Part 1 of 2 : Homade made RC glider from Blade CX2 Guts

[JaleelJohanson62]

Nice job. Don't fly too far away though as the CX2 stock radio is limited in range.

[AnnexGroup]

cool project



[alexztyphoon]

what prop did you use,what parts did you buy other than the cx2?

[sparrowlt]

lol "bigger rudder fixes all" indeed..

After 10 years (and only 2 of flying and quite separated) i decided to enlarge my glider's rudder and worked out quite well..quite more responsive now.. also i trimmed it do "pitch down" as advised by other RC pilots and it worked quite well..more stable flight

[tifosiman68]

Nice Subie........cool plane too.

[Helicopterpilot16]

How many servos did you use because it looked like you had 3, alerons and elevator. great layout. I hate just elevator and rudder!

[RoboTekno]

do u have a spar? try a wood dowel

[djrevolution99]

ha ha ha, had me fooled, fool me once shame of me, fool me twice shame on ahhh what was i saying?

[uploadJ]

What video package did you use to 'stable-ize' the video image?

Enjoyed the vid BTW.

[djrevolution99]

Thanks!, I used Sony Vegas 8.0 for video editor, Now I could tell you how I stable-ized the video :) Could say I had datalog some gyro's and run a home brewed script to "shift" video around. Or I could say I sat there each frame and did it with my mouse (30 frames per second multiplyed by 30 seconds of video be 900 frames edited).

Thanks agian!

[plane1233]

oh and do u know where i can get a saprate motor for the flaps?

[djrevolution99]

motor for flaps? i have servos for the aerolons if thats what u mean

[plane1233]

yas but wher can i buy then and how did u cut out the hole for the battarey?

[djrevolution99]

buy servos from any hobby store, there cheap now days and super small, to cut the foam i used a screw driver, knife, gas torch, etc....

[plane1233]

hey guys i love your idea but i dont have a blade cx2. instead i have an old rc system with two motors. i will use that but how did u cut out the hole for the battarey? thats my problem

[CyclingMagician]

That is amazing. I tried doing that, but gave up... I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong... I pretty much had everything the CX2 has. I used the same setup you had. I used 6 inch props and a 4.5 foot wingspan glider. I think i had a bad glider maybe... That or the battery... What size prop did you guys use? and how did you mount the motors on?

[djrevolution99]

the problem with your setup is the props are to big, I used i think a 5 inch? prop off a small twin plane design, the gliders wing span is somewhere in the 4 foot area, not sure. Keep trying, you can always use rockets :P

[CyclingMagician]

first, thank you for responding back.

I thought so too. I was thinking 4 inch props. Well... I purchases a load of legos to make a ship/ hovercraft combo... so i'll send you a vid of that when im done. I'll try that glider idea again later when I get more funds for another receiver/gyro/ESC for the CX2 and 2 motors and another servo.

So how did you attach the motors on? Seems like you used screws and aluminum? I just used tape... haha