Build an Arduino Flying Wing RC Plane | DIY Sweptback Wing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ส.ค. 2022
- Welcome back, folks! This time we make an Arduino-based RC Flying wing out of foam, with 3ch of 2 servos and a brushless motor on board, no extended fuselage or tail, simply a cool flying wing! As this is an intermediate-builder project, it may require that you have some background knowledge of using an Arduino board, and some basic knowledge of electronics.
Hang around until the end of the video to see whether this thing can fly!
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Before recreating the plane, (if you are to choose an Arduino flight controller setup like my own) check out my previous video which shows how to make your own RC Arduino 7-channel Transmitter:
- • Build an Arduino Radio...
Circuit diagram - Receiver/FC (credits to Electronoobs) - electronoobs.com
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Codes - TX & RX NRF24L01 Arduino plane codes - drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Learn more about the NRF24L01 Transceiver - howtomechatronics.com/tutoria...
Blueprints of the foam flying wing in PDF - drive.google.com/file/d/1WAnE...
Flying wing design with measurements & CG location - drive.google.com/file/d/1JoqF...
Center of Gravity (CG) calculator website - fwcg.3dzone.dk/
Purchase links to parts used in the project: (Parts count ("x..") in reference to the quantity required, actual purchase quantity may vary)
(x1) Brushless Motor 7000Kv 1-2S EMAX - amzn.to/3JJqwch
(x1) Plane propeller 5" - amzn.to/3vQivN4
(x1) Brushless Electronic Speed Controller (ESC) -
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(x1) Arduino Nano board - amzn.to/3dizYqW
(x1) NRF24L01 100M RF Transceiver module - amzn.to/3BQzKSn
(Optional) NRF24L01 + PNA + LNA RF Transceiver module (longer range) - amzn.to/3JEoOsV
(x1) Voltage Regulator 3.3V AMS1117 - amzn.to/3JGJxMu
(x1) Perforated Prototyping board 3x7cm - amzn.to/3Pa6GIA
(x2) Servo Motors 9G - amzn.to/3QyORDQ
(x1) Li-Ion Battery 7.4V 800mAh (Higher capacity, same weight as battery seen in video) -
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Female & Male Pin headers - amzn.to/3Qej2Rg
(x1) 5mm Posterboard foam core sheet for fuselage & wing tip fins 12x9" - amzn.to/3BYqFXP
(x1) Styrofoam (Polystyrene) insulative foam board sheet for the plane - 1.5"
(x2) Paperclip
(x2) Mini zip ties
Clear tape - 2" roll (for Lamination of the wing)
Kapton tape (used to make 6 sporty stripes)
(x2) Wooden dowel - 5mm stick
(x2) Bamboo Skewer - 3mm stick
(x4) Popsicle stick
0.25mm Nichrome wire (Hotwire tool)
Simple wooden bow-shaped frame (Hotwire tool)
(x1) Self-threading wood screws (Hotwire tool)
(18 AWG or thicker) Enameled wire (Hotwire tool)
(x1) Small retraction spring
(x1) Pushbutton momentary switch 3A
🪛🔧🔨 Tools and extra supplies I use:
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➡️ Hot Glue Gun - amzn.to/3E6trJG
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➡️ Heat-shrink Tube Kit - amzn.to/3AksTPE
➡️ Jumper Wire Kit - amzn.to/3UGhMZq
➡️ Breadboard for Prototyping - amzn.to/3GlF4ze
➡️ Perf Boards, Pin headers, and Connectors Kit - amzn.to/3AkySUw
➡️ Superglue - amzn.to/3EE6uis
➡️ Duct Tape - amzn.to/3g5mTU0
➡️ Double-sided Tape - amzn.to/3Edta82
➡️ Kapton Tape (for battery leads) - amzn.to/3X58bNl
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Hey guys! Thanks for watching the video!
Just to rephrase the part where I stated the plane flies for ~10 minutes, I actually referred to the ideal flight time of this plane, calculating from what current the motor draws from the battery's capacity.
