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Old 03-17-2006 | 11:20 AM
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Barry2
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Default RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

ORIGINAL: critterhunter
...What's a good design for an indoor really slow flyer for these AA guts? I'm thinking of something probably along the lines of a bi-plane (like the photo above in this thread) or anything else. Want something I can fly around at slow rates of speed in a living room.
I think the AA electronics are a bit too heavy for a true living room flyer like the Plantraco Butterfly. Actually, the stock AA is just about the slowest, most manuverable way to fly the electronics. Most of the adaptations seem to be ending up faster and/or with a greater turn radius, based on most of the comments I have read. That balsa biplane a few posts up was described as being able to fly slower, so that may be something to try.

But really, for the weight of the AA electronics, they are probably going to need more than a living room to fly. It can be done if you just hold full turn and let it circle until it hits something, but that is about it. I think you would need at least a big empty garage.

Or you need lighter electronics or maybe some kind of powered baloon or blimp design.

However, the creativity of people on this forum is amazing, so I guess I won't be too surprised if someone comes up with a way to do it. If it is possible, I think it would be a tractor propeller configuration rather than the more common pusher.