Another $10 RC plane. Air Hogs Titan

[@electronixTech]

This is the nicest Air Hog conversion I have seen. I like how you separated the two hatches and used the rare earth magnets to hold them on. I just bought two of these Air Hog Titan planes here in Canada for $12.99 each based on your video and will be doing a conversion myself soon. Thanks for putting this out.

[@andrewandlee]

Just returned to the UK from Washington DC with one of these under each arm $14 for the pair from Walmart....... See what you've started!!!!

[@TracyMontgomery]

That's awesome! Next time I'm at Wal-Mart I'm going to pick one of those up.

[@adamwolfy4826]

I saw one of these ages ago and thought; 'what if i could turn it rc?' and now i found this video. GENIUS! Thanks a lot! :D

[@Jimgoodwin846]

Just bought one of these myself. My son is on his second one. They fly amazingly well. Thanks for the video.

[@Shazzababey211]

You sir are an absolute genius. Brilliantly inspiring, I gotta see what I can get in the UK that's similar! Been into rc heli's for a while but looking to get into aeroplanes too, and this ideal. Kudos to you my man!

[@CaseyNixa]

You have a talent for explaining things. Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to put a motor in one of those toy gliders. Good job!

[@garyhilson7220]

It just amazing what the minimization of electronics has made this kind of RC building possible. Back in the 70's you could get into RC for under 2-5 grand. Now you can spend 300 buck and get a four channel transmitter, receiver, motor, etc., And start designing A/C that rival anything NASA can design. These videos are a extreme inspiration, good work.

[@swankyjunk]

The sound it makes cracks me up! It's like "I'm Flyin'! WEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" xD

[@snowvalleyrat]

I've litterally done the exact same thing! Same plane and everything. Got them from wal-mart! They fly great! My dad and I have 2 of them now.

[@juanwise1956]

I love it! I want to start building and flying with my children and with no experience at all I think this one and your Cess-Nah!! would be cool family projects. Thanks for the share!

[@rcguy1457]

CG is very important as RCpro Driver said. This is a great build video! I wanted to use a EDF myself, but the noise is a problem where I fly. I have flown an RC Titan powered by a brushless with a 7x4 prop on the front (gotta cut off LOTS of nose to maintain CG.). It was a blast to fly, good loops, rolls, and inverteds, and I was FEARLESS with it (only $10 afer all) - but took a little too much risk a few times(another story). FRONT-PROP-BUILD: (a CG story) Remmove plane from packaging and assemble. Take a 4" nail with you to test glide and stick the nail into the fuse where needed to get a good glide. The plane is so light it needs some weight anyway, so the nail is needed. Now, with the nail still in place, balance the plane over a pencil laid on a table and mark the pencil's location on the bottom of the plane That is your CG. Mount all the control surfaces and servos in place, then loosely install the battery and ESC. Then once again, pencil-on-table, plane\'s GC previously marked resting on the pencil, balance the plane by placement of the assembled motor, mount and prop. The position of the motor mount tells you where to cut off the nose to mount the motor.. It is best to err on the side of nose heavy of course, cuz you can easilly cut a little more off (Hey, it\s only $10 foam!). Addition of CF wing spar was not something I did at first, but after not-missing a tree and knocking a wing off, a spar was added to help "heal" the break. I used the knife-blade attachment on an electric soldering gun for making the channel in the wings. My spar did not go out to the wing tips, but rather went right through the fuse and about 1/3 out into eash wing. This bird has a fair amount of dihedral built in so one-piece straight through is possible. I used a hot coathanger wire (like this video) to go through the fuse.

[@blackops84321]

Thanks for the great video on this. You make it look so simple to make. I'm going to Walmart today.

[@woodstoney]

Nicely done! Great tribute to your enthusiasm and creativity!!

[@26041970]

you guys are so lucky in the USA, we don't have nothing like that so cheap in are shops,best price I can find in the UK is £24 with post .

[@raguilard]

Hey, nice job. Here's my grandson in the picture with the second Air Hog Titan I built. I built 2 hogs using 3/9gr servos, Used brushless motor and 1000 11.1v lipo. Used 2 pieces 3mm carbon fiber hollow rods for the wings and glued wings in the fuse. This one I added blue foam to make elevators and ailerons. Didn't cut them out of the plane Just added the blue foam in the space where the wings had the cut outs. The elevators I added two pieces of blue foam.Cost was $60. Not including the FM TX

[@just1moregun]

Thanks for sharing. Nice video. When my Phase 3 F-16 crashes I'll use the parts to build this!

