Indoor Remote Control Aeroplanes

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Spring 2003
Mark's new Muscle Wire planes are flying well using a 40mA polymer cell and geared pager motor. Z Tron infra red control system with extra case size SOT 23 transistors to power the actuators. No voltage boosters in the simple singel engine mono planes which are nice roof crusiers rather than hot aerobatic machines. Flying weights are 8 and 8 grams, each planes costs about £30 to build. Replacing the 40mA cell with a 140mA cell will add about 1g to the weight of the plane, Graham's voltage booster weighs very little and is pretty effeceint so its not un reasonable to build a "hot" 9g, WW2 fighter.
Ray's micro ducted fan, infra red control jets are flying very well. Graham's deltas are very good too.

October 2002 - Now we are just starting to design models with a flying weight of about 12 to 14 grams using Lithium Polymer cells, geared pager motors and Muscle Wire actuators.
History - When small and lightweight radio control equipment became available, we used our 2mm foam techniques developed with our free flight planes to make very light slow flying scale models for indoor radio control. Our first models were about 26" to 34" wingspan electric power models using three function control systems. These models flew very slowly and were good prototypes for experimenting with different ideas. From these we established that a wing loading of 2 to 3 oz/sq.ft was about right for indoor scale flight. Our second phase models are about 15" span for the Triplane, although a smaller 12" span model has also flown. Then we started using coil actuators and Z Tron infra red systems, this reduced the weight of the plane considerable (and the price!). We flew several successful planes using two 50mA cells with infra red control and coil/manget actutaor. These planes had voltage booster to power the control system and actuator while the flight motor ran directly from the cells at 2.8 to 1.5v
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Models - newest at the top.		Weights and Measures
	Gordon's 30g blue foam Bearcat is the first to use ailerons and elevator	145mA poly. cell Three coil actuators. Up only ailerons. C/F prop.
	Gordon's high aspect ratio wall foam sports model flew well with more dihedral and washout	40mA poly cell, voltage booster, Z Tron IR control, coil actuator on rudder. Wing is stiffened
	Mark's four year old F/F Cat. is back as a Z Tron twin steer model powered	by two WES Tech 3 0.15 silent direct drive motors and a 145mA poly cell. Weighs 25g, 22" span
	Has a nice foam 35 MHz vintage style roof cruiser	Direct drive motor for silent flight, U80 prop, 145mA poly cell Coil actuators
	Ray's 9.5" span all wall foam twin motor steering plane weighs 10g	Uses Z Tron infra red, 90mA poly cell PU3 Falcon geared pagers Yogurt pot props 2.5 inch diameter
Jan 2004	Ray's 9" span all wall foam mono plane weighs 9g flies aerobatically	Uses Z Tron infra red, coil actuator, 90mA poly cell Falcon geared pager Yogurt pot prop is a first, 3 inch diameter
	This nicely built foamie Citabria is about 15" span and is John's first small indoor RC job: Mostly Depron, and with RFFS 35 meg Rx and two Selman actuators.	Power is a Kenway direct runnng on one 140 mah Lipoly
	Big Norman's scale model Westland Widgeon rendered in wallfoam: this time the .   RFFS and Selman actuators again, but a geared KP 00 Rather good Peter Smart style sprayed on rib effect we thought.
Autumn 03	Graham's all 2mm wall foam Miles Gemini. Smooth, silent flier. 15g flying weight with 90mA cell.15" span	Z Tron IR twin motor steering but better to use rudder steering on this as it is a little underpoweredDia 6mm pagers direct drive.
	Rays all 2mm wall foam TM. Flies very well, silent. Z Tron IR control, plastic prop used on "B2"	10" span, 13g. Direct drive WES Tech 3 0.15 iron core motor powered by E Tech 90 mA poly cell.
	Geoff has made several "built up" sports models using the 27MHz micro car Rx's. These have been updated to increase the range and motor /rudder power	This red bipe is typical - powered by a geared KP00 and 145mA hr polymer cell.
