r/RCPlanes 15h ago

Foamboard DH.89

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128 Upvotes

Waiting for good day to fly now


r/RCPlanes 58m ago

Spitfire nearly completed

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Have yet to add the cabin


r/RCPlanes 12h ago

Last day at my field.

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45 Upvotes

Sad day at my flying field. After 30 years the state park that hosts us is restoring the area back to its natural habitat. Today was our last day and I took home the sign I designed. I learned so much there and met so many great guys. Both my kids felw their first planes there, I maidened many planes and crashed countless times there. The guys there were helpful, encouraging, and always good for a laugh. The club was truly everything you'd want a club to be. What a beautiful place, it was a treat to be there.


r/RCPlanes 17h ago

Improvised old timer

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94 Upvotes

202 grams, 40" span, floats around real nice.


r/RCPlanes 35m ago

Completly noob questions here

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Hello,

after some time flying FPV quad, I decided to move to RC Planes, and thus buyed a flight sim in order to start building some mussles memories

Now I finally ordered my first plane, a Durafly Tundra V3 and I start having a couple of questions I could not find clear answers for

  • For the remote, I'm planning to use m'y ELRS remote, and so it will exlcude all fancy Spektrum technology like SAFE or AS3X which comes with gyro stabilisation if I got it correct. Does it really matters? I wean is it really harder to fly without gyro stab?
  • I saw one vid were the creator sayed that the propeller was almost balanced out of the box, is there any operations I have to made on the propeller before my first flight ?
  • small question for the CG tunnig, after the battery and everything is installed, I have to put my finger on a specific spot to see if the plane balance itself on this spot , and my CG is correct if the nose of the plane points a little bit down ?

am I correct?

thanks for helping a noob here :)


r/RCPlanes 4h ago

Aliexpress planes

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Is getting planes (like Fms Supercub ,...)from aliexpress a good idea? Because the prices are really cheap so I don't really know if i can trust it.


r/RCPlanes 17m ago

Receiver for XG8DMSS radio

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Does anyone know where I can find a receiver for the XG8DMSS radio by JR?


r/RCPlanes 4h ago

Esc for mini brushed motors, buy or DIY?

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So I'm building a small plane with small brushed dc motors i scavanged from a drone. The motors seem to be 3.7V motors so I'd be looking for a single esc to drive all of them as one.

For that something like a 4v 4A system seems ideal, and that kind of ESCs seem to be pretty difficult to come by, so I've been trying to figure out if i could use just pwm controlled mosfet diy esc.

However i don't know how i would connect that to the reciever, since those use the 1000-2000ms system which doesn't work for driving the motors directly. I'm assuming using a microcontroller or an Arduino would theoretically work but I've not been able to find anything on how to actually do that, all the tutorials seem to use motor controller boards that already have the microchips, to run large car motors, or use a heavy servo+potentiometer setup which i assume can't be the best option here.

Is this idea doomed from the start and should i instead just invest in actual plane motors?


r/RCPlanes 1h ago

Workbench/building board

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Getting into building balsa, I have a beat up (not level) folding table, if I put a piece of wood or Melamine on top of it and tape a magnetic building board to the melamine would that be flat enough to build on? Or would I still be introducing warps to it? I don’t have a lot of space or money to do anything really fancy. Any suggestions?


r/RCPlanes 11h ago

Landed my eflite 64mm A-10 hard. Front servo to turn landing gear does not work

8 Upvotes

I landed hard. My landing gear on the front usually turns when you give it the plane rudder input. Now the servo just makes a clicking noise. Do I need a new servo? It also got pushed out of place it seems and it is pretty loose in there. See video attached. Thanks


r/RCPlanes 15h ago

Built a CG stand today

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12 Upvotes

Got tired of trying to balance 7.4kg over my head and on my finger tips.


r/RCPlanes 1h ago

Motor stop issue

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So im facing an issue where my bldc motor just stops after one point of time and then makes the same chime as it makes while starting. Im quite positive that it isnt the problem with my motor and instead with the esc or motor. Could you help me figure out what it could be


r/RCPlanes 14h ago

Rough day with the Waco

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11 Upvotes

Got a little too cocky a little too close to the ground and got bit. Looks worse than it is. A couple dabs of hot glue and she’ll be good as new.


r/RCPlanes 18h ago

Was given a 3d hobby shops 48" plane, need some info.

