Turning an Ultra Light Rubber Powered model into RC

How to turn a Rubber Powered Freeflight plane into RC!
This is its first flight! What an awesome Maiden
Graeme's Channel
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Link to Model Details :Massive thanks to Graeme (Link to his channel above) for these files
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[@OhGAAH]

Thanks Thomas and Paul for taking the incredible pics and making this video. This really is such a joy to fly. :)

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

You did just a great job with this model!

[@keilorsunburyrc]

That's impressive Graeme, flew really well. Great video Thomas and Paul. Cheers, Mike.

[@OhGAAH]

⁠Thanks Mike 👍

[@keilorsunburyrc]

@@OhGAAH, hope to catch you, Thomas and Paul at the field at some stage. Cheers, Mike

[@markod1977]

Wonderful landing. Beautiful model.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Great fun. I'm in the UK [north of England] and have become addicted to this kind of 'interrupted free-flight' model. They're easy to design, and a good way to get around the (outrageous) new drone laws, with their unrealistic weight limits and threats of arrest, fines, jail sentences, torture and execution for failure to comply. Although the light weight - well under 250g - restricts the number of days available for flying (the weather's usually atrocious here), there's something very satisfying about building light, building cheap, and then just floating about with the twittering larks for company, looking for lift. I don't often fit motors to my models these days, and prefer the simplicity of catapult-launched gliders. Old free-flight enthusiasts will appreciate the two biggest advantages of this kind of plane: you'll never lose one in a thermal because the dethermaliser failed to trigger; and you don't have to chase them half-a-mile downwind after every flight - you can land them at your feet. Thanks for the video - very enjoyable.🙂

[@tonywright8294]

Just do the drone test it isn’t difficult 😃

[@rinku1n1n]

プロペラがとてもキュートで良いですね。またのんびり飛ばせる機体は素晴らしいです。

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

ありがとうございます。本当に素晴らしい機体ですね

[@nigelcopestake3618]

Awesome 👍 I scaled up a Keil Kraft Ajax by. 200% and converted it to RC fly's like a dream. Ideal for chilled flying 😎👍

[@petercurrell9344]

Ive tried making bulsa aircraft over my 70+ years never successful by my bosts never sank.

[@downwindchecklist6567]

Very nice indeed! Very graceful flight and great landing!

[@davedeweese5810]

The tiny prop caught my eye, but whatever performance calculations you made were correct. And the covering: as a boy I built a Guillow's Stearman that never flew because the framework was too beautiful to cover up; your choice of clear was as clever as your choice of propeller.

[@robertpapps3618]

Nice!

[@vinodvchawra]

Just wow 😳

[@Philc40]

That was a great landing!!

[@kevinjulievan]

Nice !!

[@Nimboid-20]

Such a delight to see old-school construction! At the end of my Dad's flying days he was getting quite depressed that most of his clubmates were going ARTF.

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Thank you! We're very lucky in our club in that we have the whole spectrum of pilots and builders. In fact Graeme, the person who built this aircraft, flies everything from big gassers through to Foam FPV Aircraft that use iNav. We genuinely have an amazing club.

[@downwindchecklist6567]

There are still some of us that keep to the balsa and stick. The building is the fun, the crashing is the demotivator ;)

[@backpages1]

Outstanding! I recently came across a couple of these rubber band airplanes that I’m converting to remote control (not as easy as it may seem!), and I’m almost finished with one of them, the triplane DR-1 Red Baron airplane. Glad I got to see this one, thanks for posting!

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

100% in agreement, it's not as simple as it looks but if it works out, it's so cool

[@mdani76]

even 2 cells are more than sufficient I think. beautiful rc conversion 😊

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

100%

[@generessler6282]

Beautiful! Great model constructed with obvious skill and care. I've thought about trying this. Great to know it can work so well. I wish there were some electric rig to turn a big rubber-style prop at low rpm, preferably without the electric whine. Just thinking out loud.

