Blimp Wings

Adventures in Radio Control

Projects in:

RS90 - a blast from my past

Completed on 11/3/23

Motowhoop - this thing is so loud and heavy - is it really a whoop?

Completed on 10/30/23

Twlhd - first quad on wtfos after a multi year hiatus.

Completed on 10/17/23

Demon34 - my first ritewing which isn't a drak of some sort

Completed on 5/25/22

Goblin - still going through the backlog of old planes

Completed on 4/18/22

Nano Goblin v2 - built another version of the nano to have another small digital wing which doesn't have the bad stall characteristics of the ripper

Completed on 3/23/22

Reptile Dragon - finally getting around to building it

Completed on 2/20/22

Nano Drak w/Boom - testing out the extended wings with boom

Completed on 1/27/22

Ripper - first DJI fpv wing

Completed on 12/20/21

dolphin - comparing different 800mm wings

Completed on 12/4/21

radjet - lighter and faster?

Completed on 11/1/21

mini drak - bought this used and spent some time fixing it up

Completed on 10/26/21

nano drak - took almost a full month to complete

Completed on 10/3/21

ng580-f8022 - need to compare apples to apples to figure out the f80 motor

Completed on 9/11/21

fj650-f8022 - funjet scaled down to 650mm (retired - crashed into the river)

Completed on 9/6/21

ng580-2726 - planks vs wing speed test (retired - smoked ESC/motor with 5.5" prop)

Completed on 7/8/21

dw80-27166v2 - rebuilding and getting more experience with lamination

Completed on 7/3/21

w60-2726 - building another wing to share quad sized batteries with

Completed on 6/17/21

NG2423iv3 - rebuilding an old favorite with doculam laminating film (retired - didn't fly well)

Completed on 6/5/21

NSKY-2205 - scratch built version of the sonicmodell skyhunter 780mm plane. 

Completed on 5/6/21

NG580-2205 - a close duplicate of the nano goblin wing shape to replace ng2423iv2

Completed on 4/23/21

Nano Goblin - comparing the real nano goblin with the scratch builds

Completed on 4/16/21

DF Mini Spirit - 470mm wing for long range? (retired)

Completed on 3/31/21

NG610-2423 - 610mm version. Trying to find the best size.

Completed on 3/16/21

NG650-2423 - 650mm version of the NG2423 for 3s li-on packs. (retired)

Completed on 3/10/21

Micro T v2 - fun driving around the house

Completed on 2/25/21

G25 game wheel to PPM - driving RC cars around the house, anyone?

Completed on 2/17/21

FpvRadar - airplane detector/radar for safer flying

Completed on 2/4/21

Logitech joystick to PPM - controlling flying crafts using a joystick

Completed on 1/29/21

ng2423iv2 - another goblin with a full airfoil instead to see the difference in performance (retired)

Completed on 1/10/21

ar6 - ar mini wing  

Completed on 1/4/21

ng2423i - inav version of the new airframe

Completed on 12/27/20

ng2423 - a new airframe based off the nano goblin.

Completed on 12/10/20

sfw2523v2 - rebuilt a new airframe with a carbon spar in the middle this time.

Completed on 12/7/20

dw6-2423 - testing motors for a medium range 600mm class wing

Completed on 12/7/20

dw8-27166 - 800mm wing for sharing 4s 5" quad batteries (retired)

Completed on 12/2/20

mig4740 - a mig 29 chuck glider conversion. The power weight ratio is pretty high, so it should fly like a rocket. 

Completed on 11/24/20

sfw2523s - shorter 570mm wings to improve performance

Completed on 11/23/20

sfw2523 - built for more testing with this wing design (retired - wing structural integrity weakened from 4s)

Completed on 11/13/20

sfw2523i - testing out the 2205 2300kv motors on the swept forward wing. hopefully it can fly slower than the 2306 version.

