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MarioIArguello uploaded a new video
(2 weeks ago)
http://www.micro-... A perspective from an artistic point of view.
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http://www.micro-... A perspective from an artistic point of view.
Making these types of models look and perform realistically is not as easy as it looks. This is one of many models I designed as a result of my passion for ultralights and the pure pleasure of seeing it work in miniature.
Trikes or otherwise known as microlights, microlites, ultralights, ultralites, deltaplanos, ultraleves, rogallo style wings or powered hang gliders, reflex wings, are complex in nature. The more realistic the model is the more complex it is to assemble and setup.
Setup is crucial in an RC Trike model that is designed to mimic the real thing, since there are many components that need meticulous, painstaking and careful attention. The sail tensioning cables, for example, are critical to the proper shape of the wing for the model to perform realistically and thus are the most tedious to assemble, it is for this reason that in my other videos I elected to use them only on the bottom of the wing, but this requires a different type of wing and so the design varies depending on the intended application. Not all real trikes or microlights have upper and lower tensioning cables. Some later ones, and more modern, in fact, have only lower ones.
This video was done from an artist's perspective and so it contains a story board a la pencil sketches. Most of this work is strictly direct from my head and a vision of what I want it to look like and do, so I have no direct working drawings. I like to approach my models as a sculptor or a painter approaches his/her art. Build one then keep refining it until it is perfect!.
The great thing about designing, building and testing models this way is that there is so much information obtained. At anyone time I work on a specific design , there will be more than one, on my tables, varying in degree of design complexity, material selection and assembly. So from time to time you will see slight variations from one video to the other if you have a keen eye.
Please visit www.micro-flight.com to check out the latest RC stuff in kits and upgrades.
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MarioIArguello uploaded a new video
(2 weeks ago)
http://www.micro-... A perspective from an artistic point of view.
Makin...
more
http://www.micro-... A perspective from an artistic point of view.
Making these types of models look and perform realistically is not as easy as it looks. This is one of many models I designed as a result of my passion for ultralights and the pure pleasure of seeing it work in miniature.
Trikes or otherwise known as microlights, microlites, ultralights, ultralites, deltaplanos, ultraleves, rogallo style wings or powered hang gliders, reflex wings, are complex in nature. The more realistic the model is the more complex it is to assemble and setup.
Setup is crucial in an RC Trike model that is designed to mimic the real thing, since there are many components that need meticulous, painstaking and careful attention. The sail tensioning cables, for example, are critical to the proper shape of the wing for the model to perform realistically and thus are the most tedious to assemble, it is for this reason that in my other videos I elected to use them only on the bottom of the wing, but this requires a different type of wing and so the design varies depending on the intended application. Not all real trikes or microlights have upper and lower tensioning cables. Some later ones, and more modern, in fact, have only lower ones.
This video was done from an artist's perspective and so it contains a story board a la pencil sketches. Most of this work is strictly direct from my head and a vision of what I want it to look like and do, so I have no direct working drawings. I like to approach my models as a sculptor or a painter approaches his/her art. Build one then keep refining it until it is perfect!.
The great thing about designing, building and testing models this way is that there is so much information obtained. At anyone time I work on a specific design , there will be more than one, on my tables, varying in degree of design complexity, material selection and assembly. So from time to time you will see slight variations from one video to the other if you have a keen eye.
Please visit www.micro-flight.com to check out the latest RC stuff in kits and upgrades.
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MarioIArguello uploaded a new video
(3 weeks ago)
http://www.micro-... MIA Radio Control Micro Trike. World's first miniat...
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http://www.micro-... MIA Radio Control Micro Trike. World's first miniature true Ultralight weight Microlight Trike. Similar to ultraleves, deltaplanos, powered hang gliders. See my other MIA Micro RC Trike videos for full length video.
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MarioIArguello uploaded a new video
(3 weeks ago)
http://www.micro-... MIA Radio Control Micro Trike. World's first miniat...
