Bullet Plane Build Part 4 Test and Tune

Part 4 of the Bullet Plane Build covers:

Preflight preperations

Static testing

Balancing - Center of Gravity

Flight testing & dialing in

The harsh realities of test flying a scratch built plane

Revised Bullet Plane plans:
http://rcfoamfighters.com/Models/FF-BulletPlane/FF-BulletPlane.htm

Radar Gun review Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkd3FmfNjgs

Category:

Education

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[hideout41]

would love to build these but live in australia and they never heard of foam board here

30" x 30"x 1/4" normal Styrene is $25 a go right rip off place this

[rcFoamFighters]

@hideout41 other people have build some of our planes out of different materials and had great success. Some of the materials that have been used are Depron foam, Blucore foam, fanfold insulation foam and even coroplast a kind of corrugated plastic, the same kind used to make political signs. You can find some of these at the local hardware store or just search online.

[daadood100]

Hey Frank I love you plane do you think you could post or share your plans. I think your plane is awsome. I invite you to watch my video on a F18 I build from scratch also I did not desing the plane but it was design by Steve Shutmate he has 6 other plane as well.

[rcFoamFighters]

@daadood100 plans of the revised Bullet Plane are now available on rcFoamFighters blog website. The revised plane looks a little different but flies much better then this original design. You can find a link to the blog in the profile column on rcfoamFighters YouTube channel.

[harveymacdonald]

what reciver do you use??

[rcFoamFighters]

Any half range or full range receiver will work. I was using my DX6i 6 Channel Spektrum receiver in this plane which is a park flyer receiver. I don't use these in my fast planes anymore because of range issues.

[veizour]

That thing was beautiful... sorry to see it crash, I felt bad for yah. Thanks for the vids!

[GordyDownUnder]

@hideout41 Office Works in Australia sells foam board. Its a bit expensive at about $10 to $15 per sheet but it comes in all colors and tape sticks to it better than it does to depron due to the cardboard surface.

[XevilchipmonkgiggleX]

if you want to have a plane that is more monuverable put the prop in front of the controls so this way when the wind from the prop hit them it will give more airflow to them and the plan can be flown as long as the prop is spining like when u see high alpha flying the prop is pushing so much air to the control cerfaceses it can hover and still proform barrel rolls when its nerrly not moving at all its just that wind from the prop... hope i helped u message me back and tell me what u think

[LTF85199]

A very humble builder/pilot :)

[rcFoamFighters]

ronsta2002 plans for the Bullet Plane are not available yet, but please have a look at rcFoamFighters blog for free plans of some of the other planes we have built.