Thought it was time to show off a fun little project we have been playing with. I think it is pretty close to kit form, already flown and not many changes for final production.
Normally we share the builds as we are going, but this one was a little different. It has been a nice distraction for me as I'm going through some family issues at home. This model is not yet named, and we flew her in a rather bare state as we had a lot of estimated guesses on this one. Hey, its my first Delta.
I just wanted something fun, and this is the result. She is fun!
She started off like this:
Changed to this with a 3D printed canopy:
And that one was built in balsa and she let me know that she wanted to look like this to make CG:
We are using a soft rubber nose for her. And it came in handy while we worked out the actual CG.
Here is the prototype of this version:
Test flights yesterday went better than I expected. Once we dialed in the CG she was a nice flying model. I expected she might need more vertical area, but seems fine as is. I also feared my elevons area was going to be too small, but again all seems good. We were flying with our 2S Gentle Lady setup, but some dummy(me) grabbed the wrong prop and we ended up with a hot motor. My bad. She was happily cruising at an estimated 50 or 60 mph and very quiet.
So what is one to do? Well, lets up the motor! Now a bigger motor on 4S battery and propped for 120mph and 2:1 thrust. Should make some noise now.
She weighs about 180 grams AUW.
Looking for a good name for her, and curious on your thoughts on this project. She is a super easy build.
Normally we share the builds as we are going, but this one was a little different. It has been a nice distraction for me as I'm going through some family issues at home. This model is not yet named, and we flew her in a rather bare state as we had a lot of estimated guesses on this one. Hey, its my first Delta.
I just wanted something fun, and this is the result. She is fun!
She started off like this:
Changed to this with a 3D printed canopy:
And that one was built in balsa and she let me know that she wanted to look like this to make CG:
We are using a soft rubber nose for her. And it came in handy while we worked out the actual CG.
Here is the prototype of this version:
Test flights yesterday went better than I expected. Once we dialed in the CG she was a nice flying model. I expected she might need more vertical area, but seems fine as is. I also feared my elevons area was going to be too small, but again all seems good. We were flying with our 2S Gentle Lady setup, but some dummy(me) grabbed the wrong prop and we ended up with a hot motor. My bad. She was happily cruising at an estimated 50 or 60 mph and very quiet.
So what is one to do? Well, lets up the motor! Now a bigger motor on 4S battery and propped for 120mph and 2:1 thrust. Should make some noise now.
She weighs about 180 grams AUW.
Looking for a good name for her, and curious on your thoughts on this project. She is a super easy build.
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(I knew this as it was coming together, but he has pulled off some small miracles.)
