August 12, 2014
How to Setup and Fly a warbird (FW-190) by Vortrog @ RC Groups
From Vortrog @ RC Groups
About FW-190
I assume this will be your first flight of a tail-dragging war bird, so just some pointers for you with this model, as I was shitting myself with the first solo flight.
On takeoffs, please try to memorise this very good explanation.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2223176
Remember, right rudder is required along with about half elevator until it starts rolling, then you need to back off to 1/3 or less elevator as the plane lifts off. Once she starts lifting, remove the rudder and concentrate on getting her to a safe alt by slow ascent before struggling to find the gear switch and start trimming. If you rush to input too much throttle, you could be risking a rollover.
I would set a landing setting for your elevator DR (Dual Rate) switch.
So fly with 100% elevator DR, but switch to 80% Dual Rate with 30% Expo on your elevator for landings. The elevator is very twitchy and this will help reduce your first yoyo landing a hell of a lot. With practice, these settings are landing on easy mode. You will only need very slight elevator adjustments on approach if you are straight and level and let the throttle do the work.
I recommend flying at 50% DR on ailerons.
For landings, start approach at half throttle and tone it back little at a time as the plane coasts in. The throttle lands the plane, not the elevator. I never use flaps. Maybe one day I will, but it lands just fine without them. In fact, three point landings are pretty common for me so I don’t need to consider them and risk tip stalling.
Hope it goes well. I love this model sooo much hence why I am giving you these pointers. I
Lastly, don’t get complacent and keep it up high until you feel comfortable with its characteristics. She turns really sweet and low flyby’s are soo sexy.
Have fun 
April 16, 2014
My Planes – at a glance
Best STOL Bush plane
German STOL Plane
Best EDF Jet
Space Walker
Glassed Vampire EDF
AT6 Texan Warbird
GWS ME 262 Twin 64mm EDF Jet
Stinger 64 EDF
Beaver STOL Plane
Bob Cat Pusher 1500 mm wing span
Silver Vampire 70mm EDF
Tough Jet – Best Jetlanc
October 10, 2012
How to Check for CG Positions by doing a Dive Test !!!
Hi there… I came across this amazing test with pictorials that help with CG Position and associated setup by doing a simple Dive Test.
See below for the details.
October 5, 2012
Oh-My! My! My! … Just completely forgot to add the new projects. Here we go…
Here we go…
All the latest and greatest creations made to date…
Most of them flew well while some didn’t make it to skies yet.
They are:
Mini F-22 Raptor – $Tree Foam plane
$Tree – Double Trouble BiPlane
$Tree – Delta Canard Jet
Scale F22 Raptor EDF Jet – $Tree Foam
Rutan LongEZ – $Tree Foam
Rutan Quickie – Foam plane
Ligati Stratos – Foam plane
March 6, 2012
AURA Markee – The True High Wind Flyer
With a little help from my 6 Year old – and a simple design came in this new High Wing Flyer – AURA MARKEE
In simple words, this is one of the best plane to learn Elevons and Fly in high winds at the same time.
It is indeed a very graceful flyer with no bad habits – Of course depends on the pilot though. {Chuckles }
The two pictures that show the top and bottom profiles of the plane are shown below.
AURA Markee – Top
AURA Markee-Bottom
Enjoy the design.
February 2, 2012
Unveiling of “AURA BOXER”
Hello All,
With the advent of New Year comes new zeal and new interest into Innovation.
Thanks to Interent and RC Groups – (www.rcgroups.com) there is ample supply of innovative ideas and this time the result is “AURA BOXER”
The plane is made out of Dollary tree foam (www.dollartree.com) with Color packing tape applied to it before being shaped to become a fuse and the wing. The wing was formed just by shear hand and it resembled a “Clark- Y” airfoil with flat bottom.
Fuse is a simple box – hence the name “BOXER” was chosen for the plane
The following are the specs for the beautiful bird:
- Material is Dollar tree foam board – 2 sheets
- Motor is 200 W 1400 KV from RC Timer (www.rctimer.com)
- 30 AMP ESC from Hobby partz (www.hobbypartz.com)
- 9g Dynam servos from Hobby partz (www.hobbypartz.com)
- And miscellaneous hardware and tape from local hardware store.
The final build is impressive and with little down trim, the plane flies great. Very balanced and expected responses from an amatuer pilot like me.
The picture is shown below:
The best BOXER ever built
September 27, 2011
My Latest : AURA MINI & AURA WING
After much deliberations on this excellent hobby, I decided that “Dollar Store Foam Board” is the way to go forward with all construction projects.
Like before, after couple of night out’s, playing with concepts in Cad, I am glad to come up with two simple wing concepts.
AURA MINI and AURA WING.
AURA MINI differs from AURA WING is the following ways:
- The MINI comes with a Rudder control while the WING has no Rudder at all.
- The MINI has a 90 degree flat nose cone while WING has 120 degree flat nose cone.
- The wing span on MINI is 24″ while WING comes with a 48″ wing span.
- Both these concepts use ELEVON controls (Elevator + Alerons) setup from my Spektrum DX6i Radio.
- Both these use 1600 KV 90 W motors and 1200 mah 11.1V 3S LiPo batteries.
- MINI comes with 5 x 5 prop for speed in mind while WING comes with 8 x 4 Prop for better thrust.
Enough said above, please see some nice pictures below of these beauties.
At the time of this post, MINI is my all time favorite with the way it flies, and I still need to do the maiden flight for WING.
MINI - Just assembled.
MINI after maiden flight
WING - Electronics exposed
WING - Colorful belly Ready for Maiden
April 23, 2011
AURA – successful maiden flight
Today is the day to remember in my life – Yes the day before EASTER holiday in Year 2011 is a good day in many ways.
The best being – AURA : My Scratch Built RC Plane had it’s maiden flight which is amazingly graceful and highly successful.
If a picture is worth thousand words, then how about a video of this flight ? – Check below.
After the maiden flight that lasted for about 4 minutes in the morning, I just snapped a quick shot – see below.
Thanks to MAC, DENNY, AHMED and all others for helping me in this nice hobby.
April 21, 2011
AURA Maiden flight – Take 1
Hmnn… Obviously it didn’t happen the way as I wanted it to be.
With the help of my fellow pilots at the park – found that the Trust is not enough for the wing.
So the little AURA (In-fact it has about 420 Sq In of wing area), could n’t pick up altitude…
So couple of options were suggested:
- Replace the 6 x 4 prop with a 8 x 4 prop
- Replace the 1300 kv brushless motor with a 2300 kv brushless motor and so on…
Already replaced the prop – waiting for Weekend to come for a test flight.
Also placed the order for two 2300 brushless motors from hobbypartz.com along with a 30 amp ESC and they are on their way to my location today.
Hoping for the best and all I would say is to wait and see what is coming out of this …