[@SnapPunchRobert]

I just picked me up one of those. In process of building too. Waiting to get electrical parts. Great Video, Thanks

[@999benhonda]

I did the same basic thing with a Raptor foam glider. mine isn't as pretty as yours cause the fuse is thinner so I couldn't fit everything inside it. I also used foam board to add control surfaces to the tail. I found the CG of the glider, then added all the RC gear while maintaining the same CG. You get the fun of a EDF without any sharp stall issues.

[@65Wildkat]

Again, THANK YOU! I have learned more about how to make a DIY Plane in the 20 min. of your videos then I have in weeks of looking on the internet! This Air Hog seems to be a great starter plane for me. $10 plus a investment of a decent radio and reciever along with the hardware seems to me the way to go. If I want to build a different plane all I have to do is just remove the hardware from one and put it on the next one. I hope that you will do a few videos on the servos and "DIY" on them????

[@martyisnuts]

Very cool stuff love your planes. Had my first flight today with the apprentice and crashed it right into a fence, made a good mess of it..hope to see more homemade planes from you,you do awesome work on them. Beware of fences that jump out in front of planes!

[@TcrRCvideos]

Just built one of these tonight! Just like you I saw this plane and had enough electronics to get it in the air, mine flies pretty well, but It's very underpowered I underestimated weight...

[@blargh1234]

just got this yesterday at Ralphs for 9 bucks for my nephew, didn't even realize it was going to be so good.

[@Thedaveyht3]

Sick Getting an Airhog titan!! use all the electronics from salvaged crashed edf!! Thanks for the up-load and all the hard work. Are you a welder I do fabrication and welding too! Thanks again for the up-load subbed!

[@FlyboyZoom]

Awesome, I picked one up and setting it up with a folding prop on the front. great video

[@electronixTech]

Thanks Word Reet. I have just made a foam cutter a few days ago using a number 13 guitar string that is about 30" long and I took a 12 VDC 1.2 Amp power adapter transformer and remounted it in an old PC power supply case to keep it running cool using the built in cooling fan. I will be posting some video of what I made later. Thanks for the tips.

[@aracknoid3cosplay342]

This is awesome! I've been wanting to try this for years.

[@websitesthatneedanem]

Excellent build. excellent video. Well done sir!

[@tnasburypl]

Very cool. Nothing better than flying what you build. Ahhh.

[@yamaha4759]

i love your videos dude... so informative and if i can do this with my sons, we'll be having good time bonding as father and sons... good job bro. God bless your heart..

[@RCCFanatic]

I'm pretty sure that's the last thing air hogs though of when they were selling these to kids! Nice job!!!

[@dewaynewhite2928]

I'm late in the years on this but nice job on your plane, I love it

[@rcfreakamit]

Very nice! I love these cheap plane conversion projects :)

[@JNJSTUFF]

Nicely done... I should have kept my air hog lol I thought those things only fly on commercials.

[@FlatRangeOperator]

start selling those badboys

[@h7oslo]

Good vid! 10 buck airframe is hard to beat considering it's good looking shape!

[@agredo]

second time I saw this video after many years, very nice

[@wpockl]

Excellent conversion! I did up a tiny little glider with parts from a avion io, never got a flight video of it though, just a quick "walk around" when it was done.

[@RECK_Adventures]

That cess-nah turned out amazing

[@loganm.8286]

You are a pro! Job well done making the best of a $10 plane!

[@malikispaki07]

nice work, excellent. I thought bout doin somethin like this years ago, but was a kid with no money, damn, you got to it before i could :(

[@rcediction]

Dude you are amazing! Great work on that plane!

[@drumfun1210]

Hey Timan, thanks for all of your videos. I concur with one of the previous posters about how much info I have gained from your videos. I am about ready to go from the simulator to a trainer and I think the Airhog would be a good start. I have a few questions if you don't mind. 1. What size motor would you recommend to make this a reguler prop plane? 2. Am I correct that you do not have a rudder on yours? Did you end up covering/fiberglassing the plane? $ Where do you purchase your carbon fiber?

[@1akey]

Great build video!

[@UnlimitedVertical]

The butane is a good idea. I just used an old soldering iron to carve out the battery and servo areas on mine.

[@wordreet]

My Gunson's charger has 12 and 6 volt plus slow and fast charge. It may be possible to have a dimmer switch between your transformer and the mains. So you can back off the power for a shorter cutter. I also use a hot knife, just a 3x2x100mm piece of aluminium (off cut from my workplace) in my soldering iron. Also used a hot ' U ' shape cutter in a soldering gun to scoop out a solid foam fuselage..

[@sr633]

Hey, Good job all way around,, and a little luck too ! Nice.

