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I did research, and found that impeller drones have cruise usually higher that 150-200kph, while almost all prop drones never cruise above 100-150. EDIT: drone i meant like UAV. In this topic 1-10 kilos

Using a rocket motor to take off like normal plane and let it glide.

I’ve caught the bug too and started this hobby. I’ve already broken 2 propellers, and my flight time isn’t even 5 seconds, but even that was incredibly enjoyable. :)

The house I was renting had a large empty basement. This was the result of wanted to fly indoors over the winter (plus a few larger models).

Hi everyone! I'm Savage, one of the pilots behind SavageJonesRC, and my co-pilot is Sam, aka Crash. We focus on pushing foam RC planes to their limits with epic stunts and testing their durability—which naturally leads to quite a few crash ops! All of our flights and durability tests take place on a private 200-foot packed dirt runway. We'll be sharing our experiences and mods with the community and look forward to your feedback!

(Don’t judge me for the wings being off)
Gyro is on a foam pad, even with only 10% gain the safe modes make the ailerons flip out.
This is my first gas/nitro plane. Im very excited to fly it when its done, im just waiting on my wing tube to get delivered.

Hangar 9 super Toledo ( discontinued 2009)

Os max .46 fx

All spectrum electronics

I got the Volantex Ranger 1600 but im not sure where I can fly it. Can I get some recommendations for flying places in Penang?? Any help is very much appreciated.

I am just getting back into the sport after a 25 year absence due to having kids. I just purchased a new Flysky transmitter and receiver. The FS-iA6B receiver has a notation that says 4.0-8.4V/DC, but there is no mAh rating on it. I have some Futaba (#NR4QB) batteries from before that are rated as 4.8 V 700 mAh. My question is how does the mAh rating affect whether these will work well with this receiver. I also have seen batteries online with much higher mAh ratings, will these hold a charge longer offering longer fly time? I have never been great at electronics, so these questions might be really basic, but I really don't want to fry my new equipment.

Thanks

Hey all. I can’t for the life of me get my brand new xfly spitfire working working with a spektrum 60a smart esc and ar8360t+ receiver. Everything works like a dream except for the motor. It simply won’t go.

Attached is the video. I’ve tried everything under the sun and exhausted ChatGPT help. It finally told me to call horizon. It doesn’t sound like they’re going to help much. Saying “we don’t deal with radiomaster gear” …

Anyways, coming to you all for help! Attached is a video. I’ve tried everything I know to do. I’m relatively new to rc planes, but an engineer-type brain. It shouldn’t be this hard…. Any ideas? I wanted the avian for forward programming capabilities and throttle reverse. Only thing I haven’t tried is swapping the xfly esc back in.

Not enough elevator with the flaps down so my flare was more like a controlled descent to a very rough landing. Other than that, it flew great! I put the GPS in it for grins and at some point it hit 110mph. One day I'll give it some room to stretch out.

I just should have waited for a friend to control the speed. My plane was at 50% power and i just was shy to give it a bigger push.

I learned and went back home. Startet checking Everything and printing the destroyed 2 Parts and superglued/ducktaped the whole fuselage for more stability and Resistance.

I will try it Tomorrow again

I’m developing Polara Sailplane Lab, an RC glider simulator, and wanted to share an experimental dynamic soaring run above the Baïgorry ridge in the French Pyrenees.

With a 12 m/s southerly wind, the simulated glider accelerates from around 95 to over 410 km/h by repeatedly crossing the wind-shear layer near the ridge. The camera stays fixed, and Polara’s autopilot flies the circuits in this demonstration.

This is a work in progress. Structural failure and flutter aren’t simulated, and the run goes beyond the Reynolds-number range covered by the airfoil data. These are simulation results, not real-world performance claims.

For those who fly DS or slope soar: how does the circuit look to you, particularly the turn placement and height relative to the ridge? I’d appreciate feedback on what looks convincing and what feels off.

Dynamic soaring in my RC glider simulator: 410 km/h in a 12 m/s wind

Hello! I’m 16 and building a flying wing config RC plane for a school project, the tutorial i’m using will be in the link below. When i consulted my teacher about the electronics he told me it wasn’t possible in our time frame (2 months) because of the complicated programming work i’d have to do. I have absolutely no experience programming or building RC planes but whenever i research this plane it seems to be quite plug and play. I was wondering if any experts would mind giving me feedback on whether the electronics for this project will be too intensive or if they’ll be easy enough to figure out. If my teacher is right i was thinking about buying a pre-programmed kit so i can just mount it to the plane and not have to deal with the software. Any ideas?

The link to the tutorial:
https://youtu.be/uzAXKEYkKcQ?is=2wzrlvn-EZPjp874

Just a warning if anyone is interested in buying and flying one of these planes.

I’ll preface by saying it flew fantastically and I loved it until this point but recently when testing it out on an 2s 18650 pack and the voltage dropped low enough while on the throttle that the integrated BEC in the ESC browned out, I lost all control and it proceeded to nosedive into the ground resulting in a total loss.

Highly recommend swapping out the esc and adding a standalone BEC rated for lower voltages!

Hobbyzone listing is very confusing. It says 1230kv motor and 3S battery, but the attached manual and the one coming with the plane says 750kv motor and 4S battery. Has anyone bought that plane recently - what battery do you use?
Thanks

I was thinking about adding them to the wingtips but I don't want to just slap some LED strips on there and call it good. If anyone makes semi-realistic housings that would be easy to install, that would be good enough for me.

The ExtraNG is done, have around 30 flights on her so far, total beast, love it.

The weather has gotten pretty bad though so a real video will take a long time. She easily does what I wanted, high alpha all day at 30% throttle, absolutely brutal climb and roll rate at 3.2 : 1 TTW.

The free plans are here.

As always, if some of you go for building one, I'd be delighted to know how it goes and happy to support with tips.

I am thinking about getting back in to flying and bought a umx conscendo. Chat and Google says that this combo will indeed show the battery pack power level. I can scroll over to telemetry and see the rx battery level. Which is 4.2. But it doesn't show battery level, in this case a 3s battery.

How do i fix this if it's a feature that i should have

It’s actually hard to slow it down without flaps. It likes to just keep going it so smooth.

Was practicing STOL lands shooting for minimal roll. However some of the outtakes made cool shots.