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HoverTim
Dec 26, 2008, 01:18 PM
Santa has brought me an aero racer for christmas ;) over the next few days i will update the progress so far all construction steady the deck is almost done just some 0.4mm ply to go round the edges any questions please ask
hover dude
Dec 26, 2008, 03:58 PM
What type of power system are you going to be using. I would definitely suggest using brushless motors and lipos. They will give you the best performance and they are not too expensive anymore.
HoverTim
Dec 27, 2008, 03:41 AM
I will propbaly use lipos but as for motor i am going for a twister .25
metroidrc
Dec 27, 2008, 10:01 AM
what is the aero racer?
HoverTim
Dec 28, 2008, 05:07 AM
Its a model hovercraft kit avalible from http://www.modelhovercraft.co.uk/index.php?q=hovercraft-pictures.html construction is straight forward enough about 3 days to build only an afternoons works so far
HoverTim
Dec 29, 2008, 04:34 AM
I now have the duct in place and the screen fitted it removable to allow acess to batteries etc
HoverTim
Dec 30, 2008, 02:03 PM
Skirt in place starting to look a bit more finnished
metroidrc
Dec 30, 2008, 10:17 PM
ok starting to look like fun! :)
HoverTim
Dec 31, 2008, 05:06 AM
i have seen some of these modle operate they go like the clappers hopfully mine will too
HoverTim
Jan 01, 2009, 01:05 PM
She lives and is not very queit just the rudders to sort out and she is done from a kit to working model in 3 days ish
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