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http://www.micro-... MIA Radio Control Micro Trike. World's first miniature true RC Ultralight weight Microlight Trike. Similar to ultraleves, deltaplanos, powered hang gliders.
Back in the 80's 90's I had started with a similar design, an 8ft wing trike made from fiberglass tubing, aluminum, wooden shaped battens, and rip-stop nylon wing. It had all the complex cable rigging and even a working control bar linked to an original kung-fu grip GI-Joe pilot. It was powered by an USA made Astro-Flight motor with an, also USA made, Joe Utasi ESC, Futaba servos and receiver and a monster of a Ni-CAD! battery pack. WOW we are so spoiled with today's battery technology! and many people really don't appreciate this.
I sold the wing back around 2000, to make room for other designs. Photos are on my sites.
I feel sorry now, that I sold that trike. It would have been great to have retrofit it with a modern day BL motor and Li-Pol battery setup.
This MIA Micro Trike is nothing new, but a memory that was waiting to be made real in smaller scale. If you have been watching my other videos you can see my other wings have been simpler, and I am for this approach simply because I don't like to put too much time into a model that really doesn't need to be complex. Also, by no means the model trike needs to be heavy to fully effect weight shift control, proof in this model. It is more a matter of careful geometry, aerodynamic design, good mechanics and control setup.
Most but not all the models I design are relative to the space surrounding me, I don't have a lot of time to spend a whole day at a flying club or field so I design and build them smaller than the average trainer size 40, 60 airplane so that I can SAFELY, and EASILY fly them around the backyard cul-de-sac schoolyard, small park, anytime, and or travel with the model easier.
Making the model extremely crash-proof, is an art in itself, and it is not necessarily making parts in metal. I eat, breath and sleep with this day in and day out, since I design original kits and aftermarket parts for a living, but most of all, because I am myself, the customer looking for Performance, Durability and Realistic Appearance, trademark characteristics of MIA Micro-FLIGHT.
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MarioIArguello uploaded a new video
(3 weeks ago)
http://www.micro-... MIA Radio Control Micro Trike. World's first miniat...
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http://www.micro-... MIA Radio Control Micro Trike. World's first miniature true RC Ultralight weight Microlight Trike. Similar to ultraleves, deltaplanos, powered hang gliders.
Back in the 80's 90's I had started with a similar design, an 8ft wing trike made from fiberglass tubing, aluminum, wooden shaped battens, and rip-stop nylon wing. It had all the complex cable rigging and even a working control bar linked to an original kung-fu grip GI-Joe pilot. It was powered by an USA made Astro-Flight motor with an, also USA made, Joe Utasi ESC, Futaba servos and receiver and a monster of a Ni-CAD! battery pack. WOW we are so spoiled with today's battery technology! and many people really don't appreciate this.
I sold the wing back around 2000, to make room for other designs. Photos are on my sites.
I feel sorry now, that I sold that trike. It would have been great to have retrofit it with a modern day BL motor and Li-Pol battery setup.
This MIA Micro Trike is nothing new, but a memory that was waiting to be made real in smaller scale. If you have been watching my other videos you can see my other wings have been simpler, and I am for this approach simply because I don't like to put too much time into a model that really doesn't need to be complex. Also, by no means the model trike needs to be heavy to fully effect weight shift control, proof in this model. It is more a matter of careful geometry, aerodynamic design, good mechanics and control setup.
Most but not all the models I design are relative to the space surrounding me, I don't have a lot of time to spend a whole day at a flying club or field so I design and build them smaller than the average trainer size 40, 60 airplane so that I can SAFELY, and EASILY fly them around the backyard cul-de-sac schoolyard, small park, anytime, and or travel with the model easier.
Making the model extremely crash-proof, is an art in itself, and it is not necessarily making parts in metal. I eat, breath and sleep with this day in and day out, since I design original kits and aftermarket parts for a living, but most of all, because I am myself, the customer looking for Performance, Durability and Realistic Appearance, trademark characteristics of MIA Micro-FLIGHT.
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Best regards,
Manuel.