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Paper Airplane RC

Discussion in 'Strange Aircraft' started by strictly3d, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. strictly3d

    strictly3d New Member

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    Hey all,

    This is my first post of a project. I hope it is done right. I decided to do something with some scrap foam so I was folding a paper plane to throw to my new puppy and the idea hit. I am sure they have them already but here is a 6mm foam "paper airplane" It has a 24 inch wingspan and is 30 inches long. I used the electronics from my crashed ParkZone's Micro Stryker and flies very well. I did modify the battery leads to accept the larger ThunderPower 2 cell 480 mah battery. It will fly a very long time on that! I am very new so the skp file is all I have right now. I am waiting for my new PFlatprinter to arrive soon. I have to learn more about putting it into a cnc file but hope you can do that yourselves (sorry) In reality you can cut it with a straight edge as it is a simple to cut out. I hope you enjoy it as I have several other projects in the autocad dwg format like the flying truck and I am working on some Star Trek and Star Wars Vehicles and others. Any question or comments please let me know.

    Dan Attached files paperairplane.zip (373.8 KB)Â
     
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  2. Tweakie

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    Hi Dan,

    I think that is really excellent, I look forward to seeing your next projects.

    Tweakie.
     
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  3. rcav8r

    rcav8r Moderator Staff Member

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    Pretty darned cool. :doubleup:

    A while back I drew up a "paper" airplane, but didn't know about/have the micro gear.. The thing would have been huge for the gear I had so I didn't pursue...
     
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  4. 7up

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    STAR TREK?!!! I heard STAR TREK! WOOHOO! :dance3:

    Can't wait.

    Welcome, new Phlatprinter owner, aka Phlathead. Keep em' comin'.
     
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    Dan, where is the CG?
     
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  6. strictly3d

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    Well all I watched the videos from "Crash" ie Mark. I learned alot today and here is the cnc file. It is untested and since I am VERY green at this I hope you can let me know if it is ok.

    Again Mark....Thank you for your great Videos. Here is a great example of what I learned today from you !!!

    Ok here is the file...

    If you cut it out let me know how it came out!

    Dan Attached files paperplane.cnc (5.5 KB)Â
     
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  7. kram242

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    Guyz, this is a true testament of just how fast one can be designing ideas for the Phlatprinter.
    Dan went though the videos and in a matter of days he already had a design in sketchup for me to check out!
    Awesome job Dan! thank you for sharing this!
    Yet again I think this would make a great combat plane (I think that about ever plane) :)
    Thanks again
    Mark and Trish
    p.s. I have some pics Dan sent me of the Paper plane that I thought may help with the builds

    Attached files [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
    kram242, Oct 28, 2011
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  8. nstaller

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    :doubleup: Looks good, I just cut one out. It still amazes me how we can go from a file on the web to reality in a few mins.

    Attached files [​IMG]
     
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  9. nstaller

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    what star wars ships are you working on? I have the imperial star destroyer and have been working on a a-wing
     
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