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Old 11-16-2005 | 06:19 PM
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Default RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

thanks Rog. the X-Twins were the original plane from overseas by a company called Silverlit. Spinmasters/AirHogs bought a license to use their planes and renamed them the AeroAce. they're basically the same plane, just a differant name and differant colors. the planes i built with the electronics from the AeroAce were built from 3 view drawings i found online. this site has a TON of 3 view drawings: http://members.fortunecity.com/inedesca/ you simple resize the drawing to the size of plane you want, cut it out, trace it onto balsa or foam, cut the foam out, put it together, and throw in the electronics. and of course, then you hope it flys without crashing!

thanks Meegosh. i've had the x-twin planes since the end of july, so i've had pleanty of time to build planes (and rebuild, and rebuild). the box is a mini version of a larger box called the Voltair Cube. i had built 2 other versions with single motors and actautors but could never get them to fly. once i got the x-twins, it flew the first time out - go figure, it flys really well though.

i've attatched a picture for the LEDs, its pretty much how you described it. there's another way to do it, but this should work, however, doing it this way may lead to a short LED life (3+ volts going to them might wear them out quicker). doing it this way will also give an interesting night effect: when you turn one direction or the other, one LED will go brighter or dimmer than the other.

i'll take a look around to see if i can find a picture i ran across of the otherway of installing them, but either way it should work.

nick
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