Here’s a great idea, entertainment for all the family – build a foam free flight aeroplane
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Bit of a cheat, Mat finished it for me…
My FatYak lay dormant for a while until Mat offered to finish putting the radio gear in and spraying it. Here are her new clothes, you like??
GCSE Product Design Project – Depron Ducted Fan Stealth Beast with FPV
A student at my school has built an electric ducted fan stealth flying wing for his GCSE Product Design project. The clever bugger has also added FPV and says it has tested very nicely (short flights of about 2-3 mins as he didn’t want to break it before the examiner sees it!) Continue reading
Flight Testing my 3D Printed Bomb Mechanism
Finally the wind changed to SW & I tested my radio controlled bomb dropping mechanism at our local slope in Winchelsea. I tested it using my old faithful SAS Wildthing, a model I am used to and don’t mind sacrificing in the name of foolishness (not that I was expecting anything bad to happen!?!) Continue reading
Building a 3D printed bomb bay for my SAS wildthing
I always start these things by putting the images in first, it’s the only way my poor little brain can produce such a level of nonsense.
The first print failed badly. After much head scratching I realised it was because I used ‘components’ when making the model (which is a really good idea normally!) so I ‘exploded’ the model until it had no components in it. Continue reading
Designing a bomb dropping thing for my Wildthing
I’ve been meaning to make a bomb dropping mechanism for a while now, probably about 25 years! I’d like to say I carefully researched it etc. but I just thought of an idea and went for it. I went with a sort of box that splits in half to release its payload and is small enough to stick on the side of my SAS Wildthing (hopefully, can’t say I’ve researched / measured that either – live life by the seat of your pants!!) Continue reading
FatYak – Adding the aileron control horns
I’ve cut a servo shaped hole in the fuselage and pushed the control horns (designed for dron I think) Continue reading
FatYak – Exemplar Model
FatYak – Joining the Fuselage & Wings
Join the wings & rear fuselage / tailplane assembly & cut the holes for the top of the fuselage. Continue reading