To me it is anyway...

Hehehehe! Tried it yet? It really works!!! [>:]

Now if I can just find small enough servos......

The secret's out. I was hoping nobody would figure out my system. I will not however tell you where I get my servos.

How do you tune those??

How do you know if it is lean?

Tried that one once...
took it out in the back yard for some hover practice.
Only problem with that design is it has a great propensity for crashing into the piles of dog shat... LOL

"Only problem with that design is it has a great propensity for crashing into the piles of dog shat... LOL "

Hmm, it might not be scratch building, but perfect for those times you don't want to make something complex and time consuming. The times you feel like building on the fly?

lol
i looked at it now i want to make it!!!!!!!!!
hummmmmm no flies got to what untill summmer lol.
i guss i will let you know then.

I would think that truly "scratch" building this airframe would require the "raw" materials......i.e. glue enough dog shat or maggotty meat in place (after sealing the wood of course-mustn't add weight) and wait! Personally though I would store these "models" elsewhere at a specially selected R&D site! (near the garbage pail)

Ballgunner,
I'm still trying to figure out where you'd INSTALL those servos? *wry grin*

i tried that once and the glue wouldn't dry so i used accelerator and it burned the poor flies.

I actually saw a news clip of NASA scientists who did the same thing with one fly on a built up little plane. It had some kind of clear film over the wing ribs, tail, stab, and had little wheels to roll. The plane was trimmed for a gentle circle so that it would land when the fly got tired. They fed the fly honey before cranking. This was about 10 or 15 years ago and was a big thing in design and materials.

Reminds me of the old junebug dogfights my cousin and I used to have.[sm=bananahead.gif]
I wonder if I could build a Thunderbird 2 and use one of those.[X(]

scratch built or match built!?
why do you need servos, you got 4 gyros! lol

Man don't let the animal rights activist see this one they will have you arrested for crualty to flies

Actually, they would get their panties in a wad if they saw this. Last year, PETA made a big deal out the need to boycott honey as bees are being exploited. No lie.