Discussion E-fleet from Bangalore, india

[Prashanth]

Hi
i have been dormant for some time on this forum, however have been flying on most sundays, saw this regional section and found India and was very happy thought i would add some stuff....

Here are some of the pictures of our planes from the recent past,
the picture here is a modified rafale built and flown by rajesh, this bird is fast and spins like its on nails. rajesh is after speed and this model is sure an eyecatcher...
powered by the DIY aircraft-world kit, 1500-2s, GWSr6n, cc25
great flyer...

[Prashanth]

Here is my alleycat, made from fanfold, This one is a brilliant flier and loads of fun, this is the model that i enjoyed the most, I have thrown it around in the sky at high G still the wing holds on without a spar, we build two of these, one for myself and one for rajesh.

My cat is powered by the komodo single stack, cc25, maxamps 900 -3s, berg and GWS servos 8X4 Gws prop

what a plane.....

[Prashanth]

Here is a picture with all the three ready for flight
two alleycats and a rafale

[Prashanth]

Here is uttam and the creator for the mighty midget motor (his dad) the plane on the ground is the zoom zoom – a great 3D/pattern bird sure on my wish list and will soon build one. The other plane he is holding is the R3D mini, its virtually unbreakable

[Prashanth]

This is my minature version of the albacorde, this was powered with the double whopper mighty midget motor, however was grounded as the plane was too hot to handle

[Prashanth]

All these are micro foamies powered by the mighty midget motor, you can see all of them on top of the zoom, there is the albacorde , microsport and the delta (made by uttam). The delta is a spectacular flyer with great aerobatics. Last sunday I flew a bigger version of the delta and flew good in quite strong winds

[Prashanth]

My wishlist is never ending and here iam drooling over uttams zoom

[docrob]

Originally Posted by Prashanth

My wishlist is never ending and here iam drooling over uttams zoom

Wow, Prashanth, that is quite a flock of birds you guys have there, and a great bird farm to fly them off.

What is the mighty midget motor? Haven't heard about that before. Can you post some details?

Thanks,
Doc

[Prashanth]

Hi doc
Ya there are quite some flyers her in bangalore, mostly flying gas though, some fly both gas and electric, while very few only electric. Had quite some flyers in the field today, and was nice day.

Mighty midget motors are the smallest commercially available brushless motors, they were specificlaly developed for the indoor models in mind and they were designed and deveoped by uttam and his dad, its a beauty of a motor and its now manufactured in bangalore and sold around the world, i have one of those jewel of a motor you can read more about it on this link

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280058

prashanth

[docrob]

Originally Posted by Prashanth

Hi doc
Ya there are quite some flyers her in bangalore, mostly flying gas though, some fly both gas and electric, while very few only electric. Had quite some flyers in the field today, and was nice day.

Mighty midget motors are the smallest commercially available brushless motors, they were specificlaly developed for the indoor models in mind and they were designed and deveoped by uttam and his dad, its a beauty of a motor and its now manufactured in bangalore and sold around the world, i have one of those jewel of a motor you can read more about it on this link

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280058

prashanth

Thanks for the info and links, Prashanth. I've forwarded the links to my buddy, Cometravi, to whom I refer all my powertrain queries.
We are a bunch of fliers who were mostly into gas and glow and only started electric flying about a year ago. It's so convenient and "mess-less" that our glow and gas flying has taken a back seat for a while. I must confess I went a little overboard with my electrics, I now own about 16 GWS electrics, a couple of GP Flatouts, and a rip off Multiplex Sonic Liner. I'm more of a scale plane and warbird person, not too much into 3D - yet!!!

[Prashanth]

wow thats quite some gws planes, iam still waiting fo some indian dealer to have gws at reasonable prices...most of my birds are build from scratch.
I havent jumped into 3d although in the pipeline...
what are the 16 gws planes you own?
do post a list..

Best
Prashanth

[docrob]

Originally Posted by Prashanth

wow thats quite some gws planes, iam still waiting fo some indian dealer to have gws at reasonable prices...most of my birds are build from scratch.
I havent jumped into 3d although in the pipeline...
what are the 16 gws planes you own?
do post a list..

Best
Prashanth

Gladly Prashanth, when I started making the list, I realized I'd forgotten two more . Here ya go, with some threads I've done on some of these planes.

In order that they were built, flown and status:


1. Zero - Retired after I got bored of it
2. First Corsair - not satisfied with stock setup (10 flights, converted to brushless, with

fiberglassing, retired) (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433769)
3. Me 109 - Active with 50+ flights (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=462634)
4. Spitfire - Many crashes, fixed, retired while still flyable
5. Second Corsair - Brushless outrunner - spectacularly crashed

(http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=496092)
6. First Beaver - on floats - retired (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=394865)
7. Flying Pizza - active
8. A-10 - Twin brushless - active (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=482710)
9. C-47 - stock with Lipo - active (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=496407)
10. Second Beaver - on floats - active with modified scratch built wing
11. Slow Stick - flown stock and with floats -active
12. First Tiger Moth - stock - active
13. Second Tiger Moth - on floats - active
14. Mustang - almost complete - geared Tahmazo brushless
15. Third Corsair - in the box - plan to cover with iron on covering, same setup as (5)
16. Second spitfire - in the box
17. Second Zero - in the box
18. Third Beaver - in the box - plan to make a new wing and go brushless

[docrob]

Incidentally, we get our kits from Rajiv Jain here in Delhi. He seems to give us pretty good rates. You might want to get in touch with him at: www.radicalworks.com

[Prashanth]

wow i sure envy you with that many planes..
thanks for that link, i didnt know radicalworks carries gws.

[vinod]

hi,
i am vinod frm bangalore. am doin ma 1st yr engg here. am a lot interested in flyin rc aircrafts. but i dont wanna but them, i wanna make them myself. jus wanting to make 1 wont help, i want sum1 to really help me through this. plz. can u get in contact with me for further details. hope i get a poitive reply,
vinod