The plane in perfectly still weather conditions and a little more practice flying makes for better control and longer flights.
Thanks for understanding, cheers!
Consider dropping a like 👍🏻, a share, comment, and subscription to the TH-cam channel if you like what you see! ✌🏻
Stay tuned for a potential upcoming video of longer flights from this flying wing.
keep up this great work and passion my friend
@@7MinutesCreative Thank you, buddy!! 🙂
@@MaxImagination i make new video at my new cake channel . Please comment I'm so appreciative ❤❤
mistake?... Its fly... Is ok....
@@jogomez1988a Hi, Jorge. Apart from not having flown one of these before and the slightly windy conditions, the plane flies good 🙂✌🏻
I can't even belive that you made that 😲 very nice bro . You have a good talent
Great stuff - love the low tech / hack building - shows first principle understanding & healthy frugality - very talented. I LOVE it.
Thanks so much for your kind comment! :)
You my friend will never succumb to boredom. Well done.
Not a single day in my life passes with boredom 😃
Thanks a lot! 👍
After waiting for a long time, you have satisfied me a lot max! And with new transitions , improved lighting in the studio and waiting for a studio tour!
Keep going max never stop your efforts! 😊 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌💯💯☺️🤝
First of all, thank you so much! I'm very enlightened by your kind comments!
Might do something as such somewhere in the future. 🙌🙌🤝
Would love to see an indoor version 10% of this size, with weight savings achieved by using a supercapacitor, micromotor etc
Will consider making a sized-down plane as such in the coming future 🙂✌🏻
I will second this!
Its fly very well with this diy radio, Really its result is amazing
Thank you, Jonu! Cheers!
I absolutely stunned by this guy's hard work... A good content always took time to build and he delivered it with so funny and simple way..really luved his content and enjoyed it too..
Congrats brother...many more miles to go...😎😇
Much appreciated! Thanks a lot for your consistent, kind support!!! 😃👋
Hi Max 🙋♂️ nice plane. Congratulations
Hey, thanks! 😀
You're doing amazing work Max 😎
Keep it up👍👏👏👏
Thanks a lot, Sahil! Will gladly do 🙂✌🏻
Wow amazing beautiful idea 👌✌️ thanks my friend 👍👍👍
Thank you! Cheers! 😀
Great video Max
Thanks for tuning in!
Genius. I really enjoyed the project itself, and the video production. In particular, I loved the way you took on the challenges and your simple solutions for small and big things.
Glad you enjoyed it... Many thanks for your kind comment! 😀👍
Very nice build! You should consider adding a fpv camera next time
Will consider adding one! Thanks a lot 🤝
I love your videos. I just love the detail it goes into unlike most videos. Really teaches me a lot! Thank you!
You are so welcome! Thank you for your appreciation!
Hello , very nice plane Max ❤❤
Thanks, a lot, Dung! 🙂🤜🏻🤛🏻
Really sick plane
Thanks, Anusha!
love a channel that reply to comments!! keep up the good work! ❤
Thanks for your kind comment!
Amazing bro ! Always been looking for projects like these on TH-cam but none worked. Keep up the pace!
Thanks, will do! 😀
Single string performance was coool 😂🔥🔥❤️
Haha! Cheers ✌🏻
You have a lot of patience to take on this project from the angle you did. I'm sure you know there are a lot of ways to do this so much more efficiently and for probably the same money. Very unique approach!
Thank you very much!
Awesome Job 🛩️🙌🏼
Cheers, man! 😁✌🏻
@@MaxImagination no problem 😊
Amazing project, Max. 😊👍
Many thanks, James!
@@MaxImagination 👍🛩
Nice design and construction. Thanks for sharing this video and your thoughts.
Thank you for the kind comment, Steve!
Superb presentation
Thanks! 😀
just amazing, thats gona be my first plane model.
You will see, 2023 its my year.
