What do I build out of this?

[Vipertech13]

Well another cheap acquisition! Young guy bought this one " I can fly it's not hard" YEAH I 'll give ya 10 bucks for what's left!
Well I got a 10$ EDF , Now what to make? EDF ugly stick? could be cool! EDF Bi-plane? Never done that! Just patch it up and really trash it?

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Throw out some ideas!? This could get fun!

[Tony]

It does have a shark like face... Hmmmm

[Derek]

a 10S EDF??? WHOA!!! SNOW SKIDDER!!! ha ha ha

[Graham Lawrie]

Nice plane:)

[murankar]

Looks like it has seen some better days. Maybe a foam board jet, the vegan was done in foamboard and hotwire. That could be a great build.

[Derek]

I'd love to build that FT Viggen. I want an EDF jet so bad.

[Vipertech13]

I looked her over good and there is no saving this air frame, pulled off the tape and now there are about 6 large pieces laying on the floor. Electronics are ok so a full build is in order!
I like the look of the Viggen but I am a little on the fence doing another jet, have done about six of them and all have met the earth the hard way with one exception, that one became one with a tree
I have to settle on something soon! I havent built in like a month (slacker) but I am going thru withdraw, my eye is starting to twitch!

[cml001]

Little hot glue.. She'll rock!

[Vipertech13]

I kept looking at this EDF laying in the drawer and just had a hard time coming up with a plane idea I liked. Then I was taking a break at work and folded up a paper air plane and tossed it around. "Light-bulb"! So I scaled up the paper plane measurements by a factor of 3 to 1.

paper plane

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paper plane side and bottom

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Started by cutting out the wing and assembling the rough fuselage.

Cutting out the wing

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rough assembly

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Made the EDF mount

Rigging the EDF

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Built a simple box for the fuselage and assembled it.

side view

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top view

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front view

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Shot some orange paint on it for orientation.
Set it up with elevon mixing and it is ready to go.

And how does it fly?
Not so good!
It's stable but no power to speak of!

Here, you'll see what I mean.....

http://youtu.be/KdaqCd9iUzQ

[Tony]

Pretty dam good really Gerald, can't imagine those wings giving much lift, but awesome attempt

[Graham Lawrie]

Cool:) made me smile:)