FTScratchBuild-Intermediate
This Flite Test scratch build airplane was inspired by Bloody Mick's FUNBAT and the Sig Wonder.
The FT Bloody Wonder is the newest addition to the Flite Test Swappable Series! (A series of scratch built planes designed with an interchangeable fuselage.)
Check out the full line of Speed Build Swappable Airplanes HERE!
The FT Bloody Wonder features a swappable fuselage that is interchangeable with the other airplanes in the Swappable Series!
This combat flyer is capable of vertical take off. It can fly off the 24gram motor setup on previous swappable fuselage.
One of the unique designs of this scratch build is the rounded aileron wing design. Created the same way that the Baby Blender wings are made, the rounded ailerons provide great lift!
In case you missed the review of this plane you can check it out here:
http://flitetest.com/articles/Vertical_Drag_Race_Combat
The FT Bloody Wonder is available as a Speed Build Kit CLICK HERE to find out more!
FT Bloody Wonder Build Plans Available Here:
FT Bloody Wonder-Swappable - Full Size
FT Bloody Wonder-Swappable - Tiled
TIP for printing the plans:
To print "tiled" use Adobe Reader X and in the print dialog select "POSTER", select "Cut Marks" and make sure "Tile Scale" is 100%. Then overlap and tape as required (after trimming the top overlapping edge).
(Thanks youtuber larrybarrick for this suggestion!)
Detailed build video for the power pod (fuselage) available here:
http://youtu.be/aMeGqVGZcjA?t=2m11s
Equipment recommended for this build:
FT Foam Board
Emax ES08A II Servos
Push Rods
Linkage Stoppers
BLHELI Series 30amp ESC
Lumenier 2250 3s 35C battery
More photos available in the forum post! Click the "Join the Discussion" link below!
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With all your great swappable designs, it looks like this will be a winter of shuttling between my building table and Dollar Tree.
I'm an RC noob so hoping the nutball is as forgiving as advertised. The electronics are on order from Hobby King so stay tuned for a maiden crash report in a week or so.
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Thanks.
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http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__42746__Turnigy_2213_20turn_1050kv_19A_Outrunner_USA_warehouse_.html
on my fpv set up runs the 1050 kv on 8043 prop testing flight times. sub to my you tube ill be posting my fpv flights with both the 1050 and the 1200kv motors. im new at fpv and just go a great cheap system from hobbywireless.com http://hobbywireless.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=117_88_92&products_id=726
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Graysonhobby.com
Hobbypartz.com and that is it pretty cheap
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How big is the foam board that you use?
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Trevor (in England, where Foamboard costs much more!)
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I'm going with the front of the Vertical tab but a quick plan correction would be nice.
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Quick notes about my build
-Took 4-5 hours! First of all, those plans don't have any measurements. Try figuring that out when some measurements are in centimeters and others are in inches
-Other than that, not too difficult. Taking the foam out of the grooves was harder than expected, but that will come with practice
-Beveling the control surfaces was harder than expected too. You really need a really really sharp blade.
-THAT HOBBY KING SITE IS TERRIBLE
See ya'll in the air soon!
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first, hobby king is a great site, they have hight-quality stuff, just a little more expensive than other sites. there shipping times are very accurate (more so than amazon!)
and yes, you do need a sharp blade to do the cutting on it. for mine, i had to re-do my elavator because i messed it up on the first try.
and also, i would not recommend this (or any scrach build) for a first plane. learn to fly on an apprentice, and get a mini vapor to fly at home or at the park (thats what i did)
hope this helps,
-jaddbo
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Also, a little whetstone can be bought for a buck to put the edge right back on your Xacto knife. Don't have to replace them so often that way.
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Unfortunately they'd fly just as good!
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I've built my first in pure 5 mm depron
but it is fragile
and i want to know if the foam in the video is coveres by paper on both sides
and if we need to peel of any of the sides during the build.
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might want to watch this video first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnJ85Sz1iak
hope this helps,
-jaddbo
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mtperes... i'm building my planes from deprom 4mm but i use PVC foil to coat it (outside).
First i was also thinking that it will make my plane havy. I 'm jast finishing to build my BBlender.
but in total it is now without battery ~390grams (including landing gear, servos, engine, reciver, and 20cm of thin aluminium pipe to make it more stable).
Foil that i chose is realy havy, so now I bought now some :
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__22980__Wing_Tape_45mic_x_45_mm_x_100m_Wide_Red_.html
and this one is way thiner and way more light, so now i will coat my planes with this one :)
And using tape is for perfect for bending wings, without it depron brakes.
