can anyone tell me where i can get a plane that I can pratice to hover one or do you have one 4 sale see the problem is i live in australia and when im buying a kit in the states shipping cost more than the plane so are there any easy planes to build one from and i cant get depron over here aaaaaggghhhhhhh can anyone help me please

jeff

Hi Jeff,

The market is flooded with 3D planes now and just about every major manufacturer makes them. What size plane are you looking for? This will help us to narrow the suggestions down to models of that size from large international distributors that your local hobby shop may carry.

Regards.

The only thing i want in a plane is that its easy to take out in my backyard or park and be able to fly the pants off of it a smallish park flyer type would be the best maybe a profile size foamy somthing on the lines of that would be a bonuse if i could use all my gws gear but that isnt real important oh and somthing and doesnt cost the easrth 100$$ max becuse its only going to get used to learn new areos on hope this helps narrow it down for you and i dont care if its a kit or arf but it got to be smallish nothing big hope this helps and thanks for your time

jeff

I am looking for one too. I found some plans for a plane they call a Trident 3D But still looking tho.

Radical RC Edge 540!

www.radicalrc.com

The radical edge 540 looks like a nice plane but shipping to australia would cost me more than the plane itself plus I cant find depron over here so I dont know what to do wish gws made one they would sell like hot cakes over here as no one sells anything like that over here anyother suggestion would be great or does anyone want somthing here in austraila and we can work out a trade or somthing ???

jeff

Ouch...shipping to Australia. Have you looked for a manufacturer in Australia?

I kinda like that one from radicalrc. Does any one know of any other ones. The profile planes look to be a bit easer to fix if you have a mishap.

why not built a fan-fold plane. planes are free online. and you just use about 10.00 worth of insulation foam. your gws equiptment can power it fine

I know very little about electrics. It seems that every one uses something different to power them batt motor exc. I have no idea what I need.

see part of the problems here in australia are they dont a insulation foam board here like they have in the states and i have looked everywhere for somthing like depron so it look like im doomed lol my friend makes fishtanks and uses about half inch white foam to set them on but it doesnt sand down very well if i can find some good plans i might be able to make somthing out of it so anyone have any good planes ? or would anyone over in the states like to trade a 3d plane for somthing here in australia ?? (( im from missouri just living here for the moment as my wife is from australia )) a trade would be good any takers ? thanks for your help

jeff

My RRC Edge for a pet 'roo?

3D Fantic


shounds like good trade over here there a pest and they shoot them to use it in dog food so i'll send ya a can hows that haha atleast your dog could brag to his mates
would you like to do some trading anything thats more resable ?? If so just drop me an e-mail thanks

jeff

All right all right. I'll settle for a pet croc?

To be serious now... I can't think of anything I'd want from Australia....

have a look on the 3d flying forum for the thread title 'backyard 3d and video'.

theres a great thread guiding you all through the building and setup of a little 3d electric model that will fly on your gws gear

Am I blind but where is the 3D flying forum at ???[:-]

jeffhines13,

Have you investigated SturdyBoard-type materials? They sell the stuff here in office, school or architectural supply shops. It's a layer of (depron) foam laminated between two paper sheets. It's used for signs, posters, models, etc. You have to soak the paper parts off, but you end up with some decent building material for a foam plane.

There's some great info on RC Unverse, but if you are interested in electrics, you will find far more over on [link=http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=4]RCGroups.com[/link]

Search there on Trident 3D, Foamtana, 3DX, Ultimate Bipe. Lots of stuff in the Foamies section. Good luck.

Karl

try this


[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Front_Yard_3D%2BVideo/m_785626/tm.htm]backyard 3d thread[/link]

Thanks for all the help guys I found some blue foam here so all should be good now does anyone know where and how i can get some good templetes for wings i got a guy who is going to cut me some with a hot wire . Also what program are you guys runing to use these plans on ? Sorry to be a pian in the $#@#$ but thanks again

jeff

Radical RC also sells a Vertigo 3D which hovers awesome and you can fly it in your backyard. The best thing about it is it will fly on a $38 dollar motor and gear drive. Radical RC sells complete packages also.

Scotty540

OK- since no one else has done it - I will mention an inexpensive combo you can do
you need only the blue 1/4" thick foam -some 1/8 x1/4" spruce and some clear duct tape for the model - stick with 300 square in area - make it 30" span and 30" long.
done right -it will be under 4 ounces ready for equipment.
use the GWS 350 motor and their 5.3 -1 gearbox - 3 mini servos -a mini rx and most importantly two high discharge LiPo cells about 1200 ma.
the wing has an overlapped spruce spar - 1/8"1/4" spruce on edge overlap about 8" out
this wing is sturdy .
use the spruce as a motor stick and a rear fuselage stick
the exact profile means nothing - just look at them all and do a neat clean setup .
all up weight should be 10 -11 ounces -this will hover nicely on a 10" prop - try a few .
here is a pic of one of mine -
plans are available for lots of models but the weight is all important - once you hit over 12 ozs -you will work the motor pretty hard to get performance .
3 cells will give instant performance and a hot motor .

I believe cabanestrut2002 mentioned a similar plane and I also believe that Jeff stated that he couldn't find such foam locally.

ok found blue foam cost about 35$$ a sheet [:@] so thats one step closer now the other big problem is that lipo batterys are not very popular here so they cost the earth any suggestion what to do here ? or should i fork out the 65$$ bucks for a pack and then a nother 150$$ for a charger ? its getting expinsive [:@]

blue foam is typically 35 bucks a package of sheets - also tho 65 bucks is high for the two cell Lipo batt-- the charger should be only about 25-35 bucks for a two cell type.
look around more before you buy - ask the locals where they get their stuff.

I cant ask the locals where there getting there stuff from as there isnt many in australia flying small e-powered aerobatic planes this country r/c is still years behind everyone else at the moment all i use in my gws planes is nickel meteals batts but im still looking for them would anyone want to sell some lipos and a charger ??? if so i would be intrested thanks

jeff