Tim you ARE " the man"! Great video and I can't believe you made a F22 that lands like a helicopter!!(lol) I have an EDF jet and I have to land that suckered at half throttle, which is fast, or it will fall out out the sky like a rock. Great job on yours, may have to attempt this one.
Well . . . the plane is made from high quality EPP foam. I am not sure how you "scale this up" without some plan of how to do this with other materials? But, a larger one should fly just fine.
@@TimMcKay56 well thats what im wondering, would i be able to build one out of EPP foam just bigger? I want to start making planes to save some money, but i want them a little bit bigger. I am worried that the foam will break though?
Love your vids. I been trying to teach myself to fly RC since covid started. I made an crashed over a dozen DIY foam planes including your square flyer which was probably my best flight until I tried to turn back lol. I’m hoping one day I’ll run into someone with experience that can show me how to properly trim the remote because I’m defiantly doing something wrong
MB: Thanks for checking in! Best bet on learning how to fly RC is join a local RC club (easy to do via a Google search, they all have websites) and get with an instructor. Instructor can recommend trainer aircraft and help with those critical first few flights. Good luck! Tim
@@TimMcKay56 I been looking for awhile, there’s only 1 within an hour from me and they been temp closed since covid started, not sure if it’s coming back. Rc cars and drones seem to be the bigger hobby in CT. I’ll get it eventually lol
Carlos: Glad you liked the F-22 video! The foam board is just 3/16" thick. Super easy to cut with a #11 X-acto knife blade. The prop is on correctly. As the motor is facing backwards, and take a normal prop and mount it "backwards" on the motor such the prop is rotating in the normal direction, but simply on the back side of the motor. Tim
I've built a bunch of foam aircraft like that a long time ago, I miss it. Just an observation.....your plane looked to be alittle tail heavy by the way it porpoised a bit, I've been there.
Wayne: The F-22 could be a tad tail heavy. The CG was not very well marked on the plans, I had to do a bit of research. But what I will say is that the pusher motor, just inches behind the CG and Center of Lift, seems to make the nose want to "hunt" a bit during flight. Plus, the elevons and right behind the prop blast, thus very effective. Would be interesting to see how it handles with a tractor prop set up. Tim
@@TimMcKay56 I remember them being fairly sensitive to wash. The planes I made were not from plans, just similar. Maybe I mounted the motors a bit more to the center of the craft but I allways had to add nose weight to get stable flight unless I used a big ass battery. I did enjoy your video, it reminded me of all the trial and error involved with making a (dollar tree foam) plane that would do what I told it to do. Who knows, I may get back into it some day. Good day.
Neat vid and plans, I've just printed it out and will be working on it, thank you Tim. I am curious what kind of motor does Rick have in his tuned double elevon F22, I couldn't find him anywhere.
I enjoy watching your videos. i bought a mig su27 kit , i was wondering if i can make it 3 channel as i have an old transmitter, 2 servos for the ellerons and one for the elevator . i can join the elevator and make it one. will that work. any advice would be appreciated.
Saleem: Yup, 3 channels will work. Put a servo on each aileron and connect with a Y cord to the receiver, and normal one servo for elevator. No need for rudder control. Tim
Keith: I did leave the paper on. Weight not a real issue and much easier to paint. I used the Langford and nickel brand of foam board on Amazon. Name for FB may be a bit off, I am on travel now. Tim
The F-22 uses three channels for elevons and throttle (via ESC). There are no ailerons or rudder. See my video “Elevons for newbies” on how to set up. You’ll need a computer transmitter and usually a six channel receiver (to access the elevon function). Tim
Karthik: Per the Description, F-22 weights 15 ounces with a three cell lipo. The foam board helps a lot with keeping the weight down. Not sure of the grams of thrust. Use a three cell lipo for sure, and put in a larger engine. You'll need all the thrust you can get for the initial climb out, then you can throttle back. Tim
Rudder angle not important. For mine, no rudders just elevons and throttle. I used a tilt of the vertical fin and rudder that matched the look on the aircraft. Tim
Im building guillows 27 inch wing span spitfire want to rc convert when you build rc planes will one radio work for multiple planes? Not sure about batteries servos etc.
Chris: Yes, I use my ParkZone electronics (ESC brick and motor) in multiple RC models. When done with one model, I take out the electronics and install in the new model. Works fine! Tim
I’ve built a scaled up version 65 inches long and 48 inches wide 50size motor and will fly it on a 6 s 5200 total weight is 4 lbs 5 ounces I’ve cut down a 17x 10 prop to fit between the rudders
Tim , if you're interested I have 62 inch f22 raptor (blitz works). Mint condition. Box never opened.. we can negotiate. Twin edf. In fact if any one is interested, I promise you will love it. 70 mm twin
I printed out on regular 8.5" by 11" paper, then enlarged 400% at FedEx Office. See my video on these plans: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OjqJpv6clo4.html