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

We've had so many amazing aircraft at our club and this one really captured my imagination. I'm still not 100% sure what it is about it, but I just love it. I want to have a go at something like this too, but I need to find a free flight glider I built as a kid, 45 years ago lol

[@generessler6282]

@@BMSRC-im6qe Haha. When we were about 12 and 13, my brother built a Super Condor glider. (Free plans are out there.) What a beautiful model. We hand towed it. Terrific fun. That's the one I'm thinking about. It would take just a little push to keep it aloft. No need for vertical climb! (Nearly everything you see these days seems way overpowered. Takes all the fun away from of piloting, imo.)

[@tedmoss]

I always liked large rubber powered planes, my father started me out with flying them when I was 5 years old and I built my first R/C model when I was 9-10 years old. 1953.

[@kevinwilliams1602]

That is special

[@patraymond3791]

What did you use for covering? Pat

[@OhGAAH]

It is a clear, iron on, film. I was given a roll so I don't know what it is called or where to get it I am afraid. It is very very thin and weighs almost nothing. It doesn't have very much shrink, so it is hard to get those last little wrinkles out. I do like the look of it.

[@Colin399]

Stick a folder on there

[@brendansheehy]

A Keil Kraft Competitor?

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Graeme just gave me all the files and I've added them to the description (PDFs etc)

[@marlinmixon3004]

It looks similar to a Simmers Dynamoe. This is not a Dynamoe but in the same league, size and general appearance.

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Graeme just gave me all the files and I've added them to the description (PDFs etc)

[@rcflugzeit8420]

I once converted a Haba throwing glider into an RC. Everyone should build a model like this, fantastic! Nice video, thank you.👏👏👏

[@davidbell4986]

Just beautiful! I have wanted to do this for too long.

[@Unknown15916]

How is the weather in "Aussie Land" ? It is going into TRIPLE DIGITS tomorrow here outside Washington, DC. - Robert 🙂

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Hey Robert, we're in Melbourne so it's freezing cold here atm. We get the arctic winds and it feels much colder than it is. Also much rain! Having said that we've got family in Europe and my son in Japan all sweating it out like you guys. Not sure which is better lol

[@Unknown15916]

@@BMSRC-im6qe Thanks! Do you follow Andrew Newton? Ask him about his "Personal Barber" that he found starting with COVID. 🙂

[@emil.honganmaki5461]

A really great working machine

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Thank you

[@tomcoryell]

Graeme, that is the coolest plane ever!

[@mikefortune1263]

Very nice 👍

[@swyntopia]

What does "75 mil" meen ???? Diameter, I guess, what what dimensions ? Do you know the force it produces ? What receiver did you use ? There are so many georgious rubber powered models I would like to see this way ! Thank you for showing ! 🙂

[@my_dear_friend_]

75 millimeter (mm).

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Im pretty sure he used a Spektrum RX in it

[@swyntopia]

@@my_dear_friend_ thank you for the info !

[@terryblackman6217]

Absolutely brilliant. I must say I am very impressed with this model and I must have a go. I don't know if you said but what is the model. Nice one.

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Im going to get the details from Graeme and get it in the description. We were all totally blown away with how well it flew. He ended up buddy boxing me to his Radio so I could fly it in Mode 1 vs his mode 2 radio and it flew amazing. It honestly felt like flying a model with ailerons

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Graeme just gave me all the files and I've added them to the description (PDFs etc)

[@Holliethedog]

Great video! I want to do similar- is it a KeilKraft or Veron model?

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Im going to get the details from Graeme and get it in the description, honestly not sure what model it was, but I believe its a UK model.

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Graeme just gave me all the files and I've added them to the description (PDFs etc)

[@TailEndCharlie-fi9gd]

Do you have the plans?

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

I've spoken to Graeme the person who built this model. Apparently it was from a Kit which he's made some changes to. He'll get the details to us. He may try to take a pic of the plans, but I'm sure once you have it's details you should be able to track down a scanned set of PDF Plans for it

[@BMSRC-im6qe]

Graeme just gave me all the files and I've added them to the description (PDFs etc)

[@TailEndCharlie-fi9gd]

@@BMSRC-im6qe thanks so much man!! I’m subbing

[@bobflyer4346]

@@BMSRC-im6qe Neat conversion, I looked at the plans, and it appears modifications were made to the tail feathers, standard rudder elevator vs dual rudders elevator. I have a pile of balsa, and time on my hands...Thanks for the nice video