Brilliant!, I've done radio control in the past always loved the simplicity of rubber powered models and would love to have the knowledge of how to get the best out of them.
Very unique and very cool also. Who would've thought that it was possible. And --no gas, noise, plus you can catch your plane like a foot ball. Amazing.
In this age and time seeing a rubber powered model fly so beautifully (albeit RC controlled) ... the love dedication and care ... just to wind it up is enough for a big hug ... CHEERS and happy flying
If you want to see REALLY amazing rubber powered scale model airplanes, just type in to You Tube: maxfiart. He has one 2 minute scale airplane that has an onboard camera for the flight!
I have no idea why someone would down-vote this video. This shows an option (RC controlled rubber band plane) that few know existing. It should be great in a small park close to residential area where people may not like the noise (any noise) from a powered plane. I like options.
Funny how people downvote an honest, non clickbait video. Its exactly what the title says, and it was a successful flight. Go watch mojo if you wanted something stupid like you
incredibly I did not even realize there would be people giving this video a T'down ...only when i started to read the comments did i realize that this weird fact. Even then i thought it would be maybe one or two NOT 108 .... LOL ...what a sad lot I guess they have no clue of what REAL aeromodelling is all about ...must be typical "drone-pilots" LOL ... i have come across a few bozo's like that ... they remind of "flat-earthers" LOL LOL
GWS 4 channel receiver, 2 Cirrus 5.7 gram servos, a single 90 mah li-po battery powers everything. The pushrods are thin carbon rods with bent wire fittings glued on the ends. The radio installation is less than 1 ounce.
I installed a new wing and now I get 2.5 minutes in dead air. I've had thermal flights over 15 minutes long with the plane nearly out of sight (almost 1000' high) and barely able to dive out of the lift. Steve
smorrismlbco I used to fly my West-Wings, Orion on a slope. When I needed to lose height without over speeding the model I used to fly it inverted, it used to fly soooo badly (with the tip dihedral) inverted that it became my go to method for loosing altitude.😁
nice - i've always been a fan of using radio assist to give these 'pure' models a new lease of life and make them a bit more user freindly. who wants to walk 1/2 mile only to find it up a tree? you can also fly safely nearer a road, and are not so restricted to waiting for extremely light winds.
All model airplanes are very good at teaching the basics of aeronautics. I've been building model airplanes for 45 years and I'm an aeronautical engineer. This model returns to the start point because it is radio controlled. Most rubber band models are not radio controlled and will drift with the wind instead.
Brilliant - environmentalists must of course factor in the power used to store the energy but still an admirable and enjoyable demo of simple and effective technology. Love it!
noice ..."Wind it up till it feels right" only someone with 45 years of model time can make such a statement... I was expecting an aeronautical engineer to throw some insane formulas at us and zap us with some mind numbing explanation and then you go and say "i feeeeel good!" CHEERS
Great job! it took about 1min to wind; 20 seconds for the power to run out with a total flight time of about 1.5 min. That is a pretty favorable ratio of "charge time" to "flight time" when considering that electric airplanes typically have a charge time of 4x longer than their flight time.
Funnily en.ough, I've been musing on exactly this sort of arrangement myself, but wasn't sure how efficient the rubber would be in gaining the altitude before the glide phase. Impressive. And fun
I built the prop by taking a 1/8 sheet of balsa, carving an airfoil section along it, and then wet the wood and attach to a special form that sets the pitch. I heat this in an oven to dry it (low heat for 15 minutes). I then add reinforcements to the blade and cover with 3/4 fiberglass cloth and epoxy. For your model a carved balsa prop covered in tissue to reinforce it should be fine.
Nice combination of freeflyer and rc. I have been thinking of saving my P30 to get lost by this kind of solution, but still too heavy to put rc stuff on 50g plane
@smorrismlbco Good morning,awesome video-would it be possible to send some spec's on the model,as i'm very interested in trying this myself!How about some flying times(duration)?Also,what radio gear did you use and are there plan's somewhere availlable for this model?Is it stick and tissue construction or balsa sheet for extra strength?Thank you so very much;RUDI.
Fantastic job thanks for the video I have no idea what will power was this developed. Are used it as a child and some of my toy airplanes but I had no idea it was used for a serious hobby. Nice video thank you
I don't do anything special, just wind it up. The prop stop mechanism keeps it from getting too loose. There is a bobbin on the prop hook to keep it from climbing onto the prop shaft. Braiding would also help, but I don't do this.
It's my own design built from balsa, tissue, brass tubing and music wire. It took about 1 week to build.
Thanks,
Steve
Electric drill and no blast tube! Brave man. Great video. Great flight.
