Experimental Airlines mentioned me and my plane

[Derek]

Some of you may know Ed (Experimental Airlines) on Youtube. He's developed some fantastic plane building methods using foam board and other inexpensive materials. One of the planes that Ed designed was the "Ansley Peace Drone". I fell in love with this plane when I first saw it. I just love how "odd" it looks, as a canard, and I love the functionality of the plane. It's also quite simple to build.

Ed has compiled a few APD owners from around the world, including myself, into a video. I thought this was great! So, if you have a few minutes, kick back and check this out. Very nice video! For those of you that don't know my Youtube screen name, it's "mountaindewdude76", when he mentions my name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w_rL5bDULw

[Vipertech13]

Awesome! mountaindewdude76! WTG Derek!

[Tony]

Nice one Derek, he's a clever guy too. Watched a few of his build vids

[Graham Lawrie]

Video owner has disabled video?

[Derek]

Thanks guys!

Graham...try the video again. It's working for me but I did go ahead and re-copy and paste the link. Hopefully it will work for you!

[pvolcko]

He disabled embedding. Just have the clickthe youtube icon in the video window to view it.

[cml001]

Kool!

[Graham Lawrie]

Very cool Derek:) Have you done a video of your build?

[Derek]

Thanks guys! No, I've not done a video of my build because "my build" is exactly like Experimental Airlines. The only difference is that mine was colored more elaborate. Unfortunately, that plane that I had had one of those "unexpected meetings" with Mother Earth. I have built a new one but the color scheme is much simpler.

If you'd like to see the first one that I built, that was showcased in EA's video, the link is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N99cfpGRfjk

I was so happy with this plane and I loved the look of the canard. It's just "different" and I liked that. When the weather gets better, I'll maiden my new one.

[Lee]

I have loved the idea of this plane for a while now. Maybe I will build one.

[Tony]

Nice flight Derek, that plane is really cool

[Derek]

I have loved the idea of this plane for a while now. Maybe I will build one.

It's an awesome plane, Lee! It flies so effortlessly. Go ahead and chop the throttle.....it just floats forever. It's also a fantastic FPV plane.

[Derek]

Nice flight Derek, that plane is really cool

Thanks Tony! It took me about 3 hours to build it and add the electronics, then it took me another 4 hours to get the color scheme done the way that I wanted it, lol. Then....after getting about 7 flights with it, it took only 4 seconds to absolutely destroy it because I simply lost control and it plowed into the hard dirt. No electronics were damaged but the plane was toast. I almost cried, lol.

[Tony]

I know how you feel mate, I'm great at crashing... One of my strong fortes... Haha

[murankar]

Dude that was cool. Even got a nick name from his daughter.

[Derek]

Dude that was cool. Even got a nick name from his daughter.

Dude....I was honored to know that his 3 year old daughter nicknamed my plane. I definitely brought a smile to my face.

[wolfman76]

Candy huh very awesome plane Derek I might have to build one myself. You just used dollar tree foam board right

[DOG]

You're a good man and talented, Derek. keep up the good work!

[Derek]

Yep. It was a fantastic plane!!!!

Unfortunately I crashed it last year. I did build a new canard, with Dollar Tree foam board. This one is primarily green with a bit of pink. Its my new fpv plane....and its ready for the maiden.

[treff]

Wow! Derek your a youtube star. Great stuff mate and that canard looks and flies really good. The designer must be well chuffed
with all the modellers building it around the world. Nice story.