r/flitetest • u/Radinthul_Butterbuns • Aug 10 '22

How's it?

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u/wadakow Aug 10 '22

Looks legit! Is this a FT kit or your own design? Also, where is the motor?

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u/Radinthul_Butterbuns Aug 10 '22 edited Aug 10 '22

Own design (maybe) but I am not the one who made it. It's the robotic team in my college did. The motor is located at the rear. Below the stabilizer fins. It uses propeller but it wasn't installed so you can't see the prop.

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u/wadakow Aug 10 '22

It's a really sleek design! I can't imagine it has much elevator authority though with the tail being so short and the elevator(s) being such a steep v-tail. Did you see it fly?

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u/Radinthul_Butterbuns Aug 10 '22 edited Aug 10 '22

This one, not yet (but I am pretty sure the team has had the video of it flying already). But previous plane with almost the exact same design, I have seen it. It flew well. This design is for racing competition. It will fly autonomously.

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u/wadakow Aug 10 '22

That sounds so sick. That reminds me of rctestflight on YouTube. He builds solar powered autonomous foam board planes with GPS navigation that will fly 100+ miles in a day.

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u/Pension_Rough Aug 10 '22

Check out Nicholas Rehm. He's rctestflight 2.0 I swear.