Cut the corners off of a 20 inch square, then build as a regular Nutball and you get... the Pizza Ball. It seems to be more sedate and stable (though far less fun) than a regular Nutball, and is perhaps more beginner-friendly. Check out this link to view the original Nutball thread:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=836389
Check this out for an excellent build video from Flite Test:
http://flitetest.com/articles/nutball_scratch_build
All electronics were ordered from Hobby King:
Orange Rx Reciever (with a Spektrum Tx, although I'm VERY interested in the Orange Rx computer Tx with 10 model memory and 6 channels)
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We're swinging a Hobby King 8x3.8 prop, by the way.
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Albert is the first student I trained. He learned on a Nutball and then built his own Pizza Box Flyer, which you see briefly here. It was his comments about how "squirelly" the Nutball was (until he got used to it... kid was flying inverted on Day 2) that got me thinking about adding more wing area.
Another student painted the Pizza Ball you see here, and indeed it does look like a Mexican flag, but actually it's the tricolor of the Republic of Ireland. That red is actually orange, but the lighting wasn't great. She did a nice job, though. Very visible.
I have an update submitted showing the equipment we used, and another video on the way. This one is hosted by Albert and chronicles the two of us doing some streamer cutting. He's good! I'm very proud.
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