How i make it is easy. I cut out depron part, put foil on it and then with heat gun activating glue on foil, if You do it right then PVC is realy soft and melting with depron to one. Looks great because my foil is red, and it makes everything way more stable and wather prof.
Sory for my english, but i'm from Poland (living in Germany and working in Netherlands :) )
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-- Has anyone tried using two aileron servos vs the center/single servo?
-- Does the lower half of the vertical stabilizer need to be so long, it will make adding some landing gear a bit more tricky as it'll need to be taller
-- Any flight videos with a blue-wonder/similar motor? I won't get my upgraded motor for a while.
Thanks!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucdfUeeogdY
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Will post my Maiden flight as soon as it happens (August 2013).
Thanx for an awesome build.
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I might swap out the elmers foam for dollar tree foam on the stablizers to lighten up the rear and add a rudder servo. might just throw on a speed motor pod to balance it out with a big motor instead of dead weight and run it low on the stick and long on the battery.
overall its a great plane design.
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I am waiting for gear to arrive to complete the build and good weather. I haven't flown for 15 years and always did nitro. I hope I didn't forget too much...
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One thing I'm running into is once the plant is in the air. running about half power or full power. the plant dives to left and I cant recover it. Any Ideas
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Foam (new and reused): $2
Hot glue: $1
Reused servos and pushrods: $0
Clevis and Control horns: $2
I want to see if it will work with a 4s 3200mah LiPo, 45A ESC and this motor I have.....
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I bought speed build kit and used it as a stencil for local foam (australia).
Local foam is heavier and slightly wider. full 5mm so cut accordingly.
Yesterday after spending 7 hours or so builing one from scratch. I put the glue gun down for the day.
Today, I used the speedbuild kit and it took about an hour. better, neater, lighter and looks good.
Things I learnt on scratch build.
1. the subtle changes from BWv1 to BWv2 need writing on plans or in something.
I nipped the extended tabs off the rear bracing.
After nipping the tabs off, I followed the video where it says to the fuselage up with the wing join.
This is a bad mistake as the extended rear bracing is 1/2" longer. wings are further back. sigh.
2. Speed build is awesome in comparison to doing it yourself. (shipping to aus is a killer but buy a few kits to make it more cost effective).
3. josh makes it look way easy in scratch build. (practice on something other than your kit first).
cutting foam straight, and at 90degrees.
hot glue doesnt go on that easy except for my clothes and hands.
spider webs of glue are part of the game.
He uses larger glue sticks. I got a 7.2mm gun and you go through lots of sticks. get larger.
the supplied wire for landing gear is toughened and harder to bend than it looks.
4. Centre of gravity with speed build, 24g motor etc requires a heavy battery right at the front to get balance. I am using a 3s 2200mah purely for balance. I would rather smaller to slow the kite down but cannot unless I want it tail heavy.
5. I braced the tail fins with a small piece from the spare foam. They didnt seem strong enough.
6. If you are keen on neatness, bevel close and sand. or watch earlier builds where josh uses a metal rule to guide the blade.
7. the kit is good.
it's too windy here and I have to get some of the speed clevis' to finish, so hopefully a flight soon.
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The other one will have an HK 2826-1100 kvetch with 252 watts of power. Can't wait to get both of these up and flying.
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This thing is a trip. I actually used the plans to scratch-build it, but I used the FunBat (thanks Mick's!!) fuselage for a non-swappable model. Because of the light weight and nice airfoil, it doesn't have any bad tendencies. Dial the rates and throws way down and it's practically a trainer!
Thanks again FliteTest for the miles of smiles!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oRiqLePGoc
Chris @ XXXTechRC
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But Josh, you were kind of creepy when you peered through the hole for the servo. All you could see was your eye. Kind of freaked me out....
Don
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I use to fly targets for the Canadian Army for 7 years but I just can,t afford much. I know you get what you pay for but right now I got nothing
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I reworked & resized the plans so that the plane fit onto a single piece of A1 foamboard (UK Size).
Yes the standard power pod won't fit now, however this minimizes waste & gets maximum value from a single board of foam.
The file is here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12816733/FT-BloodyWonder-plans-A1-Paper.pdf & the tiled version as A4 (1mm board right & left) is here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12816733/FT-BloodyWonder-plans-A1-Tiled.pdf
Hope that helps someone else too,
Kind regards,
Matt
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hi! can someone of the creators of the second version to telll what electronics are installed on this plane?
http://assets.flitetest.com/article_images/full/bloodywonderv2-2-jpg_1395691319.jpg
motor, ESC, propeller?
with links to hobbyking, if you can ))
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keep work good
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thanks
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