Everything RC Thread

[Mazin]

So a few of us have been talking RC (Remote Controlled) vehicles for the last couple days on the PWT thread and it was suggested that's we make a thread and I've to decided to make that pipe dream a reality



I've been flying RC Planes since I was about 6 off and on with my grandfather. Before he passed I was told to come pickup my Sh*t (94 year old Texan telling me to clean out his garage). Ever since he passed for about a year now I've been fixing and repairing his fleet and mine. Got 5 planes RtF and working on the 6th when I find the motivation.

Currently flight ready is:
J3 running a .25 efite
large superfly using a 450 motor
smaller Superfly using a .10 motor that I'm itching to fly. (Power plant is designed for 7-10lb planes and this weighs in at 14.7 oz.
Superbee 3 ch to train my buddies kids on (krusty the blow theme was inspired by my grandfathers color scheme).

As far as projects go I have about 10-12 airframes that need to be repaired / built. I fly Wet and Electric btw so if anyone needs any nitro motors hit me up.
(The wall o fun)
http://imageshack.com/a/img924/9883/vBfHjj.jpg


Aside from planes I've flown Helis (not that good) and quadcopters (which I love). I've done nitro cars, trucks and electric cars and rock crawlers and rock racers.


So who else is into RC and wants to gab shop?

Btw anyone here get their sUAS (commercial remote / drone pilot cert) certification yet (that already doesn't have a part 61)?

[00tec]

Running a 680mm carbon fiber folding airframe
Pixraptor (pixhawk clone) with GPS
380kv sunnysky motors
15x5.5 folding props
30 or 40amp ESCs (dont remember)
6s (22v) 5000mah battery
Power folding landing gear (I have a separate ESC for the gear)
Taranis radio

I haven't got around to getting a gimbal, so for now, I just have a borrowed Mobius camera zip strapped to the top.

It will "bounce" a 10lb barbell around the driveway (getting about a foot off the ground at a time), I have no doubt it will fly around with 9lbs (but probably not for long). Dry hover is 34 mins until low batt warning.

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I want to build a big flying wing (one of these: https://www.fpvmodel.com/latest-vers...wing_g632.html ), but life gets in the way. The wife seems to complain less when I build guns.

[Mercula]

Same here. Been flying off and on as long as I could remember. My dad bought me out of all my RC stuff when I migrated to Colorado.
He does however have way more than he needs and has been handing down small electrics the last couple years. All I have now is a superbly X glider type and he just gave me a micro geebee I'm excited to fly ! I need to get new batts for most of my stuff.

[ray1970]

I had some stadium trucks with my kid back in the day. They were a blast. My favorite part was custom painting the bodies. I'll have to see if I can dig up pictures.

I wouldn't mind a drone some day. Just for stupid stuff.

[J]

I've got my sUAS but already had the airman cert. That was super easy.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Best recommendation for beginner crawler, and estimated costs turn key?

[DenverGP]

I've got a bunch of old electric RC planes. When last I flew them, they used Nicad or NiMh battery packs, and used 72mhz radios.

I'd like to upgrade the battery packs to lithium. I'm sure my old nicad/nihm cells are bad after many years of sitting. I'd think lithium would get me longer flight time, as well as less weight. But are people still flying the old 72mhz radios?

Looking at my old planes on the wall, I realized I might need to make some changes if the lithium batteries are much lighter to keep the center of gravity correct.

Still have my first RC plane, a Great Planes PT-Electric. It's been crashed once, upgraded the motor, added steerable nosewheel, and built a new wing with ailerons. Would love to get it back in the air. Back in the day, it was about 5 minutes flight time max on the largest battery I had.

[Mazin]

Running a 680mm carbon fiber folding airframe
Pixraptor (pixhawk clone) with GPS
380kv sunnysky motors
15x5.5 folding props
30 or 40amp ESCs (dont remember)
6s (22v) 5000mah battery
Power folding landing gear (I have a separate ESC for the gear)
Taranis radio

I haven't got around to getting a gimbal, so for now, I just have a borrowed Mobius camera zip strapped to the top.

