VERY impressive solution, bud! A solution for keeping your wing tips on would be to do it exactly as you have shown, only add a couple of small pieces of carbon rod into the wing and extending out only far enough for the tips to slip on. You need to reinforce the tips where you put the holes so that the rod doesn't just rip through the foam. This way, the rod takes all the forces and the magnets just hold everything in place. Again, I'm very impressed with what you've done here.
Hi nice video! I use a similar concept magnets + winglets only difference is that I add some nylon cable to each winglet to to secure them. For carrying plane I prefer to use backpack with strap for skateboard.
Great idea for the breakaway design, less to actually break in a crash. For the battery, you could try a sleeping bag strap from a sporting goods store or a removable zip tie from home depot
thats really cool, im surprised no company sells planes that magnet together like that, also i think id just glue the endplates on since they dont seem to add much bulk to the plane
mtb and sloping, what a great combo. I love to do both myself but never at the same time - you do live in a slice of paradise I think. Good to see you bitten by the sloping bug - it really gets you in and because of the potentially very long flight times compared to powered flight. I found it really improves my flying skills because of this. Big thumbs up for the included MTB footage!!
While magnets working to holding two pieces of the wing together, fins should have some pins or rods attached: magnets are hard to pull apart, but easy to slide sideways. Also, leverage of the fin's tips may act as an amplifier of detaching force.
Am so pleased there are people like me out there- as I had to sell the car due to low funds I now have a motorcycle and trying to carry a model is difficult enough so - I had used a rifle bag but now I saw my guitar bag - perfect . Zips all the way around and gets the transmitter and battery's and even tools too . I can get my slope soarers with V tails and T tails in no problems so long as you can dismantle the tail .
try hinging the fins with tape and use the magnets to hold them in place.. they might wobble in flight but wont fall of.. or try a servo arm with a pin to lock it.
You could use a single vertical stabilizer and have it sandwiched between the 2 wing sections using the carbon spars to keep it in place. Kinda like the alula
Daniel, nice job on the purpose-build. As always, I enjoyed your FPV mountain bike ride... I'm thinking you made it your personal challenge to never let your feet touch the ground all the way down, even when waiting for the redlight at Rt. 224, yes?
The BIG battery at the front is a good idea and without a motor it should last for ages. How long does it last? I am building a glider out of "thong material" and I need a BIG battery for ballast. lol
Great downhill ride. However, your camera needs your new homemade gimbal... Fisheye lens + bouncing camera = nausea. It would certainly be fun to watch if you had the camera on a quadcopter following you down. Cheers.
Ha! Excellent vid. I'm inspired to make something to backpack around on my MTB at the weekend!! I reckon you've done a bit of BMX in your time. Little x-ups and the balancing act at the junction suggest that. ;¬) I'm dead jealous that you have some great trails within cycling distance of home.
just watched this again while looking up info on slope soaring wings and have to complement you on the shot made at 1:00. Really awesome that you had the footage and the exact registration of the shot to compare snow vs no snow. Kudos.
Thanks! So just glue, no strengthening bracket or anything between the wing side and the magnets to spread out the stress on the foam where the magnets are attached?
I suggest you keep these videos on separate video channels. I like both but it was odd to watch a RC plane video got to a bike ride, although neat footage. Have a FPV plane follow a biker down that path would be nice.
How much does that bike weigh? I can easily hike 1000 vertical feet in about 15 minutes, but I could never ride my mountain bike up that far in that much time.
do you ever leave the house or is it too dangerous outside? do you just watch youtube all day - sitting too close to the monitor is dangerous you know - radiation can leak into your brain through your eyeballs
do u need lot of throws for the controls?yesterday was my first time ever attempt to slope soaring in a slope with a lot of trees at both sides so i think i only have about 5-7meters of flying space and it seems like the controls is not sensitive enough and i can only fly for about 5-10 seconds in a single throw.and also does it need to be a lil bit nose heavy?or perfectly balanced?and btw im using the mini zephyr with kf 4 aorhoil in it and also the plane is a little heavy.
you need to put a pin mounted on the tip of the wing , the problem with magnets its theat they slide easily, and theat pin will help not to ps. now we know where you live.....
k so it probably took you 30 min and a lot of sweat to get to the top of that mountain! you know those routes so well! the copers could never catch you!
