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What kind of motor mount is that? I have seen some but they don't seem to have the same dimensions. Following along with this build and building one of my own. Thanks for videos and your great explanations.
Great advice, especially for noob flyers like me. I made a slightly larger Noob Tube (1m instead of 30 inches) and was struggling to fly it without seeing it stalling at the first turn. Polyhedral wings, that's the secret! Definitely recommended to make the plane more manageable and enjoyable
I'm thinking about buying a Master Airscrew 6x3, for a D2826-6 2200kv, running on 3S with a 40A esc, pusher configuration. Did you have a chance to fly it? Is this propeller worth its price? Did you have to buy a new spinner/hub or did it just fit with the one you already had on your motor? Thanks.
Thanks for the detail and easy to follow instructions. Me and some friends were doing this about 20 years ago, and now I am picking up the hobby again with my son and his friends. I probably destroyed about 87 foam planes flying them very aggressive and I would fly anywhere, around forests and in high winds. Many scratch build designs, and many different motor types and propeller selections.
Such an inspiring and heartwarming video @ExperimentalAirlines. Love the sense of community the APD created. Such an amazing idea to highlight an connect pilots worldwide. I'm visiting a bit later, and appreciate all the amazing content here. Thanks Ed.
very innovative. A little dihedral and/or a small forward vert stab at CG would add a lot of roll stability, as you know... Can you carry-on batteries on a real plane?
10:44 aileron chord is PART OF the wing chord.! results tend to be less-than optimal when ailerons are 'added to' the trailing edge of a completed wing.
7:30 servos do NOT go at the tail.!!!!! in any case, there NO reason for the length of a pushrod to be minimized.! the mass of elevator/rudder servos SHOULD be located such that the model's dom is as optimal as possible. you may know that the center of MASS (c-m) Should be located on the thrust, at a point that vertically aligns with twenty-five percent of chord or mac. 25%, plus or minus a pinch, is the location of the neutral point of a wing. illustration showing correct location of c-m. s3.amazonaws.com/assets.flitetest.com/article_images/medium/truecg-jpg_1384168691.jpg if you don't know how to correctly make longer pushrods, you should LEARN. see at 3:12 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3gaORr-WxFs.html
information 2:30 the use of full strip ailerons is not recommended. to the extent practical, a control surface should have the shape of a Parallelogram.
whatever a vert-stab's shape, it should Not extend below the plane of the horiz-stab/wing.!!! because doing so creates Two unnecessary drag-making ninety degree angles.!!!
some late information 1:23 the wingtips things are a MISTAKE.! because they make extra DRAG, at the WINGTIPS, while acting as vert-stabs that are MIS-located.!!!!!
I could just run the truck for 10 seconds at medium throttle and do the same thing as your load test. Right? I only have a Tenergy 5 in 1 lipo tester. But I don't trust it. This is fantastic. Thank you!
watching your videos since day 1 you have made a major contribution to the hobby for young and old ! god bless you 😀. i'm 78 and still learning, ... clear skies and fair winds - jos 731
Good to see you back, Ed. I recently completed my first scratch built plane -- an adaptation of your Photon. Couldn't have done it without your excellent videos. Good luck with your scale plane.