It will "bounce" a 10lb barbell around the driveway (getting about a foot off the ground at a time), I have no doubt it will fly around with 9lbs (but probably not for long). Dry hover is 34 mins until low batt warning.

Attachment 71369

I want to build a big flying wing (one of these: https://www.fpvmodel.com/latest-vers...wing_g632.html ), but life gets in the way. The wife seems to complain less when I build guns.

That's a BEAST!! What's your overall plan for it just imaging or agricultural spraying?? Trust me I know about life I have a giant J3 that need to get back in the air but it's not in the budget.

Same here. Been flying off and on as long as I could remember. My dad bought me out of all my RC stuff when I migrated to Colorado.
He does however have way more than he needs and has been handing down small electrics the last couple years. All I have now is a superbly X glider type and he just gave me a micro geebee I'm excited to fly ! I need to get new batts for most of my stuff.

I've always wanted to Fly a Superbee, in the sims it was always a great flyer.

I've got my sUAS but already had the airman cert. That was super easy.

Yea I just took that course to supplement my studies. I'm on charting and airspace classification now but I've done the operations and UAV side just need to cover the basic Aeronautical knowledge test.

Best recommendation for beginner crawler, and estimated costs turn key?

I've always liked Axial, I've had 2 and never had any issues. I'd say whatever your looking at check the availability of aluminum after market parts. I'd say $450-500 for a decent RTR (Ready to Run). If you go kit it's will be double but you'll have better TXRX most of the time. The biggest killer is all the stuff you have to buy to start like charger, balancer, TX/RX (if you don't go RTR), Servos, esc and kit.

I've got a bunch of old electric RC planes. When last I flew them, they used Nicad or NiMh battery packs, and used 72mhz radios.

I'd like to upgrade the battery packs to lithium. I'm sure my old nicad/nihm cells are bad after many years of sitting. I'd think lithium would get me longer flight time, as well as less weight. But are people still flying the old 72mhz radios?

Looking at my old planes on the wall, I realized I might need to make some changes if the lithium batteries are much lighter to keep the center of gravity correct.

Still have my first RC plane, a Great Planes PT-Electric. It's been crashed once, upgraded the motor, added steerable nosewheel, and built a new wing with ailerons. Would love to get it back in the air. Back in the day, it was about 5 minutes flight time max on the largest battery I had.

Man let's get together sometime and I'll let you fly my large super fly. Brushless motor and lipos are night and day differences compared to brushed and Nimh

[Mazin]

I'm going to be rebuilding a DJI Phantom Pro 3 in the next week so I'll snap some pics. Owner took it down and it needed a new shell and the fumble motor sounded like crap but I fixed that and now just waiting on parts. I think DJI software and overall user friendliness is bar none but I was really surprised when I open the P3P up and saw that the only structure was the shell itself. A little wrinkle in the plastic offset the motor too much so bam have to replace the whole shell. Oh did I mention this will be the second time I've rebuilt this because my dumbass added loctite and evidently over torqued (I'm still claiming bs) and cracked the new shell in every screw location, the thing when I started taking it apart literally crumbled. Oh well live and Learn, I'll rebuild it then do a test flight on it to make sure everything's ok (and check it out )

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4750/3MBz3Y.jpg

[OtterbatHellcat]

I've always liked Axial, I've had 2 and never had any issues. I'd say whatever your looking at check the availability of aluminum after market parts. I'd say $450-500 for a decent RTR (Ready to Run). If you go kit it's will be double but you'll have better TXRX most of the time. The biggest killer is all the stuff you have to buy to start like charger, balancer, TX/RX (if you don't go RTR), Servos, esc and kit.

I did look at a bunch of stuff online today, and there's a lot out there for sure. Can my heli control run other RC, or is it specific to the product? Yeah, I'm real green when it comes to this stuff...and I have no idea what TXRX means.....transmit/receive?

Thanks, Mazin.