Buildin' Projects

I again used a dremel cutter to remove foam for the two battery locations. The 1050 mAh battery location only extended 1/2 way through the c...

A word about buying batteries from www.hobbyking.com: high quality batteries, low price- but it's a lotto pick on which connector you ge...

Tonight I covered the elevons with 3M "Extreme" packing tape. The elevons went from being super floppy- basically no torsional rig...

Next, I had to find the CG location on the wing in order to start placing components. I found this flying wing design website via google: ht...

I did a rough finish sanding using 100 grit sandpaper glued to a scrap block of foam. This worked great- yielded a nice smooth finish withou...

The prototype wing is coming together well. Last night's activities: Trimmed trailing edge of wing to square it up and bring it to a u...

Based on an estimated foam density of 2.2 pounds / cubic foot, Solidworks estimated the foam cores would weigh 3.81 pounds. (this is the raw...