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Trainer Trottel
It was a rainy and cold weekend, so I built another airplane. This one is based on the Trottel. I built the profile fuselage out of foam from a shipping box, and increased the wingspan to 700mm with a little dihedral for newbies like me. I jokingly call the paint scheme "urban camouflage"
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TexasDave, Nice plane , can you please send more picture for the landing gear...i never build one that last. Thanks |
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I formed the landing gear from some scrap .032 wire using my soldering iron. I glued a piece of plastic to the fuselage where the gear was to be attached and made some holes through the fuselage with a hot soldering iron. I used pieces of bbq skewers to hold the gear in place. I've had about 10 flights and, so far, it's held up well. Nothing fancy, but it works.
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Thanks for the pictures , very ingenious!! Can you share the thickness of the body of the plane? I have a 3/4 in of pink foam that i want to use , and i wonder if it need to be thicker as the plans? Thanks again Alex |
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i have a just a Suppo 1804 2480kv motor available I was wondering if that is too small? How is your plane doing with the 1806, good..to small..just correct? Looking forward to see that video. Thanks Alex |
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The foam I used was actually from the box my UMX Turbo Timber was shipped in. It is 7/8" thick. The Trottel is so light. I think your 3/4" foam should work fine. Dave |
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I am starting my Trottle, i need to learn how to use ailerons..and practice with my son. We just cash a small model warbird because we just fly a 4 channels.
My Jupiter Duck is broken and my Slowly V2 as well. So Trottlel is our next plane. I am using solid body made of 1/2in of pick foam and i also a KFM3 airfoil, i always wanted so see how it flies. I used a dowel and tape to support the wing becuase the dollar tree foam was weak. |
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