"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
03/18/2016 at 08:35 • Filed to: None
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"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
03/18/2016 at 08:35 • Filed to: None | 3
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but it will never be R/C dogfighting cool.
Wonder how small a scale can it still be possible if one used BBs.
Flavien Vidal
> Wheelerguy
03/18/2016 at 08:46 |
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Are you sure?? Because I don’t think it gets any cooler than THIS:
It’s the return of the jedi, forest chase drone edition!
vondon302
> Wheelerguy
03/18/2016 at 08:47 |
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Seen this and the tank guys before but the planes are a new one to me. Too cool.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Wheelerguy
03/18/2016 at 08:51 |
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R/C dogfights seem very expensive.
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/18/2016 at 09:19 |
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you use cheap/alreadybrokenandrepaired aircraft, but... um, yeah. it is.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
03/18/2016 at 09:25 |
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Yeah I realize that you wouldn’t use really nice ones, but.... I’ll stick to land based RC stuff. There’s usually more left if they crash.
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Wheelerguy
> Flavien Vidal
03/18/2016 at 09:36 |
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I mean, it’s excellent, but I’ll wait until they’ve adapted WipEout designs to them.
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Flavien Vidal
> Wheelerguy
03/18/2016 at 09:42 |
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Oh my.... I have ot say that would be awesome... They could do lawnmower rc plane dogfights though... now that would be something!
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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/18/2016 at 09:42 |
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non-scale RC aircraft are surprisingly, even unbelievably tough. I learned to fly on a plane called the AceSim Carbon Falcon, it was (sadly no longer in production) a flying wing with a pusher prop and elevons that were actuated by wing warping. All the delicate stuff (servos, radio, motor, battery) was concentrated in the center of the aircraft and the airframe it self was built like a stunt kite, rip-stop nylon skin tensioned over carbon-fiber spars on flexible rubber mounts. you could (and I did, when learning) literally fly the thing straight into the ground at full throttle from 200 feet, pull it out of the ground (buried the nose a few inches in a soccer field), reset the wing spars, re-balance the battery position and then just chuck it back into the air like nothing happened. I loved that plane, but I can’t get parts for it any more and have moved onto micro helicopters, which are ALSO unbelievably tough. Modern plastics + light weight = fly it into the side of a barn at full throttle, pick it up, dust it off and keep flying.
also: this is what’s typically used for dog fighting
beyond the electronics the plane is mostly just coroplast (plastic cardboard, essentially) with a few carbon tubes for added stiffness. and tape-hinges for the control surfaces. if you cut your own from bulk stock, an airframe like this can easily be built for about $10. The electronics are obviously more, but when you crash you just move them to a new airframe. Striped servos are the biggest expense usually... if you have a really nasty crash onto a hard surface you could loose a battery pack too, but motors and radios rarely get damaged.