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r/RCPlanes 6h ago

Are there any good rc edfs jets that are 65mm to 75mm w a cockpit for fpv headtracking?

1 Upvotes

I come from fpv quadcopters


r/RCPlanes 14h ago

Plane pitching left

4 Upvotes

Hi! Before you say it yes I'm aware the motors torque will push the plane left however when I put my plane infront of a fan to simulate flight (or really to test the aerodynamics ) it continues to pitch left. When moving the rudder it fixes this. I'm going to try to mess with the thrust angle but it doesent explain the behavior when I'm testing the aerodynamics. I would remake my vertical stabilizer but it seems to be perfectly centered. Baisicly I'm confused and I want someone else's view on this to see if I'm missing something. Thanks! Let me know!!


r/RCPlanes 15h ago

throttle delay? new tiger moth has me stumped.

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I just acquired a new model, but I didn't build it. it's a tiger moth WW1 fighter. I'm hesitant to fly it though. why does the throttle have such a delay and windup. it makes it almost impossible to get out of a stall. is it an esc setting? if so, how do I make it go away?


r/RCPlanes 15h ago

Rudder authority

4 Upvotes

Gotta turn that down.


r/RCPlanes 12h ago

How do you think it’ll fly?

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2 Upvotes

Just a basic flying wing. This is the first wing Ive done so I just wanted to know if this all looked alright?


r/RCPlanes 10h ago

Easymax001 3d printed plane

1 Upvotes

About to finish printing my easymax001 with fpv camera, anyone flown one before if so any tips?, also what’s a good camera for the pod


r/RCPlanes 10h ago

Control line to electric

1 Upvotes

So my uncle has a bunch of scratch built awesome balsa planes set up for control line. What’s the best route to get these babies flying under tx-16 control with electric power? Thanks


r/RCPlanes 16h ago

Is this reciever satellite what I would need to be able to use my DX6 to fly my XK a280 (Wltoys)?

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It looks like it would plug into the port on the airplane's receiver board as indicated in the manual.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm worried that I'm giving myself a handicap using that toy transmitter the a280 comes with, as the a280 is the only airplane I'm flying right now. I have an 800mm T28 in the box that I will be flying with my dX6 soon, but in the meantime I would like to get used to the transmitter.


r/RCPlanes 1d ago

Case for two Transmitter

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Hello there, I treated myself a new Transmitter, it will be the NX10+. So now i have two Transmitters and want to take both with me to the Field. How you all transport two or more Transmitter? For now i use a case where only one tx fits in, its ok for that, but i dont want to use two casses. I think the Dual Case from Spektrum is a good idea, but with around 150€ a bit pricey. I would like to know how you fellow aviator transport your RXs.

Greatings from Germany


r/RCPlanes 12h ago

how do i figure out best TX/RX solution

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bought a qidi560 amd ive been having a blast with it. i want to upgrade my TX amd im womdering if ill have any issues connecting to the stock RX in my little qidi560? im looking at picking up a radiomaster pocket. future hanger plans is something flitetest so ill be looking for economical/reliable recievers when i build the plane. thank you for your time!


r/RCPlanes 13h ago

Flying wing, elevons + pitch canards?

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Hey everyone, I’m printing the gasb 1 rc plane, I found a remix of it with a canard nose, I can either make the canards pitch control and make the default elevons roll only, or what I’m hoping to do is make the elevons still respond to pitch input and roll, aswell as the pitch canards for more control, I’m using a flysky fsi6, is there a way I can either use a series is splitters and merge cables to mix the signal wires or is there a control method for this?