	Experimental Power HiFi rubber plane to see if the prop / gears are Ok for a 4mm pager. 90mA cell, Z Tron IR throttle only	6.5" span, about 6.5g All 2mm wall foam including wings which seemed ok much to everyone surprise - SeaFury next?
	Andrew H's super AVRO York (Lanc) Blue foam, quiet big!	details to follow!
	Nick's super 27 Mhz micro planes seen at NEAT 03 Small props and small gears!	Powered by Dia 6mm pagers about 3:1 and 40mA poly cells. Coil actuators. Nick's own 27 Mhz Rx's
	Dave's R/C B2 Spirit (about 18 inch span, "B2" N2 motor, 1x145 Lipoly, U80  prop and coil operated rudder)	Very easy to fly and very stable in flight.
	Mark's10" span version of the 12" span rubber powered F/F Jigglet. 7.1g flying weight. 40mA poly. cell. APPA muscle wire actuator, 16:1 geared Dia 4mm pager motor. Z Tron infra red controller	two proportional channels. All 2mm wall foam construction. Flies for several minutes, still flies at 3.1v when the voltage activated red LED comes on. Rudder control is very good. Cheap rubber power plane plastic prop
	Graham's 2mm wall foam flying wing. 140mA poly. cell. Dia 4mm pager drives Gordon's carbon prop. Flying weight 13g	Very very slow and stable. Coil/magnet actuators control the elevons. Z Tron IR control Very nice
	Ray's DIY ducted fan Venom. Z Tron IR controlled. One magnet/coil actuator on rudder.	Looks and sound great. Gets up to the roof steels now from ROG. Pink foam and Depron Pilot still looks worried though!
	Graham's delta. Depron, Z Tron infra red, 140mA poly. cell. Single motor is a geared KP00 with Gordon's carbon props	Just about loops, coil actuator on rudder
	Graham's deltas. Depron, Z Tron infra red, 140mA poly. cell. Twin motor steering using geared Didel pagers with Gordon's carbon props	The props now point outwards which helps make smoother steering
	Ray's super little wall foam bipe Direct drive Z Tron IR controllled 140mA poly. cell	Very nice flier, silent in flight, good duration and control. Three proportional channels used
	Mark's 8g simple cabin model test Muscle Wire actuators and geared 4mm pager motors	1mm thick Depron tail and rudder. Fuselage and wings are 2mm wall foam. Carbon fibre D shape leading edge. 9.5" span, Aeronutz Positive Pole Actuator on rudder.Cut down Ikara plasic prop. Didel gears. 25/01/03
	Jeff's super slow and silent  flying wall foam Tiger Moth with floats - really nice!	16" span, 26g, mostly 2mm wall foam. Coil and magnet actuator. Z Tron infra red control. U80 prop. N20 HV, direct drive
	Graham's nice DC3. Depron and 2mm wall foam. Geared KPOO's and Gordon's carbon props 35 Mhz R/C
	Dr. Chris, Peter Frostic and Steve (smiling !)have nice Spits using high voltage N20 size motors, direct drive U80 props. 145mA hour lithium poly. cell. Coil and magnet actuator.	22 to 25g 15” span model  which flies silently and very well too. Blue foam
	Lanastrian Dr Chris, drove through snow storms to fly his super new Lancaster.More details later but for now it has four pager motors,	carbon props, 27 Mhz R/C, actuators for both rudders, all foam construction  - except the cockpits! About 25" span 40grams flying weight!   Video Clip!
	Gordon's first two 50mA cells remote control plane. 24g 15" span  A super success! Z Tron infra red two channels, his own carbon prop, geared KP00 motor , Video	This video is of Gordon's and the planes first flight, excellent climb, see if you can tell when he throttles back!
	Granham's two 50mA cells, infra red, SE5, geared KP00 (orange gears) Gordon's carbon fibre prop.Turns well. high flying, good duration. Depron wings.	25g 11.5" span, 200 Ohm actuator proportional rudder and Esc
	Matt has sent us a vid clip of his super new 14 inch span.Spitfre. Uses two 50mA cells with MUSCLE WIRE rudder and elevator controls. See Matts VIDEO clip here. It is 22 grams, KP00 motor, 3:1 custom gear, plastic rubber model prop,	Muscle wire actuators are proportional about 16 positions, and has his own designed anti-hysterisis/compensation software, 025LT muscle wire at 5 volts uses about 50mA.  Currently uses his own R/F control system but we are hoping to get a version for R/F and or IR too.
