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Post by akent on Jul 19, 2011 16:19:46 GMT -6
Good job!
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Post by 19000rpm on Jul 20, 2011 5:43:25 GMT -6
Yes, great stuff r/c. Congrats on getting it all worked out.
I have a bunch of those target Rx's and I trust them as much or more than the spektrum parkflyer sizes.
Kevlar thread is great stuff for adding strength with little added weight and is a lot less expensive than using the thin CF rod you find in many kits.
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Post by r/c basher on Jul 20, 2011 9:08:09 GMT -6
Well the Extra 300 broke. I was flying it last night at WOT and was thinking to myself hey the elevator doesn't flutter anymore at high speeds, then after about 5-10 secs. of flying at WOT all of a sudden the elevator started fluttering real bad, worse then before and even when I slowed down to land. Landed with no problem.
Turned out the elevator broke in the center at the weakpoint. I have to make a new elevator now. It flew great before that happened. It doesn't like flying inverted very well, it acts very super cubish when flying inverted, I did manage to fly 2-3 circuits in a row inverted though. I love how it hand launches so nice and slow.
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Post by 19000rpm on Jul 21, 2011 5:21:51 GMT -6
You might want to glue something like a toothpick across the narrow part of the rudder for strength.
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Post by r/c basher on Jul 23, 2011 17:01:04 GMT -6
You might want to glue something like a toothpick across the narrow part of the rudder for strength. I'm thinking about doing that. Maybe a popsicle stick though, you can never have to much strength. I haven't had a chance to fix it though, I've been working alot of hours at mcdonalds. In the past 48 hours I've been there 4 different times, I feel like I live there sometimes. |
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Post by 19000rpm on Jul 24, 2011 6:25:11 GMT -6
I was thinking of those heavy duty toothpicks. You find them in party supply places, etc. Plenty strong without much of a weight penalty, if that's important, in your set up.
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Post by r/c basher on Jul 26, 2011 20:53:47 GMT -6
I was thinking of those heavy duty toothpicks. You find them in party supply places, etc. Plenty strong without much of a weight penalty, if that's important, in your set up. Yeah those would work a lot better than little tiny tooth picks. lol Extra 300 is still down for the moment, just don't have the time to fix it yet. |
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Post by r/c basher on Jul 29, 2011 17:49:16 GMT -6
I'm thinking about building my next dollar tree foam plane. I'm thinking about a mini ultra stick. Why would I build a plane that's so ugly you may ask, cause its the most simplest plane that has a full fuselage. ;D www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFL2250I'll probably make a little smaller version of this though to accommodate my 370 motor. |
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Post by 19000rpm on Jul 30, 2011 13:31:41 GMT -6
That's a great design and a hugely popular plane. I think a scaled down foam version would really be neat.
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Post by r/c basher on Jul 31, 2011 11:43:56 GMT -6
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Post by r/c basher on Jul 31, 2011 18:57:54 GMT -6
Got the main wing cut out now also, now I have a problem. I can't decide if I should put the elevator and rudder servo on the out side of the plane or on the inside like the super cub. I would mount it on the out side for ease of access but then on the inside for better, cleaner looks.  On a side note, flew the extra 300 through 3 packs tonight while my t28 and super cub are gathering dust. I think it and the stingray have become my new favorite planes and ironically there the cheapest, built out of materials that weren't supposed to fly. |
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Post by r/c basher on Aug 13, 2011 18:18:33 GMT -6
This build is going alot slower than I thought it would. I have a few more hours needed to finish it. Now I don't know what to do, the mini stick is pretty small, it has a wingspan of 25" and a length of 20" which is pretty small to have seperate standard electronics. I was thinking of maybe just having it be 3 channel with throttle, aileron and elevator and no rudder to save weight and simplicity. Whats your guys opinion on this? I noticed Horizon has a mini warbird set up like this. www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFL6075 |
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Post by 19000rpm on Aug 14, 2011 15:06:52 GMT -6
It depends on how you want to fly it. That small of a plane doesn't need a rudder for steering, taking off crosswind and landing in the same, but if you want to do aerobatics that require a rudder then you need it for that.
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Post by r/c basher on Aug 14, 2011 18:58:47 GMT -6
I think I'll try building it without a rudder. The main reason I'm building it is just to see if I can build a full fuse plane out of dollar tree foam. I checked the glide ratio and it seems to glide nice without any electronics, nice and level. One thing I noticed is that alot of planes this size are powered with a 250 to 300 size motor and I'm putting in a 370. Should be powerful.
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Post by 19000rpm on Aug 15, 2011 6:13:49 GMT -6
That should be interesting with the big motor.
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