A Scratch Built RC Plane for HD FPV cameras

Another video from www.mikeysrc.com

Little pet project of mine. I wanted to build a collapsible RC plane that I could take to remote locations to film interesting scenery. The first design was good but has some control issues I didn't like. It carried the weight well but required too much pilot input to fly.....probably because the fuselage was too short for the wings. So I scaled up my Sport Trainer http://mikeysrc.com/Sport-Trainer.html design and put two motors on it on the sides so I could put the camera in the middle.


Stay tuned for more videos from cameras on board this plane.

Planes uses either one 2200mah 11.1V lopo or 2 1300mah 11.1V lipos.
2 1000KV motors,
2 10 X 6 GWS direct drive style props.
2 40 amp esc's
4 servos

Music
Burble
Artist
BL Underwood

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[Antifraud]

More great ideas. Is there a video on constructing a wing with the spars? Can you buy them pre-cut or do you have to make them?

[MikeysRC]

@Antifraud THe spar on this plane was actually a pice of carbon fiber rod glued inder the wing. I don't often use carbon fiber however on this plane I did. A wooden downel can also be used to stiffen a wing.

[ehsanaman222]

Great video! Just a quick question. When you put 2 motors on a plane, do you use 2 ESC's? Or can they be linked to one?

What is the max. payload for your model? Looks pretty sturdy :)

[MikeysRC]

@ehsanaman222 I use 2 ESC's.

[AuroraCypher]

hello Mikey thanks for sharing it with us ! very nice !

i can build nice RC planes but i always ended up crashing it to pieces... it's hurt me to spend many hours on it and then see it died... So I just stop building planes completely.. do you recommend any plane for newbie like me ?

I heard that you starts out with glider right and slowly upgrade to power planes ?

[MikeysRC]

@AuroraCypher Yeah learning to fly can be frusterating. Stick with it, it gets more rewarding Go to my website and click on Scratch Built Aircraft. Click on Sport Trainer a little bit down the page. Build that plane and start with it. It's very easy to build and fly and has a complete set of How To Build videos to help you out.

[TheRazortrapper]

Anyone want to send me a link of a vid showing how to put on a cam on your rc plane/helicopter?

[RcTranMD]

Could you tell me how far apart the cuts should be for the airfoil cause I'm makine the sport trainer and I was thinking of putting a kf on it and a normal airfoil on it for comparison

[globalmilind]

@ehsanaman222 I use two motors with one ESC and they work perfectly well!!!! :))

But you should be aware of motor power and ESC Amps!

[bdcp]

nice video!