Depron Micro Skyhunter Maiden

[@tommycheshire5508]

You produce such wise and enjoyable material. Thank goodness you are here to share with us your vast wisdom.

[@AndrewNewton]

Ha, thanks Tommy

[@engled2000]

This is a great design, I have built a few like this and it always amazes me how well they fly. Try swapping it over to an A tail (inverted V), you get even quick roll and having yaw for low level FPV comes in hand pretty often. Great video as always!

[@AndrewNewton]

Never done an A tail but definitely will

[@jo2lovid]

Very nice Andrew. Almost perfect launch on the maiden, and into the acrobatics on the second circle around. Excellent scratchy, and great on board footage. Thanks for the vid.

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks Jo

[@AmitWagh]

Superb. Hi Andrew, please make a video about how to build just the Battery Pod.

[@olliea6052]

You adjusted the throws on the spot. In seconds. How is that possible!!!???? I bow down before your awesomeness!

[@AndrewNewton]

That's the magic of Dual Rates on a switch

[@peterfranzen3538]

Frequent Flyer you program the TX so you have hi and low rates on a switch then you can change at a flip of the switch , even my $60 flysky i6 will do this Andrew has some good videos on programming radios too.

[@brunoadriao1280]

Great build vídeo and maiden Mr Andrew.

[@dukejet6997]

Awesome buddy. Maidens are fun when you get it right on the first go 😁

[@AndrewNewton]

The best

[@HowToDIYRc]

fantastic job drew it's pretty fast on a 3s love it

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[@brayloncohen9455]

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[@EnglishTurbines]

Nice job Andrew, hard to believe its just 3mm Depron....Imagine how good we could be if we had Dollar Tree board at our disposal...?...lol.

[@wrevenaugh]

Yep, friend, you've done it yet again! Think I'll take a break from my FPV quads and build one of these. I love the size and portability, and also I have no "boomers" in my collection. So cool, Andrew. ONLY YOU could scratch-build it and have it work so beautifully! I have to laugh because your maidens are always so "successful" and you're always so giggly and happy and and mine are always - "crash, adjust, crash, adjust, *many many swear words* - fatal crash, then go home with enough knowledge to make another one that WOULD fly well, but then get home and don't. lol You are the King, my friend. ;)

[@AndrewNewton]

Haha, many thanks Bill. Believe me I have build some shockers that would not fly

[@wrevenaugh]

You are such a gift, Andrew. Bless you my friend! :)

[@The_Pub_]

Wow!. Well Done, Thanks for the ride.

[@thenatedog]

That's great. I see a CNC cut wing in my future

[@AndrewNewton]

Ooh yeah, you could do different tip and root airfoils, taper and washout.

[@andrewmcphee8965]

Putting one on my build list, thanks Andrew.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, highly recommended Andrew. Easy build and a sweet little FPV platform

[@kevchef]

'The Range' (shop) here in UK has a sale on A1 foam boards, I got 4 of them. Might just build myself one of these. Thanks for all your information :-)

[@AndrewNewton]

Sweet Kevin, go build something

[@flightlieutenant6902]

Very good project mate .Fairdinkum it flys well 😁

[@AndrewNewton]

No worries cobber

[@marko5766]

Wow! What an awesome plane & build! That looks like a pretty flat prop, maybe a steeper pitch will still allow for the 2S lightweight build while adding some speed?

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes I'll try that

[@GroundControlRC]

The best flying planes I have are my Scratch-Build planes. Fantastic Maiden! Tracks well, wide flight envelope, can use a 2S or 3S LIPO, and is very maneuverable. What more could you ask for? Thanks for sharing and Happy Flying!

[@AndrewNewton]

I'm very happy with it. Easy build

[@boywithadolphin]

Great aircraft, great video. Well done!

[@pvenzELP]

Looks like fun , good build .

