Brilliant! I loved the hand-launch sequence at 6:00. Having seen the carved-up hand of a guy who was launching a flying wing, it's nice to know this one doesn't bite(?).
I trust this guy the most out of all the people on youtube im a 1 year experienced flyer and he still is teaching me things I didn't know Thanks ExperimentalAirlines :)
ok ed you just got my attention, amazing how you have taken just a few basic building techniques and created so many different designs.....i will be building this!
Awesome videos EdI built one of these last weekend and maidened it yesterday, gotta say I love it. It flew sweet right out of my hand with only a few clicks of down elevator, I got in another 5 or 6 flights this morning. I can see these wings becoming my favorite planes quickly. One reason is because when I started flying back in 07 or 08 the first two or so years was spent building and flying blu core wings.Thank you Sir
Ingenious folding design! Thanks for mentioning the motor's wattage, most just give a motor # and kv, which is often NO help. Tape turns a delicate plane into a much tougher one. 1st class videos, well edited, and concise.
I've been wondering what to build with all the foam board I have stacked up... lol This might just be the one! Looks like it would be a fun easy build, and should fly great!
WOW mate, you really know what you're doing. I build slow-flyers from foam board ( Lazy Bee, Tiger Moth, etc...). Now I'm gonna try building one of your creations.
Ed, love the wings! I have a semi successful scratch-built Zagnutz wing (zaggi style wing) but had horrible issues with the CG. It flew, but not so well. I tore off all the electronics for another project and now just have the wing sitting alone and dejected in the corner. Now I know what to do it! Thanks for putting out such great videos. Your designs are simple, efficient and I love how well they fly. Keep up the great work.
I have not had many windy days to test it but I will try when I can. The handling seems to be solid and steady with long, smooth lines. It is not aerobatic or very nimble. It feels to me like steering a boat or driving a Cadillac, as opposed to driving a Porsche or flying a 3D plane. It definitely goes where you want it to but it's smooth and gentle.
My hats off to ya Ed... the best design I have seen you make to date... has style, sleek aerodynamics....easy to build... great FPV platform.... ,great FPV platform... did I say Great FPV platform....?...:-)
Ed. Many many thanks for you intuition and fine instructionals. I've been away from RC flight for 25 years and you're one of the reasons I got back into it. I just whipped together the wing of your Synapse model in no time. I'll probably build 2-3 more of your designs as well. Keep up the great work as it is very much appreciated. ~XXXTechRC
Very COOL Ed! I love this idea. This is your coolest build yet. I'm actually building my first armin wing right now. Once I perfect my technique, I will be building one of these.
Well thought out design. I like the landing gear version. One thing I've done in the past is just to have a nose wheel with bamboo skids at the tips. This work quite well..
I went into my local dollar tree today to pick up some foam board. They were all out, the lady there said someone bought the two boxes that they had to "build an airplane or something" haha! At least one of my own kind beat me to it.
Thanks for the good vibes, glad to hear you're going to give scratchbuilding a try. I do not use KF airfoils as I find the folded foamboard cambered airfoil (that I call "Armin wing" after my son) to be very easy to construct and reliable in performance.
Ed, removable arrow shaft is an amazing idea! Just blew my mind. Even though I've switched to quads/tricopters since last bajiWing build, I'm seriosuly considering building a fully folding wing.
Oh for sure, many other ways. I kind of hate rubber bands but at the same time they are cheap, low tech, forgiving, allow movement on crashes and hard landings, and are easy to set up and break down. Nylon nuts are a favorite of course. Velcro straps have been used with good success. You imagination is the limit.
Ed you are awesome, I love your work. I've build 2 armin wings in anticipation for a flying wing and found this video after searching for fuselage/electronics ideas. Will post a video once I've flown it (and decided on a fuse)
Thanks Ed... been waiting to see this baby and can already see some of the reasons I think it ought to fly more smoothly than some of my "hybrid" efforts. Gentlemen, start your glue-guns!
Not sure about the winglet significance. The blue one is configured to never allow the prop to touch the ground. Maybe there's a little droop tip/wing fence effect. They are both probably larger than they need to be, but I'd rather go big and size down. A little more vertical surface is needed to mitigate the fuselage pod. Handling is very "determined", kind of smooth and locked-on, not twitchy, not super nimble. Stable in 5mph wind, but haven't really pushed the high winds yet.
Cool,Just thought I'd ask-I see alot of people using both techniques,yours are probably lighter in weight with the void in the wing than several layers of material and the glue to hold them together would be.Keep 'em flying!!
