Stephen Jones Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Hi , With our British weather being so bad as of late , i decided to give the indoor scene a go . So i made a couple of foam models and a Shokie to take a long and have a bit of fun in the still air of a sports hall . Unfortunately the depron edge was a bit to big and fragile for the size of hall and so was broken .But i did still had a lot of fun reliving my childhood days with the free flight models i made . Here are a few pictures of the models and a video .Do any of you do the indoor scene and wot do you like to fly . Would love to see wot you guys get up to lets see your models .in the mean time here are mine . A Flying Flea made from pink insulation foam . A Super Piper made from Depron . The Flying Flea Edited By Stephen Jones on 20/10/2010 22:28:53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Very interesting Stephen and well designed and built,I had a number of questions but you answered them all.I entered the foray of indoor flying by buying a mini J3 cub,BNF,spent the whole of a lovely summer windless evening flying it ouside the hall on some playing fields,when it became to dark out side I discovered it was to big for the hall!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Stephen, I have moved your thread to errr the....indoor flying section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lewzey Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Been indoor flying for quite a while now. Started out with free flight rubber, mostly own designs as i actually had more sucess with these! Turned increasingly towards r/c especially when my outdoor flying started to improve. Had a couple of helicopters, but got increasingly into shockies and now almost exclusively fly these. Campaigned an ikarus edge 540 for ages, but upgraded a year ago or so to a clik V2.0 which is fantastic. I only have pictures of my most recent model though, the incredible Eflite Ultra micro 4-site. Unfortunately, it isn't quite as pristine any more, but its been a lot of fun Re the Cub, its fine in a standard 4 badminton court hall, if your hall is smaller you may have problems. Alternatively, flying style? Lots of people fly really big turns indoors for some reason. These models are designed to fly indoors, they are agile and won't bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 Wow Jonathan , That looks really good nice size an all , watched the video fly`s great too.Although i may not be up to that standard yet . Only down side for me is the radio , i`am on futaba not sure if the do receivers that small . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lewzey Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 No, futaba don't do anything that small. The 4-site is part of the integrated Horizon hobbies range which couples its spektrum dsm2 radio with an eflite airframe. it would be difficult and actually a bit daft to think about converting it. if you want one you should get a spektrum radio. I do maintain with the 4-site that its only really worth getting if you're definitely going to fly aerobatics with it indoors. Thats what it was designed for and for 3D fans the good news is thats what it does well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggy Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Love indoor free flight, and have a collection of small, mainly rubber powered things to do it with, nearly all stick and tissue built ranging from Peanut scale and "NoCal" profile - such as a Jodel Bebe and a newly build Piper Cub - to the well known Hangar Rat, with various things like the Peck designed Prairie Bird and a half-scale Achilles in between. Will get round to a picture album soon, though I can't claim most of my models are all that pretty - more functional ! Like those Depron models of yours, Stephen, very neat. I don't have the finesse for the real slow flying ultra-light contest things, but nice light models that don't thwack the wall too hard are all good. Hope to do more indoor meets this winter than last, they are good fun. Am hoping to go to Wallingford this Sunday for one of the all-FF sessions, though it's a fair way from where I live; but at least you have a rough idea of what the weather will be like indoors! Am keeping my newly developing R/C "skills" on the outside for the moment, dsafer for all concerned! Edited By Huggy on 22/10/2010 15:27:11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETER BRUCE - Eastchurch Gap Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Went along to see what it was all about this week and I was truly amazed at what I saw. I did take my trusty FlyCamOne V2 along and as its so light stuck it onto a model. Looks so good - have a look at it. Also did a bit of video and if you want you can see that as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 We had one of our regular indoor meetings on Saturday, where good fun was had by all. In response to a previous challenge to build something original for the event, I built a 50% scale model of my Maricardo. Does this qualify as large scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 Hi Peter, Spot the guy who wants to be in on the video lol .What size are the models flown in that hall and are they made out of depron .Edited By Stephen Jones on 04/11/2010 20:55:02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 Hi Eck , Very Nice is that a scratch build of youre own ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon burch Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Could always build one of these My Stunt Monkey was a free plan in RCM&E. Test flew it in the gym on Tuesday morning, brilliant fun. Treated myself to a cheap 2s motor and some 350mah 2s packs to get the weight down into that magical 140-150g mark. Been trying to learn to hover better to start practicing rolling harriers etc. Managed to hover one entire pack infront of myself and my first few multiple torque rolls. Can't recommend the model enough, flies much better than the Dual Sky Breeze it replaced. Cheers, Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Posted by Eck on 04/11/2010 20:46:26: We had one of our regular indoor meetings on Saturday, where good fun was had by all. In response to a previous challenge to build something original for the event, I built a 50% scale model of my Maricardo. Does this qualify as large scale? That's nice Eck, I do like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Yes, it's a scratch build. Just took the measurements from the full-size and halved them. The fuselage and tail (empennage?) are from 3mm Depron, and the flat-plate wing from 6mm EPP, with a 3mm carbon spar. The canopy and forward deck are carved and sanded from insulation foam. Power is a cheapo "Blue Wonder" pole and stator motor, with a 10A Robotbirds ESC and 330mA/H 2S LiPo. Next project (for the February indoor meet) is likely to be a Wot 2. (half size Wot 4). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lewzey Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 that photo makes that maricardo look really fast! you hit any walls with it yet? Make it out of 3mm depron and then mill it, you might get somewhere close to shocky speeds that stunt monkey looks cool, but for indoor freestyle i reckon there's better now. neeeeeeeed a sultimate..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Yes It survived though. According to my ace cameraperson, it looks fast because the shutter speed on the camera was slow, because of the indoor light. Nice tracking on her part, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lewzey Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 lol good on you eck for doing something different. i find taking photos indoors almost impossible, video gives far better results as for walls, the only way to contact them is to stylishly land on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 Hi , Just thought id share one of my designs with you all . I think i will call this Easy Flea . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Elliott Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I just built the stunt monkey but mine weighs 180g I do have a 500 mah lipo on it though . I also put the fillets on all edges , flush finish with the nose. The used one of the futaba circle servo plates as a motor mount( sanded the raised centre of. ) the fillets gave extra strength and adhesion area for the mount plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Hi Gaz , 180g , That`s a 40g increase may not be the stunt monkey you would hope for . Even a small increase in weight on such a small plane can have a dramatic effect to its performance . My Easy Flea is 20g heaver than the free flight Flea , So i have no idea how well it will fly . I hope to test fly it at Rochdale indoor flying meeting soon , it has an AuW of 80g and has a 20" wing span . P.s Sounds like you have put a servo disk to good use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hi , It flys , Sorry about the video my son is only 9. Edited By Stephen Jones on 17/01/2012 23:15:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Excellent Stephen, were you pleased? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi David , Y E S , I had a couple of folks come up to me that where intrigued with them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hi , I did a bit of free flight flying today at Rochdale indoor meeting . Here is a Video of my flying Flea and piper Cruiser which flys fast for a free flight model . I hope to have a indoor Rc version of my flying flea ready by the next meeting which will be twice the size . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Indoor flying season is with us again , And as usual for me i like to build something for indoors so here is my latest . It is basically the same as my free flight flea but with rc for control . Only this time i have gone against tradition and made the main wings with flaperons . I have also simplified the fuselage to incorporate the motor . Traditionally the only controls on a flying flea are motor , rudder and pitch on the main wing , but sometimes the rudder can be over powering so i have combined pitch with ailerons using two small linear servos . It is un-tested at present and although the AuW is very close to my free flight Flea i feel the motor is a little under powered . Edited By Stephen Jones on 20/11/2012 22:50:44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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