[@usarmyfl1]

Awesome! I am building one of these after I decide arrow or wooden dowel for the booms. I just maidened my first rc aircraft a few weeks ago and its the eachine micro skyhunter. :)

[@AndrewNewton]

Nice. It's a really nice design

[@usarmyfl1]

It is, and it is efficient from the videos I have seen. Some people are making little 3s 18650 packs and apparently getting over and hour of flight time. Have you tried this on anything?

[@spacetoy4584]

Its great when some of the cheap planes you build yourself are actually more fun than some of the 'brought' aircraft'.

[@spacetoy4584]

Actually I have enough bits to build something similar... ooh very tempting for short hops over the sea and shore

[@AndrewNewton]

Oh yes, do it

[@riverbankmactavishmcghee4573]

Good stuff. Just need a few parts. I'm going shopping tomorrow. Clear the bench! This one is next. Going for 250 grams. "Rippa". Thanks Andrew.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes do it. Lighter tape and less glue would just about work

[@riverbankmactavishmcghee4573]

Got it. Maybe arrow shafts for the booms and a shorter nose as you mentioned. Cheers.

[@kartherton]

By the look of those clouds Andrew, you should of had one of your thermal gliders out.

[@AndrewNewton]

I thought the same

[@WORTHITORNOT]

These planes look like soooo much fun. I know how addicted I got after my first drone, I can just image with these lol

[@AndrewNewton]

Hard to resist when you can whip them up quickly from cheap materials

[@reefer2917]

Fly's great!! :-) looked very? tail heavy when you first flew it, ......better look? when it was on 3s, and didn't the orange prop look good!! :-D coloured props look great in the air and on camera :-) great vid thanks for sharing

[@AndrewNewton]

Wind made it look tail heavy maybe. The first flight on 2S was probably the only one that wasn't nose heavy

[@BALAZSER1]

Sweet man!! I knew it would fly great, your a professional builder !!!!

[@WildCaptures]

Really cool build👍🏻

[@gustavgans6075]

Hey Andrew, I want to build a Micro Skyhunter myself but am not too familiar with depron wings so i want to hotwire one, do you have an airfoil template where your wing is based off? If not i will just try to replicate it from the picture. Great little plane I hope mine will fly that good too. Keep it up!

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks. I thought it would be too thin for hot wire cutting. No template

[@WX4CB]

nice... that looks like it will slope very well indeed

[@AndrewNewton]

I think so

[@bonafidepirate]

Been waiting for this one! lol

[@Steve-zx7jz]

Great stuff, well done!

[@eligaga]

Great work andrew👏

[@BeeZee2]

Really cool!.. I have a Nano-Skyhunter, about the same size. What camera did you stick on the tail?

[@AndrewNewton]

Mobius C2, moved the battery right forward for balance

[@d.jensen5153]

I understand bank-and-yank turning. But because I have a terribly basic radio, I have never learned about the abilities of a modern transmitter. Can aileron and elevator be mixed in a modern radio so that a left- or right stick movement activates both aileron and elevator? Is that what you've done here?

[@AndrewNewton]

You could do that mix, or any mix you can think of, but it wouldn't be a good idea. Any roll corrections you made would also operate the elevator. I don't have any mixing on this plane. If it had a moving rudder I might consider aileron/rudder mixing for better turns

[@d.jensen5153]

My sincere thanks for such a cogent and useful answer. I'm very much tempted to remove the ailerons and add wingtip dihedral and a rudder to make a trainer version of the Newton Micro Skyhunter. :-)

[@AndrewNewton]

Hmmm, interesting idea. Might try that myself. If I do I'll call it the Jensen

[@chrisgate200]

Nice one Andrew. What are your average flight times with a 3s 1400mAh battery ?

[@AndrewNewton]

Dont know yet Chris, I'll do a duration test soon

[@garrynutter860]

Think you should get into production and sell a kit for this.

