RC Flying Nutball Fun- RC soccer

This is my 3rd flight after working out the CG and trimming out this plane properly. It was originally designed by goldguy and here is the link to his build blog:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=836389

I just looked at some of the pictures and cut out a 24 inch disc, then tried to copy some of the features by memory from what I saw in the blog photos. This plane was virtually free for me because I had a 2208 brushless motor, 25 amp speed control, 2 servos, and leftover Home Depot insulation foam and foamboard scraps laying around. the control horns were cut from an old credit card and pushrods were from a 3d plane kit that were extras. I was worried that all the leftover stuff I had would make this plane too heavy and that the motor was too fast, but when I tossed it up I realized that it would become one of my all time favorites. the only thing I had to purchase was the 8x3.8 apc slow flyer prop from my local hobby shop. I use a 1500 mA 3 cell battery and it can go for probably 15-20 minutes of flying but I only fly for about 7-8 minutes since my attention span can't go more than that. I suggest trying to build this plane since it's so easy to build and fly (and I'm a beginner at both).

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[TheRcteen]

i have the same foam as you. how do you cut it. and how did you get the folds on the ends of the wings. nice plane tho

[wildhover]

@TheRcteen i just used a blade from a box cutter and angle cut the wing tips, glued them, then reinforced them with packaging tape

[ballores]

landed my nutball in a river accidently retreived it an hour and a mile later only the esc was blown not a good beginners aircraft at all

[wildhover]

this plane seemed really easy to fly for me (when comparing them to my parkjets). but you may be right about it not being a good beginners aircraft, i would prefer an easystar or slow stick for that

[BRANDORC]

put a spinner on that dub. i love simple, easy floating planes like that. it's so easy to enjoy them. great work as usual. by the way, what state do you live in? -brando

[wildhover]

i live in southern california. these are the best planes to fly because they dont need a lot of room (i have flown it around my front yard).

[RcTranMD]

You should of made it from a dominos box

[dylan100022]

cool plan

[poerik]

cool put lights on it fly at night

lol tail heavy

grtzzz

[ballores]

were predicted minus 20 degrees c in the uk so not thinking about flying at the moment !! california looks good this time of year