That rate-of-climb left me flabbergasted, amazed! So did the number of turns that the rubber motor was able to withstand
This is the first time I've seen this form of RC flying! Thankx for sharing with us, Mark
Brilliant!, I've done radio control in the past always loved the simplicity of rubber powered models and would love to have the knowledge of how to get the best out of them.
Utterly, utterly brilliant. SO impressed by how much flight time you get after the rubber power runs out.
Very unique and very cool also. Who would've thought that it was possible. And --no gas, noise, plus you can catch your plane like a foot ball. Amazing.
In this age and time seeing a rubber powered model fly so beautifully (albeit RC controlled) ... the love dedication and care ... just to wind it up is enough for a big hug ... CHEERS and happy flying
One of the coolest model airplane videos I have seen. I am sold on rubber power. But I am happy just letting it go, and letting the wind direct it.
If you want to see REALLY amazing rubber powered scale model airplanes, just type in to You Tube: maxfiart. He has one 2 minute scale airplane that has an onboard camera for the flight!
Brilliant low weight power source, now all you need is a Frsky Taranis, and a vario. Perfect mixture of old school, and new school tech
Lovely. It has no noise; like a sail boat. And you can recover it easily.
I have no idea why someone would down-vote this video. This shows an option (RC controlled rubber band plane) that few know existing. It should be great in a small park close to residential area where people may not like the noise (any noise) from a powered plane. I like options.
Must be an amazing feeling when it leaves your hand then takes to the air at that speed!! Great job!!!
That acceleration on the first throw was awesome went right out of sight almost
Funny how people downvote an honest, non clickbait video. Its exactly what the title says, and it was a successful flight. Go watch mojo if you wanted something stupid like you
incredibly I did not even realize there would be people giving this video a T'down ...only when i started to read the comments did i realize that this weird fact. Even then i thought it would be maybe one or two NOT 108 .... LOL ...what a sad lot
I guess they have no clue of what REAL aeromodelling is all about ...must be typical "drone-pilots" LOL ... i have come across a few bozo's like that ... they remind of "flat-earthers" LOL LOL
Great video! Nicely done. The down thumbs are from people hoping it would crash or explode.
I m more intrigued by exactly what they expected to see !
Read the comment 2 seconds later accidentally pushed the thumbs down sorry felt bad when i seen the # click
Probably people who just don't like things because they can't do them themselves
GWS 4 channel receiver, 2 Cirrus 5.7 gram servos, a single 90 mah li-po battery powers everything. The pushrods are thin carbon rods with bent wire fittings glued on the ends. The radio installation is less than 1 ounce.
I installed a new wing and now I get 2.5 minutes in dead air. I've had thermal flights over 15 minutes long with the plane nearly out of sight (almost 1000' high) and barely able to dive out of the lift.
Steve
smorrismlbco I used to fly my West-Wings, Orion on a slope. When I needed to lose height without over speeding the model I used to fly it inverted, it used to fly soooo badly (with the tip dihedral) inverted that it became my go to method for loosing altitude.😁
Make one from cardboard please
nice - i've always been a fan of using radio assist to give these 'pure' models a new lease of life and make them a bit more user freindly. who wants to walk 1/2 mile only to find it up a tree? you can also fly safely nearer a road, and are not so restricted to waiting for extremely light winds.
Very cool. Have to say though, he threw that plane right at people lol...
Wow just awesome. I designed these as a kid and always wanted full radio control onboard.
You, Sir, are a great aeromodeller!
That is so cool, RC Rubber powered airplane.
All model airplanes are very good at teaching the basics of aeronautics. I've been building model airplanes for 45 years and I'm an aeronautical engineer.
This model returns to the start point because it is radio controlled. Most rubber band models are not radio controlled and will drift with the wind instead.
smorrismlbco / sure u are...
smorrismlbco z
smorrismlbco I am also studying aeronautical final year
Wait.....and you catch it?! Amazing!
ا ین خیلی فو قل ا د ه ا ست
That has to be the coolest flying model airplane I've seen in my life! It's got some serious speed at take off.
Brilliant - environmentalists must of course factor in the power used to store the energy but still an admirable and enjoyable demo of simple and effective technology. Love it!
The model uses 32 strands of 1/4" rubber and I don't count the winds, just wind until it feels right.
Steve
noice ..."Wind it up till it feels right" only someone with 45 years of model time can make such a statement... I was expecting an aeronautical engineer to throw some insane formulas at us and zap us with some mind numbing explanation and then you go and say "i feeeeel good!" CHEERS
Great flying... I want one!
Oh man that thing just CLIMBED!!!! Wow!
Fantastic design!
32 strands of 1/4 inch! Can't wind my head around that much power. Wow. Yes, pun intended.
