strange plane build ideas!!
 

ok its school holidays now and i hae loads of spare servos and engines ect so i want an idea for a really strange plane to build, preferbly something with relivly short build time but i have 2 weeks with all ocmplete days working so any ideas?

pics would be helpful too if anyones got them.

thanx!

RC Pencil Model
 

How about some lead for your pencil? I think I could even find you plans for this model!

strange plane build ideas!!
 

have a hunt for my old weird planes thread, or take alook at my web site for the best.

strange plane build ideas!!
 

How about a plane that looked noremal in a way, but in realitly it flew backwards, sure the wing and a few other things would be reversed, but would that ever be a wierd plane.

Like This?
 

Dago Red: here is a normal looking one that flies backwards! :confused:

strange plane build ideas!!
 

lol--so true you are, but i meant not a canard,lol.

strange plane build ideas!!
 

i suppose it could be a canard plane and the engine could be at the back and have a pusher prop, i suppose the only things that would look odd would be back to front wings and back to front control surfaces

strange plane build ideas!!
 

Bingo---you just put it perfect, that would look very odd flying, lol. If i ever get a simple trainor kit again, thatll be what happens to it.

RC Flying Pencil
 

Can't write enough about the flying pencil above! OK, how about a fishy one?:D :D

Strange Planes
 

A couple of years ago I recovered a wreak out of the trash can, not sure what it was but it had a flatbottom shoulderwing and was just another sport airplane.

On the rebuild I added a aileron servo to enable elevons. Moved the CG forward to around 15% with a corresponding move forward of the main tricycle landing gear. Also added 20 degrees up reflex in the ailerons. Now the whole idea of this thing was to hide the fact that it had just became a flying wing so the bottom mounted horizontal stabilizer was removed, elevator was made rigid and the whole thing was remounted with a release mechanism activated by a servo. This ship probably because of the less than ideal airfoil for a flying wing Was very pitchy at medium to low speeds but very stable at high power and would do the most amazing inside and outside snaps, tumbles Which worked out well for our little gags.

The senario went something like this. I would taxi out and take off in a normal manner but at around ten feet the release would be hit and the stabilizer fly off with a loud report. Now pitching up into the vertical I would scream my head off help, help and my partner would run over and pretend to help me with the trims all the while the airplane would be going through its repertory of tumbles to finally recover and make a very bouncy landing.

Needless to say we had a lot of fun and the silly little routine was quite a success at several airshows.


John

strange plane build ideas!!
 

http://www.spadtothebone.com/showcase70.jpg

The bird's legs are the main landing gear and also doubled as yaw stability...more here:
http://spadworld.net/viewtopic.php?t=2704

strange plane build ideas!!
 

Hey dude! I'd vote to go with the flying fish!!! Imagine all the "gone fishing" stories you could tell on that one !!! :D :D :D
+++ have the fish to back it up !!!
"Hey Man! I went fishing this one time and saw this HUGE flying fish........................"

( I hope nobody would mind if i store a copy of that picture! It's giving me an idea............. :D )

strange plane build ideas!!
 

heres a better pic of that fish

phillybaby
 

Here is another shot of the "fish" to work your imaging wonders on! Even some seagulls in the background to give authenticity to it.:D :D

strange plane build ideas!!
 

not the strangest, but wierder, i made my superstar a twin tail.

Dago Red Superstar
 

Looks like the stealth version of the B25 bomber.

strange plane build ideas!!
 

flicka5
thanks. at the moment shes getting a new coverjob, my last inverted pass with it got to low. its going to have the same scheme, but white will be chrome, looks awsome so far.

strange plane build ideas!!
 

