Avro Arrow Pusher Dollar Tree Foam Board

by 81zapper | July 14, 2014 | (8) Posted in Projects

 

The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta winged  interceptor designed and built by Avro Canada as the culmination of a design study that began in 1953. The Arrow is considered to have been an advanced technical and aerodynamic achievement for the Canadian aviation industry. The CF-105 (Mark 2) held the promise of near-Mach 2 speeds at altitudes of 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's primary interceptor in the 1960s and beyond.

Not long after the 1958 start of its flight test program, the development of the Arrow (including its Orenda Iroquois jet engines) was abruptly halted before the project review had taken place, sparking a long and bitter political debate  The controversy engendered by the cancellation and subsequent destruction of the aircraft in production remains a topic for debate among historians, political observers and industry pundits. "This action effectively put Avro out of business and its highly skilled engineering and production personnel scattered . Many went to either NASA to work on the Space Shuttle or Over seas to work on the Concorde.

This is my attempt of designing , building and flying a pusher type jet . This is the 5th prototype . The first was attacked by a tree, which took me a week and some vey strong winds to recover it. The second version was just a mistake it lasted 4 seconds.The motor mount blewup . The third and fourth just arn't worth talking about This version has a stonger motor mount and I decided to try a KF style wing. I increased the rudder and elevon area  from the previous attemps. I am currently flying it with a old JR radio with no programming like rates etc. The plans that are included in this article are pdf and are tiled.

 

 

Here are all the parts cut out ready for assembly

I removed the paper from the motor mount support and where it was bening installed on the fuse. This gave it

a lot of support. The plastic motor mount was from a large jug and cut to the same dimensions as the swappable

Here the wing is complete and nose and fuse are assembled. I used bbq skewers to connect the fuse to the wing in two areas.

Here is the wing assembly and the fuse. Electronics and power are now the next stage

 

Pictures shows where I put skewer holes at back . They can be put where ever you feel would work

This how I installed the servo's on the wing .This allows the wing assembly to come completely off the fuse to allow access to the electronics

Ready to go adding some colour

 

all most complete with colour but it needs to go fly

I put the 2200 battery on the bottom plate just behind the nose assembly. This gives me a nice cg

Using

9 grams servos

30 amp esc

9x6 prop

2200mah battery

2215-15 emax  size motor

 These Plans are not perfect but should get you real close

Plans availble here in Tiled format    TILED PLANS 

SORRY ABOUT THE VIDEO  NOT VERY GOOD  ( It flies and loves going fast  prertty scary for a newbie, so I don't know how much longer it will last )

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTS

tommcgarry on September 13, 2014
Very nice!
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jimmyp39 on February 5, 2016
Very nice. As a fellow Canadian I like the Avro Arrow but have not built one yet. Maybe I'll add that to my project list.
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81zapper on February 5, 2016
Thanks. You must put this on your list. Makes a grown man cry why it does a flyby
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Nwoflyer1969 on June 20, 2016
Awesome job. Do you have plans for it?
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81zapper on June 22, 2016
Yes you can find them at http://bentech3.wix.com/bentech-rc or just above the video as tiled plans
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Davidismyname on January 17, 2021
What thicknesses of foam board did you use
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CanadianFlightCrew on March 18, 2021
where is the CG on your plane?

can you show a picture or can you give the numbers?

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81zapper on March 19, 2021
go to http://bentech3.wix.com/bentech-rc and look up the Arrow on the page, go to main wing drawing and it shows the cg


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CanadianFlightCrew on March 18, 2021
I am trying to find it on my new John Overstreet style Avro Arrow
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Avro Arrow Pusher Dollar Tree Foam Board