Geeze, that sure beats any of the old Gellows rubber band planes I've ever made.
Pretty cool, combining RC and rubber power.
Loved it! Thanks for posting.
Great job! it took about 1min to wind; 20 seconds for the power to run out with a total flight time of about 1.5 min. That is a pretty favorable ratio of "charge time" to "flight time" when considering that electric airplanes typically have a charge time of 4x longer than their flight time.
bizzee1 the winder is electric eheh
Not to mention the expense of electrics that it would take to power this big airplane.
The body on the model is crazy strong to hold that much force from the rubberband. Great video, thanks
totally, also must be trimmed like crazy for the initial launch
Excelente!!! Incluso llegó a tu mano!
Very impressive ... I have never seen a rubber powered model climb quite like that!! :)
Wow! Impressive!
Funnily en.ough, I've been musing on exactly this sort of arrangement myself, but wasn't sure how efficient the rubber would be in gaining the altitude before the glide phase. Impressive. And fun
I built the prop by taking a 1/8 sheet of balsa, carving an airfoil section along it, and then wet the wood and attach to a special form that sets the pitch. I heat this in an oven to dry it (low heat for 15 minutes). I then add reinforcements to the blade and cover with 3/4 fiberglass cloth and epoxy. For your model a carved balsa prop covered in tissue to reinforce it should be fine.
That is beautiful. I LOVE my hobby 😁❤️🇬🇧
Awesome!!!
thumbs up simply for a fuselage that can sustain that wound pressure.
remarkable!
Pushing the envelope !
Great work.
Maybe a geared prop next ?
Great stuff!
Great skills! Enjoyed this thanks.
Doesn't get better than that!
what a great job :) ... really its amazing .
Awesome 👍👍👍
Nice combination of freeflyer and rc. I have been thinking of saving my P30 to get lost by this kind of solution, but still too heavy to put rc stuff on 50g plane
Thats awsome.
Beautiful!
Very nice!
Great video , and true to the hobby. Very well done.
Very cool!
no school like the old school, that has got to be much cheaper than the electric options for getting up
nice slice through the trees! I was hoping for a thermal
man thats beautiful
Shows how much energy is compressed in time
Great video!!!!!!!!!
Very nice ! 5 stars !!!
very beautiful, thanks for posting!
@smorrismlbco Good morning,awesome video-would it be possible to send some spec's on the model,as i'm very interested in trying this myself!How about some flying times(duration)?Also,what radio gear did you use and are there plan's somewhere availlable for this model?Is it stick and tissue construction or balsa sheet for extra strength?Thank you so very much;RUDI.
Awesome!
Nice catch!
good catch. accurate
I was thinking "LAUNCHING A PLANE? IT THAT SMALL SPACE? LOST FOR SURE! and then.. rc happened. lol
I am impressed to say the least!! do you have plans for it?
Very creative
Nice R/C Wakefield - inspiring stuff - Though i'm building R/C free rubber.:)
@Claydog42
There are servos used to move the rudder and elevator. These are controlled by radio.
Fantastic! Beautiful! Great Job!
Nice catch =o Nice plane =O ...Nice!
I can see there is a lot of tension between the two of you 😎🚁💨💨💨💨💨
Fantastic job thanks for the video I have no idea what will power was this developed. Are used it as a child and some of my toy airplanes but I had no idea it was used for a serious hobby. Nice video thank you
What is maximum time of motor working?
id love one of those! infact i might build one for summer/spring, and it would effectively fall under an unpowered plane :)
I want one!!!! too cool!!
Nice!, there is a kind of plastic that you can use for your cover, if you heat is it shrinks so you get a nice fit. Well done!
that is unbelievable
Fantastic stuff,subbed and liked.
tht is...........BADASS!! OUT OF A BBIG RUBBER BAAND
It's awesome !!!
Cool plane
Nice work. I saw a stunt glider in Santa Barbara that used a surgical tubing slingshot to launch.
great, thats very interesting. thanks
That is how you do it!
very nice
Well done u flying creativity
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THIS IS CUMBERSOME AND WOULD GET OLD FAST BUT THEN AGAIN I'M A DRONE KIND OF GUY BUT GLAD TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE ENJOYS THIS.
Niiiiice!
they should have rubber band powered cars
Hats off to the camera man.
Wow !
That is awesome ......... ☆☆☆☆☆
I don't do anything special, just wind it up. The prop stop mechanism keeps it from getting too loose. There is a bobbin on the prop hook to keep it from climbing onto the prop shaft. Braiding would also help, but I don't do this.
Very Nice
Perfect
how could it just came back exactly the place like a boomerang... this is amazing....