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nickatredbox 03-09-2013 12:18 PM

flitetest.com Old Fogey in Coroplast
 

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In the end I think the Coroplast is to flexiable as the pane flys pretty badly. So I rebuilt the Fogey in foam board

Here is some FPV footage onboard the foambaord Fogey and my Piper Cub<br type="_moz" /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4;">
</font><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4;">[youtube]</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">http://youtu.be/hn1Y0Cn7M1w</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4;">[/youtube]</span></font></font><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">

</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some tail heavy flying quite a hairy flight the CG was set as specified on the plans. The next flight was much better with the CG set at the wing leading edgeunfortunatelyno video from that flight the camera went missing near the end of the session in the grass somewhere :(</span>

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Indoor 50% Fogey</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-size: 12px;">Voltage:[/b]<span style="font-size: 12px;">3S1P / 3 Cell / 11.1V</span></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-size: 12px;">Discharge:[/b]<span style="font-size: 12px;">35C Constant / 45C Burst</span></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-size: 12px;">Weight:[/b]<span style="font-size: 12px;">92g (including wire, plug &amp; case)</span></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-size: 12px;">Dimensions:[/b]<span style="font-size: 12px;">76x35x17mm</span></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-size: 12px;">Balance Plug:[/b]<span style="font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 255, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px;">JST-XH</span></span>
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Progressing mounted the servos on the outside so they areaccessible. Now with a yellow rail fin with Bamboo spars, still nice and light.</span>
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Motor mounted and made a hatch over foam nose structure for the RX and any other bits. The ESC will be on the bulkhead in the air flow</span>
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Currently theair frameweighs 376 Grams bare, not servos, radio, motor or battery.</span></div>
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note the coroplast want to bend along the middle of a flute so the width you get will corespond to the pitch of the flutes in the Coroplast used.</span></div><div class="separator" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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