I’ve build RC planes since 2013, with a strong emphasis on experimentation around configurations, learning aerodynamics, testing control mechanisms and much more.
My own designs:
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Pitcheron made from pink-foam
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Ring-wing based plane - Look Ma, no tip vortices! Here’s the plan if you want to build your own
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Push-me-pull-you made from free-flight glider and 2x Astro 010 brushless motors
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Built up balsa discus launched glider (DLG) - RIP, it suffered a wing failure in-flight during a loop
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Some monstrosity which I built up to put a 540 brushed motor and a giant nicad pack I had lying arond
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Fosawica - Forward Swept Aft Wing Canard - watch it on youtube
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Jart-STE - watch the video of it at Hermanus 2006 (while terribly nose-heavy on its maiden flight)
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Tricopter with foldable front arms (novel back in 2015) with KK2 PID controller
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And many more which don’t deserve honourable mention, as they were more ‘learning experiences’ than successes.
Kits I built (and invariably modified heavily):
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The Zagi - my first ‘real’ RC plane, which I learned to fly on
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A number of planes from Edgerc.com - Bird Of Prey, Devestator, Tropical Storm
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Windrider Bee and Bat
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The Toucan from Anton Benning, with a custom wing profile for better energy retention
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GWS Tinystick, loaded up with LEDs to fly at night
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The Dreamflight Ahi - with a 2206 motor added is now the Ahi-E. By far the best acrobatic plane I’ve ever flown.
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ReadyMadeRC Nano-Goblin. Effortless 1.5h flights!
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Too many more to remember
Quadcopters, focusing on the smaller side, a number of small quadcopters in the 2.5” - 4” range, keeping under 250g
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Picklefork4 with 1404 motors and 3.5” props. Got a 20 minute flight! Download my pod mashup for holding the Insta360 Go camera on it from Thingiverse
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The trusty old Leader 120 from FullSpeedRC. This was my first high performance quadcopter.
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Lots of experiments with prop and motor selection on a number of frames from the 2.5” - 3” size.