Sixteen Feet of Flying Foam
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It would be cool if it smoked, but it doesn't. The white stuff that looks like it's coming out of the plane is actually a long thin cloud. Take another look. But thanks for your interest.
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very very impressive and a smooth landing too. it really looked great.
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Loved the giant rubberbands, hated the wheels. Cubs Rock!
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now all you need to do is cover the tops of both wings with solar panels and use the most efficient and lightest electric motor for a fly all day till youre blue in the face plane. thats amazing...AWESOME JOB!
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Wow, truly impressive!
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I love the fact that even after decades there's still no better way of fixing the wing than rubber bands! Classic!
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Thoes big wings would give it plenty of lift so on landing i think it would be a floater looks fun music was cool too.
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Just the four elastic bands holding 16' of wing on then, very brave
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It looks very delicate in flight
is the wing styropor??
Fredi2721 3 weeks ago
@Fredi2721 The entire airplane is made of white, insulation foam purchased at Home Depot. It's the same stuff those cheap white beer coolers are made of. The entire plane, wings and all, was covered with 1.5 oz fiberglass. Foam plus fiberglass makes a very strong and tough material for airplanes.
rcarma17 3 weeks ago
how much dose it weigh???
recordsetter1 4 months ago
@recordsetter1 I was not the builder, just the guy with the camera. I helped carry it to the flying field and I would guess it weighs about 10-12 pounds.
rcarma17 4 months ago
awesome and will now have one in the works, what size motor,esc,battery, did you use
AsSoulsDream 4 months ago
@AsSoulsDream The motor was a big Supo (~300 grams) and the battery was 5S, 5000mAh (to the best of my recollection).
rcarma17 4 months ago