0 Things to Try: OSW the OneSheetWing

The ever-awesome Springer made the OSW a while back.

"It's not like we don't have a plethora of wings on the scratchbuilt foamies forum, but, hey, I'm working my way through all the genres in this onesheet madness. For those who may not have seen the OSG or OSB thread, the premise is to make a plane that uses as much of a 20"x30" sheet of dollar store foamboard as possible. So, Here she is the OneSheetWing"

The fuse is just a penthouse to hold the firewall/motor mount and gear out of sight. The pattern on plans is cut out, then the inside v cut and then grooved with top of xacto knife to get it to fold. Glue and tape together. first picture is V1 fuse (was gonna do one on top and one on bottom, but stopped at only the top), but V2 goes together the same.

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0 Two Flying Boxes!

Ran across these on RCG.  They look like an easy and fun thing to try, and might be an interesting testbed for a stabilization system.

Detail: Two Flying Boxes!

RCG User Granted shows a foam carving tool with interchangeable tips and suggests a good power supply. The tips are made from .023" mig wire and xt60 plugs.

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0 Blue Sky RC MicroQuad

Nicely reviewed microquad from Blue Sky.    RCG thread. Shopping list.  Recommendations for using a Lemon Flip controller.

Commenters note that it doesn't have the Turnigy microquad's propensity to snap off arms.









Here's a video, there's lot's more in the RCG thread.

Detail: Blue Sky RC MicroQuad

0 RC Hovercraft at Instructables

Here's a neat hovercraft over at Instructables. Looks like a lot of fun and not too much work to put together.

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0 Things To Try: the Nifty

The Nifty, by Dave Reap.  32'' with 6mm depron, 24'' with 3mm.

"The nutball is one of the best fun designs Ive found, I think suitable for beginers and great fun for more advanced fliers...I always plug the big ones, and have more than a few now..A 36" KFm4 is my latest build and I love it.. This plank will fly steady ..check the circuits in the middle part of the video.. but it will not self right itself like the nutball does, and it does not have the fantastic slow speed harier like stability. The plank will stay in the attitude you put it, which means you have to fly it all the time, but it does not give you any problems because its so smooth in what it does..vTo fly this you need to be ok with flying ailerons and elevator, and past the need to have the stability that a nutball gives you.."

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0 Things To Try: the Albatross

The 48'' Albatross and smaller 36'' Pelican are both designs of the ever-awesome Lee of CrashTestHobby.com.  Check out the videos on the RCG thread.









"The Albatross offer many possibilities for newer flyers or advanced flyers who want light weight FPV, night flying, indoor flying, slope soaring, aerial photography, and flying in small parks where low noise levels are needed. No one is going to complain if they don't know you are flying."

Detail: Things To Try: the Albatross

0 dave1993's $18 micro-quad

Well this is pretty amazing! dave1993 has put together a microquad for $18.  He's posting more photos and details, but here's what I've gleaned from the thread so far.

• control board: V929-06 Beetle, SKU:SKU037759, $13
• motors: 716 coreless brushed, 10 pack for $8.90 specify 1mm shaft as per instructions
• blades: Ladybird spares, SKU:3xSKU036330, 3 sets for $6
• bamboo frame
• motor holders
• Rx is FlySky compatible

More details to come.  Dave says

"I've built 4 of these so far ranging from 6" (1/4 bamboo sticks) up to 24" (1 bamboo stick per arm). the little one is kinda "frisky" and the big one is too floppy so 12" (half stick per arm) seems a good compromise." [that's 12" motor to motor]"

update: Dave says:

"holders are simply small paper tubes held on with polyurethane (gorilla glue) foam. it weighs almost nothing and is as strong as all getout. in the photo you can see this is reinforced with a triangle of wood tongue depressor which is also used for the center hub. the whole frame costs about a nickel and only takes a few minutes of your time.

havent damaged one yet after many many (have i mentioned many?) crashes so this seems to be working out. i learned about the zip tie legs in the v929 threads and that looks like a great idea too. keeps the quad up off the ground on less than ideal surface and also contributes to unbreakability. and holds the motors in too as youll see when i get better pics."

For Spektrum compatibility, you can use a Blade MQX board. It's more expensive, but cheaper than getting a new transmitter.  Here's one for about $36. 

Detail: dave1993's $18 micro-quad