FPV40 Delta Wing - Design and Maiden Flight

MORE INFO and NOTES and PDF's FOR THIS PLANE:

PDF's!: http://www.intensewalkera.webspace.virginmedia.com/public/PLANS/SCHRAUT5%20FL...

My inspiration for this plane was to make a medium sized FPV plane out of a single sheet of 20" x 30" foam board. It has 440 square inches of wing area, so it should be great for some basic FPV flying!

PDF's: Thanks to intensewalkera, check him out on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/intensewalkera

It has a 40 inch wingspan (tip to tip), 13 inch root chord, 8 inch tip chord (including 2 inches of elevon), and 14 inches of sweep. The KFM2 airfoil is at 50% wing chord and is made of 1/2 inch wall insulation foam board (pink foam).

Center of Gravity: 8.25 inches back from the front

Program expos on your transmitter! Ailerons at 30% and elevator at 40%

Weight, without the battery: 450 grams (with the motor and ESC)

Motor: RCHotDeals 2212-13 1000 kV ~ 50 gram motor
Prop: 10x5
ESC: 18A Volcano Exceed RC
Battery: 2500 mAh 11.1v 3S 25C
Servos: 9 gram T-Pro
Receiver: Spektrum AR6210

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[dennzt]

Outstanding! need that build video

[schraut5]

@dennzt Thanks! Going to make it as soon as I have more time!

[carlocivicsi]

WHEN are you doing the build video?

[schraut5]

@carlocivicsi Soon! I was planning on doing it this weekend actually. But we will see, lots of current projects that I am working on!

[Incindio13]

I am new to rc building, I was wondering what pushrods/horns you used for this? Thank you for this video and the help you are providing.

[schraut5]

@Incindio13 I just went to my local hobby shop, got some Dubro 1/2 control horns (or you can use Popsicle sticks - check out MikeysRC for more info on that). And the pushrods are made from wire that I bought at the hobby shop too and bent for my lengths (also check out MikeysRC). If you go to MikeysRC on YouTube - watch his whole series on his Sport Trainer Build - that is where I learned my building techniques. Highly recommended!!!

[schraut5]

@08ds Thanks! This one turned out pretty well, I am building a new one for myself right now!

[schraut5]

@08ds That setup sounds perfect! I have been flying this FPV, just haven't made a video yet with it. Actually, I don't usually land my models flying FPV. I am usually flying in a smaller area and I want to have as much control as possible for the landing, thus I do it line of sight

[08ds]

Props on a great platform

[08ds]

Just got mine to fly. The first two maidens were bad due to pilot error. I really like how you can dig out the foam to place the equipment. I'm running:

50g. 1200kv motor

20amp ESC,

2200 3S battery

corona 72mhz RX

After I become more comfortable flying it, I plan on dropping in a 5.8g/200mw VTX and my cheap CCD cam.

Have you done any FPV flights with this yet? I'm interested to figure out how to land this under video.