Exciting to hear! Happy making 😀
Great Idea Bro !
Keep It Up.
Thanks for supporting! 🙂👍🏻
Fantastic !!!
Many thanks!!
Great project 😁🤜🏼🤛🏼
Thank you! Cheers!
I love to build rc planes too. Your channel is very good! Subscribed!
Awesome, thank you!
Awesome video! You can tell you’ve put a lot of work into both the plane and editing of the video.
On a note about the plane, flying wings typically have their elevons always slightly up, especially for takeoff as this moves the CG forward slightly. Additionally, and I could have this wrong, but I believe flying wings have a different pitch axis then standard planes, so to counteract the different rotation they need to already be engages both during take off and cruise.
Additionally flying wings are difficult to fly because you have to have both elevons and alerons on them to help with adverse yaw, but you only have them as one set making it a little touchier especially with a far bag CG
Forgot to mention - look into differential ailerons. It’s pretty much the only solution for adverse yaw on a flying wing unless you want to start getting really technical. It also allows you to keep just the ailerons rather then adding elevons
Thank you for your comment, Charlie!
I'll keep your suggestions in mind for when I build an improved similar flying wing 👍
Yup flying these flying wings is not a straight forward thing... I'll try playing around with the CG a little more to get it more balanced in the air.
Cheers!
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
The first motor you used has around 50g of thrust which was not enough to fly.
My advice: use IMU to stabilize the system
Thanks for your advice.
Amzing video bruh keep it up!
Thanks! Will do!
Bro you really deserve for views
Pretty Nice end Results!
Thank you! 😃
Superb bro...🔥🔥🔥
Thank you, Sid! 👍🏻
U r Pro ...👏
Usa el aislante de color rosa. Esta una imagen de la pantera rosa. Ese tiene una mejor resistencia.
YAAAAY!!!
at 11:56, pushrod ends SHOULD have a Z-bend; not u-bend.!!!!
I'm just kid but I love doing this things I wish i have more tools like you 😉
You can do anything you set your mind to! My advise to you is to do the most you can with what you already have 🙂
pretty good job
Thanks! 😀
Nice work.
Thanks!
Damn man good video bro 😎
Thanks! 😊
Would love to see it balanced! Good job.
Thank you :)
Very cool! I love it!
I'm inspired to build one for myself.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your comment. Happy making!
You could add some s-curve to the roll control to make it less sensitive. Or even better to both of the controls.
Thanks for the tip!
If you think of revisiting this aircraft or the flying wing concept in general, you should incorporate some automatic stabilisation - even the best pilots the USAF has to offer can't fly these things unassisted, the only recorded crash of the B2 Spirit was due to a sensor failure, and as far as I'm aware it's the only full scale flying wing currently in operation.
Honestly, the fact you managed to keep this thing in the air for as long as 10 seconds was surprising and impressive, seems like you're a damn good pilot. Watching your videos, among other creators, has inspired me to start scraping together some components and hopefully build an FPV drone, or at the very least a car, so thank you for showing how simple this stuff can be.
I'll consider adding stabilization if I choose to make another plane or other form of aircraft. Thanks for your suggestion and compliments! Cheers.
as discussed, here, the wingtip stabs should be about 1/3 as tall. because, the stabs increase the amount of mass located at the wingtips. and, there are adverse affects from such outboard-located mass. in order to limit the adverse affects, the stab size should be minimized. googletranslate
Hello there, David. Will consider experimenting with trimmed wing tip fins to seek better flight results. Thanks for the tip!
im still in the process of planning a different style of this plane but I have all the parts I need to build the wing part but no electronics so far, instead of doing a solid foam wing im doing a line of wing shape sillhouettes that get smaller towards the edge of the wing and im going to lay a sheet of foamboard over that frame to create the wing which both saves weight and mess
Sounds like a plan! Best of luck with your flying wing plane! :)
Nice make more content 👌
Your videos help and are entertaining
Thanks for your encouragement! 🙂✌🏻
Btw love your DIYs and things you make
@@Demonstrat I appreciate it! Thank you! 😊
You might want to consider adding dihedral to your wing to increase it's inherent stability. Your plane also looks very sensitive to pitch. So in your code you might add something to change the gain on the elevon so that you can fine tune the movement faster or slower. You may also want the elevons to be trimmed up or down. The plane should be able to glide without controller input. The engine mounted above the centerline may also be contributing the pitch instability. Nice project.
