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Thread locked Poll results
Data / Posted by willhaney / Today @ 08:21 PM / 7 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
Can we attribute the poll results to the quality of “no” posts or the inferior posts of the “yes” posts? Probably both.

However, it may be more likely that in general, the members on RCGroups understand the question as written and have voted accordingly.

Just an observation.

Will
3 Attachment(s) Steve Shumate's F/A 18
Discussion / Posted by HawkerTyphoon / Today @ 07:59 PM / 24 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
Alright, here I have started ANOTHER project!

I saw the plans for the F-18 and then I looked at the equipment I just bought for a DW foamy, and said the the Foamy could wait! Also, the F-18 is going to be cheaper so that helped considerably in the decision process.

so off to RCFoam.com I went and purchased some 6mm grey depron. Turns out I bought enough for 2 airplanes As I used only half what I bought.

It took me one afternoon to print and assemble the tiled plans, one more afternoon to cut out all the pieces and a third to assemble to about the point I have it here. I am glad it is summer because I would have keeled over with anticipation if I had been in school, and had to think about building it all day while doing school. Also, waiting for the FedEx man to come is an extreme form of torture for me, I drive my family crazy with my incessant comments on the slowness and price/ speed of the shipping process, I mean come on, if you shell out over ten bucks for shipping, it should come faster than the week it takes.

OK back on topic.
specs.

wingspan: 28.5"
Length: 41.7"
Weight:15-20 oz

motor and such haven't been chosen yet

The build is really nice, with excellent parts fit and finish so far. I have been using 3M Super 77 spar adhesive, Hot glue, and Yardbird RC Ultimate Foam Glue for the construction, and let me tell you, this combination is PERFECT. 3M is perfect for plans adhesion to the foam for cutting out the parts, laminating the nosecone and canopy pieces, the hot glue is Ideal for tacking the parts together while in the same joints the Yardbird glue is drying.

Let me explain better. First you put the Yardbird glue on the joints, but since this glue takes about 20 min(as per the back of the bottle) to dry, You use a dab or two of hot glue every couple of inches to rapidly glue and hold tight the joint while the much more solid and strong Yardbird Glue dries. It took a while for this technique to evolve but let me tell you it lends itself to a bulletproof joint. (so I hope) so far tests have shown this sort of joint to be really solid and beneficial, because if you are like me, you like to the project to start looking like an airplane rather quickly.

So far the basic shape is there, but I still need to complete the aft section and install the electronics.

The nose section is still really rough and will need some more sanding, but I needed to take a break and the tedious work.
HT
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Dynamic Soaring (DS) on 50ft Dam in TN
Cool / Posted by aero104 / Today @ 05:04 PM / 119 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
Here is some onboard footage of slope soaring, formation slope soaring, and dynamic soaring from www.hobby-lobby.com FlyCamOne2.

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/video-camera.htm

This was an experiment if we could slope on 30ft rock side of dam and DS on 50' backside. It worked but a bit tight for laps and not much room for error! Oct 2008.

Glider is 1.5m (60") "sixty" or "epsilon 1.5". Approx 23oz RTF. Mine was Not a DS version but mixed carbon fiber fuselage. Awesome all-around thermal, slope, DS glider!

http://www.soaringusa.com/products/...roduct_id=16781

JR9303 2.4ghz and Spektrum 6200 receiver. You will see the whiskers in the video.

Dynamic Soaring (DS) on 50ft Dam in Tennessee... (7 min 12 sec)
10 Attachment(s) Photos of the last weekend
Cool / Posted by naldin / Today @ 04:57 PM / 109 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
In the last weekend(06-28-2009) Cristiano started in the RC Aircraft and we had moments of the good flights and funny.

More photos HERE .
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Dynamic Soaring Dec 2008 in East TN (glider: Sixty/Epsilon1.5m)
Discussion / Posted by aero104 / Today @ 04:45 PM / 118 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
Just learning to go fast in East TN. Not the best location for DS, but it worked. This plane, known affectionately as "Red Tips", crashed on slope in KY, May 2009. RIP.

Dynamic Soaring with Sixty (epsilon 1.5m) near Lake City, TN (0 min 28 sec)
Slope Flying in Middle Tennessee (warm weather for a change!)
Discussion / Posted by aero104 / Today @ 04:41 PM / 125 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
A couple of videos from this past weekend. My DAW 1-26 flown by local pilot, Bruce. We all had a great time flying the slope in warm weather!

