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Actually a lot of models work that way http://www.airplanesandrockets.com/airplanes/images/comet-slarky-rudder-actuator.JPG http://www.sparkyflight.co.uk/articles/megatech-avion/ http://www.plantraco.com/ Some built them with electronics from a $2 servo, some buy them in a kit For real...

You could build a cheap <$100 Quadrocopter Flighttimes are limited to 15, possible 30 minutes though. You could even build a fake "Blimp-o-copter" ;-) Not very aerodynamic, but depending on the size and distance of the rotors it would fly, hehe ;-) :mrgreen: Batteries cost $10 depending on...

Yep, paper is really something :-) Looking good!

Nice :-) Micro & low wing? Might want to give the wings a bit of a "V" shape to avoid it getting twitchy in flight :-)

Yeah, those things get cheaper and cheaper. Well, the $32 transmitter is certainly a bargain, even if it's receiver is not micro, 7g stripped without mods/soldering is not too bad. rudder control: You can use a string pulling system instead of push rods, a bit lighter depending on the...

yep, most do belly landings... unfortunaly pavement, grass, rocks and such are not scale... A lot of people put Tape on the models to avoid damaging the body.

For the small stuff, magnet coils, muscle wire or 1.5g servos should be the way to go? You might want to check out rcgroups as I never built any micro landing gear. Unless you are on a perfectly smooth area (gym or such), wheels on small models are useless anyway and you tip over ;-)

Well, 1.5mm Depron would be the same then. There are also selitron and other softer types; 3mm is for bigger things indeed. The main advantage of depron is, that it is much stiffer (no need for wood or carbon rods on small models), won't get dammaged when flying outdoors (rain, puddles...)...

Haha, I bet depron in the microwave would be fun. Aww... Well, sounds like you need a printer with cheaper ink cartridges ;-) I used to use refil or refurbished cartridges, with ink from a decent supplier there has been no trouble. With clogged up jets, stopping printing and clean the...

You should defenatly give it a try, I'm glad I built my first rc plane with it... It's nice to work with (if the knife' blade is sharp...) and versatile. Keep me posted how it works out with depron, rc and flying :-) Depron can be worked with styrofoam glue and even wood glue, but hot melt...

Somehow the images did not show up earlier... Real nice work! :) Don't worry about units, I can roughly convert them or look them up

Well, I suppose the regular size stuff has a bigger market, not everyone it into the minis, especially since there are toys for 20 bucks or less available... If you look into rcgroups, there are a lot of micro pilots and sellers who are located in the usa though. While paper has it's...

Just as a side note, these relativly affordable, 3g planes allways fascinated me: http://www.microflight.com/Online-Catalog/Ready-to-Fly-Airplanes/Carbon-Butterfly-Livingroom-Flyer check out the others too. They have <1g magnet coils/acuators for relativly low cost (kits from $5, sets from...

Oops, sorry, the "Micro" ment micro-components in general :-) Radio: Those toy radios usualy just work with the receiver they came with... The $32 ("free" shipping) from http://www.hobbypartz.com/79p-ct6b-r6b-radiosystem.html will do the job more then fine :-) It's actually a darn good...

Well, Hobyking has some monster motors, but it would require a few of them and only hover, with them off its a rock :-) It looks real nice. With Depron you could do a big scale model with a fraction of the weight.

With the 2g and a receiver that can handle it you could also use a 0.7g speed-controller: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9667 (there is also another model from turningy with 1g) With 2g Motor, 2 Servos a 1.5g, 5g rX, 1g ESC and 4g Lipo =15g + prop +...

Wow, that is long... but it was worth it. It turned out amazing.

Sorry, way to heavy... Here in germany it would be illegal to get this thing up in the air (>5KG)... 15 KG on 2m Wingspan is just insane :-) You would need to rebuild it with foam or something and paint it. Or take a look at http://www.skymasterjet.com/news.htm :-)

Yeah, I noticed that the reply notification is disabled by default in the user control panel... The reason I had trouble was that new users may not post lots of links as it looks like spam, so I edited my post and added them later on. By the way, I found the inexpensive 6 channel...

I'll try. Right now I mainly build with depron, as it is nice and light while stiff enough for most constructions.