Looks great, and an excellent weight! For competition you'd need to ballast up to 425 mg. Also the carbon prop spar isn't legal for competition (but it's great fun!). I would definitely recommend increasing your prop pitch--it is much too low, and this hurts efficiency, though it does make the model a little easier to trim. The best ministicks are running a pitch of twice the diameter.
+joshuawfinn Thank you very much for your cheers and advice on how to improve my model for a better performance! I'm aware that you are a top competitor in the free flight arena (I use to read the communication of members at the Yahooś indoor flying forum and also recently I watched your Flite Test interview: a very nice one, indeed). This quasi-ministick was intended to be an experiment; it was the second specimen built from a A2Z ministick kit. After building the first specimen with the lighter balsa included into the kit (that model weighted 0.60 grams without rubber), I decided to try it again, this time using selected light balsa and setting a carbon rod of 0.3mm dia. as prop spar to manage the torsional flexibility of the prop pitch: I wanted to test things and above all enjoy within the constrains of my club flying site in Madrid (shared by r/c and free-flight flyers. That means it's not feasible to fly a duration model, say, with flying time over 10 min...: my r/c flying mates would kill me, or even worse, they would kill my model!). At present I'm not so active building free-flight models since I was contaminated with the indoor r/c autogyros bug!... And definitely I have been more involved in designing and building A6 class models since early 2011 for competition. I will share a video of one of them soon in my channel when ready. Thanks again Joshua!
Uno tiene que dar el salto,y construir sus propios diseños y ponerlos a pruebas tantas veces e ir modificandolos hasta que vuelen y sientan satisfacion de su creacion.
Impresionante, soy nuevo en vuelo libre deseo construir algo pequeño como este . Como haces las costillas de las alas para que tengan curva? Las mojas y moldeas o las cortas con la curva? Otra pregunta que espesor de caucho y longitud usas para el motor? Gracias!!
Gracias Alex. Las costillas están cortadas ya a la forma; hay quien dobla la balsa dándole curvatura, pero son los menos porque da problemas de repetitividad. El espesor de la goma depende del peso del modelo, pero para que tengas una referencia de números, digamos que es una goma de 1x0.5mm de sección y la longitud del bucle es vez y media la distancia entre ganchos. Ambos parámetros (y el tipo de goma son críticos para conseguir un vuelo de duración, hay bastante enjundia al respecto).
Hola Luis, el modelo es de la clase "mini-stick" de la firma IMS. Como kit está muy bien, sobre todo sencillo. Yo implementé varias modificaciones sobre el original y no las tengo dibujadas en un plano. Pero puedes descargarte algún plano de mini-stick u otro que te guste en: www.hippocketaeronautics.com
How did you make the prop spar and hook intersection @ 0:27 it does not look like you made a hole in the carbon and glued the loop in it? I would like to make a prop using a carbon spar but do not know how to go about doing it. Thanks Ross
Hi Ross, I have L-shaped the piano wire at its end. Then the piano end is tightly wired to the carbon spar (this of 0.3mm diameter) with one thin cooper filament of an electric wire. After assuring it is squared, then epoxied. I use this technique for piano-carbon and piano-piano joints (this last in small r/c models, mainly autogyros parts) and it works pretty fine for me. If you need more details, please you find me at: jam4yutube at gmail dot com. Regards, Jose
Muy bueno Jose ! Yo comienzo... y tengo una pregunta, como andaria una ala delta pura ? No un ala volante pero un delta con fuselage y timon, sin estabilizadores. Me decian en la fuerza aérea que las alas deltas podian continuar de generar sustentacion a angulos de ataque pronunciados... Saludos !
Hi Alex, to bend the balsa wood you must soak the pieces into water (better water with some ammonia) for several hours. Then put them wet on the jig and shape them with care using your fingers and let them dry. Regarding the glue, I've just answered that question in my Limitted Penny Plane video.
Hello, dear friend, can you sell the aircraft you made? I really want to have a plane for you, I am in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Looking forward for your reply, thank you! ! !
Hi, thanks for showing your interest about it. Really, it is much more fun when you learn and build your own planes! I'm just curious what do you think the price of a plane like this is...
@@jamindoor your good friend. Let's talk about the price of this plane. I really want it, or you make a set of parts, I come back to install. Attach your instructions.
With this irritating lock-down all of us want to have one of those at home...
Hi jose...nice work...
Please share the formula, measurement. I am so happy if i can make one like as yours
Looks great, and an excellent weight! For competition you'd need to ballast up to 425 mg. Also the carbon prop spar isn't legal for competition (but it's great fun!). I would definitely recommend increasing your prop pitch--it is much too low, and this hurts efficiency, though it does make the model a little easier to trim. The best ministicks are running a pitch of twice the diameter.
