Indoor flight models - submitted by Webmaster

 

These aircraft have a span of around 300 to 450mm, and weigh in at around 20 to 30 grams. Aircraft are built either from selected balsa, trimmed down for weight and strength and then tissue covered, or pink foam, hot wire cut into sheets then fashioned into the desired shapes.

 

Other models are constructed from .5 to 1mm Depron. Some of the props are even hand made.

 

Hot wire cut pink foam Hot wire cut pink foam

All powered by a single LiPo battery Hot wire cut pink foam

Most of these planes have been designed and built by Dave Cholerton, a former RR employee from Derby. Dave is an active member of RR indoor club that runs the Alfreton indoor meetings (currently closed for hall refurbishment). 

All aircraft are full house radio control, and surface deviation is via "home wound" actuators, and power attained from a tiny brushed motor / 4" prop combination and a single cell LiPo battery. Full sized radio transmitters provide the control, with Tx crystal control in the flying halls. All photo's supplied by Dave C.

 

Hot wire cut pink foam Unusual for indoor flying, a pusher, cut pink foam

Built from balsa and covered in Airspan Depron built, full house aerobatic Pitts
These three models are from the hanger of RR MAC member Chris Foster. The Citabria is a RTF model from Kyosho that flies out of the box. A brilliant intro to Indoor flight, whilst the other two took a little more building time. The top left is a 2.4g Citabria (27 g) whilst the Depron SE5 (30g) and Balsa piper Cub (35g) are 35 meg RC models




 

 

 

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