Video Description has all the details: "FT Bloody Wonder Generic 2826 outrunner, 8x4 prop, 30A ESC, 1300mah 3S battery. The little plane had a pretty bad sink rate with the camera rubber banded on the bottom. Time to build a plane with more load capacity."
FT rocks. I have been flying models for 42 years (started with control line at 5) and RC for 35. I was on hiatus from it recently since my best flying buddy lost most of his vision to macular degeneration.
This summer my 15 year old asked if I could teach him to fly. My dad (who taught me) had recommended I check out Flite Test some months back.
We bought two cases of foam board and jumped right in. Several ebay purchases later my son is taking off and landing his FT flyer, and I am burning things up with a Bloody Wonder.
I have also designed two planes based on what I have learned from Flite Test; a 250 gram acrobat/3d/4 channel trainer (love those dual rates) and a long winged 4-channel slow flyer for my buddy with the bad eyes (if it's slow enough, big enough, and tough enough, he can still see it/fly it).
Last night I ordered what I need to complete a Versa Wing and an FT3D, so I should be making more videos soon. The Bloody Wonder is a bit small and hot for a GoPro plane.
Keep up the great work. The genuineness and accessibility makes me feel like I know all of you guys the way I would if you flew with me in my backyard. You're doing amazing things for the hobby. Drop a note if you want to come fly down on the bayou.
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For Mikeycantoon: What tri-copter are you building? A kit, like Matt Hall's simplecopter or are you doing a scratch build?
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In a crash, ALL of his booms (including the tail boom) can "give way" in either direction, front or back. He uses rubber O-rings to hold the booms in position, rather than using friction, from a bolt right next to the boom. You might be able to copy that part of his design.
I don't have the patience needed to build from scratch, so I spent the coin to buy the TITAN body and I'm very pleased with the quality (materials and design). Search for "TITAN" on this site and you'll find Zach's 3 part design/build article. Part 3 has a great video at the bottom of that post.
I've bought all my parts except for the Flight Controller. I'm leaning toward the APM 2.5 mostly because of the Return To Launch (RTL) feature that you get when you add a GPS antenna. I would hate to watch my new tricopter fly off into the distance if it lost contact with my R/C Transmitter. When you add up the cost of the motors, ESCs, Flight Controller, receiver, and battery, it would be a significant chunk of change $$$ to wave goodbye to.
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