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Post by Burkeomatic on Aug 29, 2022 23:40:58 GMT
I found these little nuggets on the aliexpress deepinlovedear store. Heck yeah. They are apparently 100cm wingspan. I completely trust them due to their crack photoshop skills. I ordered 2 at 4 dollars each and 8 dollars shipping. I think my grand total was a whopping 18 dollars after taxes. One for the kids, one to do stupid things with. I have plenty o electronics to stick on them. What comes to mind currently is twin 30mm EDFs with the largest 3s battery I can convince it to fly with. I have taken a gamble on dumber things. Plus, I could never find the 1 meter epp gliders for less than 30 bucks, and I always said if I found one cheap I would get it. Here we are.
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Post by Mr NCT on Aug 30, 2022 0:18:34 GMT
Thanks for the heads up, I just ordered 3.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Aug 30, 2022 1:04:34 GMT
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Post by Mr NCT on Sept 12, 2022 22:30:31 GMT
My three just arrived. I got the planes of color - red, blue & yellow. Too rainy to tell you how they fly.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 12, 2022 22:46:36 GMT
My three just arrived. I got the planes of color - red, blue & yellow. Too rainy to tell you how they fly. I like the fancy stand for the 4 dollar plane. My daughters flew pretty good got about 75 feet on a record throw. They came in pretty quick. I am heavily leaning toward the twin 30mm EDFs on this. A ton more room in the fuselage than the 19 inch wingspan ones. Definitely a lot of plane to work with for 4 bucks. The fuselage is warped on my daughters, gotta take it out with a heat gun. The idea is that when my daughter and I go fly, my 3 year old will have something to toss around. I wonder if I could get away with doing differential thrust and an elevator and only have one servo.
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Post by Mr NCT on Sept 12, 2022 23:08:42 GMT
Knew you'd like the stand. Certainly don't want it to get dinged!
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 13, 2022 4:23:31 GMT
Knew you'd like the stand. Certainly don't want it to get dinged! I am kind of sad I missed out on the yellow, I just got 2 blue ones.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 14, 2022 17:54:50 GMT
I was able to straighten out my kids fuselage twist with a heat gun in about a minute. The fuselage is pretty solid, way better than the smaller models, however, the wings are pretty floppy and will need some reinforcement when adding power to them. I need to get in fusion and make some jet pods.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Oct 21, 2022 4:27:11 GMT
My three just arrived. I got the planes of color - red, blue & yellow. Too rainy to tell you how they fly. Hey man, I made some pods for 30mm edfs. If you want I can load up the stl for you. Also, on RC group, I have befriended some Aussies that love powering these gliders. This is kind of the replacement to the LIDL glider. They simply refer to them as a cheetah glider. If you are interested in a 1806 motor mount that looks pretty slick, there is one here. www.thingiverse.com/thing:5137607
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Post by barrett on Oct 28, 2022 6:27:52 GMT
ill take 2 and the impellers are you printing those to?
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Post by Burkeomatic on Oct 28, 2022 21:51:35 GMT
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Post by barrett on Oct 29, 2022 10:03:15 GMT
do you have any brushed micro flight controller's ya want to get rid of the one I had for the 30mm edf's I shorted out damn it I have 3 of them all with the same issue
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Post by Burkeomatic on Oct 29, 2022 16:09:31 GMT
do you have any brushed micro flight controller's ya want to get rid of the one I had for the 30mm edf's I shorted out damn it I have 3 of them all with the same issue No, my edfs are brushless.
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Post by barrett on Oct 31, 2022 3:03:18 GMT
I don't think I have any small enough motor that will fit a 30mm that are brushless
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Post by Burkeomatic on Oct 31, 2022 3:09:42 GMT
I don't think I have any small enough motor that will fit a 30mm that are brushless Well I printed some pods out, want me to mail em to you. Wonder what Mr NCT is doing with his.
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