Flyingwings Falcon EVO FPV

KillerDave · October 28, 2016, 12:05:16 AM

Here's a quick vid' from tonight's fun in the sun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZvoKhY8rGQ
Sorry, I dodn't know what happened to the sound???

grizor · October 30, 2016, 10:03:34 PM

Mine had a fight with a bixler and sort of won. Wing came off and spar snapped making a bit of a mess of the left wing though. I think the bixler came off worse... ;D Nothing some glue can't fix!

Quick vid: https://gfycat.com/MajesticSpicyGermanwirehairedpointer

KillerDave · October 31, 2016, 07:20:30 AM

Oh no! That really sucks!
It looks ok apart from the fact it would be a pain to get the old spar out!

Have you thought about how to do that?

How about getting a thin walled brass tube that will be a nice fit over the spar, sharpen the edge and use that like a circular saw????

That should work???

grizor · October 31, 2016, 11:32:05 AM

As the original spar is hollow i used another piece of thinner cf rod and glued it into the centre of both broken pieces. Should be strong enough as long as it doesn't hit another wild bixler ;D

There was major stress cracks in the wing where the spar was yanked out but it's all glued back together nicely. Will have to relaminate most of it though. Ah well.

KillerDave · October 31, 2016, 11:58:40 PM

Quote from: grizor on October 31, 2016, 11:32:05 AM
As the original spar is hollow i used another piece of thinner cf rod and glued it into the centre of both broken pieces. Should be strong enough as long as it doesn't hit another wild bixler ;D

There was major stress cracks in the wing where the spar was yanked out but it's all glued back together nicely. Will have to relaminate most of it though. Ah well.

I lost orientation of mine on Thursday and it went in a full speed!, split the side off up to the spar and smashed the ply bulkhead behind the battery.... Flying again on Friday! :-)

They are tough buggers!

KillerDave · November 09, 2016, 10:24:32 PM

I had a very quick flight the other morning... I'm loving it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jYyGyoaYE
Can't wait to get some real time behind the goggles!

AdamG · November 11, 2016, 11:36:51 AM

Nice flight Killer Dave. Great fund plane isn't it!

Is anyone running their Falcon on 4S? I'm after recommendations for an appropriate motor that can take 4S to try on the Falcon \0/

I have some Nanotech 1800 4S and they are almost exactly the same size and weight as the Multistar 4000 3S, so I thought it would be fun to turn this thing into a speed machine \0/ (some might not say this is the best ideas as my last flight resulted in a crash :laugh: )

Brucey · November 11, 2016, 02:15:04 PM

My falcon was 4s. Can't remember what motor I had on it, some NTM screamer. Not much help other than encouragement to do it!

AdamG · November 11, 2016, 03:16:17 PM

Ah mate would you have it recorded anywhere? Wuld be useful to know. Hard to find a motor same size as the one im using that will take 4S

Brucey · November 11, 2016, 03:35:45 PM

Hmm, I'll see what I can find. The falcon is in my dads loft so I can't check

elmattbo · November 11, 2016, 05:11:38 PM

Not sure what size the falcon is, but I've just specced out a motor for a 49 inch wing and I've gone for the turnigy sk3 3536 1200kv with 8x6 and 60A speed controller. Icalc says it should result in fun! Might be a bit big for the falcon but worth considering.

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Fr3nzy · November 12, 2016, 12:42:59 AM

My Falcon runs 4S, I've got an NTM 2836 1800kv. With a 7" prop it's just over 40A.

AdamG · November 14, 2016, 03:15:18 PM

Cheers. What kind of speeds are you reaching with that setup?

jeffthegeek · November 15, 2016, 12:53:03 PM

Hi guys.

I'm new to the site but not RC itself. I found my way here while looking to get into fixed wing FPV - I've owned a flyingwings Raven for years and just recently dusted it off again after getting into FPV Quads.

I bought a Falcon EVO and it turned up this morning so I'm just starting to put it together. Do you know if it is safe to paint the entire side balsa parts, or just the bits that the wings wont glue to?

Also, what sort of paint is safe to use on the foam? I painted my Raven with Acrylic paint originally, but it wasn't laminated at all (unlike this wing) and I'm worried that whatever paint I use might stop the Lam from adhering properly.

Thanks.

BlueFlyer · November 15, 2016, 01:03:43 PM

Several light coats of wilko's own enamel spray paint will be fine. The supplied laminate adhered just fine.

I painted the ply side parts and had no issues with the wings gluing on afterwards. I used UHU Por for the flat-to-flat parts, then beads of hotglue around the corner seams.