my first build

[chopper]

my plane consists of fan fold foam ,string tape, a 30 dollor motor esc and servos from nitro planes . i made controll horns out of a green dvd case (movie was ruined anyway) very strong plastic if you want to try it also .and i got carbon rod and controll rods from grayson hobby.also some parts left over from my helis (recycle lol) .didnt paint this one our anything first build and i intend to make one better out of better foam anyway.it is evening here so i have to wait untill tomorrow to see how she flys i will get pics but still have no way to make vids i hope this xmas will change that.let me no what you think ok

[chopper]

one more pic

[kloner]

what size motor is that? Get you some depron from rcfoam.com if your east or dwfoamies.com if your out west. $5 a sheet when you get a few. Looks like 3mm and some carbon  strutsmight fit that motor best. I've gone through 3 cases of the depron. really good stuff, but you start buying cases you will run outta room to store em all. The 6mm planes always fly at 10 oz minimum, where the same size plane in 3mm weighs in around 6oz minimum. Also, use foam safe ca to tack it together then get you some plane windshield glue and lay a bead on all the joints. IT will let it crash with tearing it up to bad. Ca is really brittle.

I'll take some shots of some of my yaks if that is a 350 ish motor for some ideas for ya. Thin ply is half way easy to carve for motor mounts and servo horns. Some lighter e-flight stuff uses a short carbon rod with foam bracing then heat shrink right to that with another carbon rod going to the servo. Really really light weight/easy solution

Start out with your cg around that carbon spar, if it''s squirly move it up, if it's lame and flys like a dart, move it back. Should be half way "loose"

[rufus]

lol that's really cool... I've seen guys down at the flying field with those, they look like a lot of fun.
scratch build or did you follow a plan?

[chopper]

it is the rcpowers free pdf plan. they have a link to a site that has all you need for them cheap and better then the things i bought for mine

[rufus]

it is the rcpowers free pdf plan. they have a link to a site that has all you need for them cheap and better then the things i bought for mine

can you post a link for that motor combo? I can't seem to find it

[chopper]

i will but get it quick ok not going to stay long

[chopper]

get it here   http://www.graysonhobby.com/catalog/index.php every thing you need

[chopper]

this is what you need   http://www.graysonhobby.com/catalog/powers-extra-advanced-mode-flight-pack-p-893.html

[rufus]

awesome, thanks... I hope to start my build on that tonight!

how did you print it? When I do what the instructions say, there's a 1/2" border around all my pages... if I hit "fit to printable area" they go away, but the instructions say to make it "shrink to printable area"

[rufus]

could you possible post a picture of your home-made control horns?

[chopper]

just a brief explaination of pic for you . the sheet of plastic is an old dvd case . the wood horn i got in a kit i bought from that site i told you about i use it for pattern. then cut it to fit where you want and how you like it

[kloner]

There are a few other ways as well, e-flite uses 2 pieces of carbon rod with a piece of heat shrink between them. They reinforce the rod at an angle with a small piece of foam on the controll surface side. Thin ply like the one he bought works well too, just get the ply at your local lhs. I've cut them entirely with large finger nail cutters out of ply. That plastic cd case is fragile. My planes have to be able to crash and fly.

No matter what the plane, keep it light and it will be easy to save from crashing (also flies after a crash), make it heavy and saving it from crashing will be impossible (and once crashed will be in a million pieces). Trust me, tried it myself several times

[chopper]

hel l there is most likely many ways to do it but he asked my way fool dont take over my posts .

[rufus]

finished mine and flew it... it's alot of fun and really durable during crashes - except for the prop