I want a piece of indoor action.

[Freakazoid]

Hi all,

Im also looking for a piece of the indoor action.

I already have a bigass (47") taube rumpler, wich is SUPPOSED to be an indoor plane, but that ol' thing flies like the hindenburgh. Sluggish, incredibly sloooooow on the controls, and a wall gets near it perty darn quick.

So now im looking around for something a little smaller to start with, but also more snappy, or a little less groundspeed. Not some kind of shockflyer though, those look to squirly to me. :) Those ultra light ultracote things look perty awesome to watch them zoom by, but I think theire freakin expencive to build. Something like the IFO, well, just plain ugly is the issue with those things. :D Im willing to fork out for a couple light servos and a lipo pack or two, but not for expencive brushless though. Ive already got a CC pixie 20P and a quite lightweight reciever at hand.

Perhaps I could do something with the 3sq.ft of 1/4" thick fanfold ive got laying around.. Something ail/ele or elevon would be fun I think, as it will probably give me plenty of snappy cornering. I dont know where I saw it, but I saw some picture with a perty awesome profile P-38 kind of twin motor thing in the background that might do the trick.

Who knows something fun for me to fly?

Regards,
Sven

[flypaper 2]

Sven:
Check out the Horsefly Hobbies DR 1. Good all around plane. I fly it inside a sports dome. Haul back on the el., add a bit of power and it will fly around at walking speed with no wing walk. let the nose down and you'll get an Adrenalin rush. :D Will take a wind outside too. A fun machine.

[NitroCharged]

Likewise for DVFlight Techs DR1 http://www.dvflighttech.com/ :)

[cje0114]

I've been using a great planes edge 540 flatout for my tight spaces latley. I call it my parking lot destoyer since I mostly fly it at night in the local mall parking lot. I flew it indoors today, and it did awesome. I also fly it in my job workshop, just hovering around since there isn't enough room there to actually "fly" it. All in all it's a great plane(no pun intended). I am also flying it on a budget with a motor and ESC from balsa products. I'm running the Feigao motor in the 4.3:1 gearbox with a BP10a ESC, and an 11x4.7 prop. $39.99 for the plane, 42.99 for the motor & gearbox, and $20.00 for the ESC. Who says brushless is expensive.

Chris

[timocharis]

Not some kind of shockflyer though, those look to squirly to me. :)

Okay, here's the lowdown on that: sometimes what you don't want to hear is what you should hear.

The shockies are very sedate, well-behaved planes. The reason they look smallmammally to you? They're being flown by people who like to do that.

If you set the low rates as they recommend, you'll find the Superstar will just float around the room under greater control that almost anything else you can buy. Build it light (cdrom/little screamer/equivalent) and it's a very fun indoor plane.

I have the same Dr 1 flypaper mentions, and think it's great. It would be a fine indoor flyer. However, it's a tad harder to build:

http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1975

... and though more rewarding, a tad harder to fly. So you might want to reconsider your original prejudice -- shockflyers do not have to be flown in shocking ways. They are so good at it precisely because they fly so cleanly.


Dave North

[elec3d]

totally agree Dave keep um light and they will fly slow.
i flew the gws tiger moth some years ago it was great fun, we thought it was good to do a loop at the indoor stadium but look at all the maneuvers you can do with a shockflyer (or similar) it keeps you interested in flying.
~phill