan if built to plan. I don't plan to build to plan ;D |
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Post by akent on Mar 19, 2010 22:19:15 GMT -6
That's cool, BT! It looks in the pics like a bigger bird. There is a design for a foamie that yours looks similar to. I think it's called a 'Sumo' or something like that. Very cool! |
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Post by dubehigh on Mar 20, 2010 7:16:19 GMT -6
very interesting  so its a glidder right. were did you come up with that? i like slow fling planes, but thats to so for me. all in all its a great start bt. i was thinking a little faster like  SR-71/ blackbird ;D |
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Post by BTCat on Mar 20, 2010 8:40:05 GMT -6
Paper airplane. A fancy one, though. Built it as a mock-up, posted it as a joke. So I am a kid at heart. Bet you a dollar you'd be playing around the yard with it too ;D
Kent, It is a mock up of a "fidget3d" I downloaded the plans. I am kind of playing with a Frankenstein of my own making that is based on this. If it works, I'll post. If it doesn't .... We never had this conversation ;D
I would like to do one with 3mm and 9mm EPP, but I am making the Frankenstein out of Dollar Tree Foam and some other foam board from a crafts store. I have a whole $3 in parts so far. No motor or ESC and I'm not sure what size I will need. That will have to wait on the Lotto or something. I already burned all my Hobby money for a while.
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Post by BTCat on Mar 20, 2010 8:42:16 GMT -6
very interesting so its a glidder right. were did you come up with that? i like slow fling planes, but thats to so for me. all in all its a great start bt. i was thinking a little faster like SR-71/ blackbird ;D I would LOVE a Blackbird. That is one of my favorite planes. Great history, Great American Enginuity, Just Plan Badazz!! |
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I posted a couple of pics...
so its a glidder right. were did you come up with that? i like slow fling planes, but thats to so for me. all in all its a great start bt. i was thinking a little faster like 
SR-71/ blackbird ;D