Assemble rc plane

Assembling is a work of concentration and itis time consuming, but on the other hand it is really easy. There are many parts that you need to connect in order to make an rc plane function properly. There are 6 parts that you need to connect to make a basic plane function. Of course you can add more electronics to the plane like, bomb drop, camera, and gyro. Gyro is a small instrument that helps a plane stabalize in mid air.

Motor to Speed controll: I recommend that you use brushless motor for a plane. (see first post for more info on motors)A brushless motor has three wires comming out of it. Hence you need a brushless speed controll which has three wires. If you get a brushed speed controll, it won't work because brushed ESC has  only 2 wores from it. It doesn't matter in what order you connect the wires. After hooking other electronics, your motor doesn't work, try switching any two wires. Another cool thing about brushless motor is that if you switch the outer most wires, the motor will spin backwords.

Receiver: receiver is like the brain of the plane. It controlls all the activities of the plane. I recommend you a get a 6ch receiver and a matching transmitter. on the receiver there are rows of plugs. You may also notice channels from 1-6 on the receiver beside each plug.Thats where you will connect all the other electronics. On most receivers, channel 1 is throttle, in other words you will pluge the three wired small plug from the speed controll to the first channel of the receiver. Make sure you plug it in the right order.Channel 2 you connect theservo that controlls the ailerons which are on the main wing and control the roll of the plane. Channel 3 you connect the servo controll the back wing which controlls the elevators. the elevators controll the pitch of the plane or the up and down. Channel 4 you connect the servo that is connected to the tail wing or rudder. rudder controlls yaw or left, right movement of the plane. Lastly channel 5 and 6 are used for extra stuff on the plane like bomb drop. these two channels will be indicated like switched on the transmitter.

Battery:Lastly you will need to connect a battery. You may notice two wires left on the speed controll. Well thats exactly where you connect the battery. I recommend you buy a lipo battery because it is lighter and lasts longer.

In my next post i will tell how to hook servos to the controll surfaces. please follow!!

How to make RC Planes

Making RC planes is really easy and fun to do. As the previous post to make a RC plane you need many different electronic parts. the parts are motor, speed control, receiver, transmitter, battery, and servos. All these parts come in different types so please see my other post for more info. the first part is making a blue print of the plane. you want to have a very aerodynamic plane but try to make it as light as possible.
After you have a blue print you want to decide what type of plane you want, a foam plane or a balsa plane. it is better to make a foam plane because it is more flexible and durable. EPO foam works best because it is light and cheap. The next step is tracing out the design on the foam, cutting parts out and gluing them together with 5 minutes epoxy.

After you have the skull made you want find a place on the front or the back of the plane to mount the motor. The motor should be tilted a little bit to the right and down because the prop will spin left and get the momentum going to the left as well.then you should place the speed control close to motor because the are going to get connected further in the process. Next you should mount the receiver close to a place easily accessible by you. Also you need servos to move control surfaces. Servos should be placed in the middle of the plane but not a must be. Then you need to hook the servos with the control surfaces using servo rods aka push rods.Last step is to mount a batter. Before you do that you want to find the center of gravity of the plane and make the plane a little bit nose heavy.

I will explain in the next post on how to hook all the wires in the plane to  make it work. please become follower. Thanks

Rc planes Enginerring

RC Planes have really simple engineering machines in them. Some of the main electronic parts of a RC plane are the receiver, transmitter, motor, speed control (ESC), and battery.

Receiver:

                Receiver the word describes it all. Receiver is a little electronic device that is present in the RC plane which receives signals from the transmitter. There are two kinds of receivers. First one is a 72MHZ receiver. 72MHZ is the old kind of receiver. There are different channels in the 72MHZ band. Therefore hobbyists use crystals of different channels to fly planes. The only problem with 72 MHz is that if there are 2 planes flying at the same time on 72 MHz, they can interfere with the signal.  This is where crystals come in handy. I would recommend you always have an extra set of crystals with you if flying on 72MHz.

                There is another better kind of receiver too and that is the 2.4 GHz receiver. These receivers have really small antennas where as 72 MHz receiver has a really long antenna. 2.4 GHz is a more sophisticated but better receiver. The thing that makes 2.4 GHz receivers so much better is the fact that there are no transmission problems. These receivers don’t need crystals at all and there is a lot more range with 2.4GHz.

Transmitter:

                Transmitter is with the pilot on the ground. The transmitter is a box that has little joy sticks on it and also switches. The transmitter gives a signal to the receiver in the shape of the command. For example if you move the left stick down on the transmitter, the transmitter will give a signal to the receiver to pull the plane down. There are also trims on the transmitter. The function of the trims is to adjust the direction of the plane when no turning command is given or when the plane is flying straight.

Motor:

                Motor is the part which gives energy to the plane. It is usually connected to propeller turns and pushes the wind to move the plane. There are two types of motors. First there is a brushed motor and there is a brushless motor. Brushed motor is not that often used now because of its weight: power ratio. Brushed motors have brushes on them that really slow them down. They are not that efficient and have 2 wires come out of them. There are also brushless motors. Brushless motors are really efficient and more complicated. The brushless motor has no brushes. They are more lightweight and fast.

ESC:

                ESC also known as electronic speed control is what controllers the speed of the motor. There are two different types of speed controls. One is for brushed motors and the other one for brushless. The speed control is connected to the battery, the motor and the receiver. Technically the speed controller is the distributor of electricity in the plane.

Battery:

                Battery is the source of electricity in the plane. There are different kinds of batteries but the most commonly used is the Lithium polymer battery. This battery is made of 1 or more cells. I cell has 3.7v charge, 2 cells have 7.2v of charge, and 3 cells have 11.1v of charge. The bigger the plane, the more celled battery you want to have.