Thanks for your tips about my wing, Bill! I'll consider making these changes if I choose to make an improved flying wing. Thanks!
Hi max! I already created your controller from the video on the description, is the receiver in the separate video same as this?
It is practically the same, yes.
Looks like arduous job, I was wondering if you possible make a wider wings? Alerion should be flapped down when going on the air, once it go airborne, lift alerion up to fly around. I cannot image all of your hard work to make it fly. I am impressed of your hard work! Good job Sir!
I've been told my aircraft is also too tail heavy, not sure if having the flaps down will work as this made my plane nose dive from launch. But I'll try again! Thanks for your kind comment! :)
Nope. That's not how elevons work!
@@oneistar6661 elevons?
Awesome! ! I wonder if it is possible to add a VTX to it or build a VTX based on Arduino
Could work! Cheers,
Max
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Creo que te faltó estabilizadores verticales.
Now it's time for a Arduino base Quadcopter
I have just recently made one. Watch it on my channel.
Amazing video - thanks Max!
Just curious - how much would you say this drone cost to make? In terms of materials, electronic components, etc?
Thank you!
Considering that acquiring the foam would be almost free, the guts of the plane itself would cost you around $35-50 USD depending on where you shop.
@@MaxImagination awesome, thanks max! Definitely cheaper than I would have expected
There are better options out there for foam and motor. The idead of aj Arduino controllwr is cool, but aerodynamics arent there
Will consider your feedback for future wing builds as such. Thanks.
hey max i am looking into making this for myself and I was wondering if I needed to make the transmitterthat you made or can I use an off the shelf 2.4 GHz one. If so how do I paired it/set it up and do you have any recommendations on with to buy.
thanks
Hi there. If you're going for a streamlined radio controller and receiver. I suggest you look on amazon for the Radiomaster TX12 ELRS transmitter and an ELRS nano receiver.
@@MaxImagination thank you very much
Hey how did you mix the aleron and elevator is it in the code ?
I did not and reverted to using diagonal movements for the mixing.
Hello sorry to bother you again, but may I know Where you got those prints of the airfoil stencils? Or may I know how thick the airfoil shape is?
Hello there. Those blueprints of the stencils were drawn by me. The airfoil shape stencils from wing-end to wing middle are 11 & 22mm thick.
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Could you make a mppt charge controller?
Will write that one down 👍
Ok
You should have used a much smaller esc. The calibration is saved even after the batttery is unplugged.
Hi there. You have a valid point about sizing. Though, I used what I could get my hands on at the time. 4 packs of small ESCs were all there was online, so I instead chose this 1 larger ESC.
bro, for how much minutes it files on sky?
It's battery life is around 5-10 minutes.
Hello I was just wondering if an 6000KV brushless motor would be less powered or good enough?
6000KV will be a little slower (not by much) and more powerful, yes.
I think the main problem is those joysticks on the transmitter, if you use proper ones you'll see it's way more controllable.
Thanks for the tip. Yes, I would probably counter the sensitivity by gaining more control with proper joysticks rather than the current knobs.
Cheers.
Your video is great 👍 I made a 500 gram rc plane is it enough to fly it using 1000kw motor and 7.4v battery unit
Thank you! If all is well balanced with minimal drag, I don't see why not. You need to test it.
@@MaxImagination thanks. i will test.
Did it work?@@user-es3gm1rj5k
Very cool but where do you buy your arduino parts
Hi, Astr0. I buy most of my Arduino/electronics parts on Amazon.com. You may check the links below. Cheers ✌
Thx I’ll think about buying it
Please make a drone with this reaciver and transmitter
Will do, one day!
