nog een aantal leuke mods voor de easystar:
Since I've never owned a floatplane, I thought it was about time I did. I purchased a set of Multiplex MiniMag floats and mounted them onto the Easystar using two carbon rods and a few cable tie's. Trying to get the CG right whilst positioning the floats as not to have the tail sit in the water was a little tricky, but I managed to reach a compromise. The Easystar performed great, although the extra drag from the floats did slow her down a little. There was a little mishap which we'll say no more about...ahem.
After chatting with some of the guy's at RCGroups, there was talk of whether the Easystar could be shrunk down a little. I decided to take up the challenge, and removed 380mm (15inch) from the wingspan and 180mm (7inch) from the tail length. I secured both the wings and tail with carbon rods, and once the control rods were shortened she was ready for the off. She really flew well, being a little faster and having a superb roll rate, even using the stock rudder. Check out the latest HD vid.
Having a few spare sets of Easystar wings, I thought it would be a good idea to build up a biplane EZ. I got four 12" lengths of balsa, and glued them into both sets of wings using normal cyano. I kept the top wing about 2 to 3 inches ahead of the bottom wing, simply because it looked better, and fixed up my HET 2W EDF motor and Wemotec Mini Fan 480. I had to enlarge the rudder to about twice the size to help steer a little sharper, but its a simple mod to do, and it fly's superb.
I was after some new ideas for modifying the Easystar, and the boys on RCGroups came up with quite a few neat designes. Here's the Swept Wing EZ designed by Hypoxic. The wings were cut at around 45 degrees and secured in place using two carbon rods. The CG had to be moved back by over 20mm, and I used my 3s 1500 lipo instead of my usual 3s 2500. Once launched, I knew this was going to be a fun bird to fly. There's a little wing rock but considering she's still rudder/elevator controlled she fly's like a real jet. The glide is pretty poor, but that was to be expected. This is a keeper, and more vids will be coming soon.
Update...P38 style EZ is here
I've recently completed the new Twin Boom P38 style EZ. Built up from three Easystars, I'm running a single Faigao brushless motor with a 4.4:1 gearbox, and a Graupner 13x7 carbon folding prop. I've installed ailerons which will also be used as flaperons, and I've enlarged both rudders. She has a 74" wingspan and an AUW of just over 1700g. I'm hoping to use this Easystar as my new AP/AV platform, which will hopefully include Panasonics new HDC-SD5 HD camcorder. Check out the latest vid.
de mod met de drijvers wil ik zelf gaan uitvoeren. ik had dit mischien in het tuningtopic moeten plaatsen maar deze is een beetje doodgebloed.