Flite Test Mini Arrow - Build & Fly
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- This video contains footage taken during assembly and the initial flights of my Flite Test Mini Arrow RC model. I outfitted the airplane with FPV gear and hope to do some low-key FPV racing with it.
Find more details in the complete article on Tested.com:
www.tested.com/...
This wing has popped my wing cherry. Never flown a wing or plane before till the FT arrow. I built 2 in a week and have only been flying for a week lol. Great build on yours by the way.
What an awesome job brother. I bet this comes with years of experience. Going to attempt to build this for the first time from scratch and tiled plans.
I made a 200% version of the ft-22 using 1/2 foam board. In that build i used mostly white gorilla glue. It is awesome stuff. Plus it cures fast enough to hold itself together. Usually just a few minutes of hand holding and you can continue on to another part. Awesome that tested is covering flitetest stuff, love those guys.
Just finished building one and so far im struggling to get it flying well. The best i managed was by having the CG under 1" from the firewall. I tried at 1.5 inches and it flew like crap, it also needs a tone of up elevator to fly close to level.
I used heavy foamboard though but its still not too heavy coming in at 325g
Nice thanks for sharing
I like the gradiant color paint job, did you just free hand that with spray paint?
+Travis Pratt Yes. It's rattle can Krylon applied in light coats. I was kinda surprised that the borders were more or less straight. I guess I was having a good day.
+Terry Dunn Ha, yea I'm contemplating doing something similar, I might use a slab of cardboard held above it though, gonna have to do some testing.
Really nice build and video! I made a couple of these little ft arrows as well. Clever using spackle to shape the trailing edge. Does it add much weight? Happy flying!
+Mostly Harmless Thanks. I didn't weigh before and after spackle, so I can't pinpoint how much weight it added. It cant be much though. Flying weight as shown above w/FPV gear is 12.1oz. It could definitely be built lighter, but it flies great as-is.
Do you have a video of how you setup the fpv on this ... Or just a slower version of this video ???
+Troy Kelley (TK Inspired Aerials) Have you looked at the article linked in the video description? Depending on what details you're looking for, it may help. I basically just put the VTX inside the leading edge of the starboard wing and connected it to the RunCam2 using the cables that came with both components. The flight battery also powers the VTX...which powers the camera. Let me know if you need more info.
+Terry Dunn ahh I didn't realize that was a run cam , I'm not experienced with those, thanks for the information !!!!
+Terry Dunn I read that entire article, that is some great stuff ! ! i'm going to do waht you did to reduce the turbulence .. but that was great knowledge ! ! ! thanks for being thorough..
Nice job! I'm about to start my own but have a question. does the fpv cam and vtx plug into the receiver or does it connect to a battery?
+dcFPV _ No, the FPV equipment does not connect to the receiver. I soldered a JST pigtail onto the battery lead of the ESC. The VTX connects to that, so the flight battery powers the FPV stuff too. The VTX I used has a 5V ouput that powers the camera. Technically, I didn't need that since the camera has its own battery. But it's nice not having to worry about it going dead during a flight.
What kind of flight times you seeing with this setup? :) Awesome wing!
+John Balzac If you just flew at full throttle the whole time, I'd expect about 3-4 minutes with my power setup (FT Power Pack F and 3S-850 lipo). But I get 6-7 minutes when sport flying.
Awesome! Thank you for the response.
At least give dimensions.ur really like flash in this work
maiden flight:300km
second:60km
Why ur mounting the Runcam upside down?
+David Kaden By putting Velcro on the top side of the camera body, I can still use the plastic mounting cradle to hold the camera in other applications. If I had put Velcro on the bottom, the cradle wouldn't fit anymore. The wi-fi app lets you flip the image to suit whichever orientation you need.
+Terry Dunn Oh ok. I put my Velcro under the cradle. I think both has pros and cons.. happy flying!
I will pay to get one made (paint job not necessary) just one with the electronics and for gear
Minutes 0:00 to 1:22 completely senseless. There is another video where Josh Bixler gives a perfect build instruction in ? 38 Minutes.
I'm sorry to have wasted your time. Who is this Josh Bixler guy that's trying to steal my thunder?
Can u plz send me all the dimensions of this plane. plzzzzzzzzzzz
store.flitetest.com/flite-test-mighty-mini-arrow-electric-airplane-kit-737mm-flt-1035/p673699
Full size - s3.amazonaws.com/plans.flitetest.com/stonekap/FT%20Mini%20Arrow%20v1.1%20Full-Size.pdf
Tiled - s3.amazonaws.com/plans.flitetest.com/stonekap/FT%20Mini%20Arrow%20v1.1%20Tiled.pdf
Can you please give me the drawings?
The drawings are at Flitetest.com
@@Denny_H Can you give me details I did not find
www.flitetest.com/articles/ft-mighty-mini-arrow-build
The plans come in 2 forms that can be printed. One is a full sheet, but it is very large and needs to be printed on a plotter. The other is tiled. These are 15 sheets printed on a regular printer and laid out and taped together.
@@Denny_H yeah i can not find the drawing you can give me a4 file