Your videos are amazing bro 😍
Can you help me to do a project ?
Hi! Thank you! At a certain cost, sure, how can I help you?
@@MaxImagination can you suggest best project for ece bro ?
add a 2400kv motor with a 6x 4.5 bullnose prop 100mph
Thanks for the tip 👍
Can we use arduino nano 168
Yes. That Arduino compatible board will work.
could you ad an mpu-6050 3 axis gyro in the script???
It is possible, yes.
@@MaxImagination that would be epic, and an input to initiate it from a radio aux channel, or dissable it. AETR aux1-4, like the quad guys use, we do alot of scratch building here and im looking for solutions that can get thge kids(and myself) into learning more intricacies.
Bro plz reply 🙏would we have to purchase this arduino circuit board in online purchase?
Hi there. You may purchase it through one of the links below in the video description. Cheers!
Can u provide a circuit for the transmitter and receiver please.
Find it here: th-cam.com/video/47eBRwFQp-g/w-d-xo.html
Good project.I have made arduino transmitter and f22 raptor model aircraft is this arduino code match that aircraft?
Thank you! The code should work for that model aircraft, it works for most.
@@MaxImagination thanks 👍
can someone break down how the motor is picked in this setup? The amazon page seems to be missing wattage. I want to verify why the esc, battery, and motor work together.
Hi there. For that tiny brushless motor, any ESC from small to large will be powerful enough to drive it. The ones I've linked below will work, guaranteed.
@@MaxImagination that's crazy I always thought you had to get a motor rated for certain wattage then get a battery and esc that are of less wattage
@@4kstreamer44 In general, always base your power needs from your motor. If it's a powerful BLDC motor, then you can't just use an ESC rated for a lower amperage. So actually yes, it first goes by selecting your motor, the available ESC, then battery.
@@MaxImagination thank you. We built this project in one of my classes
👍.I have seen you using tp 4056 to charge 3.7v li po battery. I have 500mah 3.7v li po battery and tp 4056 what value of resister you recommend to tp4056 for charge my battery?
Search on google images for the "TP4056 current limiting resistor chart" to help you select the correct resistor for all future batteries
@@MaxImagination thanks.
How many km range is the transmitter
Maximum 1KM.
do u have video explaining the code?
No. I wouldn't do that.
May be you should add some kind of flight stabilization feedback using accelerometers or something!..Great job though😎🤓
Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind for my future model airplanes. Thank you!
I think it whould fly much better if it had landing gears and took of from the ground 😅
Hi, Ayaadh. That would be ideal for a regular-style RC trainer plane with an additional tail to go with a fuselage. However, landing gear is not found on flying wing model aircraft due to the added weight, it should be kept to a bare minimum with these types of planes.
What it probably would take is a bit of adjusting and more practice flying it here my end... 😅
Cheers.
Whats the range of this plane bro😊
100+ meters
@@MaxImagination great job bro and what is the total cost of the project
Why never glue an electrical component directly to the styrofoam?
You don't glue components directly to polystyrene as this will rip foam chunks out when removing or replacing components.
Make a f22 raptor using arduino
Gotta love the F22 raptor. I've got the idea already written down, cheers for the idea!
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I'm new to rc plane hobby. I want to make a plane i hope to use 7.4v 2s battery and 30A esc. What motor you recommend for me 1000kw bldc or 2200kw bldc?
Choosing something of higher "kv" is more optimal to get your plane off the ground. I'd choose a 2200kv.
@@MaxImagination thanks max
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Its tail heavy.....
Will tune it! Thanks...
Bro you are going to be making like 200 dollars an hour within 10 years
Woah, you've got a time machine? 😉
@@MaxImagination no but I give it maybe 5 years til you do
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Hi there! Thanks for watching.
Great job man 👌
Thank you 🙌