If you're into Radio Control forums such as RCGroups, RC Universe or FlyingGiants, notably in the RC airplane category's, you would have or should of seen a video about a full scale aerobatic airplane flying, when all of a sudden a wing breaks off and the pilot lands it safely.
This video caused the forums to go wild and then pretty much the online world followed. It eventually came out that it was a hoax, which is pretty obvious if you fly airplane's.
But the guy who owns RCGroups and develops RC flight simulators actually pulled it off for real. With a RC airplane of course. It proves though it could be done but I wouldn't want to be the test pilot.
This RC video turned viral and has know attracted big name media. Like Discovery Channel, that wants him to test his fully sick skills again.
The good news for this weekend is I managed 6 successful flights after I had sorted out the "sucking in the wire incident".
My verdict for this RC jet is.... it is NOT a beginner EDF, way to fast and to small ( not saying I'm pro ). But it looks fully sick in the air. Has a awesome profile and flies like it's on rails. Once you have it trimmed out. Remember to dial down your throws on your servos. Trust me, there is alot of moving surface's for this little RC jet.
I did crank mine up abit and wow, it can do a huge amount of barrel rolls in a very short amount of time.
What's even better are the landing's. It glides in beautifully, a little fast but that's EDF for ya. To really slow up when low to the ground. Pull up quick and RC jet will do a little high alpha maneuver and stall. It's fully sick!
Overall I love this RC jet, even though it's not the best one as an introduction to the world of EDF. But if you check your trim, decrease your throws and check the C.G (centre od gravity). It should be fine and you'll be hooked, Like me.
But like the saying goes " all good things must come to an end " happened......but thank the RC Gods it happened on the ground, until I risked it for one more flight.
Report in the next post.
Weekend Project - Building your first RC scratchbuilt foamie RC airplane
Posted by Deano Labels: Radio Control Airplanes
I am going to start a Weekend Project series. That will get me and yourself to build, learn,inspire or just admire something Radio Controlled that is fully sick.
This series is going to be about the world of "foamie" scratchbuilts.
RC airplane's that are built out of depron, EPP, fanfold anything that is light, cheap and glueable. "Foamies" have become huge in the RC world. Manufacturers make their airplanes out of them and some hobby shops only sell "foamie" related stuff.
Why? because it's cheap to buy or make, easy to fix and you only need cheap electronics to fly them. What's even better about them is, who dosen't like flying something they designed and built or built from the hundreds of plan's like minded RC enthusiats have stuck on the Internet. I do, because I built and flew successfully one of the greatest beginner RC foamies ever designed.
The Blu-baby Trainer. This has to be the most widely built and flown foam RC airplane ever. It has taught alot of people how to fly and how to build foam airplanes.
The information about and modifications done to this foamie are endless, resulting in one of the biggest threads ever on RCGroups.
So find some foam, a good setup for your propulsion system, download the free plans and go create something Fully Sick!!!
With the sad loss of the Air France A330, crashing into the Atlantic hundreds of miles from nowhere. It's now up to the investigators and RC submarines or ROV's to find the pieces and determine what went wrong.
The aim of the RC submarines or technically speaking ROV's (remotely operated vehicles) is to find the Black Box that records everything the pilots say and the airplanes vital readings. Which is somewhere deep deep down in the Atlantic, that makes it too expensive and dangerous for a humble human to go.
Yet again, RC is answering the call. Making our lives easier,safer and happier.
Want to get into really big RC cars? Not those little 1/10 scale or those micro 1/18 scale but 1/5 scale. That probably have more torque and speed (and probably more street cred) than GM's new Volt.
Well this guy, squirrelod has started a video series on how to tune your motor, costs involved, upgrades and general tips and advice to get into the world of big RC cars. Enjoy!
What's the ultimate RC collection?? I don't know. But there are RC'ers out there that sure have a heap of fully sick RC stuff. Some have lots of planes or cars, others lot's of "everything RC" tucked away in there "my stuff" room.
Others prefer to go the quality not quantity way, such as these guy's with their RC turbine jet's. That cost a pretty penny.
This is the beauty of democracy and capitalism. To have abit of disposable income and spend it on fully sick stuff that brings a simile to your face. That's a privilege!
The maiden flight of my RC F-35 EDF jet was short and sweet. Sweet, meaning I had a safe landing when all of a sudden the EDF unit cut out. Thank the RC gods, I had some height to line up for a descent landing.
First thought when I took a closer inspection of the F-35, was the cheapo battery that comes with it, can't hold a decent charge. I used the cheapo one because if I did crash I didn't want to puncture one of my better LiPo batteries.
BUT..... upon even closer inspection in my "RC domain/shed" I realized the wire that goes from your ESC to your receiver to provide power to your servos had been SUCKED UP by the EDF unit. Resulting in the wire being cut in half. Resulting in unsuspecting loss of power.
It could of been alot worse though. The wire could have actually been wound up by the blades thus sucking up the whole ESC and spitting it out the other end with a busted up EDF unit and TOTAL loss of control of the RC jet. I have heard of this happening.
Anyway, the short time I did fly my RC Jet I realized that it is pretty fast for a EDF virgin,really sensitive on the roll but otherwise fly's like it's on rails. Just need to fix this slight mishap and I'll be back!!!!
Next time, a flight report that hopefully will last more than 30 seconds.
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