Depron Avro Arrow
10-13-2004, 08:27 AM
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Depron Avro Arrow
Hi all. I have found new joy in depron. You can make planes fast and fun. Here is the latest. I will post plans and specs once test flying is done.
10-13-2004, 01:18 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Starting off using gws 350 with c gearing and a 9/7 prop. Two cell and three cell lipo's. Will make the jump to brushless once I get her flying. Will fly tonight.
10-15-2004, 08:27 AM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
I Bought six sheets from Deoron USA a while back. It was shipped quite quickly but it cost me a bit. I saw some at Pinnacle Hobby in Markham. Here are some more picks. I test flew on Wed and after getting the cg right, It flew great. I will go down to a smaller prop becaust the tendancy to roll is high due to the torque of the big slowflyer props.
10-20-2004, 04:51 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Here is what the plan is looking like so far. The cg and some other stuff still has to be added. I will post a full drawing to scale as soon as I am done.
10-25-2004, 11:27 AM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Will fly tonight to check some changes in surface travel and cg and then post where you can get the plans in dxf format for free. MAD out.
10-28-2004, 07:36 AM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
After many test flights turning only left or only right,(depending on thrust offset of the motor) I have determined that this design nees a rudder. I taped the rudder with a slight deflection to the right and the the planes turns right beautifuly. When turning left, the nose of the Arrow would not drop into the turn. I also tried many levels of aileron differential to no avail. I feel that the rudder is necessary to make proper turns. I found this out as well on my .45 size gas pusher arrow as well. I am off to my local Hobby store for another servo and I will let you know how things go. The AUW of my arrow is 11.2 oz. so the addition of a rudder should not make the wing loading an issue. The plane flies pretty fast with a 3 cell lipo and an 8 X 6 slowfly prop. I caught myself just watching it fly as opposed to flying it a coupple of times. Beautiful lines in the air. MAD out
10-29-2004, 12:53 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Victory!! Rudder makes all the difference. Flew my Arrow today in 20 mph. winds and it flew great. Checked the weight of the plane and it is still just over 11 oz. I also checked the amp draw and it was 6.3 amps. with a tp 1300 3 cell lipo. I am very happy. The plane rolls quicker than you could blink. Loops were no problems. I will make some changes to the plan and post throws . Mixing was used for the rudder. I used 50% aileron to rudder. This helped the nose turn into the turn. I cant wait for some calm weather to fly again. The plan will be in autocad dxf if you would like them. E-mail me and I will send them off as soon as they are done.
11-01-2004, 02:24 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Flew today at lunch in 15 mph winds with a fellow teacher at the video controls. E-mail me at [email protected] for some flight clips.
11-05-2004, 09:33 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Great job on the Arrow! When you get your DXF finalized I would like a copy. Can you get me some Depron?? I can't find any at my LHS. I'll cover the cost and shipping. I'm trying to get started on a CL-41A Tutor. I stripped foam board (both black and white) But i'm afraid it wont be strong enough. It will work for prototyping but it will be too heavy. Any help is appreciated.
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11-08-2004, 12:39 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
OK so I figured out how to post some clips of my electric Arrow on my website. Go to www.madrc.com and go to the link at the bottom of the page. This takes you to the depron arrow page.
11-09-2004, 01:39 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Sorry, fixed the link above. It works now. The video clips play automatically at the bottom of the page. Right click on them to play and stop.
11-12-2004, 02:10 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Here is Arrow number 2. It is in the proper white depron and has most of the markings. Still some work to do. Cant wait to get some video footage of this one.
11-16-2004, 09:25 AM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Yes ,same power but I have a himax 20/25 5300 brushless that is going in soon. I bought the himax gearbox combination with the three gear set and I am going to try it this week end or sooner. Judging by what it does in my other plane, It should be nuclear!!!!
11-17-2004, 02:00 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Holy Cow!!! I flew my Arrow today with a himax 20/25 5300 and a three cell lipo. and it rocks. Ulimited vertical and speed is impressive. It looked great doing low high speed passes and pulling up to vertical victory rolls. I should get some more video clips soon and will post a link of where to view them. The plans are still available to anyone who wants them. E-mail me at [email protected].
11-26-2004, 01:06 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Culd I get some plans for anything close to CD-ROM motor sized?
I can scale themm..... would love to do up a version for CDROM...
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I can scale themm..... would love to do up a version for CDROM...
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thanks!
11-30-2004, 08:15 AM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Hi again. The plans are ready to download for this electric pusher Avro Arrow. Go to www.madrc.com/depronavroarrow/ to see some clips and download the dxf plans.
02-04-2005, 10:55 AM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Check out a video of my brushless motor on my arrow. http://www.rcgroups.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=509
02-15-2005, 01:57 PM
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RE: Depron Avro Arrow
Hi all. I just changed the video clips on my website. They show off some of the flight envelope of the plane with the brushless set up. Go to www.madrc.com/depronavroarrow/ to see them.