RC 3D Tiger Moth (That's what the box says!)

Well, here's my build, test and flight attempt with a foam tiger moth.

Things did not, exactly, go as planned.

There isn't enough power with the stock NiMh 8.4 volt battery and LS-370 power plant to do more than taxi real fast. And that's a 10" prop out front!

I'm going to try changing to a brushless/LiPo setup when I can figure out how to mount the dang thing.

Thanks for watching.

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• Guan
• Li
• Tiger
• Moth
• Morth
• 3D
• airplane
• guanli
• ls-370

[SPAGHETTIMONSTER1]

hey, at least the ailerons worked good!  lol, people shouldn't sell junk! sorry

[DrDave1911]

Yeah, there just wasn't enough power. The wings are flat without any airfoil to them at all. Even with a brushless motor it's still not a good flying plane. Oh well, lesson learned! :-(

[1Flammenwerfer]

Showed all the characteristics of a tail heavy plane.

No matter what the C/G is in the instructions, I always add more weight to the nose of any plane if they want to ground loop on take off. A C/G too far forward is more forgiving than a tail heavy situation and go from there.

[DrDave1911]

Thanks for your insight!

[ZetanCrisp]

It looks identical to the GWS 3d Tigermoth? I put an 1800mAh 3 cell lipoly in mine and replaced the brushed 380 motor with an eflight 3700kv motor and gearbox, it went like a rocket and flew in any wind speed until the top wing ripped off. With a low throttle setting and strong wind it even used to hover and fly backwards . Best plane i ever had funwise although not necessarily for any 3d flying..

[DrDave1911]

Yeah, that top wing isn't really attached too well. :-) I too upgraded to LiPo and Brushless. It still doesn't come close to flying as good as my Pitts Special.

[aliasseraf]

@DrDave1911 I'm making aeroplane plans. Get out the servos from that tini machine, its to heavy to fly. simply put two smaller micro, or nano servos into the cockpit, and place ruderbars to the tail wings, to only operate elevator, and stabilisher. After you do this, it will fly -but only with a small 450-500mah 3cell lipo, and with a BLDC engine WITHOUT gearbox. thrust me :)

[aliasseraf]

@1Flammenwerfer -actually, if there werent any planning mistake by the engineer, the plane would catch up in the air, than after crash down -but there is no way to do that because there are two big servos glued up to the tail -?

[aliasseraf]

Excuse me, but -with 4 servo, and a brushed engine, -there is no F....NG way, to take off an aeroplane like that! -You are right, you will need a muscle BLDC, and a small lipo, to take of with a weight like that.

[pomeroy600287]

@1Flammenwerfer

As they say: "A nose heavy plane will fly badly. I tail heavy plane will fly once."