January 11, 2012
Rc model air plane building help?
I had this idea to make a remote control model airplane but I have no idea how to build it or what materials to use, I wanted to make a uav looking plane, and was thinking of making it out of styrofoam or some other cheap material in case it breaks, Think budget build for this, any help is welcome
I also want to be able to attach a camera to take stills and live video feed
First off, lots of budget kits are available for almost any type of aircraft, and there are quite a few for UAV-type planes as well. You'll find almost any aircraft online to order. If you're really intent on building it yourself, rather find a good set of plans to work from. Remember that in model a/c building, you still have to think about full-size aircraft details like aerodynamics, lift/weight ratios and the like. If you have zero experience with aero engineering or scratch building aircraft, I would not recommend building something from scratch with your own design. No offense meant at all. You can find a lot of free plans online, in most good model aircraft magazines, and also from most decent hobby shops. As for materials, your best bet is foam, but not the packing foam variety. Your local hobby shop should point you in the right direction in terms of buying foam for an aircraft. Alternatively, balsa wood with a harder wood frame is also a cost effective option.
EDIT: As for the camera, small, lightweight cameras made for model aircraft are available that can take stills and video. If you go for the higher end models, the resolution is normally full HD.
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you can buy cheap build it yourself kits off the web
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First off, lots of budget kits are available for almost any type of aircraft, and there are quite a few for UAV-type planes as well. You'll find almost any aircraft online to order. If you're really intent on building it yourself, rather find a good set of plans to work from. Remember that in model a/c building, you still have to think about full-size aircraft details like aerodynamics, lift/weight ratios and the like. If you have zero experience with aero engineering or scratch building aircraft, I would not recommend building something from scratch with your own design. No offense meant at all. You can find a lot of free plans online, in most good model aircraft magazines, and also from most decent hobby shops. As for materials, your best bet is foam, but not the packing foam variety. Your local hobby shop should point you in the right direction in terms of buying foam for an aircraft. Alternatively, balsa wood with a harder wood frame is also a cost effective option.
EDIT: As for the camera, small, lightweight cameras made for model aircraft are available that can take stills and video. If you go for the higher end models, the resolution is normally full HD.
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Full-size commercial pilot/flight instructor
Maverick is right! Go to a hobby shop. I would recommend. in addition, that you consider purchasing a "ARF" (almost ready-to-fly) kit. Finally, you will find a wealth of information and people more than willing to help you if you run down a local RC flying club, preferably one that is associated with a national association that provides liability insurance. I have a friend who built an RC plane and installed a live-feed video camera and transmitter in it. He was trying to learn to fly by only watching the video feed, which he had set up on a computer monitor on the ground feed via the Internet. This technology was a tad slow for that application, but it was fun to watch him try! Shooting stills should be a piece of cake, once you get your hardware issues resolved.
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