Foamy scratch built pink insulation RC electric airplane
Here it is, a nicely built Pink foam giant airplane. It took me 3 days to build.
The wing is 2 - 1" glue lam with 1/2" CF rib 6` made as one piece.It had a v shape to it but it soon went back to a straight wing. I used Gorilllilla Glue to bond most surfaces together and hot glue for the rest.
This was constructed of ½" -- 2" Pink Poly styrene foam from Home Depot. $28
I`m using an Exceed .60 out runner 400Kv ($40) with a 4000 kvh LiPoly 5S 25c battery ($55) 80A Mystery ESC ($9) 16 x 12 prop. ($8) 4 Servos, can`t remember name but there full size metal gear ($32) Motor cowling is a paint bucket from Lows ($2) rear landing gear ($12) rods, hinges, wheels ($23) Servo extensions ($14).
Total price, $223.00
This might seem like I was just funning around flying. I was actually just trying to land it without a crash and burn.
Best thing a bought this is the ability to crash it and glue it back together again in a few minutes. I have reconstructed the wings to the original V shape, Added a 110 Exceed motot and brought the CG up 2". It has much more fly-ability now. I will add new vids of it when the weather is more favorable.
This article describes my building plan and steps. I've got many requests to declare the PDF Plan after sharing my images. I have made 2 units of this design and the first one flew good. ...