[@ShinDomoh1]

This is awesome! I was just looking at some foam gliders yesterday... wondering could it be transformed... new project here I come! Thanks!!!

[@wolfenstien13]

wow, i had the same idea when i saw that very same plane at Walmart, that be a fine plane.

[@tydek07]

I will have to give this a try. Looks gr8!

[@romanoguttadauro9563]

Great Video inspiration for young and old fliers modeling at its best AAAA+++++

[@65Wildkat]

Where do you get the magnets? what kind are they? Thank you for the great ideas again!

[@MrCasuallyAwesome]

A few questions about this truly epic looking project: 1. When you include parts, how much do you think it cost you? 2. Would fiber glassing this add too much weight to it? 3. What type or servos did you use? Thanks for the great video.

[@mk5455]

Thank you TINMAN for this excellent tutorial. These gliders have been around for at least 30 years. But until I saw this video awhile back the RC idea never crossed my mind. I want to do at least two. The trainer and then the cool one. Could you steer us in the direction of low $$$ RC stuff that will work with your creation? Also, the power plant?

[@MrDupperman]

I just bought my son a glider just like the one you have, we are new to the RC world and I was wondering can you put the measurements of your aileron cuts and the size of the battery and esc motor placement and how you attached it to the plane. i hope i didnt ask to much..great job by the way

[@justynsweeting]

I'm seeing that Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II in the background man. awesome

[@Siwulam]

I really think you are doing a great job with these planes. That being said, this is not a $10 plane. You are spending close to a $100 for engines, servos, and receivers. But great job man, I really think you are a good builder. You should build a cool plane out of wood.

[@VinnieVincent100]

Nice job. So awesome.

[@mbunds]

I wish my hands were as steady as yours are!

[@dadoo667]

Nice, I saw the same plane and thought about converting it -as well. Thanks for the info.

[@DmitriyNotYourDad]

I used one of these and flew only with elevons with great success

[@catamaranman333]

Thanks for doing another great instructional video!

[@Pendulum_Swings]

where did u get the mortor, controller, and other stuff?

[@emwardjr]

Great Video! Can you tell me how you mounted the engine (materials and alignment)? Thanks

[@roadstar499]

Excellent video...Its funny a couple of weeks ago i saw that plane and was going to convert it to rc also...after watching your video it would be very easy to do..I would remove dehedral and make it a pusher prop 100 mph jet put a ntm 28 36- 2700 kv apc 6x4 3s 2200 mah 60 amp esc...

[@l0tf1]

Great video! I saw this plane @ my local Wal-Mart and thought it will make a perfect RC glider. But do you think it can handle a crash without major damages?

[@AnthonyRamosHiFiWiFi]

NICE work sir!!!!

[@CrayonsYummyYummy]

Wow $9? That shit costs $30 over here in Australia. And of course i was dumb enough to buy it haha. Can't complain tho, these things are fun as hell.

[@InTheFleshInc]

This is a kick ass video, I like the tutorial good job.

[@aerospacematt]

I’m going to do something similar. I’ve already converted one to RC using a prop. It’ll fly without ailerons, but you need to have the elevator act as an elevon. With my new project, I’m planning to use a 50mm EDF. Does the EDF need to be that far back?

[@dewaynewhite2928]

creative my friend I like it

[@seavil17]

Is that a $10 camera too? lol Great job you did what many should do is build one and get to know the plane

[@k1ttys]

"the old ones back in the day" i remember those, those were the one that look like a commercial airline jet and you could changed the flight path by adjusting the elevator. the only mad i was able to do on it is turn it to a jet lol kinda i would put a bottle rocket inside and see it fly but then the it would explode and i did this in the early 90s anyways nice mode i may try this out myself.

[@Gig540]

When you buy one there are balanced already. So just put two fingers underneath and find the balance point. Mark the spot then from there whatever part you add has to remain on that exact balance point. You can add more weight just make sure your balance point stays where you marked it

[@Isidrohull]

Nice dude! Looks great. Question.. So your exhaust hole that goes through battery bay and out the engine, is that to cool the battery, or is that the intake for the engine?

[@Trikunjs]

wooow this is really really great..i was thinking of making one a few weeks back..but the prices of the equpment made me change my mind..but thena fter watching this..im gnna make one :D

[@exiledconnections]

looks great man i bought the same plane months ago for the very same idea was just running it over in my mind and still debating

[@franciscogru4643]

should tape a metal straight edge ruler as a guide to shape the trench for the carbon fiber spars

[@anthonyjr7502]

Awesome

[@jomunoz]

thanks for uploading, I was wondering if you could do a video on how you setup your servos. They are well placed and look very slick.

