This is a 78
inch model, powered electrically using
a Hacker C50 Acro and lithium polymer batteries.
Video of FMA FS8 receiver responding
to the heat from my body.
Setting up the FMA FS8
receiver with a laptop computer
Video
of a Funtana flight from the FMA Flight Recorder
Virtual model in the Reflex simulator
Kit components
Fuse plans
Some serious head scratch'n go'in on here.....
Hatch...
Couldn't see any way to cover the bottom front
fuse without sheeting it.
Starting to look like something.
Instruments are
printed on paper. Cockpit floor is now painted gray. Total weight gain about 7
grams.
The covering begins
The motor and batteries have arrived. Now I
can finish the fuse and check the balance before covering the fuse. Motor is a
Hacker C50 Acro. Batteries are 3s4p Thunder Power lithium polymer.
Fuse almost ready for assembly to check
balance before covering fuse and painting cowl and wheel pants.
24 inch windmill is mounted.
Finally getting some skin on
the fuselage...
Final
electronics installation
Final motor installation
Update:
Cooling baffles added
Update:
New ESC installation
