I am a newbie.I flew the Great Planes PT-Trainer for about 10 mins 20 years ago and that has been the extent of my flying career . Thanks to Flitetest I have flown the FT-Flyer a total of 7 times with no crashes but was getting board.( I know, I know it takes time and practice ) but I wanted a little more. I built the Delta and flew it for 3 seconds before destroying it. I must be building it wrong as it was the 2nd one and both failed quickly. The FT Flyer flies so well but I wanted to try ailerons so why not make two planes into one. I took some of the FT-Delta wing design and put it on the FT -flyer tail. added some wing tips for a nicer look and incase they would help keep it stable
I have a blue wonder 1300 kv motor with a 3s 650mah battery .and an 18 amp esc and 3 , 9 gram servo's with a 9x4.7 sf prop ( Turns out must of been drawing too many amps as motor was very warm after flying, changed to 8x4 and much cooler now)I did some glide tests and all looked good. I tried a quick flight as it was quite windy but managed to do a couple of circuits . It was so windy though that it would almost do a complete hover in the wind .
When the wind calms down I am looking forward to getting in some real flights and use this plane as my training vehicle for aileron and rudder control
Update 1 : Over the weekend the winds were more reasonable and I took it out . Does this ever fly nice . A very minor trimming and it's hands off. It does loops and rolls quite well. Being a small plane it will fly in a small park. Not needing a lot of space, it is perfect for me. Looking forward now to hone my flying skills with this.
Update 2: Have made 15 good flights in now and also added landing gear to learn landing and take off techneques . This is an excellent trainer for me Thankyou Flitetest
Kit is Available if requested. 81zapper@bell.net
Below is version II It has flown once and it was an excellent flight . I used a broken 8x4 prop that I cut down to 7" and it is perfect .I increased the wing area a little to see what it would do different from version I and the result was it will fly slower if needed. By the way a large tree jumped up and smacked version I
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http://forum.flitetest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=24556&d=1401714384
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it looks like nice plane that I can use to teach my son, mainly because the FT-flyer is dead .. last weekend it had 2 many crushes , and we where thinking on what to build next , the F22 looked like the preferred choice .. until this design :-)
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thanks for asking
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You've inspired me --
I'm in the process of building this as my first scratch-build.
Could you please add a picture of the underside of the plane?
I'm unclear as to how it all fits together, and how the electronics are laid out.
Thanks!
brian
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and good luck with it and keep me posted on your success
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Thanks for sharing your measurements, I want to build a foam aileron trainer and this looks like fun.
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I have about 20 flights on it now with no issues or trees still flies great and is helping me out a lot .Let me know how you make out if you build it
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I also have access to a laser cutter so can hopefully just laser the parts from your PDF- we'll see how it goes.
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In between the last picture and the video is a line that takes you to the drawing with dimensions (delfer measurements)
Thanks again for checking it out
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bentech@bell.net is my e-mail
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I have it about 80% finished, still need some more detailed work to do.
Thanks for your prompt reply.
I will keep you posted.
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JK, that is an excellent design, I'm glad it flies so well!
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Can't wait to see a video. I wonder how well it will loop and roll. Thanks for sharing.
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Just a simple question:
CG: Between 25 and 33% of leading edge?
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CG is 6 " from fire wall using a 650 mah battery . I used a 1300 mah but seems to make it too sluggish . If you build it let me know how you make out
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