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Suggs’ Quietflyer Hangar

 

 

 

 

 

Plane

Slow Stick

Low-stress

Easy Star

Like a sailplane

Gym Swallow

Indoor/cul-de-sac flyer

Scratch build with homebrew sport wing

Tiger Moth 400

Full-house scale bi-plane

 

 

SmoothE with Sport Wing

Mild aerobatic trainer

Lucky Duck

My design canard plane – awaiting maiden flight

Mini-IFO

 

Lazy Days

Photo

 

 

Name

Mars Flyer

Saturn Flyer

Titan Flyer

 

 

Lucky Duck

 

 

Manufacturer

GWS

Multiplex

T. Majewski plans

GWS

Mountain Models

My design

WIldRC

Winner R/C

My Photos

-In flight

-Slow formation

-Complete

-Avionics bay

-V-tail version

-Sport wing, low and slow

-Going vertical, sort-of

-Sport wing and Frank’s mostly stock wing

-Loop

-Inverted

-Aerobatics

-Front view

-Side view

-Front Close

-Me and the TM

-On final

-Finished

-With Slow Stick

-Front view

-Wing

-Canard

-Fuse bottom

 

-My review

Setup

-GWS 400-D motor

-10x6 prop

-Hitec 555 rcvr

-FMA Super 20 ESC

-8 cell CBP 750

-7 cell CBP 750

-Hitec Optic 6 xmtr

-Mods: brass dihedral braces, balsa in fuse, LE/TE braces CA’ed to wings

-Stock motor

-Hitec Electron 6 receiver

-2xHS-81 servos

-GWS ICS-480 ESC

-7 cell KAN 1050 mAh NiMH

-Hitec Optic 6 transmitter

-Mods: strapping tape in motor housing, on nose, NACA inlet on nose, Dubro micro control hardware

-GWS IPS-A motor

-9x7 or 10x4.7 prop

-GWS R4 rcvr

-3x Pico servos

-GWS ICS100 ESC

-2 cell 700 mAh Kokam LiPoly or

-7 cell 730 mAh NiMH

-Hitec Optic 6 xmtr

-Dubro micro control hardware

-Solite covering, Reynold’s Premium plastic wrap on vert stab.

-GWS 400-D motor

-10x6 prop

-Hitec 555 rcvr

-FMA Super 20 ESC

-3x GWS Pico servos

-3 cell 1500 mAh Kokam LiPoly

-Deans Mini Antenna

-Hitec Optic 6 xmtr

-Mods: Mini antenna, Dubro wheels,  Dubro micro control hardware, balsa servo mounts,

-GWS 350-C motor

-9x7 prop

-Berg 5 DSP II receiver

-3x GWS Pico servos

-Electrifly C-20 ESC

-8 cell KAN 650

-8 cell CBP 750

-Oracover on fuse

-Wing tape on wings

-Hitec Optic 6 xmtr

 

 

-GWS IPS-A motor

-9x7 or 10x4.7 prop

-GWS R4 rcvr

-Pico servo and HS-81

-GWS ICS100 ESC

-2 cell 700 mAh Kokam LiPoly or

-7 cell 730 mAh NiMH

-Hitec Optic 6 xmtr

-Dubro micro control hardware

-Solite covering

-CF rod and balsa strip fuse

-Wing from sport version of Gym Swallow

-Canard based on SmoothE horiz stab

-GWS IPS-A motor

-9x7 or 10x4.7 prop

-GWS R4 rcvr

-Pico servo

-GWS ICS100 ESC

-2 cell 700 mAh

-Hitec Optic 6 xmtr

-Speed 370 motor

-10x8 prop

-Hitec Electron 6 rcvr

-Hitec HS-55 servos

-generic ESC

-8 cell AAA 700 mAh

Construction

-Complete

-Avionics

-Prop Saver

-Drop servo

-Fuse halves

-Fuse halves showing fiberglass tape

-Servo

-Tail

- Start of tail

- Tail almost done

- Tail and landing gear

- Wing layup

- Dihedral lift

- Wing tip

- Head on

- Electronics

- Side view

- Sport Wing – internal

- Sport Wing – ailerons

- Sport Wing – servo

- Sport Wing - finished

 

-Fuse construction

 

 

 

Aerofly Pro Simulator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FMS Model for rainy days

slowstick.zip

easystar.zip

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forum Links

RCGroups Part 1

RCGroups Part 2

RCGroups Part 3

 

RCGroups mega thread

Thread 1

Thread 2

Thread 3

Thread 4

Thread 5

Thread 7

Thread 8

Many more…

RC Universe thread

RCGroups thread

Greg Covey review

 

RC Groups 1

RC Groups 2

RC Groups 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment

Flight box

Balance stand

Hobbico AccuCycle Elite Charger

Plantraco LPC-400 LiPoly charger

Electrifly Peak 400 NiMH charger

 

Hitec

Optic 6 transmitter

 

Comparison photos

Firebird, Surfer, EZ*

Firebird and EZ*

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huntsville, AL Weather Links

Aviation Forecast

Research Park conditions

 

THANK YOUs

-Frank Grose for many discussions on construction of Gym Swallow

- Gary Grose for the in-flight photos

 

 

 

 

Radio information

72MHz frequency survey spreadsheet

RC frequency list

FCC Frequency Query Database

Academy of Model Aeronautics safety regulations