Hi guys, I am of the opinion that it is learning to fly the CrazyBall time. The CrazyBall uses my most common battery, the 3s450/500mah lipo. I have 5 active planes that use this battery, and 3 more that need varying stages of repair[X(]. I got to fly 6 of those batteries yesterday. What was painfully clear was that the Blue Wonder class motors are what I need to keep most of these planes performing at peak performance. I will seek out some motor sources and link them.

Here is a video shot last night of the CrazyBall.

Tim

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhzixH8uLL4[/youtube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhzixH8uLL4

I got mine built, but I realized that all my Blue Wonder motors are 1700 KV. This needs a 1300 KV because it uses a 10 inch prop. So I'm in the hurry up and wait mode! I ordered motors and metal gear servos from HobbyCity. That usually takes 3 weeks with the registered airmail from China.

Jim

Bad Tim, not following up.

Here is the motor from Heads up rc, http://www.headsuprc.com/servlet/the...lectric/Detail , not a bad deal given their shipping charge. They will be in my go to list. And the motor has actually shipped already[X(]. I may have it by Saturday. Assuming that I can get it from the PO on Saturday.

Here is what I have coming from HK, http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=4859 The 1500 is what is on my bug, and has been a champ.

Tim

My how things can change in a week. OK, it actually changed since Monday. I got the recommended motor from HeadsUpRC.com. The shipping was $2.00, from Florida[X(] I will be doing more business with them!!

OK, so I hung the correct motor on the plane. I rebalanced the prop since I had it off of the motor. That was all done on Monday. I got to try it yesterday. I have the Watt's Up numbers for this combo, and they look fine. But the motor was a bit hot to the touch after a sub 4 minute flight. So I brought it in and swapped out the props. This time I went with a GWS 9x5 DD prop. I lost about 33% of Watts/peak but I gained a much better handling plane. The moral of the story is that for small companies, they have probably found the best power option.

What? A video? Sure[8D]

Tim

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGSbCiygusI&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube]

I got my CrazyBall built. Now awaiting a Blue Wonder motor and some metal-gear servos that I ordered from China.

I Sharpied a "canopy" and a leading edge pattern onto it to hopefully help me with orientation when I get it equipped and flying.

But for now I wait for the slow plane from China!



Jim

Looks great!!

Tim

Here is a video of what the control surfaces look like with the CrazyBall mix.

Tim

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ObT8nOWEY[/youtube]

Bad Tim. I forgot to post this video here.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEq7DTZW5fg[/youtube]

Tim

I'm slow, and shipping from China is slow, so I finally got by Crazy Ball completed and flying.

It's great. Flys more nose-up the lighter the battery I use on it. Flys more like a "normal" airplane with a heavier battery. Flys outdoors or indoors just fine. Can be flown very slowly. Gets immediate notice from any/all spectators and pilots. Crazy, Man!

I'm enjoying learning what it will do and what I can do with it.

Jim

Excellent. I am in the windy season, so I am just waiting for weather.

Ferndale, have you noticed a practical wind speed limit on your Crazy Ball?

The one time I flew mine in noticeable wind, it was a rather steady wind. I could fly my CB like a kite. Point it into the wind and adjust the throttle till it just hung there in one place.

I assume that rapidly shifting or changing wind or thermals passing through would be much more troublesome, especially with a lighter battery selected.

Jim

I made one tiny change to my Crazy Ball. I added two 1.5 mm carbon rods running thru the fuselage, each tieing two servo cases together. That stiffens them up some and should give me a little more control surface travel. It may also create a new break point. We'll see.

I think my Crazy Ball is now in a fairly stable, just go fly it and have fun! state.

Jim

Jim, I am the wrong person to ask that question. I have been flying in adverse wind, and adapting to it, since I started flying. I give the serious gusts, into the twenties a pass, but in the teens I will go for it. It is why I am so serious about roll control.

New video.