	Epilot's fleet. Nice and safe Jigglet, Hellcat and Spit. Geared KP00 two 120 mA NiMH's Yogurt pot props. Hopefully some vids soon Jan. 02	27g, 200 Ohm coil actuator Infra Red  Combo Rx  14" span Proportional rudder, Esc, elevator too
	Mike Watters Be2C. Could be good as a garden flier this summer with a 220mA Lithium Polymer cell? Another photo here 16" profile  Uses the Micro-mag control system and smaller actuators .	powered by a KP00 on 2 cells and 1 alkaline cell. The structure is mostly 1/16" balsa covered in printed light weight tissue, 30g.
	Ray' Delta. Two direct drive "B2" motors with carbon shaft drive. All wall foam construction Three 50 mA NiCD cells Infra red control using two proportional "dragalons" which are mixed like vee tail on the Tx. Good control. Good flier	The little black square is the Z Tron twin steer infra red receiver / Esc's - no sign of the cells! Jan 02
Autumn 2001	Dr Chris's 17g SE5a	proportional rudder and Esc
	Dr Chris's Tiger Moth one 50 mA NiCD Motor runs from his DIY voltage booster. Geared Q Tronixs pager motor, 0.2g carbon fibre prop  Vid	Infra red control 10" span, 12g proportional rudder and Esc
Autumn 2001	Mark's Mig 3  Depron wing wall foam fuselage, Geared KP00 (olde orange style gears) two 50 mA NiCD's Special carbon fibre prop by Gordon Terrific flyer!	24g, 200 Ohm coil actuator GS1 Inra Red  Combo Rx  14" span Proportional rudder and throttle
Autumn 2001	Mark's  Corsair, Depron wings, wall foam fuselage, direct drive KP00 with Union 80mm prop. flying weight with 2 x 50mA NiCD's Very quiet! Slightly underpowered, new prop would help. Does not like turning right Vid	25g, 200 Ohm coil actuator GS1 Inra Red  Combo Rx  13.5" span Proportional rudder and throttle
	Our first two cell remote control single motor monoplane model, this one by Bernard. All Depron  foam KP00 motor direct drive Union 80mm prop. Vid. of very similar model by Graham	25g, 15" span with Infra red IRRXFA Rx and 200 Ohm coil.
Mike's D8 22" span No 2 No3	The D8 has a 22" wing span, WES 5.2 motor/1:6/ 20cm carbon fibre prop Construction is Depron wing, tail, fin, with a wall foam 2mm fuselage   2 x WES 2.5g servos, proflight S/C, JMP Rx.	Batts are 8 x 50mAh and it's over powered at that! with the weight of 85g. Paint is airbrushed acrylic. A pilot is now fitted!!
	Infra red twin steer (Z Tron TMRM)  Catalina.  Two geared KP00 motors, three plade KP props two 50mA Ni Cds voltage converter for the electronics. Looks really nice in the air, would be better a little smaller - 25" span. All 2mm foam  Vid. of it not flying! Under attack!	1.8 oz per Sq. foot. 43g.  27" span
Aeronutz Rumpler XIb - Spring 1999/Autumn 2003	Ztron proportional infra red using IRRXFA Rx. , Kenway/Truflite motor geared on KP01 prop, actuator for proportional rudder	19" span, single 145mA polmer cell
Aeronutz Northrop N1-m flying wing - Spring 1999	Infra red twin steer (Z Tron TMRM)  Catalina.  Two KP00 motors, direct drive on U80 props (will be better on geared ones), two 50mA Ni Cds, Mk 1 voltage converter.	25g
Ray's Hawker Hunter Ducted Fan - Spring 1999	Radio controlled using hs50 servos and home made ducted fan	Can't remember!
