Skyhunter Scratch build with maiden flight.

by cableline01 | February 16, 2014 | (5) Posted in Projects

I saw the skyhunter and thought "I can make that" so this is the build process.. Enjoy :)

Flying FPV with a fatshark and mobius camera. I love this camera no sun flaring.. And so clear. 

Plane was built will 1/2in wall foam from Home Depot and gorilla glue. 

Found out that the foam has a grain to it so you can bend it one direction. here is a pic of the reduious.

Added 3 foam blocks so i could sape the nose how i wanted it. 

Standard Gray paint had to a lot of lite coats so the foam would not burn.

First dry fit.

 

Put magnets in the top to hold the hatch down. Harbor fright had a pac of 10 for 2 bucks

 

The new motor runnign a 11x7 pusher prop

Installed landing gear.

 

Ready for the maiden flight.. So nervous....

Had to put 3 2200mah batteries in the very front to get the CG about 1/3 back on the wing.

 

 

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COMMENTS

Sirglider on March 25, 2014
Really great design! Thank you for sharing! I think a bit longer nose would help with the CG so that you could fly it with only one 2200 LiPo ;) What about the wing design? Do you have any plans or dimensions of your plane? Would maybe like to try!
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cableline01 on March 25, 2014
Thanks, I like using the 3 2200mah batteries cause of the flight time about 30-45 min and sets the CG correct you dont want to fly to light cause it does not perform as well. I want to go to 2 5000mah batteries in it. As for the wing it is 2 dollar tree foam bent at the 50% long ways then added the ailerons and the spar is 3/4 in thick purple foam with a wooden dowel glued in front of it for more strength. Total of 3 9g servos for the control surfaces. the tail dowels are 1/2x800mm long. Very simple design. I tried to keep the cost as low as i could and get a good plane out of it.
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Jaxx on March 25, 2014
Very nice!
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bensgreentrain on March 26, 2014
GREAT job! There's nothing more fun than building from scratch, except of course a good flight like yours.
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cableline01 on March 26, 2014
Thank you, I was so happy with how it flew. I can glide hands off with no problem. I just received the 4s 2200 batteries in today. Cant wait to try them out. I will have to post updates after I try the flight with more voltage... If you have any questions on the build please ask Ill be more than happy to answer
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prestone45 on April 4, 2014
Awesome Job! How did you attach the booms and make them stable? To the Spar? and if so how?
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cableline01 on April 5, 2014
They are in the wing all the way by the spar and just hot glued a lot they have not had a issue with movement. There is about 2 sticks of hot glue holding them to the wing.
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lazermule on April 11, 2014
Nice build! Ever thought of using old carbon or aluminum arrows for the tail booms?
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cableline01 on April 11, 2014
Yes, I wanted to build the first one as cheap as possible and the version 2 will have more upgrades.
I think i will go with carbon in the wing and tail booms.
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Old Cobra Pilot on May 1, 2014
I really admire your plane and your craftsmanship. Can you give us some dimensions?
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cableline01 on May 1, 2014
I will measure it out and supply... Thanks for the positive comments..
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ImJustWendy on March 18, 2018
I would like to know more about this airfoil and wing, i'm assuming it's constant chord?
I'm wanting to build a long range FPV craft based roughly around the General Atomics RQ-9 Reaper, Wing Root Drela GW-19/GW-25 to the wing tip airfoil as Drela GW-27, wanting something in the neighborhood of 2-meters wingspan with quick detach wing and boom for storage.



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OXI.eth on February 2, 2022
Hey dude, whats up ! I am realize your plane design and i really want to create this plane for me. Can you share your dimensions ? Because i really bad this "find cg" something. can you help to me for this ?

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Skyhunter Scratch build with maiden flight.