$3 Kmart Glider RC Conversion

[@RTmadnesstoo]

Looks like fun.

[@DavesFunRC]

Yes, it was quick to get flying!

[@RTmadnesstoo]

@@DavesFunRC I wonder how I could get access to an indoor place to fly ultralights?

[@DavesFunRC]

@ I fly with Indoor Aviation in Melbourne, Australia. Are there any indoor aviation clubs near where you live?

[@RTmadnesstoo]

@@DavesFunRC No, that's why I was wondering how to start one.

[@DavesFunRC]

@@RTmadnesstoo The Melbourne Indoor Aviation is under the Men’s Shed umbrella.

[@andrewhalstead5938]

Great video Dave. As people have said I like the drone shots ( and wonder how you got them). $3, eh? They saw you coming! My 3- channel modified Kmart glider was free, as I liberated it from a roadside hard rubbish collection. I am using the differential receiver out of an airliner ( A380) and can vary the differential action from my transmitter, so I could keep the motors fairly close together

[@DavesFunRC]

Yeah, co$t me heaps! Jealous of your elevator. Just added LED lights to it though! See you next time.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

The flight board and Tx from any of the XK A1?0 series 3-channellers (or the QF008 787) would make good conversion gear. The only PITA with them is that the elevator servo has to be the 5-wire version, not a standard 3-wire type. The brushed motors eventually wear out but you can safely drive 7x20mm or even 8x20mm motors scrounged from el-cheapo brushed toy quads. All of them used to use the V911S protocol so you could use a good Multi Radio to get much better control of them. However I believe that the protocol (at least for some of them) has now been changed so it might take some searching for it - or some more work by the Multi Module Hackers. (Sorry - Devs!) 😉😊 Those 48mm $3 foamies from Kmart are about the best of the bunch around, Dave, since they have very nice fine trailing edges on the wings and tail and enough wing-tip up dihedral to glide very nicely.

[@andrewhalstead5938]

@@theoztreecrasher2647 Altho the “ Airliner” 3-channel receivers use 5-wire servos, there is at least some good news - all the 5-wire servos are interchangeable ( now!), but because of the weird functions of the elevator servo, it must be installed ( like the Rx) in the same orientation as in the original plane. Please don’t ask how I know this. I have recently found these 3-channel receivers for Au$9.00. Good value

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@andrewhalstead5938 Yep Andrew. To take advantage of the Gyro stabilization (and have it all running the right way) there's not much flexibility with those boards. (Though that's a VERY good price!) The 3/4 channel brushed boards out of the Volantex Mini Warbirds/Trainers (and also the 2s brushless 500mm P-51 I believe) offer a little more flexibility in that you can force a recalibration of what they see as "Level" and also reverse the directions of how the stabilizers work on each of A,E,R. But they are way more expensive. No free lunches! 😢

[@MrVenice62]

Nice video Dave. The drone footage was particularly good.

[@DavesFunRC]

Thanks!

[@TonBen2000]

Nice one Davo.

[@tricky2917]

Lovely little project.

[@DavesFunRC]

Thank you! 😊

[@James-gz4oj]

very nice 👍👍

[@stephanenicaise40]

That’s amazing Dave! Is there a place where I could find the components used (beyond the motors) and maybe some schematics? I’d love to make this but I’m a beginner 😅

[@DavesFunRC]

@@stephanenicaise40Hi, I bought the TY8 delta wing for the electronics. You could use the motors and radio gear from this for another plane. Here is a link to AliExpress, where I bought it from: a.aliexpress.com/_msk2P64

[@daviddavids2884]

059 the tail could be made lighter. by reducing the root chord length of the vert-stab so that it is equal to that of the horiz-stab; and remove about an inch off the top of the vert-stab. fuse-lawj

[@DavesFunRC]

@@daviddavids2884 I didn’t think of lighting the tail. Good idea - would make it even lighter!

[@sarahdaviscc]

Ohhhh, I love your Snoopy/Red Baron t-shirt!!! Where did you get it from?

[@DavesFunRC]

@@sarahdaviscc Hi, I bought it from UNIQLO in Melbourne. They have a Graphic Tees section which changes over time.

[@sarahdaviscc]

Excellent, thank you! Cool video 😊

[@michaellorenz592]

Hallo Dave, nice Video, would you be so kind to publish the STL-File for the MotorMount as Pusher please

[@DavesFunRC]

Hi, thanks for the feedback! I've attached a link to a TinkerCAD document which as leading and trailing edge versions of the motor mount for the 8520. You can export the pusher STL file from that. Let me know if this doesn't work for you: www.tinkercad.com/things/iw4zzNgaSQg-davesfunrc-shared-designs

[@michaellorenz592]

@@DavesFunRC hello Dave, sorry, the link you posted, do not work Sorry, that page is missing It may have moved, or is no longer shared. Try checking the link, make sure you are signed in, or try exploring these: I have locked in me to my ThinkerCat account, but also do not see your designes.

[@DavesFunRC]

@@michaellorenz592Hi, sorry about that! I’ve changed the access permissions, please try again.

[@michaellorenz592]

@@DavesFunRC Hi, i have tried it, but no changes: the page can not be found error 404

[@DavesFunRC]

@@michaellorenz592 Try this link: www.tinkercad.com/things/iw4zzNgaSQg-davesfunrc-shared-designs?sharecode=i2wz_nIy2qr0iHzN0VqJUTFY3An9YuIsaoJSsA0D5YA

[@UrDailyDoseOfAviation-y7q]

Tutorial pls ❤