Rays RC Mosquito, R/C Hawk Speed 6 and F/F Comet		The Mosquito needed a bit of dihedral. It was flow with servos and went better with twin motor steering. The Hawk Speed  6 is very good, seen here resting between flights. All three are made from 2mm foam
Aeronutz 16" Albatross	Multiplex 4ch receiver w/o case 4.5g, Westechnik 3g servo on rudder, Ztron 1A speed controller 1g, Truflite motor, 4 x 50mA/h NiCd cells  Mike Watters version	Flying Weight: 43g  Wingspan: 16"  Wing Loading: 2.5oz/sq.ft
RCS Technik SE5 22" span	Ceto or Multiplex rx, 2 x Westechnik servo, DC 5-2.4 motor, 6 x 50 mA/h cells, JMP speed controller
Aeronutz Gloster Gladiator 22" - Autumn 1999	Ceto 4ch receiver w/o case 4.5g, Westechnik 3g servo on rudder, Ztron 1A speed controller 1g, Westechnik Micro 4.5-0.6 motor, 5 x 50mA/h NiCd cells	Flying Weight: 63g  Wingspan: 22"  Wing Loading: 2oz/sq.ft
RCS Technik DH2 22" by Chris Stewart	Mulitplex Pico 3/4ch receiver w/o case 4.5g, 2 x Westechnik 3g servos on rudder and elevator, JMP 7 speed controller 1g, RCS Technik PU01 motor, 7 x 50mA/h NiCd cells, built up balsa / carbon rod construction - CNC cut rib-for-rib scale kit available soon.  in flight	Flying Weight: 75g  Wingspan: 21 1/2"
Dave Ridgway's Farman Moustique Summer 1999	Westechnik 3g servo on rudder, Proflight speed controller1g, Westechnik Micro 4.5-0.6 motor 5:1 gear, 5 x 50mA/h NiCd cells	Flying Weight: 52g  Wingspan: 22"
Dave Ridgway's Vickers Vimy - Spring 1999	Uses 2 x Westechnik Micro 4.5-0.6 motor 5:1 gear, on 7 or 8 cells	Flying Weight: 120g  Wingspan: 28"
Aeronutz Mini Triplane 15"- Spring 1999	Ceto 4ch receiver w/o case 4.5g, Westechnik 3g servo on rudder , Proflight 3A speed controller 1g,Westechnik Micro motor, 5 x 50mA/h NiCd cells	Flying Weight: 49g  Wingspan: 15"  Wing Loading: 2.7 oz/sq.ft
Aeronutz Twin Thing - experimental design using motor control only - Autumn 1998	Ceto 4ch receiver w/o case 4.5g, 2 x Proflight 3A 1g speed controllers one for each motor, 2 xWestechnik Micro motor, 5 x 50mA/h NiCd cells, plus retracting tricycle undercarriage and navigation lights	Flying Weight: 60g  Wingspan: 22"  Wing Loading: 3oz/sq.ft
Aeronutz Moisant Flyer V8 34" - Summer 1998	Ceto 4ch receiver 6g, 2 x 6g HS-50 servos on rudder and elevator, Proflight 3A speed controller 1g,Westechnik DC5-2.4 motor, 6 x 50mA/h NiCd cells	Flying Weight: 95g  Wingspan: 34"  Wing Loading: 2oz/sq.ft
Aeronutz Fokker Dr.1 Triplane 26" - Spring 1998	Ceto 4ch receiver 6g, 2 x 6g Ceto servos on elevator and coupled rudder /aileron, Proflight 3A speed controller 1g,Westechnik DC5-2.4 motor, 7 x 50mA/h NiCd cells	Flying Weight: 125g  Wingspan: 26"  Wing Loading: 2oz/sq.ft
Aeronuts NASA design (nice and safe aeroplane) - Winter1997/Spring 1998	Ceto 4ch receiver w/o case 4.5g, 2 x Westechnik 3g servos on rudder and elevator, Proflight 3A speed controller 1g,Westechnik Micro 4.5-0.6 motor, 5 x 50mA/h NiCd cells	Flying Weight: 58g  Wingspan: 22"  Wing Loading: 3oz/sq.ft