Bruce flying RC slope glider between camera (me) and himself (0 min 47 sec)


Bruce catching DAW 1-26 HLG on 100ft slope in TN (0 min 43 sec)
3D Hobby Shop 42" AJ Slick build videos
Discussion / Posted by ipsmotors / Today @ 03:52 PM / 159 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
3 Attachment(s) How low can you go?
Discussion / Posted by RCVortex / Today @ 03:30 PM / 163 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
Now this is low
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Thread locked Circular reasoning
Discussion / Posted by willhaney / Today @ 03:19 PM / 172 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
6 Attachment(s) Well, we THOUGHT it flew good !
Discussion / Posted by jim_ag3y / Today @ 02:52 PM / 198 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
I'm sad to report the demise of our beloved ( ? ) Lancair EP ! Just about the time that we were getting everything worked out, the plane decided to call it quits on us. This is how it happened.

The evening was calm and partly cloudy, a beautiful evening for flying. We took the plane over to the schoolyard and after a few beautiful turns around the field, Andy decided to try some looping with it. The plane does not appear to like loops too well, since it had a tendency to roll out of the loop every time he tried one.

I told him to try one way up high, and not use so much elevator, to see if a somewhat looser loop would behave better. He did so, but when the plane reached nose high, instead of coming all the way over like it should have, it started falling backward in a hammerhead stall! Almost before you could see it, the nose dropped down, and the plane entered the infamous, unrecoverable "death spiral". In a few seconds it was all over.

The entire front of the plane accordian pleated into the middle of the fuselage. The wings folded forward and both popped out of the rear anti-rotation fittings. The right wing carbon fiber spar tube broke off at the fuselage. The canopy tore in about three places, and the cowling pushed clear up to the canopy. Of course, the battery tore lose, and we were both surprised that it did not burst into flames as it was heavily accordian pleated as well. The cone the motor was attached to disintegrated. The shaft on the motor was hopelessly bent, and the propeller sheared in half.

The only thing that held up well was the plywood formers that I installed and wrote about in a previous blog.

We consider the plane to be a total loss.
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Thread locked Vtol
Discussion / Posted by willhaney / Today @ 12:40 PM / 256 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
Quote:
Originally Posted by gnofliwr
I like the VTOL solution. It is the only one that gets the plane into the air within the stated conditions. I'm still not sure it can move horizontally with respect to the belt without violating the conditions, but if you consider hanging on the prop as taking off, then it can.

Barring the VTOL solution, the theoretical plane will never take off from the theoretical belt.

- Roger
Precisely.
3 Attachment(s) A DREAM project begins...
Cool / Posted by BARNESJONR / Today @ 11:40 AM / 413 Views / 4 Comments / Reply
TamJets 1/12 F16 EDF

Now to gather the rest of the gear it will take to get her in the air! I NEED a TJ100! I am stoked about this one for sure!!
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13 Attachment(s) I3D Bipe
Discussion / Posted by Court461 / Today @ 10:50 AM / 307 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
I have always loved biplanes, so I decided to build the I3d. Plans and information found here http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=606425

Very happy with this plane so far. Probably not the most powerful setup, but fine for my flying.

I3d
3mm, 6mm and 9mm foam from RCfoam
Carbon rods and flats from RCfoam
Blue Wonder 1300 kv motor
Supersimple 10a esc
HXT 9gr for Ailierons
HXT 5gr for Elevator and Rudder
AR6100 Rx
1600 mah zippy, 1000 mah flightmax

Got lazy with the paint job and used the same templates for my Yak55.
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JR9303 - setting up a heli
Discussion / Posted by nsg / Today @ 10:14 AM / 331 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
It turns out that JR, in its truly infinite wisdom, maps Ch. 5 to retractable gear when in Heli mode, and I don't see a way to remap this. The gyro gain lead needs to go into Ch. 7. The manual talks at length about tying Ch.5 to a take off/land flight mode, so you take off , switch the FM and LG retracts. When you are ready to land, you switch back, and your LG drops out.

This is all great, nifty, neat, whatever. Except that my heli has fixed skids and an AR6200, and it seems wasteful to buy a 7 channel Rx.

The solution was simple enough - mix the FM switch to Gear. Now my gyro is plugged to ch.4 and 5 and it all works. Still, this is silly. I should be able to remap ch. 5 to gyro gain - the vast majority of helis don't need a 7 channel receiver.
2 Attachment(s) Sticky Thread Sticky: Big Vindy
Cool / Posted by sl33pdirt / Today @ 08:52 AM / 538 Views / 2 Comments / Reply
need to make it all work together now and finish up the fuse. still twisting and tweaking here and there....maybe sometime soon i'll play around and put up the obligitory high zoot renderings of the completed design....
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