Archive for 'planes' Category
RC Plane storage
With space becoming a premium in the garage, I’ve had to find new places and ways to store the planes. Unfortunately the trailer is moving outside and the car is going to be living in the garage from now on. So here’s a couple of ways I’ve made better use of space available in the [...]
Thunder Tiger eHawk 1500 – What’s in the box?
So what do you get for your $150? Two nicely covered wings. I didn’t particularly want blue but it was all they had in stock and who wants to wait when you can have it now. One OBL 29/09-07A Outrunner Brushless Motor A 10 x 6 Folding prop set. Ply pack including servo tray, wing [...]
eHawk 1500 build
What a good week last week. The birth of my second daughter the day before my own birthday on which I get to unwrap my present, a Thunder Tiger eHawk 1500 electric glider. Reading up on the forums suggests a few modifications might be worthwhile, like putting the aileron servos in the wing and maybe [...]
time lapse build video – extra 300
What started out as an instructional video on building a foamy, turned into a time lapse video of the build. I used Vegas Pro to capture, resample and speed up the playback to condense a few night work into about 90 seconds video. I built it out of 5mm foam core artboard which overall I [...]
rcpowers.com extra 300 foamy – electronics
Started putting the electronics in today. The 10A ESC is probably too small and will be swapped for a 20A. The motor is a Turnigy 2730 Brushless Motor 1500kv. The receiver is a 4 channel, 2.2gram, 2.4Ghz rx from fly-rc.com.au. 2.2grams! You can find the plans here; http://www.rcpowers.com/forum/showthread.php?s=4d581749dd440cbd0dc1285713a8ecd2&t=625
kf Delta Foamy Version 2
kf Delta Foamy Version 2, originally uploaded by mattmc. My handmade engine mount on the kf Delta Foamy version 1 wasn’t so great. A 3mm square plate of ply hot glued onto a foam “firewall”. After a lengthy flight on a 2S 1000mAH battery, the motor wouldn’t turn. After taking it apart, I found excess [...]
S-l-o-w flying KF delta build – the prop maketh the plane
After the lackluster first few flights I got around to putting a 9047 GWS EP Propeller (228x119mm) and wow what a difference. Same 800maH 2S 7.4V battery and RCTimer1400kV 2204-14 motor mind you but with the larger, more efficient prop I was getting good vertical performance and could slow fly stable enough to do a [...]
S-l-o-w flying KF delta build – Maiden Flight
Time to see how this baby goes. I used hot glue all around, control horns, motor mount, bottom skin, step…. and everything has held together well. For the maiden flight I used an RCTimer1400kV 2204-14 motor, an EP 7035 propeller, a 2S 800mAH lipo battery. All up weight was 182 grams / 6.4 ounces. Performance [...]
S-l-o-w flying KF delta build – motor mount II
Some 3mm ply behind the motor, probably overkill and a bit heavy but it’s what I had at hand, some hot glue and the engine is on. I had to widen the gap for the prop by about 7mm to fit it all in. With the motor in place I could get a feel for [...]
S-l-o-w flying KF delta build – engine mount
Add a layer of thin ply to the upright foam and I have a mount. The motor mounts are 31mm apart and the area is about 40mm x 40mm excluding the tabs. Add a couple of triangle support tabs behind the mount will add support. In the background you can see the 19mm (0.75″) wedge [...]