Yeah, the Synapse has swept wings, a very short tail moment, and a bit higher wing loading. It really only needs the extra watts to get hand-launched. Cruise flight is actually quite mellow at about 150 watts level flight. With landing gear you could get by with less motor. The Peace Drone has enough "float" to make it hand launch pretty slowly and stay airborne while it builds airspeed. Flying wings kind of need extra oomph.
I watch your wing videos, but could not find how you cut and joined the flying wing, wings! Is there one, if so can you help me locate it. thank you, great manufacturing and instruction!
Very elegant solution to having an FPV platform that is easy to travel with! It gets around some problems I've been having with my wing. Thanks for showing the possibility of the "football" hand launch with this design. A couple questions: 1) Is there any difference in performance with the two different winglet designs? 2) How does it handle in turbulent wind conditions?
jeff saunders I actually try not to glue them in unless really necessary, and then only just a dab of glue. Once the rubber bands are put on it will hold the shafts up tight inside the fuselage.
After being cut for the Synapse design, the wings are actually not 30" rectangles but rhomboids, 26" long on the leading and trailing edge. At a 135 degree nose angle (22.5 degrees sweep for each wing) the wingspan is 48". You can try this on an online triangle calculator if you like. Sorry I am terrible at drawing so I try to use video as my teaching medium. The instructions are quite detailed. Look at the one on the wing specifically and you will see the dimensions.
Ed if you remember my Axon i had a Turnigy 2836 2350kv motor on it with a 6x4 prop with a prop saver at 1800 kv i would recomend if using a prop saver not to go beyond an 8x4 prop
I think it is a good idea in principle, but I have always had very good luck using the ESC brake and just letting the prop flip up and out of the way upon landing. I literally have never had a broken or misaligned prop that way. I would use caution with prop savers on large diameter, high power, high rpm motors like the ones I recommend for this plane, as a prop saver might let loose of the propeller if not perfectly balanced.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to use a prop saver instead of the prop adapter? Seems to me that the shaft can get easily bent on a landing on the plane without gear.
It is very detailed. Appreciate your effort. Can I build this using coro-plaststic? Kindly do a build video on talon mini using coro-plaststic with plans.
About the Synapse . . . I was thinking about the slide in slide out tray for the electronics. Could you also use that feature to adjust the plane to get the CG right ?
Pure genius Ed, you're the Rutan of the RC world...
Brilliant! I loved the hand-launch sequence at 6:00. Having seen the carved-up hand of a guy who was launching a flying wing, it's nice to know this one doesn't bite(?).
Great design. Really like the ability to use different Fuse. on same wing. It's on my bucket list to make.
Very nice designs. I particularly like the removable spar and folding wings. Thank you for sharing !
Absolutely amazing design! I love the ease of portability, a draw string for the spar and folding fins is spectacular!
Thanks Ryan. For just a little more build effort the Ansley Peace Drone is pretty darn portable and flies twice as long so far.
Impressed with the foldable wing and the sliding trays...
I trust this guy the most out of all the people on youtube im a 1 year experienced flyer and he still is teaching me things I didn't know
Thanks ExperimentalAirlines :)
ok ed you just got my attention, amazing how you have taken just a few basic building techniques and created so many different designs.....i will be building this!
Awesome videos EdI built one of these last weekend and maidened it yesterday, gotta say I love it. It flew sweet right out of my hand with only a few clicks of down elevator, I got in another 5 or 6 flights this morning. I can see these wings becoming my favorite planes quickly. One reason is because when I started flying back in 07 or 08 the first two or so years was spent building and flying blu core wings.Thank you Sir
Ingenious folding design! Thanks for mentioning the motor's wattage, most just give a motor # and kv, which is often NO help. Tape turns a delicate plane into a much tougher one. 1st class videos, well edited, and concise.
I've been wondering what to build with all the foam board I have stacked up... lol This might just be the one! Looks like it would be a fun easy build, and should fly great!
Awesome idea Ed .. You always keep us on our toes can't wait to see the build video.. Thanks
WOW mate, you really know what you're doing. I build slow-flyers from foam board ( Lazy Bee, Tiger Moth, etc...). Now I'm gonna try building one of your creations.
Fantastic! Love the trike version and looking forward to build videos here in UK.
Just found your videos. Very cool. Just what I'm looking for. Love the simplicity and functionality.
Ed, love the wings! I have a semi successful scratch-built Zagnutz wing (zaggi style wing) but had horrible issues with the CG. It flew, but not so well. I tore off all the electronics for another project and now just have the wing sitting alone and dejected in the corner. Now I know what to do it! Thanks for putting out such great videos. Your designs are simple, efficient and I love how well they fly. Keep up the great work.
