Next Plane?

[r/c basher]

Jun 30, 2011 5:59:32 GMT -6 19000rpm said:

Great News. Trial and error is always in the development equation. Congrats for sticking with it.

Show us some more pics.

Thanks 19k, I almost gave up on this plane too. I took it for its 2nd flight today, and had a run in with a metal tomato plant cage. It tore up the wing some but a little packing tape goes a long ways.

I tried some loops with it and one roll, it requires some speed inorder to loop nicely. It can get bent out of shape pretty quick if your not careful. Most likely do to only having elevons. I might add a rudder later on. Sometime I'll take it to a bigger field to fly and see what kind of speed it has. The field Im flying at now is pretty small. The wind throws it around a bit.

Overall it probably flies like a typical flat foamie, I don't really have anything to compare it too. It goes where pointed and doesn't have any auto stabilization.

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[r/c basher]

You can see before and after pictures of the plane with the motor in the rear and the front from earlier in the thread. You can see different battle scars from various crashes from v1 and v2.
I don't know what to call it now. ;D
Heres another pic-

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[akent]

Good job, Basher!!!

I think these need to have the motor in the front. They will always fly slowly better with a front mounted motor, as the prop wash helps flying.

That looks a lot like a little delta I built a while back. Mine is fun to fly!

For coloring, you might try using magic markers and/or colored packing tape. Most paint eats Depron and Blue core, too. On my little delta and my blue core combat plane, I used 2" colored packing tape.

Again, great job getting that to fly!
Kent

[r/c basher]

Jun 30, 2011 11:26:42 GMT -6 akent said:

Good job, Basher!!!

I think these need to have the motor in the front. They will always fly slowly better with a front mounted motor, as the prop wash helps flying.

That looks a lot like a little delta I built a while back. Mine is fun to fly!

For coloring, you might try using magic markers and/or colored packing tape. Most paint eats Depron and Blue core, too. On my little delta and my blue core combat plane, I used 2" colored packing tape.

Again, great job getting that to fly!
Kent

Thanks Kent, its a hoot to fly, I added black electrical tape underneath to help with orientation. I do have some yellow packing tape that should work well too. I'm not going paint it I already went that route with the Extra and the paint makes the paper come off alot easier. I might not do to much with it as far as the color scheme goes, its already had a fair share of crashes. I might make another one in time to come that I'll do something with.

[r/c basher]

Just got back in from my 3rd flight, this thing is alot of fun to fly. I did some rolls with it. It rolls really quick, about two per second. The rolls are really nice and axial. Did some inverted flight, not enough to comment on that yet. For a plane that cost me under $50 to get in the air it flies great.

[19000rpm]

And you did it all yourself

Pusher planes need a lot of weight out front to balance the weight of the motor. That's why many of the most successful designs are based on 3rd & 4th generation jets like the F22.

Acrylic paint won't eat foam. But, if it's a spray you still need to make sure the accelerator doesn't come in contact with the foam.

[r/c basher]

Jul 1, 2011 5:38:01 GMT -6 19000rpm said:

And you did it all yourself

Pusher planes need a lot of weight out front to balance the weight of the motor. That's why many of the most successful designs are based on 3rd & 4th generation jets like the F22.

Acrylic paint won't eat foam. But, if it's a spray you still need to make sure the accelerator doesn't come in contact with the foam.

I think I'm done trying to make a pusher plane, just simple physics makes it harder to make one, you're trying to push all the weight instead of pulling it. I'll leave it to the engineers to make pusher planes.

On a side note I flew my jet on 2s instead of what I had been on 3s, and it flew great as well, it required more power to stay in the air, but now I have alot more batteries that I can use. Not going to be able to fly today cause its storming.

[r/c basher]

I think this dollar tree stuff has gone to my head, just got some more dollar tree foam last night. I have about 4 projects that I want to build all at once. Some more complicated then others, remember baby steps, baby steps...

[19000rpm]

That sounds exciting.

I realy like working on 4-5 projects at a time. If I get up to a point with one project, hit a sticking point, waiting for the glue or paint to dry, or are temporairily bored with it, you can move to another project and the productivity stays high.

[r/c basher]

Jul 3, 2011 6:54:04 GMT -6 19000rpm said:

That sounds exciting.

I realy like working on 4-5 projects at a time. If I get up to a point with one project, hit a sticking point, waiting for the glue or paint to dry, or are temporairily bored with it, you can move to another project and the productivity stays high.

Thats a good idea. Now just have to decide on which one I want to start on first. I might also add a rudder to the jet to make it more acrobatic.

[19000rpm]

Adding a rudder is a good idea if your looking to get the most out of the aerobatics.

[r/c basher]

I think I might call this thing the stingray. Thats what my 4 year old nephew keeps calling it. Ive been flying it off and on and it still is a lot of fun to fly.

[19000rpm]

Good name...Out of the mouths of babes

[r/c basher]

Flew the stingray tonight, the birds enjoy seeing it fly around in the sky. Tonight I had about 7 of them chasing it around at one time. Its not to big to where there scared of it. I'm always able to out maneuver them though, couple times I had a close call. On several other flights before the birds have chased it too. None of them tried to attack it though, so thats good.

[19000rpm]

Some of my bird observations.

I've found birds act either entertained, observe, or threatened by particular planes and flight styles. Nesting behavior is also a factor.

The Barn Swallows seem entertained by my slow fliers, weave in and out, probably in pursuit of the bugs the plane stirs up, and just get the heck out of the way of the fast stuff.

The Turkey Vultures are always lurking. The bigger the plane, the faster it flies and the higher it goes the more interested they are, but never interfere. The observer.

Hawks tend to buzz some of the planes. I've had a few get aggressive. This seems to happen only during nesting season. So, I guess they're threatened.

Eagles are unpredictable. At times they are aggressive and at other times not. Of the 3 eagle attacks I've had; 2 ended up in crashes. Score: Eagles 2, me 1.