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I guess the only question I have now is how can I make a piston/hydraulic mechanism and be able to control it remotely? I mean something small, like something that could fit in a 1ftx5ft RC wing, so nothing of great proportion
Airplane thread
Asher Perez
Brayden Moore
I chuckled
Nicholas Foster
can someone give me a quick run down of all the mathematical formulas needed when designing an airplane?
like lift+thrust/lbs or just any formulas which HAVE to go into it?
Wyatt Jones
The major issues are valves and cylinders at that scale, and at that scale, it's probably best to just build your own.
The pump could be driven off the main prop motor, or an auxillary pump that's idle, which could save battery power.
Matthew Robinson
I've heard that there is a setup where the engine can be hooked up to a small generator of some kind which can power the avionics and charge the batteries as its being operated, but that could probably turn bad without some kind of regulator or auto off switch
Nathan Taylor
Incorrect, variable incidence wings are a different topic altogether. What OP is describing is an idea for flap actuators that move only a small section of the wing.
I was willing to humor you for a bit but my patience vanished after I saw this post. Pic related is among the first images you get when jewgling "flap actuator".
Which is why when such things are a concern ball screws are used instead but I guess you never bothered to research any of this you dumb fuck.
Christ almighty did you really think you were the first nigger to think of a rack and pinion drive?
Bentley Lopez
Wow, hats off to you sir, you've turned a retarded retort into a logical argument. While I can't agree an aircraft planes air or water, I can't prove you wrong. If I were American I'd stand and clap then tip you a dollar.
John Gomez
to be honest I was unaware that it was a thing, I thought that the two kinds of actuators used were of the hydraulic/piston variety and the cable and pully variety.
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Justin Ross
Planes are fucking cool. Bumping this thread for OP, fuck the larps.
Jaxson Scott
what kind of engine should I put in an RC?
theyre all slightly different but I want one that produces the most power in comparison with fuel consumption, I can work around the size if need be.
I would like to go with the turbo prop but it seems rather complex (more so than a jet, which it essentially is but with a propeller) and also there seem to be very little information on building one, or nearly any engine for that matter.