F1 Pusher Build Video

To the FliteTest Community,

First off, on behalf of the MESArcFF program, thank you so much for supporting us over the years. Continuing to gain good ratings on our articles pushes us to keep on progressing as a program and create content to share with our great community. As promised, our recent F1 Pushers plans will be made available for you for FREE download. So before reading the rest of the article for tips and watching our episode, feel free to head to the following links and download the plans.

FULL SIZE: http://media.wix.com/ugd/fe25e6_83ce8cdb0ed5428baeee9690134a15f4.pdf

TILED: http://media.wix.com/ugd/fe25e6_bb592858193e463e8e5b86827080e68e.pdf 

.STL 1: https://www.dropbox.com/s/csgsxzttf14prjx/F1%20Axel%20STL.stl?dl=0

.STL 2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cune2580931zgxu/F1%20Sleeves%20STL%20.8.stl?dl=0

.STL 3: https://www.dropbox.com/s/evibgqe2aug025t/F1%20Sleeves%20STL.stl?dl=0

To be clear, these plans are for the chassis only, they are not for the body that you see above.  The reasoning why we left this out is due to body creativity.  The group of students and Marshall designed the chassis to be standardized for the ease of build and time constraints, the rest is to be designed by the student and you!  This way there would be different build types and body styles. So if you plan to take on this build project, please submit pictures of your build so we can use as an exemplar to share to students next year. The specs for equipment is used is endless, any Parkflyer equipment can be used for this project.

First cut out the parts and place in front of you seen here.

 Glue down the top 1/8MDF chassis element to the bottom 3/16 foam element.

Construct your Spoiler/Motor mount. Maybe give it a little paint. We used carbon fiber tubing for the back axles.

Tough to see here, construct your stearing mech. First place the T-Shaft into place, adding the washers and sleeves to the mix for seperation.

Place the next layer of foam and MDF to construct the top plate. Insert servo with a two sided control horn.

Profile shot of the mech.

Put some likages on it. We suggest strong ones.

Hook up all the same power equipment that you are used to from an old plane.

Slap your wheels and your body on, get together with some others and have an epic race.

This project was a ton of fun and we are going to make this a yearly tradition for the program.  With that said the car will be improved every year too, here is where you can have input on the cars for future students.  Any design changes you can come up with, standardized bodies, etc, please share, together we can make an awesome ground car using our same equipment for teaching during the cold months.  Even better throughout the year, teaching youngsters how the electronics are setup, setting up the controller, etc.

For more information about the MESArcFF program: http://www.mesarcfoamfighters.com/

Thank you and have fun,

The MESArcFF Team