DmitriyR

Hello guys,

I think it's a [link=http://forum.rchobby.ru/index.php?showtopic=3364]smallest plane[/link] (IR controlled) in the world. Flying weight - only 0,97g (with Li-Po, electric motor and electronics)!

micro_builder

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.65 grams, unofficial world record i believe http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=675060

here's a few others...

.67g http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=638436

.69g http://mnewell.rchomepage.com/Planes/Shark/Shark-1.html

.71g http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=472960

.84g http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=457474

.96g http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=672064

nick

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whoa, you know any people that sell something this small?

besides plantraco

ehelibuff

That is the coolest indoor i've ever seen! I had a few tiny F/F indoors, but nothing that small. mine were about 4 grams.

How much would that lil thing cost?
Eric

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its amazingly cheap actually, just about all the ones i linked to have custom electronics that the person themselves built. tiny IR components are cheap! the most costly thing is the time, labor, and frustration in building something that small. after two years of building tiny, the lightest i've ever gotten was 2.8 or 2.9 grams.

planes this size arent gonna hit the market for quite some time i'd imagine. cheap toys like the aero soarer make it tantalizingly close though.

nick

ehelibuff

Ahh, so these are scratch built models? Ok... Looks like Micafilm. I used to use that, and adhere it with soap residue with soapy water, and warp a prop into pitch. Mine were lil Rubber jobs. I grew up in Free Flight, and Control Line since I was 4. I competed with my father all over the country in AMA and FAI. Then I got into R/C at age 9. I'm 33 now.

So, scratch building and all is a no brainer.. I love building a kit over an arf, ya know... I think I have more fun making it, and the anticipation, than actually flying it.

I can't tell you how many g/f's I lost from giving my hobby more attention. LOL

That lil plane looks like a fun project for me to do. First I need to finish my half built ones in the hangar.

I have a few electrics to finish up. A Speed 400 pylon (just needs a prop hub assembly), and a 3D bipe. I'm considering the VPP on it.
Then I have another lil Baby Shark pylon job in a kit, and my gas Q-500 needs to be monocoted. I've just been putting it off. Work, time, and all that stuff.

I saw that odd Box of yours.. how does that fly? any vid?

Eric

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i cant say i've lost a girlfriend due to the hobbie, rather, my last girlfriend wanted to fly too. it was all good and fine, at first, then i found myself climbing just about every tree in the yard. if it hadnt been as funny as it was, i probably would've been a little upset

the work that goes into these little sub gram planes is amazing. a 4x8mm pager motor is tiny, i cant imagine trying to remove the endbell and brushes, then the magnet and casing, and rebuilding the entire thing without the casing - the brushes on the 4mm motors are ridiculously small.

the flying cube flys quite well, i've built a ton of them. they're an easy quick build and are pretty sturdy, installing the AA electronics takes all of about 2 minutes. its a good flyer, considering what it is. i've got a few videos somewhere, i'll dig them up.

nick

DEFORCER

sweet planes micro builder