That's the single biggest compliment I could be paid!
Purty nice sliding bay you got there. Good job.
I just had the maiden flight with my Synapse today! Its my new favorite plane!!! Ill bring a video soon.
Thanks Ed,
keep it up!
I have not had many windy days to test it but I will try when I can. The handling seems to be solid and steady with long, smooth lines. It is not aerobatic or very nimble. It feels to me like steering a boat or driving a Cadillac, as opposed to driving a Porsche or flying a 3D plane. It definitely goes where you want it to but it's smooth and gentle.
Another great build Ed! I may try to build one out of coroplast I have laying around.
My hats off to ya Ed... the best design I have seen you make to date... has style, sleek aerodynamics....easy to build... great FPV platform.... ,great FPV platform... did I say Great FPV platform....?...:-)
Thanks Ed. It's a really great job you're doing - all for free, as someone had already mentioned.
Ed. Many many thanks for you intuition and fine instructionals. I've been away from RC flight for 25 years and you're one of the reasons I got back into it. I just whipped together the wing of your Synapse model in no time. I'll probably build 2-3 more of your designs as well. Keep up the great work as it is very much appreciated. ~XXXTechRC
Looks great and nice and quiet!.
Wow! Very smart design! I fly Zagis and always had issues carrying loads. This is a very good solution....
That's a nice wing fold method. I hadn't seen that style before!
Really like your designs and explanations. Good stuff for beginners or any DIY flight enthusiast! Thanks!
Cool! looks like a good GoPro platform!
Thanks. Like your airplanes. Haven't built much with foam. I mostly use coroplast.
All of your creations flies like a charm. Congrats. :)
Nice Ed ... looking forward to the build videos and hope you do some in depth presentation on CG balancing.
Folding it just shows you are a badass and you can design luxuries into it because making something fly is too easy for you
It's crazy you do this for free. Way to go man
Very COOL Ed! I love this idea. This is your coolest build yet. I'm actually building my first armin wing right now. Once I perfect my technique, I will be building one of these.
Well thought out design. I like the landing gear version. One thing I've done in the past is just to have a nose wheel with bamboo skids at the tips. This work quite well..
NICE !! i am going to build this baby
what a sweet sweet plane.
Oh yeah... that removable arrowshaft is BIG!!
WOW man you've totally outdone yourself! FANTASTIC!!
a lot of good ideas here!
Great ideas! I look forward to viewing more of your videos. I know I will learn a great deal. Thanks!
Thank you very much,god bless you and you r family .
Awesome builds! Thank you for uploading these and looking forward to the build videos...
eres el maestro del foamboard, cada dia veo las maravillas que creas y me asombro seguidamente. gracias por tus videos.
Honestly I don't think I'd change much, it looks near perfect the way you've done it! lol Looking forward to the build videos!
Man, I love your inventions! You are one sharp cookie!!
I went into my local dollar tree today to pick up some foam board. They were all out, the lady there said someone bought the two boxes that they had to "build an airplane or something" haha! At least one of my own kind beat me to it.
Thanks for the good vibes, glad to hear you're going to give scratchbuilding a try. I do not use KF airfoils as I find the folded foamboard cambered airfoil (that I call "Armin wing" after my son) to be very easy to construct and reliable in performance.
Nothing made more efficient. Just fits his ideals of preference better.
Great job as usual Ed! I'll add one of these to my winter build projects. Thanks for all your creative ideas keep'em coming.
Great job! Thanks for share!
Can't wait to see the build videos!
That folding mechanism... Looks like freaking sorcery to me, I am building that ASAP!
Ed, removable arrow shaft is an amazing idea! Just blew my mind. Even though I've switched to quads/tricopters since last bajiWing build, I'm seriosuly considering building a fully folding wing.
Oh for sure, many other ways. I kind of hate rubber bands but at the same time they are cheap, low tech, forgiving, allow movement on crashes and hard landings, and are easy to set up and break down. Nylon nuts are a favorite of course. Velcro straps have been used with good success. You imagination is the limit.
Ed you are awesome, I love your work. I've build 2 armin wings in anticipation for a flying wing and found this video after searching for fuselage/electronics ideas. Will post a video once I've flown it (and decided on a fuse)
Amazing thought has gone into your design. Keep up the videos, love to watch them, as they are very educational for a new guy like me.
nice work Edd.
Sweet work! Love it! Hope you make a bigger one! may be on the 9 Feet range!
Very impressive,nice work.