[@Buttercup7304]

AWSOME AIRPLANE!

[@diggydice9041]

I've never flown an RC plane but I'm already in the beginning stages of "adDiCTion" ...... I went to a new homes building site & asked if I could pick up some foam trash? 1 hour of work gave me lots of foam but I like this model..... It's got the aerodynamics already built into it thus taking all the other work not needed. So what would be your opinion about a "User Friendly" transmitter/receiver combo?? I don't mind the costs to buy this but I do mind having to do a lot of extra work in the programming. Any "windows based GUI's" on the transmitters or are they all the old style "flat file" types? A recommendation would be helpful if you understand what I'm getting at?? I just don't want to buy one and have to do volumes of reading just to use it? Help...... good video

[@electronixTech]

I find I don't need a dimmer control with my transformer because it barely puts out enough heat for the 30" wire and doesn't seem to overheat the wire on a 7.5 inch bow I made for small cutting jobs either. I may end up designing another power supply with a higher power transformer and a dimmer control so I can get a better variety of heat settings. I was also thinking about using a soldering gun like you are to scoop out the smaller foam. I am looking around for it now.

[@strungout25]

Great video. Thanks for posting.

[@tayarati]

@THExxxTINMAN Really amazing work. You help beginners like me jump into this hobby. You said "You can also make it a prop driven plane". Is that meaning that I can place the motor in the nose like the cess-nah!!! (loll)? I think it 's easyer for me to cut some nose and put familiar motor in the front. (and balance the weight) Anyway, I bought my Titan today (because of your video!) Thanks

[@andrewortiz4637]

awsome build!! do you think that it would work without the alerons on the wings and just the rudder and elevators? kind of like a slow flyer?

[@willwinn8559]

Great job 😀👍

[@zyz2525]

It is my first time to try to build this. And I have a question, where do you guys get the remote control unit and the receiver unit? And how can I set like if I push this, and the left wing will go up or down, etc. I am confuse about it. Thank you .

[@RCMicroAirplanes]

Now you can spend forty bucks, and get a SIX channel radio and all the servos and battery, and it has a range of over 5 miles line of sight! The Skyfly radio does just that, amazing isnt it!

[@wordreet]

Longer or thicker wire needs more power to heat it. Nichrome wire or steel guitar strings work. You can make a short 2" cutter and power it with two 'D' size torch batteries! (rcfoamfighters channel) If you can find a car battery (lead acid) charger with 12 and 6 volt, you'll do pretty well with what you are doing. Also increasing the length of your supply cable before the hot wire will reduce the temperature, as this increases the overall resistance. HTH. ;¬)

[@kevinpegram262]

Awesome job!

[@santatigerclaus]

excellent rc conversion- good ascent angle -your right on about the 130 watts or more, i tried a 100 watt 2600kv bl and it was too weak with its recommended 4x6- (old hi wing trainer with tricycle gear)- ive been doing rc since fall '09 and now want to ROG so am putting a 200 watt 2600kv on it - should be power to not death stall - more and more often im seeing claimed watts on BLs for sale- this lets me know if the motors got the power for my plane

[@c.a.2013]

This planes are awesome. I love to build things . This is something I've been interested for a very long time. Only thing is , how do I aquire the remote control , how much are they , and do I need one for each plane? Like I said , great videos . Looking forward to learning from you. Thanks a bunch .

[@conorbryan4718]

Depending on your expenses and limit for price range your electronics can be any where from 150$ to 1000$ depends how overboard you wanna go all in all you can get a motor for about 45-50$ a battery for 60$ servos for about 8$ and a radio for about 30 dollars to 500 dollars look at a website called "FliteTest" also check out their KZbin channel and or HobbyKing.com

[@Solaralien]

Buy a wood burning tool. I bought one at Wal-mart,it came with different pointed & flat attachments. Those are great for carving out cavities in foam.

[@TheNorMan121]

hi i would love to know the name on all the parts in this build so i can build my own 10$ plane

[@RoboTekno]

Your videos are great! :D Keep the great ideas coming :)

[@mitchelmitchel7570]

Nice movie about it :9 i like the way you do it ;)

[@jasonmarquette]

Awesome video!

[@electronixTech]

Great video. I bought this Air Hogs Titan and will be making a foam cutter for it. I was wondering how big I should make the wooden frame/bow like what you're using. I was thinking for this small foam cutter to make the wire 10 inches wide for cutting fuselage parts as you are doing. And make a longer hot wire for cutting wings. Is there an optimum length for a hot wire foam cutter? Thanks for putting this video out there.

[@ultrakool]

wow, great modification. doesn't hurt to have a welding and custom fab background, either