New experience! The Esky Belt CP V2 is crazy fun, but I'll never switch to the dark side. Fixed wing all the way!

This is my first experience with FPV. My brother and I built this wing together. It used the dimensions of the ZII, but we chose a KF-m4 airfoil made with 1/2" Owen's Corning pink foam It flies wonderfully and is equally stable at extremely high and low airspeeds. We flew with a buddy box for our first FPV flights today and the whole experience was such a thrill!

Equipment:
Motor: Turnigy D3542/5 1250KV
ESC: HobbyKing Red Brick 60A ESC (Opto)
Prop: Master Airscrew 8.5x6 pusher
Servos: HK15138 38g/4.3kg/0.17s
RX: Berg 7P
Motor Battery: 2 x 4S 2200mAh (4S2P 4400mAh)
RX Battery: 4.8V 600mAh Ni-Cad

FPV setup:
TX/RX: Hobbyking 900MHz 800mW
Camera: SC2000 PZ0420
Battery: 3S 500mAh
Monitor: Haier 7"
Pan-Tilt: Homemade with one HXT900 (tilt) and one TGY-R5180MG

Any questions? Just ask!

-Kody

I'm having a blast tearing up the sky with this plane. It really brings extreme 3D to an entirely new level.

Today, my brother, dad, and I shoveled a runway out on the lake. What fun!

My brother, friend, and I built this for a school project. If you want any details, just ask. Otherwise, I'll just post the pictures and video. That's really what most people care about anyway.

The assignment was to make a commercial. I did my best to throw together a slow, stable plane ASAP and take some aerial footage. My commercial is advertising a make-believe aerial photography service. Here is the result:

Aerial Photography from Blue Core Foamy (WINDY!) (2 min 8 sec)

-Kody

Plans from here on RCG (please ask if you need help finding them!)
Material: 6mm fan-fold foam, 1mm depron
Wingspan: 15.7"
Airfoil: Kfm2
Weight w/ battery: 34.4g
Brick: AR6400
Motor: Bravo SX
Prop: GWS 5043
Battery: Hyperion 180mAh
All CF, pushrods, and torque tubes from battle-worn Sukhoi.

16" Dead Simple Wing (0 min 58 sec)

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This one was originally built for rubber band and flew very nicely as such. It has since been converted to 3ch R/C here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1180458

More info on the original build here: http://www.smallflyingartsforum.com/...num=1245893400

Videos: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1205102

If there are any questions, feel free to shoot me a PM. Thanks for looking!

-PC49

She flies wonderfully and I enjoy each flight more than the last!

-Motor: UH 1811 (http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/...?idProduct=5358)

-Receiver: Berg 4L (http://www.castlecreations.com/products/berg_ms4l.html)

-ESC: Turnigy 6g 6A (http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/...?idproduct=4318)

-Battery: TP 2S 250mah Li-Po (http://www.rctoys.com/rc-toys-and-p...-BATTERIES.html)

-Servo: Blue Arrow Double Servo (Very difficult to find these days...)

-Covering: Coverite Microlite (http://www.coverite.com/covering/covq0240.html)

AUW: 104g (with battery)

This is a trainer offered to me as a "throw around" plane by my club president. It actually has a very interesting history to it, as it was found in a trashcan all beat up. I do my best to make sure that I can give him back more than "just the electronics and engine out of it," as that is all he requested.

Although I have not musterd up the confidence to try making the 1/millionth-scale floats, I have done just about everything else. Can anyone say small? Here she is so far:

This is the first decent (not Airhogs) aircraft that I ever flew. It was EXTREMELY under-powered with a 8.4v 600mah Ni-MH. The wheels were also too small to track straight. Because of this, my brother (kpriddle on RCGroups) and I replaced it with an 11.1v 1250mah Common Sense RC Li-Po. Now she climbs almost vertical at full throttle with hands off! We also outfitted our bird with a pair of Du-bro 1-1/2" foam wheels. She's beat up due to her previously under-powered climb rate and a pre-sim pilot. But now she'll do anything an upper wing 3ch will do. At only $65 from Raidentech, this plane is practically a steal. Well, enough talk. Here she is...

Here's my first fuel aircraft...