Flicka's fish comming in dead stick.

phillybaby
 

Thanks for the art work but it looks to me more like a "dead fish landing"! Hey man, real rivets in that aluminum skin! :D :D :D

strange plane build ideas!!
 

how big is that thing? i thought in previous pics there was a wind gauge in the mouth, but what i thought was numbers are just more rivets

Meters
 

I would estimate something like its profile would fit in a square with 6 meter sides. Probably should put the design in the Aerodynamic discussion section of RCUniverse as without a horizontal tail, it may have stability and control problems. On the other hand, a real artist isn't bounded by physical nature concerns as they view the world in the abstract, I think! So, why sweat the physics? :D :D

strange plane build ideas!!
 

there might be a slight wing problem, chord and length, and also maybe too much body infront of the fin, but it might work...
6m box.. dont the neighbours hate you? must be sme forces on that when the wind picks up.
do you just have such a huge garden that it needs to be that big to be seen from the back door?;) :p lol

strange plane build ideas!!
 

Here's one that might be considered a bit odd. :D

You can download a few small videos at: http://www.rcsites.net/benjammin

strange plane build ideas!!
 

BenJammin: Got any better pics and some info on that? i'll add it to my weird planes page.
Thanks

Twin Flying Fish
 

Phillybaby: No trouble with the neighbors as this "fish" is located 45 miles from my home on city government land/wharf! Sorry about the miles thing but when are you UKers going to change over to the English system of measurements? Always wanted a red Radio Flyer!

strange plane build ideas!!
 

ahhh its one of them cart things...
Miles IS the UK measurement :confused: ....
And watching this US police car chase progam with all its stupid added effects ( are Americans that gullable? ) it seams your on miles too... Its those blimmin Euros that love there confusing metric systems lol everything in 10's thats far to weird for me;), give me fractions and yards and pints and GOD SAVE THE POUND!

My Mistake
 

Phillybaby: thought that Merry Old England had succumbed to the Metric system, too? How can Canada have changed to metric, kilometers on their highways without the Queens' permission. It must be all those Frenchmen in Quebec screwing up the English system. My auto "speedo' has both systems just in case we ever venture into Canada again! Real problem in Quebec however because all roadsigns in French with no English conversions, unlike both road sign languages used in the English speaking Provinces! I'll be damned if I will learn an obsolete language! :D :D

strange plane build ideas!!
 

not yet, tho we are taught to meauer in CM and no longer allowed to sell items in lbs or pints. and now it looks like the pounds off, i vote no.
yes.. those FrenchCanidians have a REAL! problem with the engilsh, could be called raceism even.
I spent ten days in france last month, it AINT the laungage of love, very ugly to hear spoken normally.
Adding the radio flyer to the weird planes pages now.. also another thread i forgot about... give me a few mins and it'll be done

strange plane build ideas!!
 

ta da, weird planes 3

strange plane build ideas!!
 

Here's another inflite picture.

Some specs...

The main wing is coroplast constructed similar to a pizza box. I used an HDPE motor mount and an aluminum channel for the spine. I used 4 mil coro for the bottom of the wing with a 2 mil top to give it some airfoil. The sides of the wagon are 4 mil coro 4" tall. The wheels are 6" diameter made of 4 mil coroplast with servo wheel hubs. The wingspan is 24" and the chord is 36" with 6" elevons. The landing gear is 3/4"x1/8" aluminum. I have the front gear mounted with 1 screw in the center and a servo hooked to it for steering. In the big picture there is an Irvine .53 on it. I needed more weight up front so I took that off and mounted an MDS .61. It weighs just over 5 lbs. It flys alright, about like a pizza box.

http://www.rcsites.net/benjammin/images/calvin/1.jpg

Flying Saucer
 

Phillybaby: this is an electrifying model! Powered by an Astro Flight cobalt motor. For your collection of weird designs! :D :D

strange plane build ideas!!
 

***!!!!
pusher, pretty standard controls except the ailerons linked to.. erm.. flaps? whats it based on, that pic on the wing makes it look like Si Fi TV program.
more updates to the site later lol

strange plane build ideas!!
 

Since Hobbs is not in the Radio Flyer...are we to assume that Hobbs is flying it!!!!???:) I LOVE IT!!!!!:D

Flying Saucer
 

A glo engine version or the "nonelectrifying" version! :D :D