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Anything with a link below is what I have purchased and am using.
--Marshall L. Henley as of 2016.08.19
If building from scratch:
(see below if purchasing airframe)
Tools Needed
- Hot glue gun (get a good one like the Surebonder at Menards)
- Packing tape gun or dispenser that comes with the tape
- Utility knife and lots of sharp utility knife blades. Replace often.
- Phillips screwdriver or screw gun (for motor mounting)
- 1/16 drill bit (for motor mounting)
- A dozen or so 1" to 2" scraps of foam board for squeegeeing glue
(you can get these after you cut the boards up from the scrap).
- Needle nose pliers or small z-bender for making z-bends
- Sander or sand paper for flattening/aligning wing root and tips
- Computer and printer for printing rib templates
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- Optional / helpful: belt sander with 60 to 150 grit paper
- Optional / helpful: 3M 77 cement for applying rib templates to foam or applying printed paper graphics.
Airframe Materials
- (2) 30x20" sheets of foam board
- 2" packing tape, clear
- Hot glue sticks - have plenty ready, but use sparingly
- (1) 2" x 2" x 1/4" plywood (or light ply) motor firewall
- (2) 1" x 3" home-made control horns made from scrap light plywood or, better yet, old plastic hotel key cards or credit cards
- (2) small-diameter music wire pushrods with z-bends - .047" K&S music wire (K&S Item no. 502) for pushrods , -OR- 1mm K&S music wire (item no. 3941) -OR- equivalent. Note: you can use larger music wire than this, but it's difficult to get a small servo arm that will work.
- (4) 1-1/4" #6 drywall screws (for mounting motor, fast!)
- Velcro for battery, ESC, receiver installation
Equipment
If purchasing airframe from SLRCFA:
Tools Needed
- Hot glue gun (get a good one like the Surebonder at Menards)
- Utility knife or X-acto knife and lots of sharp utility knife blades for cutting holes for servo wires, if you choose to route internally
- Phillips screwdriver or screw gun (for motor mounting)
- 1/16 drill bit (for motor mounting)
- Needle nose pliers or small z-bender for making z-bends
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- Optional / helpful: 3M 77 cement for applying printed paper graphics.
Airframe Materials
- Sticky-backed Velcro for battery, ESC, receiver installation
- (4) 1-1/4" #6 drywall screws (for mounting motor, fast!)
- (2) small-diameter music wire pushrods with z-bends - .047" K&S music wire (K&S Item no. 502) for pushrods , -OR- 1mm K&S music wire (item no. 3941) -OR- equivalent. Note: you can use larger music wire than this, but it's difficult to get a small servo arm that will work.
Equipment
- (1) Small low-cost receiver
- (1) 30A electronic speed control (ESC) with built-in battery elimination
- (1) 3536-910kV motor (Turnigy 3536/9 or equivalent)
- (3) 11x7 APC style propellers (3 or more recommended)
- (2) 2.6kg-cm torque metal gear servos (TowerPro MG91s or equivalent)
- (2) 2,200, 2,650 or 3,200 mAh 3S LiPo batteries.
I recommend 65C discharge rating so you can charge them quickly while in combat, but a 30/45 C Turnigy battery will work fine. I'm actually using 3,200 mAh Revolectrix Blend435 Platinum Label 40C HV lipos which charge to 4.35 volts per cell. A low-cost 2200 option would be the Turnigy 40C. A low-cost 2650 option would be the Turnigy 30C.
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- Optional: extensions for servos (I haven't needed them)
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