[@AndrewNewton]

No that would kill the fun Garry. My aim is to inspire viewers to have a go at building their own

[@righthandedelixer]

wing dimensions plz ? length and width

[@AndrewNewton]

Link in the description

[@0309wolverin]

Lovely plane!

[@prestonshute7243]

Ok Andrew Send your video to Banggood so we all can have one. ;-) Cheers

[@MrHakan1111]

Hi Andrew what is the prop size ?

[@AndrewNewton]

6x4

[@MichelPASTOR]

Lovely. I might try to replicate it for my first depron build :)

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes good choice. Easy design that flies so well

[@RafaelFreitas010]

Que bela imagem com a câmera atrás

[@johanbergkvist8834]

Nice! There's nothing like maidening a scratchbuild and realise that it flies great! Love the lipo adjustment/attachment systems, consider it copied. :)

[@AndrewNewton]

As long as you use it for good and not evil

[@peterfranzen3538]

Thats nice flys well

[@nadeemimran6295]

Motor ? Prop size?

[@AndrewNewton]

T-Motor AIR40 6x4 prop

[@RobisonRacing68]

It's even got the Micro Skyhunter wiggle... :)

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, you noticed!

[@RafaelFreitas010]

Top Andrew

[@mpikas]

You have me at the edge of my seat... I'm curious what mods you're going to do. Do you miss the polyhedral (I don't know if it had any dihedral in the wing center) wing tips or the taper of the original? I love the twin boom layout, I may have to build something similar, but I may have to figure out how to slow it down a little, I don't often have access to the big open spaces and am much more of a novice in my piloting skill level.

[@AndrewNewton]

I'm usually flying in wind and turbulence where polyhedral is more of a problem than a help, so flat wings are best. Thicker and deeper wings will slow it down, and keep it as light as possible.

[@mpikas]

I just realized that we've had this conversation before, that you don't like dihedral because of the wind you fly in, I think that you even have a video showing the problem. As far as slowing things down, I'm currently experimenting with a pile of old HZ Super Cub LP parts that I had sitting around that I hot wire cut a new wing for that has a 1.5" longer chord than stock and a fattened up Clark y airfoil (it ended up something close to 1.3" thick) as well as some great big drop down flaps, ailerons and I'll likely experiment with vortex generators and/or leading edge slats. It looks like I'm going to be able to keep it very close to the stock weight (about 25oz) with about 25% more wing area, an almost 1/2" thicker wing section and flaps. Just in case that ends up being too much of a good thing I have almost 350w worth of power going into an 11x6 prop. Hopefully the results of that will give me a pretty good idea what I would like to do with the wing on something like this.

[@didactylos4diddy474]

Very nice

[@loc4725]

Dammit! Now I'm going to have to build one!

[@AndrewNewton]

Immediately!

[@francosassonia2487]

La più grande soddisfazione. L'autocostruzione C O M P L I M E T I

[@properlytwisted2172]

Excellent!!!

[@piekovski]

this is very good

[@lornescott-wilson6144]

Nice plane

[@saxxonian]

Like, Like, Like! Now I need to build one...

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes you do

[@grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346]

WOW, L@@Ks Great, Nice Job Man! ☺ Thanks...

[@RamFunwind]

Fantástico!

[@28th_St_Air]

great fun size

[@AndrewNewton]

This design demands to be ripped around, lots of fun

[@loonypics6938]

Hi Andrew : Next stop >>> the slope lol

[@AndrewNewton]

Waiting on wind direction!

[@wesorama]

Nice :)

[@SONICBOOM-117]

Yup youre still flying lol cheers

[@AndrewNewton]

Addicted mate

[@stewjade]

Brillant, 3s 1000mah or a dirty gréât big donk on thé back will do thé trick. Says me who knows Way less than you Andrew.

[@AndrewNewton]

I'm writing this down Stew, thanks

[@stewjade]

Andrew Newton it’s about time you took notice of me. Your crashes can now become more spectacular and destructive. Order more glue ... now.

[@jameslamb4573]

Flies like a bought one.