$10 Foam RC Airplane

This is a foam glider that I purchased from Target that I modified to be a real RC airplane. It turned out to be a great plane, give it a shot! Hope you Enjoy!
Smaller Foam Glider:
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Transmitter Used:
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[@d.jensen5153]

Using the same Sky Rider glider, I made a very similar pusher plane. Differences were: * motor was placed further aft * thrust was tilted up to decouple pitch from throttle * rather than a rudder, I used a v-tail mixer to drive split elevators.

[@AbdulHadihadi16]

Can you drop a link for the motors. I wanted to know where to but them from

[@JACKIE23666]

Nice work ! I have one of those in the garage, getting it now , thanks !

[@1Skylow2]

So cool! Great job, going to do this. We have some servos from a plane my son made from scratch at rc camp! Thanks for the video!

[@msmolly3082]

Very cool! May have to try that.

[@daviddavids2884]

thanks for posting. nice work. some thoughts. note that the ideal thrust line intersects the center of mass. here, offset thrust tries to push the nose down. thrust angle can be adjusted to reduce this affect. thrust should be directed up, just a bit. this can be seen on 'store-boughts'. cheers

[@DavidBaileyMinistries]

Dude, I had this exact idea 10 years ago but using an air hogs storm launcher and a Walmart plane. My idea would have differential thrust and an elevator control surface. Awesome job! Ya, it's fun. You beat to the fun factor.

[@phillipiacobacci1369]

Good stuff, well done

[@MasboyRC]

So cool, great job justin. i called this plane crash proof 😂 And i also love your rudder design, it's simple but can work properly.

[@NOXFPV]

Cool build

[@odem2002]

I just did one myself recently. I mounted my motor on the front and cut a large area out of the top canopy area to house the battery, speed controller and receiver. Im using a 1304 3100kv motor, 5030 props, 300ma 2s battery. It flys great and last about 3min flight time. Havent tried my 450ma battery yet.

[@PatriotPaulUSA]

Nice job Justin! I bought one of these last year at Wallyworld for exactly the same purpose. I just need to do it. Did you use a 2cell and a 1806 motor? I figured on remaking the rudder elevators and/or adding to them as you did. I was worried the wings might fly out but thought about using a couple toothpicks or cut off barbeque skewers .. Excellent job, and fun for letting the neihborhood kids try out. :)

[@rimjhim4278]

lovely

[@Jakir4192]

Awesome. I've already made a couple of rc planes. non of them i could fly(maybe because I'm a very bad pilot)))) But I will try your pusher mode. Definitely. Thank you!

[@rayondinanath4536]

Nice mod man!

[@DavidCrain-of1xd]

Great idea. Do sell a whole kit to put it together

[@fabianouberaba]

GREAAAT idea!!!! Can you put the link of the glider? I cant find tha glider here in Brazil. Tnx!!!!

[@gliderarts3573]

You can learn a lot about thrust angles and physics because you usually build it wrong the 1st time....

[@quadflopper1012]

what is the wingspan, what motor, esc, prop?

[@AndrewMurphy8383]

i was wondering what grame servos did u use and what kv motor

[@govindchari4586]

What motor and propeller did you use?

[@naturechanel209]

Would It be possible to hack a motor cuervo and remote from an old rc car or drone

[@b0lt826]

can you post a list of the parts

[@asadsyed3947]

Do you the parts

[@annoorkhan4219]

Yes...and parts perchesed link also..

[@cesarca1102]

Did you put the motor horizontally or with some inclination? The sky king plane has a left turn, other modelers put the engine tilted up pointing the nose of the plane and others tilt the engine down the rudder. What is your opinion?

[@dronetest7867]

How did u make the motor mount foam board?

[@12zbmx63]

where do you get the controller at??

[@charlespapa4506]

How many kv’a is ur motor and what is the prob esc?

[@spencerpetrik2200]

were did you get the enginie

[@user-ri7ee2dy7y]

What size prop did you use? I am currently building 5 planes for the Boys I work with, I take kids that have gotten into some trouble and some who might be heading into trouble. Your set up seems to be the simplest and easiest to maintain, I have a great bunch of guys and gals and I would love to “ Streamline “ their planes, if you could give some parts and spec I would be very grateful! I thank you and My Guys and Gals also Thank you!

[@rizen3467]

what onboard camera are you using?

[@renatomarcondes8220]

Justin gostaria de comprar um destes modelos voce pode me indicar o local, ou lugar de compra grato Renato Brasil

[@MotorizedMayhem48472]

What about the cost of the electronics?

[@joewoodchuck3824]

I wonder why pusher configuration is popular.