Tim

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl057VFe0Q[/youtube]

Hi Guys, any idea what happened to the crazyball web site, I would like to get one, but it seems the ebay store is gone and the site does not work beyond the home page.  Are they not making the crazyball anymore?

I just went to the site: http://www.crazyplanesrc.com/ and it worked OK for me.

That said, it's a bit of a Crazy Site to go along with the Crazy Ball! There are a number of pages not yet populated yet, etc. By now, having bought two CB kits there, that I know which places to click on, etc. It takes several clicks on CB photos to get you to the page that has a Place in Shopping Cart link.

Yes, he's still selling kits. I recently received my second one.

Jim

Thanks Jim
I tried again and found a link to buy, it took five tries to get the page to load, but I got one ordered

Glad to hear of your success in ordering.

I really like my Crazy Ball and I hope you like yours too!

Jim

I know this thread is over 10 years old, but maybe I will get lucky.

Is there any hope left in CrazyBall land?

Links are all dead, but is there any chance of finding used product, same thing under another name, or detailed plans?

Hello Old friends (for those that are still around).
If not, I hear flying is much better on the 'other' side.

Ok, let me break the news.
The Crazyball lives, has been improved and is doing well.The designer (me) is getting older and although its been a real challenge with wife's care (severe rare form of Alzheimenr's and cannot communicate) I have been able to trudge through two years of website host issues and restore a version of https://crazyplanesrc.com but that website is presently in 'mothballs' but will return.

The new site https://inkjetairforce.com was also a challenge and due to incompetent host support was nearly completely lost (along with CrazyPalnesrc)
The good news is, The reason for the exodus was shipping. It was expensive to ship a box of foam parts that retailed for $29.so many redesign attempts were made and a much simpler (and better performing) version was created. Since there are no prefab milled parts needed, the CrazyBall (and its varieties) can be built with only Adams Dollar Tree foam artboard or Ross (available at some Walmarts)
The preferred board is Dollar Tree. and is just over a dollar (1.25) due to inflation.
The really fantastic news is that since the paper needs to be removed from the DT board, it is replaced by typing paper and is very easily gliued on with a new purple school glue stick by Elmers.
This was a golden opportunity as typing paper can be printed so ((((Bam))) the marriage of scalable templates/graphics and therefore the marriage of Art (Artboard) and the CrazyBall airframe. That was only the 'tip of the iceburg' as many more designs were created (approx 100+) and graphics were created for some of them. The concept of downloading the templates with graphics and being scalable was born and https://inkjetairforce.com became a reality.
The main 'exhibit' is a Delta that only uses one artboard and has graphics for many 3D and standard country flags. Many other airframe designs are completed and will also be brought out as the site is finished.
The real news though is the CrazyBall Alien is now available, downloadable printable, and easily/quickly/cheaply buildable from the InkJetAirForce.com site with a 'How-to' library on the homepage.
The new CrazyBall Xtreme will be one of the next product additions and it 'has been worth the wait' as it is a monstrous performer..
Visit the InkJetAirForce.com site and I will add some video links here soon for some of the other designs.

Here is a teaser on the CrazyBall Alien.

Hello Old friends (for those that are still around).
If not, I hear flying is much better on the 'other' side.

Ok, let me break the news.
The Crazyball lives, has been improved and is doing well.The designer (me) is getting older and although its been a real challenge with wife's care (severe rare form of Alzheimenr's and cannot communicate) I have been able to trudge through two years of website host issues and restore a version of https://crazyplanesrc.com but that website is presently in 'mothballs' but will return.

