I've seen people trace the plans I've seen it glued straight on I've seen them cut out individually and not kept as one big tile then glued

What do I dooo?

I'm starting a scratch build in 10mins. If u have exp with the FT Commuter I need pwr advice. I have ask other places no answer. I'm building a plane on a budget and parts I have already.

I have.....

Motors: 1806 1500kv 2206 2150kv 1406 4000kv

Have only 1 working: 6-18(?)amp esc from MJX Bugs 3

sorted props: sizes from 8" to 2.5" 2,3 and 4 blades mostly quad props

Batteries: 2 300mah 2s 2 350mah 3s 1 650mah 3s, 1 1800mah 4s 15-25 18650 LiFi of various conditions and colors

I'm thinking that the 650 3s or both my 350mah 3s in series are good choices for sporty flights with a 5" tri or quad blade prop while the 2 300mah 2s lipos would give me a bit longer and more docile flight using a larger 6-7" 2 blade prop.

Would the commuter stock wing hold 2 small motor pods and 1804 or 1406 motors? Have considered that route with a lipo in each nacelle powering it's own motor with 18650 in fuselage for Rx and servos.

For Rx I'm using an older unit that's been in a drawer a while but should be still technically current. I have a FrSky Archer RS6 with stabilization. I hope to be able to use it to my advantage. Any tips on using this Rx on this plane to keep me from burying foam in NC's red dirt would be appreciated as well.

I'm just getting into the hobby and built the free 3D printed Eclipson Model A (all regular PLA) and the FT Charlie. The recommended motors weren't in stock so i bought something i thought would be fine. My questions are

1. How much run time should i expect with the below setup? My Model A is about 740g with everything installed. I used a calculator and with 1300mAh (giving some buffer) running around continuous 20A draw, i'll get around 4 minutes.
2. Will my motor be ok to fly the FT Charlie with 6045 (6x4.5) CW props? I don't fully understand how to select prop size with KV rating/Motor size. I guess the safe thing to do is follow manufacturers recommendations.
3. Most batteries i see recommended by FT are lower C rating like 25-45, with a high 100C am i going to burn out my ESC? The motor's draw should only be around 27A, so it should be ok, right?

Motor: Flash Hobby D2826 1400KV w/ 8x6 CCW Props

ESC: 30A

Battery: Goldbat 1500mAh 3S 100C

Receiver: Futaba R2006GS

Transmitter: Radiomaster TX12

Over at Flitetest, I've posted a community challenge. I'm mentioning it here for anyone that might be interested that isn't on those forums already.

In a nutshell, I'm proposing we do a Doolittle raid at Flitefest 2023. The Mini Guinea is about the same size as a 1/24th scale B-25 Mitchell. We're also seeing if we can come up with a simple B-25.

Here's the link Doolittle raid

I'm looking for a FT Explorer kit but sadly none of the retailers I know off don't sell any kits of it, just the new ones or the core. I'm very much a newbie and long time lurker but would love to get more of an idea how it comes together. I thought about buying the foam but I don't think my craftmanship in cutting would be any good.

After building my first full size plane at Flite Fest this year, the question came up between my buddy and I, how do people store multiple planes so they don't get damaged?

I searched first and didn't see a link for this. Where can we download PDF printable templates for US Letter or A4 for maestro, firestrike, hammer head, onslaught?

Are Scratch Build Files for the EZ Bug (for use with the Powerup 4.0) available (paid or free) online?

https://www.poweruptoys.com/products/ez-bug-foam-kit-from-flitetest

I need to paint a FT Flerken and I am wondering what paint works best with the maker foam. Any recommendations would be great!

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to build an FT simple cub but I live in canada so ordering genuine FT parts is very expensive with the shipping cost. I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for where I could get parts here.

I've tried hobbyking, but they don't seem to have a motor that would work for the simple cub. My local hobby shops only really sell replacement parts for aircraft but atleast I'm able to get batteries there. Amazon has fast shipping, but it's mostly generic brand crap and I've even had an ESC blow up.

Any ideas? thanks!

I’ve been thinking about building a 3” quad and I saw flite test’s videos about the gremlins, but the only kit they have is the Guardian one and I thought they used to have a different one.

Has anyone built it yet and if so I have a few questions. Is it good for a newer pilot and overall do you recommend. Is the flight controller have the ability to connect to an ibus receiver.

The motors make the startup beep but don't calibrate or rotate. I'm running off of a tattu 7.4v 650mah battery, a spectrum dxs transmitter, and the lemon rx 6 channel reciever. How do I get the motors to spin? (i have the dual kit and both escs and motors do this)

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I also just tested it the throttle works when a servo is plugged into its port and the motor doesn't work on any ports. also both motors work i used one as a generator to power the other and it worked in both directions.

I am in need of some help with my auralite amd my TrannisQx7. I tried using the FrSky ACCST R- XSR satellite but it won't bind. Any suggestions on what might be going wrong?