Completed on 11/3/20

w4740iv2 - rebuilding the previous wing (retired - too much damage from crashes)

Completed on 10/28/20

w4745-inav - another sub 250 gram short range fpv explorer with more power than the last one (retired due to crash)

Completed on 10/20/20

w3635-inav - lightweight short range fpv explorer

Completed on 10/16/20

w675 - continuing lightweight wing with 1106 motors & 3.8" props

Completed on 10/8/20

mamr5741 - an older and heavier 4"

Completed on 10/6/20

ktal2 - karearea talon v2 indestructible frame

Completed on 10/1/20

sfw2423 - rebuilding tw2423 into a swept forward wing design instead

Completed on 9/20/20

vt2750 - my first hybrid quad/vtol based on the mini qbit project

Completed on 9/16/20

tw2423 - my first tapered wing design (retired - stalls easily)

Completed on 9/12/20

Floss23627 - building a daily driver

Completed on 9/8/20

sfw-23627 - trying to improve on the pw2423 but making something faster with better handling

Completed on 9/1/20

Cham23627 - Chameleon frame with 2306 motors

Completed on 8/28/20

pw2423 - reusing the frame that failed for the smaller 1104 motors

Completed on 8/23/20

Eagle380 - a different type of project to break up the monotony of wings

Completed on 8/22/20

I-Hawk v2 - rebuilding the original with all new electronics

Completed on 8/15/20

w6-2523 - a similar wing as the previous except with a larger 2205 motor

Completed on 8/14/20

w6-2423 - my first GPS wing. slight increase in size to 600mm. (retired - destroyed)

Completed on 8/6/20

Drago - taking a brief break from fixed wings to rebuild another 5"

Completed on 8/2/20

pw465v3 - Tried another rebuild to reduce weight

Completed on 7/30/20

pw465v2 - rebuilt the pw465 after it suffered too much damage (retired due to being overweight)

Completed on 7/28/20

pw465 - a differential thrust plank wing with gps (retired due to too much damage)

Completed on 7/22/20

pw3635 - a plank wing with a very tiny sweep from a new design I just drew up

Completed on 7/17/20

adhd1440v2 - slightly larger fpv version of the original at 40g dry

Completed on 7/13/20

sfw2423 - swept forward wing  design taken from the zohd dart (retired due to damage in storage)

Completed on 7/5/20

adhd70320 - my lightest aircraft to date at 29g

Completed on 6/30/20

w3631v3 - rebuilding the w3631 that snapped in half during flight due to the high stress

Completed on 6/26/20

w30462 - taking the parts of the w475 for another ultralight 2-3s wing

Completed on 6/24/20

pblue2 - putting a crazybee into a epp glider

Completed on 6/23/20

skyrider - turning the walmart glider into a fpv plane

Completed on 6/17/20

cdb280 - testing out a fun canard design

Completed on 6/4/20

db86228 - playing with dual boom planes again

Completed on 5/29/20

w3635kfci - testing out inav instead of betaflight this time (retired - incompatible hardware)

Completed on 5/20/20

ak455v2 - another copy of the 5500kv build

Completed on 5/1/20

w3635kfc - first wing with a flight controller using betaflight (retired - used parts to build w3635-inav)

Completed on 4/17/20

w475 - testing out a smaller wing (430mm) with 1104motors (retired)

Completed on 3/29/20

W-3631k - testing out the KF airfoil against an otherwise identical wing with a conventional airfoil

Completed on 3/19/20

W-2423 - testing out the king kong 2204 2300kv motors

Completed on 3/12/20

W-86228 - trying out the 1806 2280kv motors on the new series of frames

Completed on 3/12/20

W-3631 -rebuilt the W-3462 with a new 1306 3100kv motor. (Retired - wing snapped during 4s flight)

Completed on 3/9/20

W-3462 (cooked the motor) - 540mm wing with LDARC 1304 6200kv motors. 

Completed on 3/8/20

ET-3462 - rebuilding the Egg3046 with a better board (burned down after a crash)

Completed on 2/15/20

AK-555 - Mamba 1105s again on a lighter frame this time

Completed on 2/7/20

AK-2450 - 1204 on the AK frame

Completed on 2/5/20

ZJ-2750 - replacing the 1204 motors with 1207s (retired - used to build VT2750)

Completed on 2/5/20

AK-660 - testing the old 1106 6000kv motors

Completed on 1/30/20

AK-475v3 - another duplicate since I keep smashing these. (Retired - I switched it over to 5500kv motors instead)

Completed on 1/23/20

AK-455 - trying out the LDARC 1104 5500kv motors

Completed on 1/2/20