FT Swappable - Power Pod Build by FliteTest

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This video will walk you through the complete build for the swappable series Power Pod.



Build Plans: 
POWER POD BUILD PLANS 

Recommended Electronics: 
Power Pod ELECTRONICS AND COMPONENTS  

Full List of Links to the Scratch Build Series: 
SCRATCH BUILD SERIES.

 

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Adib Vahedi February 15, 2013
Cool thanks for the walkthrough!!!

Keep up the great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
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x3mperformance February 15, 2013
Nice. And you actually made it a bit stronger.
I used these during winter and indoor flights.
Can highly recommend it. Fun, educational and entertaning.
That's it.
Keep up the god work.
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Bolvon72 February 16, 2013
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Sonicg February 16, 2013
What is the size of the foam board that is used, LxWxH?
We don't have dollar tree here, so I am not familiar with their boards.
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Bolvon72 February 16, 2013
It is Adams Readiboard which is 20x30 inches and 4mm thick.
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twan1997 February 16, 2013
i dont know about the length and width, but according to the plans, dollar tree foam is jst about 4mm thick, i built everything out of 6mm depron, so some minor adjustments was required :)
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Robr0924 February 17, 2013
Built a nut ball today
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RCmaniac February 17, 2013
I am going to buy some foam and build all three swappables!
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tramsgar February 17, 2013
Good to see the new plans, I had serious scale issues with the old one (differed in size between the different swappable airframe plans) which affected the whole line... Thanks!
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EpicScandinavian March 1, 2013
Hey how about a swappable glider? You guys have made a swappable airframe for many types of aircraft and flying styles so adding a swappable glider would round out the group.

And thank you, all of you from flitetest, for all your hard work in creating such a great platform to get into the scratchbuilding hobby on a budget.
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Rcairplanenoob March 2, 2013
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Jaxx March 7, 2013
Josh,

I may have missed it in the video, but what size is the wire that you used for the landing gear?
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Royalstar05 March 15, 2013
Josh
I love all the work you are putting into the plans and videos Just a thought if you could put on the plans as to where the paper needs to be removed this would be a big help
keep up the great work
Thank you
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Skipp2Maloo March 19, 2013
Should I build in down thrust and right thrust into my power pod? I know the nutball called for some.
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Velmurugan Pravin March 24, 2013
Hey may I know how to center servos? A complete newbie here :)
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canterburyflyer April 1, 2013
Do you guys know how much of the Hobby King items required for this build are back ordered? I have this feeling that your Speed Builds are the reason. But that's a good thing for the hobby. Boy what a chore, I have open shopping carts on three different suppliers sites. Cant wait until all the components are finally here. Good on you guys, if it weren't for you I would know nothing of this.
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P_Lane_Planes April 12, 2013
What are the finished dimensions supposed to be for this pod? Excited to get started! Thanks!
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Mr-Leo April 24, 2013
What size is the wire that is used for the landing gear?
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jsp0112 February 20, 2013
Can you show a diagram of how all the electronics are hooked up?
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Victor L May 1, 2013
The Battery goes to the ESC and then the ESC goes to the motor and the servo wire on the ESC goes to the receiver :) Then you plug in your servos to the reciver :) If there is something you wonder about let me know :) Hope i helped!
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bstarkey54 March 21, 2013
I've started building my first power pod. I noticed that the video shows the firewall covering both the sides of the foam fuselage with it's width. The firewall in the plans shows 2 inches wide and the distance from the insides of the bodys foam is 2 inches. This means the wood fits inside the foam body and not over it as shown in the video. Is this a mistake in the plans or did I do something wrong??
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Victor L May 1, 2013
The first thing that came to my mind is that you did a "B" fold instead of an "A" fold! "A" fold is where you fold the "cheeks" on the bottom plate and a "B" fold is when you fold the "cheeks" besides the bottom plate. Hope i helped!
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bmeyer May 1, 2013
A couple of you asked what size wire they use for the landing gear. They are using 2mm wire. I don't have metric sized wire here, so I use .074 inch wire, and it works perfect.
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FT pilot May 4, 2013
Can the firewall be made from MDF?

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