This is my second scratch build. It is my first scratch plane with full function control surfaces and my first twin motor plane. It has a built in bomb bay and a nice platform up front for my GoPro and FPV cam. It was also the first plane I flew FPV with, which didn't turn out so well in the end, as you can see in one of the following videos.
The plane took a couple of weekends to build with just dollar tree foam board, hot glue and a a few tonuge depressors. It flies for about 20 minutes on two 2200 mah 3s batteries. A lot of people were surprised how well it flew with its boxy shape and flat airfoil wings but it climbs strongly out of you hand with a gentle push and could carry quite a bit of weight.
I crashed and repaired the plane several times but what finally caused me to retire it, was a creased wing that happened after pulling out of a dive, that you can see in the blueberry field video. One cool thing you can see that same vid is a slow motion shot, as I launch the plane you can actually see the wings start to bend upward as they create lift.
This next video is a little slow but you can see my application to join the Darwin Award Club as I almost crash into my head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=L848XPodMPg
Flying over the Blueberry barrens in early summer, very scenic:
Two nice crashes and my first not so great FPV flight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vVq2NukA3bk
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I needed a better quality fpv cam, I think it was the contrast between sky/sun and the ground. Also my first fpv flight and I tried to share the goggles.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEXE_5A-uEw&feature=player_detailpage
http://www.mikeysrc.com/Scratch-Built-Aircraft.html
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Between Will from Mikeysrc and Ed at Experimentalairlines, this plane is awesome!
Check him out, or my site also, hawkskyflier on TY. Thanks for the videos. Jerry
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