is it possible to get a small light weight solar motor, sticky tape a mini 3v battery to it and attatch a propeller from a fan and get it to fly? I drew a simple sketch...

i think you'r going to need a 1/10 gear reduction for that then (use an xmod motor from radioshack theygo pretty fast) you're going to need somthing to stop the bottom from spinning or else you got a fancy spinning top

ill look at it for you


but wait what's this for any ways?

Here's some basic things you need to make a rotary aircraft:

1) Must generate more lift than the aircraft's weight to get it off of the ground
2) Must be able to keep the aircraft body stationary w.r.t. the spinning rotor blades
3) Must be able to control the roll, pitch, and yaw axis for hover and controlled flight

A battery strapped to a motor and a prop may meet (1) above, but you're lacking (2) and (3). For (2) you need two rotors (counter-rotating main blades or a main and tail blade) or a way to direct the main rotor down wash to keep the aircraft body from spinning. For (3), you need cyclic pitch in the main rotor, or multiple fixed rotors that can vary rpm to control the aircraft....

Basically it will end up as a small heli.

Oh, it would fly if it generates enough lift.

Fly into a wall, that is..

Without a countering force, it's just going to spin around wildly. And with no cyclic control, it's likely just going to either tip over, or take off into a wall and SMASH!

Thanks for all the reply's

cool, the reason is jsut curiosity thought it owuld be kinda cool to just let it go and see it fly away, lol

Kinda reminds me of the time when I was a kid that I test ran a Cox .049 engine. It was a Babe Bee with an attached tank so I figured I could just hold it in my hand. Of course it was oily so it slipped out of my hand. It flew, sort of. It went in a big arc and smacked into the ground.



Mike