02-16-2003, 11:56 PM
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TinyRC Newbie
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Reno NV
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airplanes?
I have heard about modding these micro cars into planes? Has anyone done this? 
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02-17-2003, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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A lot of people are working on this. I bought a motorworks clone just for making a plane.
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02-18-2003, 10:49 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Enterprise, AL
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Dang, I can't find the link now, but I saw an airplane mod on the net the other day.
Basically, they took a chassis apart, and Frankensteined it onto a balsa wood plane. They used the bit motor to power the propeller in front, used the steering coils to control the rudder in back (by mounting the magnet on the rudder, with the coils on either side), and I guess they put the battery and circuit board in the middle to balance it.
Pretty clever, I thought.
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02-18-2003, 09:58 PM
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TinyRC Champion Racer
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
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Airplanes are sweet
yeh this mod seems like its goin to be the next BIG thing, im workin on one my self, i saw one plane also that did use balsa wood, but one of those rubberband powered planes ! im not sure how many layman's mod batteries im puttin in that sucker.
theres a link on QFM (Quesformadness.com)
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02-19-2003, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Yeah, here's that link, it was right on QFM -- I dunno how I missed it before:
Bit Plane
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02-19-2003, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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I am probably going to make mine with "reinforced" styrofoam.
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02-19-2003, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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It looked like to me that the guy used one of those White wing airplane kits. I think you can get them at the Natural WOnder or nature stores at the mall or your hobby shop.
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02-19-2003, 08:29 PM
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My Alter Ego Is Retarded
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Trashcan, I mean Ashland Ohio
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Ive been working on one also, Its slow goin though. These rhings are so much fun to race it's hard to find time to work on them!
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02-20-2003, 04:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by DeuceMan_408
It looked like to me that the guy used one of those White wing airplane kits. I think you can get them at the Natural WOnder or nature stores at the mall or your hobby shop.
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I wouldn't want to use one because it wouldn't be a micro plane.
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