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on the flite test community forum every February there is a challenge to build and fly four new airplanes in February with cool paint schemes and flight video. for my four planes I chose the flite test flyer (in the previous article) the flite test simple cub, the AP easy, and the sponz bloody wonder. the flyer I made to fly indoors. the simple cub Is for casual flying, water flying and even snow with floats or skis. the AP easy is for gliding and fpv soaring. the sponz bloody wonder is for combat where people smash their planes into each other and see who keeps flying. it also does very tight loops and rolls. all of them were fairly easy builds and all flew great and look decent. link to forum challenge: forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/ftfc23-buildruary-build-off-challenge.71577/
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My r/c flying club sets up times and places to fly during the winter. we fly at an indoor volleyball center and an indoor basketball court so the planes have to fly slow, to give the pilot time to react, and maneuverable to turn in tight spots. to do this it needs to be light so it doesn't stall at slow speeds, these planes are usually made of carbon fiber and cellophane airframes with tiny motors, batteries, and servos. I wanted to make one from foamboard so I went with a design by flite test called the flyer. the paper on the outside of the foamboard makes up 2/3 of the weight, so I removed all the paper, and added a little packing tape for strength. I used the flite test A power pack which has a small motor, but not as small as the ones on the cellophane planes. I also recently built another flite test design the mini old fogey and it uses the same paper-removing technique and power setup. it also flies ok in a basketball court but not as good as the flyer. flyer video: vimeo.com/799281822?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=108178759 ![]() above: mini old fogey. below: flyer |