Carbon Fiber Wolverine

by MESA RC | June 1, 2013 | (22) Posted in Projects

To the FliteTest Community:

This episode features the students working on our Protech Wolverine project that is sponsored by Protech Composites.  A couple weeks back the Olson brothers over at Protech made a commitment to team up with us in a partnership as well as to conduct a project that has never been seen before, a scratch built remote control RC plane made of nothing but Carbon Fiber materials. The students learned a lot about the material, how to work with it as well as being safe.  The plane came out great and from a modelers stand point, a work of art.  The MESA team did an exceptional job on this project and we thank the Protech Team for allowing us to do such a project.

 

For more information on the MESA rcFoam Fighters please visit us at www.mesarcfoamfighters.com

 

Protech Composites: http://www.protechcomposites.com/

 

 

Jake Marshall

MESArcFF Director

 

MESArcFF Production:

Camera: Harrison

Editing: Zac and Joey

Director: Marshall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMMENTS

EssexFPV on June 1, 2013
Absolutely beautiful plane but I bet that amount of carbon fiber is not cheap. I just love that carbon look though and I hope you dont lose signal if your receiver is buried inside that frame. I look forward to seeing the next part, looks like on your launch its gonna need correcting pronto. Best wishes from Essex, UK
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MESA RC on June 2, 2013
I would assume too, however, Protech sponsored the whole thing, fabricated the sheets and sent them over to us to play with. It has been a real cool assignment for the students.
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advation on June 1, 2013
Great project!
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MESA RC on June 2, 2013
Thank you
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StoneBlueAirlines on June 1, 2013
Wow impressive!
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MESA RC on June 2, 2013
Thank you StoneBlue!
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Corsair2014 on June 1, 2013
I am literally drooling over this... so beautiful...
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MESA RC on June 2, 2013
Pretty cool!
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kenton on June 3, 2013
Really nice look....So how did it fly? And how did it hold up in a crash? Looks like you were about to go nose into the ground right after you cut off the video there at the end.
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MESA RC on June 5, 2013
It flew heavy and since it is such a heavy plane I was scared to see what it was capable of with a 4 cell around houses. We did take it to a nearby farm land and opened it up and it screamed. We did crash it the first flight, minor scratches, fixed it and flew it again. Video to come out soon. Thanks
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tramsgar on June 5, 2013
Looks amazing! How much does the finished plane weigh?

(Couldn't see any dust suckers attached to the jig saws, hope that's just my bad eyes...)
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MESA RC on June 5, 2013
You know we didn't weigh it but it was definitely heavy, especially with a 4 cell along with power system. The scroll saw does have dust suckers, however, we took them off for the 30 seconds of filming, once we were done we put them back on. If you noticed the band saw had its dust sucker on, but the with the scroll saw we had to take it off for filming, way too loud. Thanks,
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mattplaneflyer on June 5, 2013
Hope it flies, looks awesome!
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MESA RC on June 5, 2013
Thanks Matt!
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stonekap on June 6, 2013
Amazing!
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MESA RC on June 7, 2013
Thank you
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808aerosquadron on June 7, 2013
Sweet. I am looking forward to the flight video.
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MESA RC on June 7, 2013
Absolutely
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Driveandairsmash on June 7, 2013
O_O that isn't expensive lolz
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MESA RC on June 7, 2013
I know right, thank you Protech!
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