Super Honey Hawk

by FliteTest | November 11, 2015 | (10) Posted in Projects

Horizon Indoor (previously JR Indoor) is something we look forward to every year. We absolutely love getting to fly with you inside the cozy dome. 

It's to no ones suprise that the Flite Test family was well represnted and had some amazing talent to share. 

This is Jason and CJ. These awesome pilots/designers took some inspiration from a design that we recently covered called the Super Honey Badger

The idea is this. 3D wasn't already insane enough so why not add another motor and completely change the way that you can do 3D maneuvers.

They ran with this idea, scaled it down, and modified a Phat Hawk (which you can request plans for here) to create this beauty. 

The extra motor inside the tail section allows for snappier twists and turns and can be manualy shut off midflight, which makes for an entirely new spectrum of 3D flying. 

The tail motor is a 1306 DYS motor that runs on a completely seperate ESC from the rest of the plane. It's also reversing!

The motor mounts are custom 3D printed. 

The mounts for the carbon fiber rods are also custom 3D printed. The rods simply press fit into the mounts keeping the whole setup flexable and crash friendly. 

Needless to say this project is beyond impressive. So much so, that West Michigan Park Flyers approached Jason and CJ on the spot to work with them on making this a kit! Keep your eyes peeled at your local flying club. You might be seeing a lot more of these flying around in the near future! 

 

Thanks again to Jason and CJ for letting Josh crash their plane and to YOU for your continued support. We wouldn't be here without you!

COMMENTS

BillyBobjones on November 11, 2015
Awesomeness, just like the super honey badger
Flite test is better than the invention of pre sliced bread
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uberjay on November 20, 2015
LOL... mmm... love bread!
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FTDude on November 11, 2015
Awesome! Way cool desgin. Now I have to go and make one out of DTF :-).
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uberjay on November 20, 2015
Totally doable... the plans are for 9mm EPP, but all you have to do is narrow the slots and shorten the tabs.

One of my 'renditions' of (ie. monkeying around with) my Phat Hawk I actually call the "F3P Hawk" because it flew so nice and slow and precise. Not nearly like Rj's plane at the indoor, but fun for sure. The fact it was made from DTF made it even more relaxing because it didn't cost much to crash - just time ;-).

Oh, and if you do make one out of DTF ...

STEP #1 - remove ALL the paper!

DTF paper is 50% of the weight.

Cheers,
J
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FTDude on November 21, 2015
How, would you tie the tail motor into the rudders yaw?!?
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uberjay on November 21, 2015
Fairly basic mix with rudder in the transmitter. Enabled / disabled with a switch.
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andre on November 11, 2015
So proud of you Jason!
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uberjay on November 20, 2015
Thanks Man!
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xMeox on November 12, 2015
Anyone else saw the imperial star destroyer in the back of the studio? I sense another SW episode :)
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Super Honey Hawk