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Title: The EZFLY mini scratch build... Post by: learner on October 10, 2015, 12:50:55 PM Hi all
this is my first build log , though not as detailed as the other logs are thats because I dint capture images at different stages and thought of this write up only after a successful maiden. i am pretty new to this hobby and I built FT flyer as my first plane, it did fly but since I am new and had no prior experience of flying in any form I crashed in few seconds of flight. In the process i must have broken at least a dozen props. So I thought of building a pusher where the motor and PROP are safe to a great extent. I came across this EZFLY plane (built from EPP foam ) at RC groups and decide to make a scale down version of that. Since I had previously built and flown and crashed the FT FLYER I chose to use dimensions close to FT FLYER and similar relative positions for the wing and Horizontal stabilizer. with 80% scale down I decided on a 24inch wingspan, 12inch chord, 22 inch fuselage and 10inch by 6inch Hstab. The wing is a simple rectangular shape with wing tips bent to form a polyhedral.i have a used a KFM2 40% step for forming the aerofoil. The fuselage is a made by gluing three peices of 6mm depron foam cut in shape of a airplane body. A 3.5 inch deep slot is cut in between to give space for the propeller. I added drawing pins at the nose of fuselage to protect it damage in case of nose dive crashes(Which i will make for sure ;D ;D ;D). The pins also helped in getting the CG in right place without having to place the battery at the nose tip. I have used a emax MT 1806 2280kV motor along with a 7 X 3.5 prop to power this plane, battery was 500mAh 2S. I did a maiden flight yesterday evening and it given the wind the model flew pretty well. attached below are few snap of the plane and youtube link for the maiden video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBTd3gaW0nI Title: Re: The EZFLY mini scratch build... Post by: K K Iyer on October 10, 2015, 07:47:57 PM @learner,
Well done! Nothing succeeds like success. You might like to try a little nose weight and/or a little downthrust. And using less control throws and less throttle. (I wish more beginners would take the trouble to make a neatly finished model like you have!) Regards. Title: Re: The EZFLY mini scratch build... Post by: adityamody on October 10, 2015, 11:12:18 PM Nice work,,, i have been only dreaming but you made one .. nice job. and
@ Mr Iyer you are very right in saying what you said.. may be soon i will to do some.. till then keep encouraging... Title: Re: The EZFLY mini scratch build... Post by: learner on October 10, 2015, 11:23:05 PM @learner, Well done! Nothing succeeds like success. You might like to try a little nose weight and/or a little downthrust. And using less control throws and less throttle. (I wish more beginners would take the trouble to make a neatly finished model like you have!) Regards. Thank you Iyer Sir... by adding nose weight do you want me to pull in the CG? Title: Re: The EZFLY mini scratch build... Post by: learner on October 10, 2015, 11:34:09 PM Thanks Aditya.
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