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- Written by: Julius Perdana
- Category: RC Foam Project
Another trainer type plane. I build this for my son and my daughter's friends to learn to fly an RC plane. I made it with 1500 mm wingspan because I was inspired by XFly Tasman RC Plane, I already try to fly it and thought I will build a trainer with the same size wingspan. I named this trainer plane "Dara" that means "Pigeon" in Indonesian. Also it has different means, that is a girl. Dara actually inspired by Tecnam 2010 trainer plane, but I change the wing shape and simplify the fuselage lines.
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- Written by: Julius Perdana
- Category: RC Foam Project
After a good feedback on Micro F-14 Tomcat I decided to try it on F-4 Phantom as well. At first I build a 360mm wingspan for 3 channel micro RC parts, but turned out too heavy because I need to add alot of counter weight ballast on the nose. So I made another one that smaller which is 290mm wingspan and use 2 channel RC micro parts for the bigger one. I use low density styrofoam (EPS) foam for the main material and you also need hard foam for the nose part, so it will not easily damage when it hit the ground nose first, or you can use balsa wood or even 3D printed nose part like I did. As usual I use a clear canopy made out of heat shrink plastic for packaging, but this time I use simpler molding technique by using Depron foam or hard foam as the mold and abandoned the mold that made out from 3D printed and wood.
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- Written by: Julius Perdana
- Category: RC Foam Project
Actually I'm planning to build a new RC Aircraft Carrier, but this one I will build an older one which is USS Nimitz. Like the previous model the first thing I do is to make a small RC plane to launch on top of the deck of the aircraft Carrier. I choose a rather vintage timeline which is 80s era, so I made an F-14 Tomcat. At first I use medium density styrofoam as the main material but also tried using a low density styrofoam. This time I use 3 channel control rather than 2 channel like usually I made a micro RC plane so I hope it will be more precise in control so I can practice landing on the carrier.
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- Written by: Julius Perdana
- Category: RC Foam Project
At last finally I build the F-14 Tomcat. I waited for it for so long, waiting to have enough experience on building an EDF jet fighter. As usual this jet model was built by my friend Roy by following my plans, and then sent to me like an empty canvas so I can paint it with VF-84 Jolly Rogers color scheme. This F-14 can move its variable sweep wing, but can it fly with wing swept back? Just watch it till the end on the build and fly video on my Youtube channel.
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- Written by: Julius Perdana
- Category: RC Foam Project
This cartoon style RC model plane is based on Cessna 182. I just squeeze it into a chubby plane. This model is quite unique, because this is the second model from the models that I ever made, that needs counter weight ballast on the tail. The first one is T-6A Texan II model. The ballast is quite heavy, around 200 gram, so recommend to put the battery on the tail so you don't have to add ballast and will save about 200 gram of weight. With 1200 gram the plane is quite fast but with 1000 gram I believe it will more enjoyable. But after all the plane is easy to control, just add aileron rudder mixing about 40% for smooth turning.