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The servo arm pin idea is great, thats probably what I will end up doing.
Its just 2 holes in a card board box that hold the rod steady.
Flitetest has a good one. Its not easy to do
Far out man what a ride!
You are the best on the tube...
that is the best idea and plane i have seen from you yet!! great job!!
looks like someone's hooked! not that I blame you, this is a VERY addictive type of rc flying.
VERY impressive solution, bud! A solution for keeping your wing tips on would be to do it exactly as you have shown, only add a couple of small pieces of carbon rod into the wing and extending out only far enough for the tips to slip on. You need to reinforce the tips where you put the holes so that the rod doesn't just rip through the foam. This way, the rod takes all the forces and the magnets just hold everything in place.
Again, I'm very impressed with what you've done here.
Very cool. Impressive design
Many hobby shops sell them
The assembly of the wing is. Nothing else
Superb thing you do !
Hi nice video! I use a similar concept magnets + winglets only difference is that I add some nylon cable to each winglet to to secure them. For carrying plane I prefer to use backpack with strap for skateboard.
If you take the dimensions of my mini zephyr and give it a little less sweep it will be very similar to this.
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Yes. They are called airplanes. You may have even seen them in the sky around your house!
You need a lot of throw. That plane is pretty inefficient so you will need a lot of wind and a big hill.
that looks like a really fun ride
Great idea for the breakaway design, less to actually break in a crash. For the battery, you could try a sleeping bag strap from a sporting goods store or a removable zip tie from home depot
thats really cool, im surprised no company sells planes that magnet together like that, also i think id just glue the endplates on since they dont seem to add much bulk to the plane
mtb and sloping, what a great combo. I love to do both myself but never at the same time - you do live in a slice of paradise I think. Good to see you bitten by the sloping bug - it really gets you in and because of the potentially very long flight times compared to powered flight. I found it really improves my flying skills because of this. Big thumbs up for the included MTB footage!!
Very nice, I like bike and backpack,
I think you should find a slope without trees and bushes they produce turbulences...
that dog was very lucky, good reaction on the brakes mang
Looks great! Perhaps an alignment pin on the fins to help the magnets from becoming misaligned?
wow that's a nice wing and a long ride home
While magnets working to holding two pieces of the wing together, fins should have some pins or rods attached: magnets are hard to pull apart, but easy to slide sideways. Also, leverage of the fin's tips may act as an amplifier of detaching force.
Am so pleased there are people like me out there- as I had to sell the car due to low funds I now have a motorcycle and trying to carry a model is difficult enough so - I had used a rifle bag but now I saw my guitar bag - perfect . Zips all the way around and gets the transmitter and battery's and even tools too . I can get my slope soarers with V tails and T tails in no problems so long as you can dismantle the tail .
you are going down those slopes like one crazy guy. the fast and the furious
Love the pink foam TX case!
great!
try hinging the fins with tape and use the magnets to hold them in place.. they might wobble in flight but wont fall of.. or try a servo arm with a pin to lock it.
You could use a single vertical stabilizer and have it sandwiched between the 2 wing sections using the carbon spars to keep it in place. Kinda like the alula
Glue a strip of carbon perpenticular to the fin, such that its like the two wing halves and does not come off so easily
Nice man again great video quality and content.
looks like fun!
This plane is amazing. Can you send me the planes or measurements and the profile that you used? please
Daniel, nice job on the purpose-build. As always, I enjoyed your FPV mountain bike ride... I'm thinking you made it your personal challenge to never let your feet touch the ground all the way down, even when waiting for the redlight at Rt. 224, yes?
This looks so funny I am looking forward to slope soar too!!
Could you do a build vid on the wing?
Awesome video. Love the handbuilt glider and really enjoyed the bike ride at the end. Where do you live? Looks like some part of Colorado?
look for wet suit bag or snokle back made from lite weight black netting its soft and will be perfect for what you need
A slight tilt in V will improve stability!
The BIG battery at the front is a good idea and without a motor it should last for ages. How long does it last? I am building a glider out of "thong material" and I need a BIG battery for ballast. lol
Nice aircraft and video, would like to ask where you got magnets from to hold wings together.
