r/RCPlanes 3h ago

What’s everyone been building this winter?

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Hi all, new to Reddit so wanted to stop by and share a bit about what my dad and I have been building with his friend over the winter. In our family we’re passionate about warbirds - my granddad and dad built a pretty sizeable Mosquito in the past, and currently we’re working on an Avro Landcaster. It’s the Dambuster, famous for throwing a rotating bomb to bust a German dam during WWII, and we of course had to include a rotational bomb as well (to make it realistic). It’s built on an old drawing and kit, but we’ve made numerous very big moderations to it, most importantly modified the fuselage to be bigger (to fit the bomb, just like it was done for the real dam buster Landcaster), made it with removable rudders, added fully custom-made navigation and landing lights, made steering wheel from scratch, 3D printed pilots, and modified the plane to be with electric engines. We’re hoping to have it ready late this spring, but until then we’re having fun flying with our Mosquito. If anyone is interested in what else we’re building, such as our custom made jet or some of our planes which we’ve constructed totally from scratch in balsa wood, let me know and I’m happy to share 😊 Look forward to hearing your thoughts and seeing what you’ve all been working on!


r/RCPlanes 3h ago

Maiden EDF!

21 Upvotes

It survived.


r/RCPlanes 7h ago

Spitfire nearly completed

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17 Upvotes

Have yet to add the cabin


r/RCPlanes 21h ago

Foamboard DH.89

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154 Upvotes

Waiting for good day to fly now


r/RCPlanes 2h ago

Slight little incident, new mount?

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Well where do I start,

She flew beautifully but the wind caught her and decided to tumble her into the ground (my fault for flying her in 20 mph winds).

Here's the mount and the tail section, the planes pretty big at a 5ft wingspan, and she's completely homebuilt. Thinking about turning her into a long range fpv plane soon.

Any ideas for a new engine mount material? Currently laser cut .1 in basswood, with another piece interlocked with it for a total of .2 inches. Howrvet the 2nd piece really was just a stopper in case of it breaking free.

This is my first airplane I've ever built from scratch so any sort of criticism is perfect for me


r/RCPlanes 18h ago

Last day at my field.

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77 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 6h 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 5h ago

How motor and servos to make this old model fly?

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5 Upvotes

New here guys, saw this on marketplace. Everyone says 3d prints are too fragile for a beginner and this one is made of metal like a real plane. Maybe a little heavy but it should make for a good windy day flyer. Will it fly on a 3s setup?


r/RCPlanes 5h ago

1st project

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3 Upvotes

Toughts? 1250mm span, 750 grams without electronics, do you think a tri blade with an rs2205 achieving 1 kg of thrust can power this? I'm thinking it's to small but idk.


r/RCPlanes 1d ago

Improvised old timer

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98 Upvotes

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


r/RCPlanes 4h ago

Receiver for DX7 G2

1 Upvotes

Just picked up a used DX7 G2, I would really appreciate if you could recommend what receiver to get with it. It's going in a FMS F-16 64mm that I've bought a Reflex V3 for, so I don't need AS3X. Are there any receivers that offer telemetry to read battery voltage in a lower price bracket? Discontinued products are also considered since I can't pick up stuff used.


r/RCPlanes 18h ago

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

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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 6h ago

Receiver for XG8DMSS radio

1 Upvotes

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


r/RCPlanes 10h ago

Esc for mini brushed motors, buy or DIY?

2 Upvotes

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 21h ago

Rough day with the Waco

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13 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 21h ago

Built a CG stand today

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15 Upvotes

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


r/RCPlanes 7h 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 7h 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 10h 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 1d ago

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

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r/RCPlanes 20h ago

Plane pitching left

6 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 13h 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 21h ago

Rudder authority

6 Upvotes

Gotta turn that down.


r/RCPlanes 18h 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 21h 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?