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For those that are interested several members of RCToysTas fliers group will be exhibiting at the Model Expo.
As the Marine Modellers group have a rather large amount of superb marine models for display we were asked to leave our boats at home & display the airborne side of the hobby.
Ron (Mr Gadget) will have his latest 3d printed Zero on display along with his 3D printer (hopefully printing lightweight plane parts). He will also have the famous Beer Box Spitfire on display as well as some of his hobby electronics setups.
Mike (Predator) will have several planes on display including the huge 3 metre “foamy” Fox glider (set up for FPV flight with HD colour camera, video transmitter & ZOHD autopilot with RTH) and the tiny 700mm powered glider that flies fantastic.
The FMS 3M Fox is currently the largest commercial foam RC plane available & needs a launch trolley for one person launching due to its power & weight. It runs on 2 x 75C 4500mAh 11.1 Volt LiPo batteries wired in series (22.2 volts) and gets around 30 minutes of powered flight but will stay up there gliding for as long as you want.
Linal (Kermit) will also have a plane or three & perhaps his Quad on display & lastly Dave (Snit) who happens to be one of the foundation members of RCToys, will be displaying several of the superb scale boats built either by himself or his dad. (well someone had to fly the flag for the boaties)
Gerald (Sinker) who is a long standing member of the Marine Modellers group as well as RCToys will also have several of his superb scale models on display.
Thank you for the update on El Presidente, yes he will be sorely missed along with his stories but not so much the endless searches for his lost planes.
In fact Mr Gadget methinks Mr Frog is running rings around me in the video stakes of late. I will need to take some lessons from him.
Hyperbipe Mods.
The Durafly Hyperbipe is a great little biplane to fly and excellent for practising 3D flying however due to its super lite construction aggressive flying (along with a prang or two) tends to make the plane lose a lot of its original rigidity.
To counteract this I have added a 4mm solid CF rod to the lower wing for stiffness, this has been glued & taped in place between the two aileron servos & close to the COG.
I have also added dyneema braid to tie the top and bottom wings together through the wing supports and epoxy coated the foam supports for extra strength.
The landing gear has been removed as its not needed for either takeoff or landing and a 3d printed block fitted in its place just to give the prop a bit of ground clearance on landing.
The foam battery hatch (lost in flight) has been replaced with a 3d printed version with twist lock to secure rather that the original magnets that failed.
The cheap 9×5 plastic prop has been replaced with a decent Graupner 8×6 which seems to suit the plane far better
Currently painting in all the water transfers that have peeled off in some places and it will be good to fly again.
It may need another CF spar added to the upper wing if I still get wing flutter but hopefully now that the wing supports are much stronger it may not need it.
Yes Gerald, a couple of close shaves there today. I think the Frog needs “Collision Avoidance” fitted when he goes SkyDiving.
Hyperbipe repair 2023
After a minor mishap (hatch came off & stabiliser fell out) the Hyperbipe is all straightened out and ready to fly again.
The nose area needed to be removed to allow for repairs & straightening as it was almost turned inside out
however after some boiling water it was almost back to its correct shape.
After some straightening of the motor mount it along with the straightened nose pieces were glued back together and back onto the plane.
All good to fly again (and I taped the equipment hatch in place this time).
Once it has been test flown I’ll repaint the stripes on the nose to replace the water slide transfers that came off during repairs.
Yes Gerald, another fine day of flying amongst friends, and yes thanks Kermit for your BBQ skills once again today.
Neither did I, you kept your little birthday bash very quiet & low key.
75 is a momentous occasion & it only happens once in a lifetime.
Regardless, it was another nice flying day enjoyed by everyone & another fine BBQ hosted by the frog.
My videos are a bit late this week, that is the only problem with flying on Fridays.
Yes Steve, probably Thursday or Friday this week, just waiting to confirm another appt.
Im sure the Frog will grace us with his presence this week.
Unfortunately most post production stabilisers do that, It is caused by the way the stabiliser software crops the image form the original track.
It is easy to see just how much the image moves around if you look as my earlier Tech Pod videos when I tried installing a sun shade.
