Thank you gentlemen!
@uncle808us:
Flying RC aircraft can go anywhere from relaxing to causing you to physically shake. It all depends on the aircraft and how it was designed to function. The aircraft in the vid is more on the relaxing side. The thrust vectoring of the elevons will allow you to correct your path even post stall. You can just “play” without too much worry. I have a few EDF F-22 kits that will cover not only the baseball field, but the entire school grounds in a matter of seconds. It is a serious adrenaline rush, but not really what I would consider fun.
If you are really interested in building one I do have prints here…
https://sites.google.com/site/namsrcplans/F18X-RhinoV3.3_Tiled.zip?attredirects=0&d=1
Updated: Version 3.3 05/28/18
As well as the build guide is here…
https://sites.google.com/site/namsrcplans/F-18X Build Guide r2.1.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
I must warn you, documentation is not my forte.:redface:
Updated. I would not recommend just building one and attempting to learn to fly with anyway. I am just linking these so you can have a look. If you really want to learn, a simulator is worth its weight in gold.
Flying is not hard, but it’s something you have to practice. Muscle memory is everything. If you have to stop and think about what stick movements are required to move the aircraft a certain way, you will not be in there air for very long. You will learn more in just one hour on a simulator than you ever would trying to learn to fly by yourself. The amount of crashes in the first hour would pay for the simulator ten fold.
@podperson:
Tedious does not even begin to cover it.:frown: The foam building part is very rewarding for me. I am not going to lie though, the building and unwrapping each face is a lot of work. That said, sometimes it’s almost therapeutic to just turn on some music, zone out and unwrap something like that. Especially after you spent days trying to figure out a way to shove an EDF through a wing spar and still hold the plane together. And at the end of the day when I am grinning ear to ear flying something like that it’s all worth it.
Again, I thank you for the kind words. And if anyone has any questions on getting started with RC aircraft feel free to ask. I will help however I can.