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RC Models => Electric Planes => Topic started by: theleabres on March 14, 2014, 12:30:53 AM

Title: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: theleabres on March 14, 2014, 12:30:53 AM
Did the maiden this afternoon in an indoor basketball court in front of the elementary school kids and their parents.  Needless to say, the kids were happy to see it buzzing around.  For an Iron suit and short stubby wings, this little flyer (17" long, 13" WS) is quite stable.

Title: Re: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: Wibberley on March 14, 2014, 12:39:31 AM
Brill
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Post by: Swapnil on March 14, 2014, 03:11:02 AM
Cool! Video please!
Title: Re: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: pradish on March 14, 2014, 08:49:28 AM
I see a body and Tx, how does it fly and power up?
Title: Re: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: theleabres on March 14, 2014, 11:32:11 AM
On each side of its chest are two motors for thrust differential to steer.  He has a slight tail heavy feel.  There are no elevators. To gain altitude increase throttle.  To turn, one of the motors spin lower RPMs.  A charge cord comes out of the charger to the 1S lipo built inside the "fuselage."

He claims himself to be an Iron Man but his fuselage is not that stiff, just soft foam.

Title: Re: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: theleabres on March 14, 2014, 10:58:08 PM
Here's a quick video of how "he" flies, although planes are usually refered to as "she".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4_ujEAFcTM#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4_ujEAFcTM#ws)
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Post by: VC on March 14, 2014, 11:57:47 PM
 {:)} {:)} {:)} Love the Head UP aspect in a head wind - very Iron Manesque.............

Well done Lance!
Title: Re: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: Swapnil on March 15, 2014, 03:31:57 AM
Wow, he flies better than I expected! How much did he cost?
Title: Re: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: theleabres on March 15, 2014, 06:48:38 AM
He costs Rs 2400  RTF.

PROS:  It's ready out of the box
CONS: the lipo is built inside and takes 30 min to charge.  One flight of 5 minutes then have to wait to charge.  Can only fly in calm or very very light wind.
Title: Re: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: rcpilotacro on March 15, 2014, 07:17:45 AM
costly stuff, looks DIY, Lance is it possible to convert it to DWF file ? or is it available somewhere on the net
Title: Re: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: theleabres on March 15, 2014, 08:38:23 AM
Like the Air Hogs years ago, it's just a toy plane in all the major department stores.  I'm also embarassed to be playing with it!  It's really meant for 10 year olds kids.

http://www.rcextremehero.com/ (http://www.rcextremehero.com/)

I saw in RCGroups that these go on sale for Rs 1500.

Rs 2400 for a toy plane w/ charger/TX/ RTF and all seems reasonable.

Title: Re: Iron Man flew in India today
Post by: theleabres on March 15, 2014, 08:40:50 AM
If you want to make your own flying guy... including a Sperman, (sorry typo) a Superman.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1505753 (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1505753)