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Old 03-25-2007, 10:02 PM   #1
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Default Homemade VERY small glider. Need some help!

I made a glider out of a sheet of depron that has a 12 inch wingspan and is 8 inch long from nose to elevon. It basicely a rectangle with servos and a reciever. What battery should i use??
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Old 03-25-2007, 10:08 PM   #2
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If your receiver and servos will support it, I would use a single cell Li-polly.
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Old 03-25-2007, 10:12 PM   #3
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Would this work?
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Old 03-25-2007, 10:15 PM   #4
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That would work. Just about anything that size would work.
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Old 03-25-2007, 11:54 PM   #5
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Default Re: Homemade VERY small glider. Need some help!

this is a kit i use on my alula,, its very small full range gear, servos are tiniest iv seen with the tq.. check out the alula fligth pack here
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Old 07-12-2007, 12:18 AM   #6
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any progress??? jsut wonder if this project worked?
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Old 07-18-2007, 05:24 PM   #7
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Acutally, it did work. But while on the slope, a hawk ripped it to pieces. Pretty funny tho. lol
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BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that is funny,,, watch out game wardens arested a dude in socal for flying with a condor a mile away and busted him for harasing danger animal .. wish ya had a vid
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