Second part is very cool too!
thx
Great downhill ride. However, your camera needs your new homemade gimbal... Fisheye lens + bouncing camera = nausea. It would certainly be fun to watch if you had the camera on a quadcopter following you down. Cheers.
Ha! Excellent vid. I'm inspired to make something to backpack around on my MTB at the weekend!! I reckon you've done a bit of BMX in your time. Little x-ups and the balancing act at the junction suggest that. ;¬) I'm dead jealous that you have some great trails within cycling distance of home.
I think you should try something like the dreamflight alula. there are tons of plans on the net.
This would be a great military reconnaissance drone.
consider increasing the sweep by 10-15 degrees if you wish to fly without the vertical surfaces
just watched this again while looking up info on slope soaring wings and have to complement you on the shot made at 1:00. Really awesome that you had the footage and the exact registration of the shot to compare snow vs no snow. Kudos.
very nice!
Try strong velcro to hod the fins in place.
with the fins mabye u should make them bult in the wing but foldable in the middle butb when u assemble it put a rod in it for strucktur
that downhill part is damn cool. And scary :D
Velcro works great
looks fun going down hill. not so much going up. i'd get a dirt bike if i were u
McGyver dude thats a cool plane
nylon screws for the side fins may be bettery
yr good on bike ps that is along way back to your place
Brliant mate. Hey you should get into doing voice overs lots of money to be made there!
nice ride! please do a video with the camera on the helmet should be amazing.. less shaking..
heart beat at the end...
did you take my advise on the sand paper
Should try nylon bolts for holding the wing tips on
nice vid dude. 12:00 i can hear your pulse! is this gopro in the waterproof case?
This is brilliant
there are many of them on youtube already
Thanks! So just glue, no strengthening bracket or anything between the wing side and the magnets to spread out the stress on the foam where the magnets are attached?
glue
Utah, I'm assuming
OMG its all magnets holy shit your a genius
How fast do you ride? The footage at the end looked like it was sped up a little, but it still looked like you were riding fast.
You should do a hot-wire tutorial for wings
try adding a 3rd center section to add span
Nice place to live!!
You should produce these I would buy it after you make all the tweaks
Maby put metel rods in the fins too?
yes, but it would be very expensive. totally possible though.
Hi, why you didnt try one rudder inbetween two wing halves? It will be hold by magnets and carbon rods and will not fall off.
awesome places, where do u live?
Nice, have you tried making a discus launch glider?
very kool thanks
use expo and make it smoother
Very nicely done!
Liked and shared
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I'm sure you can hear your heartbeat towards the end. Awesome down hill run :).
Looks like you live in a great place for outdoors activity.
I suggest you keep these videos on separate video channels.
I like both but it was odd to watch a RC plane video got to a bike ride, although neat footage.
Have a FPV plane follow a biker down that path would be nice.
You should build a plane to follow you back and film this from another angle
With the hero 3
How much does that bike weigh? I can easily hike 1000 vertical feet in about 15 minutes, but I could never ride my mountain bike up that far in that much time.
Hey, is the first part of the video sped up at all?
looks like a really nice place to live great video and love to see more
do you ever leave the house or is it too dangerous outside? do you just watch youtube all day - sitting too close to the monitor is dangerous you know - radiation can leak into your brain through your eyeballs
Great!
You should make an alula style glider
do u need lot of throws for the controls?yesterday was my first time ever attempt to slope soaring in a slope with a lot of trees at both sides so i think i only have about 5-7meters of flying space and it seems like the controls is not sensitive enough and i can only fly for about 5-10 seconds in a single throw.and also does it need to be a lil bit nose heavy?or perfectly balanced?and btw im using the mini zephyr with kf 4 aorhoil in it and also the plane is a little heavy.
can you share how you made the jig for the heated spar?
you need to put a pin mounted on the tip of the wing , the problem with magnets its theat they slide easily, and theat pin will help not to
ps.
now we know where you live.....
What if you crash way down there?
try putting 1 fin in the middle
k so it probably took you 30 min and a lot of sweat to get to the top of that mountain! you know those routes so well! the copers could never catch you!
How did you hotwire this? Do you have a proper rig or did you make something?