The best result out of a weekend of micro plane building and flying. By now we’d got sick of making balsa wings though, so this wing is from an X-twin. Receiver/ESC and mixing transmitter are from an airraiderx. Fuse and vertical stab are single piece 1/16″ balsa with 1/32″ balsa horizontal stab. The motors and props are from an X-twin. The motors are 6mm coreless. All-up weight is 14.6g, and 100mah lithium polymer battery gives 20 minute flight times thanks to the great glide ratio. Extension to airraiderx receiver antenna is essential! Total build cost under £20 (including transmitter). For enough pics/info to build one, see www.wattflyer.com
The Syma s026 3 channel Micro palm sized Chinook is amazing. You can pick one up from www.xheli.com for only $24.95 Direct link to the helicopter www.xheli.com Shipping was about 9 dollars and took less then a week. Flight times are around 8 minutes; charge times are pretty long, 45 minutes to an hour. The helicopter is infra red controlled and is a fully functional 3 channel helicopter. It has a stable hover, very fast forward and reverse flight speed, and its easy to control. For 24 dollars you get the 3 channel helicopter, a 3 channel transmitter a wall charger for the helicopter and an instruction manual. The transmitter has a knob in the center for adjusting the yaw (spin) trim. It is very sensitive and only needs slight movements to affect the spin. The transmitter also has buttons on the upper left and right hand side for adjusting the forward reverse trim; its also a good way to increase forward flight speed. Its the fastest 3 channel helicopter Ive flown so far, and one of the most stable. Its definitely worth the 24 dollars x heli is charging for it. I would like it to come with spare rotor blades, and a quicker recharge time, but it is so much fun and looks so good that it is worth it.
Overview of Motorola’s APX P25, Multi-Band radio micro site. Go to www.motorola.com/apx for more information on this amazing radio for the public safety market.