Thank you Josh Bixler and a number of great people in the Rc Community for this awesome/amazing/banana design :D
before I found out about flitetest, I tried to learn to fly Rc planes on a Beta1400, a glider that's identical to the bixler 1, just a different name , which got smashed terribly, because as easy of a plane to fly as it is, it's still a 4 channel and has some characteristics that arent ideal for a complete beginner like I was. Then Flitetest came along and came out with the amazing FT flyer, also known as the dart from Rcgroups, I'd say 60-70% of my flying skills were learn from that one FT flyer that I built as soon as the plans came out. the thing was nearly indestructable, but it was limited to either indoors or, light calm days outdoors.
So I did something that I think hasnt been done before, I built a 150% unswappable version of the FT flyer, had no plans and im too stupid enlarge the orginal plans and print them out, so I just took my little old FT flyer and multiplied every dimension by 1.5
It took my exactly 10 hours of constant work from the Idea of a huge FT flyer, to a flying FT flyer.
Everything was built from a weird 6mm blue insulation foam that found locally, it was rather "flimsy" so everything was build with 2 layers, except the wing, which was 3 layers of that weak foam, and it was still a little weak for loops and high-winds, so I added a 6mm carbon tube in the middle to support it, which I think is a little over kill, but eh :P now it can take up to 25-30km/h winds with no problems what so ever. which is a huge advantage compared to the smaller one, and yea, it's bigger, bigger is always better :D I flew it with a 2650 mAh 3s battery and that gave about 10-15 minutes of flight, but I bet it can carry up to a 5000mAh or more, which will let me fly forreeeeverr :D
So it took it out for another flight today in the sunset, and needless to say, it flew beautifully. I will post a video of it flying soon, as soon as I manage to catch up on my school work :P
Materials :
-blue insulation foam
-some carbon fiber tube
-3mm plywood for the firewall
-and a bunch of duct-tape
Parts:
-Hextronik DT700 motor on 3s and a APC 11x7 Slow flying prop
-a random 30A ESC I found laying around
-13g metal gear servo for the elevator
-9g hextronik servo (the one flitetest loves so much) for the rudder
-Turnigy 9X TX&RX
and after editting the article, here's a flight video filmed with an iphone :P
Thanks for reading my article :)
Twan
and you can try this out, you have a nice huge plane, i did this with a 100% FT Flyer, it will be really good with your plane!!
FT-Power Pod Modification (FPV) Under Garage Setup Pictures http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq1mhtOU99M
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