Thanks Ed... been waiting to see this baby and can already see some of the reasons I think it ought to fly more smoothly than some of my "hybrid" efforts. Gentlemen, start your glue-guns!
Your builds are really intelligent and amazing... I'm really
I love these kind of wings.....:) they just look nice when flying :)
Thanks for the" how to tips" & great videos!
Not sure about the winglet significance. The blue one is configured to never allow the prop to touch the ground. Maybe there's a little droop tip/wing fence effect. They are both probably larger than they need to be, but I'd rather go big and size down. A little more vertical surface is needed to mitigate the fuselage pod. Handling is very "determined", kind of smooth and locked-on, not twitchy, not super nimble. Stable in 5mph wind, but haven't really pushed the high winds yet.
Super, thanks from India
awesome, another ingenious design!
Very informative video very good job 👍
Wow, that was cool!! Unfortunately, the raining season is coming soon so I was wondering how about making these "rain proof" somehow?
Yes, you are correct on all points.
Amazing job! I've been wanting to see your idea of a flying wing
Cool,Just thought I'd ask-I see alot of people using both techniques,yours are probably lighter in weight with the void in the wing than several layers of material and the glue to hold them together would be.Keep 'em flying!!
Muy bueno todos los videos .
Un saludo muy grande de Argentina.
pas mal le systême !
looking foward to the build videos...this WILL be my first build!!
Folding wing mechanism is genius, very convenient. could you please make the synapse plans available. great videos!
This is it, this is the one. I'm in love.
Yeah, the Synapse has swept wings, a very short tail moment, and a bit higher wing loading. It really only needs the extra watts to get hand-launched. Cruise flight is actually quite mellow at about 150 watts level flight. With landing gear you could get by with less motor. The Peace Drone has enough "float" to make it hand launch pretty slowly and stay airborne while it builds airspeed. Flying wings kind of need extra oomph.
Yes Chandler. I drive by that park all the time.
I watch your wing videos, but could not find how you cut and joined the flying wing, wings! Is there one, if so can you help me locate it. thank you, great manufacturing and instruction!
Clever, thanks for sharing!
Very elegant solution to having an FPV platform that is easy to travel with! It gets around some problems I've been having with my wing. Thanks for showing the possibility of the "football" hand launch with this design. A couple questions: 1) Is there any difference in performance with the two different winglet designs? 2) How does it handle in turbulent wind conditions?
Great videos, Could you show more detail about how the arrow shafts are glued to the inside of the fuselage for the wing hold downs?
jeff saunders I actually try not to glue them in unless really necessary, and then only just a dab of glue. Once the rubber bands are put on it will hold the shafts up tight inside the fuselage.
Great design! What kind of batteries and flight times are you getting sans fpv equipment at that weight class?
After being cut for the Synapse design, the wings are actually not 30" rectangles but rhomboids, 26" long on the leading and trailing edge. At a 135 degree nose angle (22.5 degrees sweep for each wing) the wingspan is 48". You can try this on an online triangle calculator if you like. Sorry I am terrible at drawing so I try to use video as my teaching medium. The instructions are quite detailed. Look at the one on the wing specifically and you will see the dimensions.
Ed if you remember my Axon i had a Turnigy 2836 2350kv motor on it with a 6x4 prop with a prop saver at 1800 kv i would recomend if using a prop saver not to go beyond an 8x4 prop
Ya did it up good Ed good Job Need plans.
I think it is a good idea in principle, but I have always had very good luck using the ESC brake and just letting the prop flip up and out of the way upon landing. I literally have never had a broken or misaligned prop that way. I would use caution with prop savers on large diameter, high power, high rpm motors like the ones I recommend for this plane, as a prop saver might let loose of the propeller if not perfectly balanced.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to use a prop saver instead of the prop adapter? Seems to me that the shaft can get easily bent on a landing on the plane without gear.
Murphy, it IS YOU! Robocop actor doppleganger you are lol.
Awesome as usual!
Where is the GC located on this plane? Thanks Ed. Great tutorials.
Indeed! Credits to you in the comments. Nice idea!
Dude, I would be honored if you would show us your take on this one!
It is very detailed. Appreciate your effort. Can I build this using coro-plaststic? Kindly do a build video on talon mini using coro-plaststic with plans.
Congratulations Ed, it is very nice design ! Have you test them on windy day conditions. What was overall fly behavior?
About the Synapse . . . I was thinking about the slide in slide out tray for the electronics. Could you also use that feature to adjust the plane to get the CG right ?
Beautiful build! One question though? Where do you get the colored tape? Where can I buy this locally? How do you get it to look so perfect?
Você é um Gênio !!!
really nice!