So I decided to start building free flight model planes again after a couple years pause… well, in all honesty I never stoped building models, but the past two years I´ve only done indoor flying models that doesn´t look much like a plane anyway.
So… now I´m working on something I haven´t tried before, I´ve made a plane flight, I´ve made a twin engine plane fly, I´ve even made a ornithopter fly, but I´ve never ,ever made a helicopter fly!
Check out how things are coming together over here:
Yeah, it’s a little late, I’m at work, and I’m tired, so my inner adolescent is coming out. That’s why I read your URL as www. smellingmyfarts.com/etc.
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Yeah, it’s a little late, I’m at work, and I’m tired, so my inner adolescent is coming out. That’s why I read your URL as www. smellingmyfarts.com/etc.
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[QUOTE=Mighty_Girl]
That’s cool, if a little nerdy. How long have you been building models?
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16 years, or 2/3 rds of my life for what´s worth. I intend to keep doing it untill I kick the bucket, it´s a great hobby, build in rainy days, go out in sunny weather, meet nice people and burn off some stress; I can´t ask for more.
[QUOTE=Robot Arm]
Sorry, I was on vacation that week.
Nice model. How is it powered?
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Rubber powered.
That´s the tricky part, because the rubber motor runs along the fuselage, but the power output must be perpendicular to that, so I had to build a transmission shaft that goes forward and then up to the main rotor; it´s called a Moore Drive and it´s explained in some detail in the first pages of that thread.
[QUOTE=Ale]
I´m talking about the thread, of course; the Blackhawk seems to be able to fly quite well although I still have to trim it for stable flight.
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“Notice as it not so much flies as plummet.”
Somebody **had **to say that.
[QUOTE=Mighty_Girl]
“Notice as it not so much flies as plummet.”
Somebody **had **to say that.
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You´re a ba-a-a-a-a-a-d person, you know that?
The problem with the model is that it starts flying quite well and then it begins to oscillate back and forth; if I can cure that it´ll fly just peachy.
It´s probaly a matter of placing the center of gravity on the right spot.
