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Pod Racer

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Based on a single photo of this crazy concept I decided to give it a try. I loved the idea of a pod racer style layout with twin tail booms. Designing prop planes is a little out of my comfort zone but it was fun and proved to be a very fun little plane to print, assemble and fly. The plane doesn’t have any bad characteristics at all. Easy to hand launch and easy to land

The Crow 50mm

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I kept seeing the printed seagull on YouTube and I wanted to do my own take on a bird EDF. I’ve always liked crows so I knew that would be the bird to go after. It took 3 full redesigns to get it right. I’ve used some really cool techniques that I have not seen used before to make the crow user friendly. I also wanted the crow to be beginner friendly. Easy to hand launch and not require a gyro to fly. The Crow feels like a motorized glider. Very efficient and fun. The best part by far is the silhouette against the sky.

MQ9 Reaper

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The Reaper has always been on my list to design, it was actually the tomahawk that put me in the head space to build it. I was thinking about a prop tomahawk and it gave me the idea to make a prop Reaper

It was a really fun project to design, one of my favorite parts of designing planes is making the munitions that come with it. By far the most fun. Building the Reaper is very satisfying due to the size. It’s the perfect size to hold and throw. I cheated the wings enough to where it flies really nicely.

Tomahawk 64mm Cruise Jet

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This one will blow your mind when you see it fly! This iconic shape is a blast to see flying by, your buddies at the field will love it just as much! It’s fun to assemble and fun to fly.

Disclaimer! This can absolutely be flown manually, I’ve done multiple flights without a level mode activated, I still prefer it because it can be tricky to keep oriented. Also the roll rate is very high. If you choose to fly it without a gyro follow my pre flight checks below . Also this is a toy and a fun Rc model, use it appropriately.

Northrop YB-49 Quad 40mm

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By far my favorite flying wing to date. Not as agile as the Horten, but it’s easier to hand launch. This wing was not easy to design as the intakes are rectangle slits and airframe has 8 exhaust nozzles! None of that matters because it’s a pretty scale YB-49 and it’s extremely fun and relaxing to fly. The best part is that balancing this wing is no problem! I used twin 1300 4s lipos and I got 4+ minutes and you can use way larger batteries if you like.

Batwing twin 50mm (twin 64 retract version included soon)

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If you show up to the field with this scale bat wing that can actually fly around. It will leave people speechless. I’ve been working on this design on and off for the last 15 years. While it may be a small step back from my twin 40 mm version. It’s a huge leap forward being very scale and having so many cool design features. This bat wing is by far the easiest to hand launch. It’s still porpoises like my other bat wings maybe slightly more than the twin 40 mm. The flight characteristics are good. Due to the extremely low wing loading, it will float in for landings like you can’t believe.

F-35 in 80 and 64mm

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I'd say, five or six times I've become obsessed with a design where I need to fly it every chance I get. This is one of them. The biggest problem with the F35 is the high wing loading. They never fly really well in RC form. I have a 50mm version I made over a year ago that floats and flies extremely well as an RC jet. It just wasn't as scale as I wanted, and it wouldn't scale up to the 6s more powerful size I was urning for.

X-59 Quest 70mm

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Wow guys, I never thought this style airframe would translate well to RC but I was pleasantly surprised it really did. I would place this airframe in the beginner to intermediate category for its flying characteristics. Throwing it isn't hard because its large. So not a beginner plane to hand launch.

Mirage 4000 (50mm)

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back around the 2008-2010 range there was a beautiful mirage 4000 EDF foamy that was white/red and blue like my rendering. It was one of the sweetest planes to fly. I've always wanted to re create it. I have to say, mine flies very similar to what I remember. Its very easy to fly and basically wont stall. You can do some pretty cool slow flying. Easy to print and build.