+joshuawfinn Thank you very much for your cheers and advice on how to improve my model for a better performance! I'm aware that you are a top competitor in the free flight arena (I use to read the communication of members at the Yahooś indoor flying forum and also recently I watched your Flite Test interview: a very nice one, indeed). This quasi-ministick was intended to be an experiment; it was the second specimen built from a A2Z ministick kit. After building the first specimen with the lighter balsa included into the kit (that model weighted 0.60 grams without rubber), I decided to try it again, this time using selected light balsa and setting a carbon rod of 0.3mm dia. as prop spar to manage the torsional flexibility of the prop pitch: I wanted to test things and above all enjoy within the constrains of my club flying site in Madrid (shared by r/c and free-flight flyers. That means it's not feasible to fly a duration model, say, with flying time over 10 min...: my r/c flying mates would kill me, or even worse, they would kill my model!). At present I'm not so active building free-flight models since I was contaminated with the indoor r/c autogyros bug!... And definitely I have been more involved in designing and building A6 class models since early 2011 for competition. I will share a video of one of them soon in my channel when ready. Thanks again Joshua!
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Uno tiene que dar el salto,y construir sus propios diseños y ponerlos a pruebas tantas veces e ir modificandolos hasta que vuelen y sientan satisfacion de su creacion.
Impresionante, soy nuevo en vuelo libre deseo construir algo pequeño como este . Como haces las costillas de las alas para que tengan curva? Las mojas y moldeas o las cortas con la curva? Otra pregunta que espesor de caucho y longitud usas para el motor? Gracias!!
Gracias Alex. Las costillas están cortadas ya a la forma; hay quien dobla la balsa dándole curvatura, pero son los menos porque da problemas de repetitividad. El espesor de la goma depende del peso del modelo, pero para que tengas una referencia de números, digamos que es una goma de 1x0.5mm de sección y la longitud del bucle es vez y media la distancia entre ganchos. Ambos parámetros (y el tipo de goma son críticos para conseguir un vuelo de duración, hay bastante enjundia al respecto).
jose schweiz , gracias por responder mis preguntas!
Hola, podrías compartir el modelo de este impresionante avión? Te lo agradecería muchísimo!!
Hola Luis, el modelo es de la clase "mini-stick" de la firma IMS. Como kit está muy bien, sobre todo sencillo. Yo implementé varias modificaciones sobre el original y no las tengo dibujadas en un plano. Pero puedes descargarte algún plano de mini-stick u otro que te guste en: www.hippocketaeronautics.com
jose schweiz Oh, muy bien. Muchas gracias!!
How do you form the ribs? Are they cut to shape or bent?
Hi, in this model the ribs are cut to shape.
jose schweiz olá sou do Brasil ! Gostaria de saber como você montar este aviãozinho plainador ?
Gostaria de saber como você montar este tipo de plainador?
How did you make the prop spar and hook intersection @ 0:27 it does not look like you made a hole in the carbon and glued the loop in it? I would like to make a prop using a carbon spar but do not know how to go about doing it.
Thanks
Ross
Hi Ross, I have L-shaped the piano wire at its end. Then the piano end is tightly wired to the carbon spar (this of 0.3mm diameter) with one thin cooper filament of an electric wire. After assuring it is squared, then epoxied. I use this technique for piano-carbon and piano-piano joints (this last in small r/c models, mainly autogyros parts) and it works pretty fine for me. If you need more details, please you find me at: jam4yutube at gmail dot com. Regards, Jose
Muy bueno Jose ! Yo comienzo... y tengo una pregunta, como andaria una ala delta pura ? No un ala volante pero un delta con fuselage y timon, sin estabilizadores. Me decian en la fuerza aérea que las alas deltas podian continuar de generar sustentacion a angulos de ataque pronunciados... Saludos !
I have the plan please.
How do you bend the balsa sticks and What is the glue your are using ? thanks
Hi Alex, to bend the balsa wood you must soak the pieces into water (better water with some ammonia) for several hours. Then put them wet on the jig and shape them with care using your fingers and let them dry. Regarding the glue, I've just answered that question in my Limitted Penny Plane video.
jose schweiz , many thanks for your response!
Totally spoilt vid using thickythumper 'music' what a n awful experience!
Hello, dear friend, can you sell the aircraft you made? I really want to have a plane for you, I am in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Looking forward for your reply, thank you! ! !
Hi, thanks for showing your interest about it. Really, it is much more fun when you learn and build your own planes! I'm just curious what do you think the price of a plane like this is...
@@jamindoor your good friend. Let's talk about the price of this plane. I really want it, or you make a set of parts, I come back to install. Attach your instructions.
@@jamindoor Or is there a drawing for this aircraft that can be sent to me? Thank you! ! !
From where did you laern it
ruclips.net/video/z4soKdIP8hg/видео.html this channel posts some tutorials, good luck
In ka Base kese banta he sir
Building???
Sir, Please share Dimensions