Originally Posted by syzygyQ

HK showed stock on the motor, ESC, lipos, and props for the FSU Axon today, so I pulled the trigger! Woo Hoo! And my local Dollar Tree has stacks of FSU certified foamboard @ $1.25 a sheet. Nice.

What did you use to cut the foam on your Axon build? Did you use an electric foam cutter? Or did you use a blade? What foam cutter? What blade?

I've got a 306B with a built in foam cutter power mode -- do you use an iCharger to drive your foam cutter? Please tell me about your foam cutter...

Thanks!

I just use a Stanley knife to cut the foam, I think Ed does the same in his videos.

buy a box of carbon razor blades. Loads cheaper than exacto blades and they cut very,very well.

This may be covered somewhere in the last 107 pages so please forgive me if it has...

What servos is everyone using? I am looking for a cheap HK servo that I can order a bunch of for future projects, but am also looking at a cheap US alternative that I can possibly get by early next week for a few days off I was planning on spending doing some building and flying.

Thanks

Edit:
While I am at it I am also looking for a good motor/esc/prop combo (HK) to go with some 2200mah 3s lipos for the various planes on here. I will probably start with a Noob Tube. I have 1 set of electronics that should work but want to see what the cheapest set of gear is that will have decent performance that I dont need to worry about destroying being too agressive with...

Thanks again

Thanks,

Everyone has their favorite servos, I use Hitec HS 55's, very common servo, and decent quality for the price.

Here's a great 220 watt motor from Heads Up RC, good people, they ship fast and shipping is CHEAP!

http://www.headsuprc.com/servlet/the...2C-28mm/Detail

Originally Posted by Wingman26

Everyone has their favorite servos, I use Hitec HS 55's, very common servo, and decent quality for the price.

Here's a great 220 watt motor from Heads Up RC, good people, they ship fast and shipping is CHEAP!

http://www.headsuprc.com/servlet/the...2C-28mm/Detail

Thanks, but those are a little higher in price than what I was thinking. The HS 55's are what I use for balsa and higher price planes but I am looking for like $2-3 servos and $10-15 motor, etc.

Like this:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=21479

And these:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...cro_Servo.html

Originally Posted by glazzies

And these:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...cro_Servo.html

Get the metal gear ones for a few bucks more. You will be happy about that.

Originally Posted by glazzies

Thanks, but those are a little higher in price than what I was thinking. The HS 55's are what I use for balsa and higher price planes but I am looking for like $2-3 servos and $10-15 motor, etc.

Like this:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=21479

And these:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...cro_Servo.html

I use the hxt900 servos, very good for the price.

I use this motor, plenty of power. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=12919

I use the TS-9025 from RC Timer. They survived my learning curves 'forced' landings and inadvertant trajectories through terra-firma. Delivery has been excellent and they have the lowest shipping costs I've found.

Originally Posted by Mykro

Hi...

Could you post some closeup pics of your plane?? I'm a big fan of the Twinstar II and only fly FPV with a Twinstar II.. My next FPV ship will be your Twinstar clone..

You may have found it already but check out my you tube channel for more info on this plane. I will take some stills next time I fly. I am glad you like it and of course thanks to Ed for putting his techniques out there for all of us.

First flight with details of plane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=JD_wtRrKLaQ

Construction pics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=z-cAFL4Ll8w

Originally Posted by rcnewbieoz

I use the hxt900 servos, very good for the price.

I use this motor, plenty of power. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=12919

Generally speaking, a KV rating somewhere around 1,000 is a better choice than that 2200 kv motor, props work more efficiently at a more moderate rpm.

A good example of what I'm talking about is the 1350 kv motor in a previous post by glazzies.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=21479

Goodkebo, Please sign me up, I need a twin like yours! Could you please post some pics or a vid that shows how you fastened the tubes on your twin together. That looks like a great design.

Originally Posted by glazzies

This may be covered somewhere in the last 107 pages so please forgive me if it has...

What servos is everyone using? I am looking for a cheap HK servo that I can order a bunch of for future projects, but am also looking at a cheap US alternative that I can possibly get by early next week for a few days off I was planning on spending doing some building and flying.

Thanks

Edit:
While I am at it I am also looking for a good motor/esc/prop combo (HK) to go with some 2200mah 3s lipos for the various planes on here. I will probably start with a Noob Tube. I have 1 set of electronics that should work but want to see what the cheapest set of gear is that will have decent performance that I dont need to worry about destroying being too agressive with...

Thanks again

Thanks,

Try the Metal Gear 9g servos from here:

http://www.graysonhobby.com/catalog/...vo-p-1405.html

Thurmond

Originally Posted by T3PRanch

Try the Metal Gear 9g servos from here:

http://www.graysonhobby.com/catalog/...vo-p-1405.html

Thurmond

Or eBay @ $4.95 ea any amount, free shipping. From China.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I am going to try and see how well it flies on a very cheap set up from HobbyKing. Does anyone forsee issues with this set up:

Quantity Stock Product description Price Weight
OK D2822-141450 - D2822/14 Brushless Outrunner 1450kv $7.86 65
BK HK-SS20A - Hobbyking SS Series 18-20A ESC $6.77 30

OK 074000054 - APC Style Propeller 7x5 (2 pc) $1.25 35

OK HK15178 - HK15178 Analog Servo 10g / 1.4kg / 0.09s $7.80 76

OK R610 - OrangeRx R610 Spektrum DSM2 6Ch 2.4Ghz R.. $5.99 39

OK OR16-102x10 - Metal Push Rods M2xL300 (10pcs/set) $1.79 65

BK 016-00503x10 - Linkage Stopper D2.1mm (10sets) $1.05 26

TOTAL: $32.51 336g

With shipping it is around $40 for everything I should need besides the foam board some tape and glue. I want to see how truly cheap I can be with one of these builds. I know I could skip the linkage stopper and use coat hanger or something but I figure the extra $2-$3 is worth the eases of set up and tweaking. Besides it is enough lingages and push rods for multiple planes.

Looks like a good start.

If you don't already have a metric allen wrench set that's made in China, get one, US made allen wrenches don't always fit Chinese allen head fasteners, they use a different standard than we do.

I was baffled for quite some time why my high quality metric allen wrenches that were made in USA wouldn't fit the smaller size Chinese fasteners, from what I understand they actually have a different metric standard than we do, weird! Bought a cheap set of Chinese made allen wrenches and they fit fine!