Giant-ass styrofoam gliders.
02-01-2010, 11:20 PM
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Giant-*** styrofoam gliders.
I have some rc parts and a nicer radio laying around, and i was at hobby lobby today and i saw those huge styrofoam gliders those in my age bracket played with when they were little, and i thought i always wanted mine to have an engine and be radio controlled. So 20 dollars later i have the stuff to make it lol. Its not done, it needs servos and a battery. Tell me if you like.
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02-02-2010, 07:34 AM
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I'd climb on top of the house and try to sail them over the pond in the back, and go on rescue missions when they didn't make it.
Nothing like a styrofoam 747 pulling a 4G loop that shears the wings off too, or banking between two pine trees.
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02-02-2010, 09:58 AM
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Aww man! I used to go nuts with those.
I'd climb on top of the house and try to sail them over the pond in the back, and go on rescue missions when they didn't make it.
Nothing like a styrofoam 747 pulling a 4G loop that shears the wings off too, or banking between two pine trees.
I'd climb on top of the house and try to sail them over the pond in the back, and go on rescue missions when they didn't make it.
Nothing like a styrofoam 747 pulling a 4G loop that shears the wings off too, or banking between two pine trees.
Ah...the good old days.
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02-02-2010, 10:22 AM
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I have some rc parts and a nicer radio laying around, and i was at hobby lobby today and i saw those huge styrofoam gliders those in my age bracket played with when they were little, and i thought i always wanted mine to have an engine and be radio controlled. So 20 dollars later i have the stuff to make it lol. Its not done, it needs servos and a battery. Tell me if you like.
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02-02-2010, 01:38 PM
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Aww man! I used to go nuts with those.
I'd climb on top of the house and try to sail them over the pond in the back, and go on rescue missions when they didn't make it.
Nothing like a styrofoam 747 pulling a 4G loop that shears the wings off too, or banking between two pine trees.
I'd climb on top of the house and try to sail them over the pond in the back, and go on rescue missions when they didn't make it.
Nothing like a styrofoam 747 pulling a 4G loop that shears the wings off too, or banking between two pine trees.
It always sucked when the wing joints would get stretched and the wings would fall off as soon as you gave it a push. The later models had the plastic u-clip to hold the wings in place, but even the holes for those would stretch. The solution was always adding electrical tape as a shim....and using it on the bottom of the nose to prevent sever scuffage from nose-dives.
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02-02-2010, 01:46 PM
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You probably will need some compensation with that motor. There's a lot of lift with those things. Are you going to balance it when you're done?
When I had one, I think it only lasted about 30mins. I tossed it, it went between 2 trees and the wings were just a little too long...
When I had one, I think it only lasted about 30mins. I tossed it, it went between 2 trees and the wings were just a little too long...
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