The new site https://inkjetairforce.com was also a challenge and due to incompetent host support was nearly completely lost (along with CrazyPalnesrc)
The good news is, The reason for the exodus was shipping. It was expensive to ship a box of foam parts that retailed for $29.so many redesign attempts were made and a much simpler (and better performing) version was created. Since there are no prefab milled parts needed, the CrazyBall (and its varieties) can be built with only Adams Dollar Tree foam artboard or Ross (available at some Walmarts)
The preferred board is Dollar Tree. and is just over a dollar (1.25) due to inflation.
The really fantastic news is that since the paper needs to be removed from the DT board, it is replaced by typing paper and is very easily gliued on with a new purple school glue stick by Elmers.
This was a golden opportunity as typing paper can be printed so ((((Bam))) the marriage of scalable templates/graphics and therefore the marriage of Art (Artboard) and the CrazyBall airframe. That was only the 'tip of the iceburg' as many more designs were created (approx 100+) and graphics were created for some of them. The concept of downloading the templates with graphics and being scalable was born and https://inkjetairforce.com became a reality.
The main 'exhibit' is a Delta that only uses one artboard and has graphics for many 3D and standard country flags. Many other airframe designs are completed and will also be brought out as the site is finished.
The real news though is the CrazyBall Alien is now available, downloadable printable, and easily/quickly/cheaply buildable from the InkJetAirForce.com site with a 'How-to' library on the homepage.
The new CrazyBall Xtreme will be one of the next product additions and it 'has been worth the wait' as it is a monstrous performer..
Visit the InkJetAirForce.com site and I will add some video links here soon for some of the other designs.

Here is a teaser on the CrazyBall Alien. https://youtu.be/SozlDqo8vLc


https://studio.youtube.com/video/NQY_QLGxjGQ/edit
https://studio.youtube.com/video/nP8sDaa6TDA/edit
https://studio.youtube.com/video/EBTMeTrcyGE/edit
https://studio.youtube.com/video/cuVW1EGDHZo/edit

I should have the downloadable on InkJetAirForce.com later this week/weekend..
A LOT of people have been waiting on this guy!

[QUOTE=gittarpikk;12792326]Hello Old friends (for those that are still around).
If not, I hear flying is much better on the 'other' side.

Ok, let me break the news.
The Crazyball lives, has been improved and is doing well.The designer (me) is getting older and although its been a real challenge with wife's care (severe rare form of Alzheimenr's and cannot communicate) I have been able to trudge through two years of website host issues and restore a version of https://crazyplanesrc.com but that website is presently in 'mothballs' but will return.

The new site https://inkjetairforce.com was also a challenge and due to incompetent host support was nearly completely lost (along with CrazyPalnesrc)
The good news is, The reason for the exodus was shipping. It was expensive to ship a box of foam parts that retailed for $29.so many redesign attempts were made and a much simpler (and better performing) version was created. Since there are no prefab milled parts needed, the CrazyBall (and its varieties) can be built with only Adams Dollar Tree foam artboard or Ross (available at some Walmarts)
The preferred board is Dollar Tree. and is just over a dollar (1.25) due to inflation.
The really fantastic news is that since the paper needs to be removed from the DT board, it is replaced by typing paper and is very easily gliued on with a new purple school glue stick by Elmers.
This was a golden opportunity as typing paper can be printed so ((((Bam))) the marriage of scalable templates/graphics and therefore the marriage of Art (Artboard) and the CrazyBall airframe. That was only the 'tip of the iceburg' as many more designs were created (approx 100+) and graphics were created for some of them. The concept of downloading the templates with graphics and being scalable was born and https://inkjetairforce.com became a reality.
The main 'exhibit' is a Delta that only uses one artboard and has graphics for many 3D and standard country flags. Many other airframe designs are completed and will also be brought out as the site is finished.
The real news though is the CrazyBall Alien is now available, downloadable printable, and easily/quickly/cheaply buildable from the InkJetAirForce.com site with a 'How-to' library on the homepage.
The new CrazyBall Xtreme will be one of the next product additions and it 'has been worth the wait' as it is a monstrous performer..
Visit the InkJetAirForce.com site and I will add some video links here soon for some of the other designs.

Here is a teaser on the CrazyBall Alien. https://youtu.be/SozlDqo8vLc

https://youtu.be/OufWph7Zgvs