[@fjbcahyono4087]

OMG TAKEOFF WITHOUT GEARS ON 5:34

[@Sohan_15]

Hmm it's great and all but try to put landing gear on it

[@FeWolf]

CG?

[@gliderarts3573]

If you take that to the park I Karen will probably try to put a stop to it

[@65Wildkat]

When you speak of thrust angle, How many are we talking about? Also did you run the wires for the battery in the fusalage if so how did you do it?

[@JustinStanley]

I did not calculate a thrust angle for this plane, I mounted the motor 90 degrees from the fuselage. Adding a thrust angle would make it perform better and be less stress on the motor. The wires were just taped to the side, I did not think that the plane was going to work as good as it did so I just threw it together.

[@65Wildkat]

Thamks for getting back to me

[@daviddavids2884]

on re-watching, i see that an adjusted thrust angle has been used. there is another thrust issue. the motor pylon should be mounted farther aft. this comment is prompted by the observed behavior of the model, during take-off. cheers example of correct motor location www.generalhobby.com/images/allmodels2/hawksky-v2-17.jpg

[@DavidBaileyMinistries]

And the power of two motors, ok I'll stop now...

[@philramsey8588]

How did you build the mount for the motor??????

[@trentszachnitowski4628]

Phil Ramsey probably foam board

[@speedyslothee3093]

So what you mean by 10 dollars is 54$

[@DavidBaileyMinistries]

You beat me to the fun factor I meant

[@emersonb5764]

Your thrust direction is trying to make it nose down. It’s counter-intuitive, but you’d be be better off moving the motor a couple inches forward and maybe even do a pull configuration instead of push, and angle it so that the thrust center line intersects the center line of the fuselage as near as possible to the center of gravity. Could do the same by moving it further back and angling it the other direction. The climb rate wouldn’t be as good because the thrust would be pushing down on the center of gravity but it wouldn’t want to pitch forward when you apply throttle as much. There will always be some weird tendencies when the thrust line isn’t near the roll axis, but you can minimize the weirdness by making the thrust line go through the center of gravity.

[@jimmytiler5522]

how do you know what servos to buy and transmitters dont they have to all be on the same frequency?

[@jonbbaca5580]

Servos don't have a frequency and work with any receiver. Just get the Flysky i6 radio, it's the one he's using. $50 and comes with a receiver

[@jimmytiler5522]

OK great so if you have a transmitter and receiver your good to go.Thanks alot.Im new to this,lol

[@jimmytiler5522]

so the servos plug into the receiver so that when you give a stick movement from the transmitter it knows because of where its plugged into which port on the receiver to activate say the one on the left or left aileron?

[@j.t.bumbaday1489]

@@jimmytiler5522 the receiver tells the servo everything

[@dylanm.3692]

I wouldn't call it a $10 airplane when you're spending way more than that on electronics.

[@Jimigunneful]

Can someone give me an idea what motor, esc, rx, battery to use ?

[@jonbbaca5580]

Looks like an 1806 motor, which would only need a 20 amp ESC. Looks like a five inch quadcopter propeller. He's using the FlySky i6, which is a great little $50 radio that comes with a receiver. Probably 9 gram servos. Not sure if he's using 2S or 3S batteries, but either would work.

[@jonbbaca5580]

On the batteries, 800 to 1000mah lipo packs would work

[@Robert67909]

I use a light weight 24gram 2205 motor , 20amp esc and 9gram servos, 5.5x4.5 prop, flysky ia6 TX and rx. 2000mah 2cell.

[@wellalright7748]

Can you put the brushless motor in the nose of the plane

[@danielkvapp9139]

as he said, it would be too nose heavy

[@TheObsessedGardener]

I couldn't help but read you're goals..100k subs by age 17. Hmmmm

[@jayeshvaishnav3086]

Where to buy this glider

[@JustinStanley]

theblack cuber I have seen them at Walmart, hobby lobby and michaels

[@jayeshvaishnav3086]

What is website name

[@bobwebber8521]

Good vid. Thanks. You put a 'motor' on it not an engine.

[@MagicNate]

He did say something nice, you're the one that didn't. Correcting someone isn't mean, unless you say like you did. So stop contradicting yourself.

[@blackbirdpie217]

I was about to say the same thing. And I'm a nice guy. It is a motor and there is a difference. "How to" , you're not being very nice. Take your own advice and ESAD! Now, is that a pusher prop when the prop pushes the front 1/3 of the plane and pulls the rear 2/3?

[@emersonb5764]

Engines run on fuel. That’s a motor.

[@emersonb5764]

That’s an electric motor, not an engine. Big difference.

[@fishingak3135]

It’s not a Engine it’s a motor