milled FancyFoam Vantage build thread

[HuckinChikn]

Hey dudes! I Always love trying out the new foam that hits the market, and When Mike Hammel at Fancy Foam released My good buddy Jeremy Chinn's Vantage,
I had to give it a try!
I wanted to try to see how light I could get this one, So I milled the intire airframe
as much as I could without going through. I milled 2mm deep into the 3mm foam.
I first weighed the stack of parts to figure out the before and after weight.
Before, the foam was 50grams, and 32grams after milling. Im VERY happy with that!
Here are a few pics of the "post" milling

[hpapilot]

Looks cool! What's your equipment setup going to be? Here's my ETOC Vantage:

Vantage
Hacker A10-15S
Hacker X-5 ESC
Futaba S3154 Ailerons
Dymond D47S Elevator/Rudder
Spektrum AR6300
Dualsky 2S 300mAh 25/50C LiPo

AUW- 103 grams!

[HuckinChikn]

Thanks dude! Hey nice job at the ETOC by the way! havent seen the vids yet, but i heard you did well!
Not sure what my total weight will be yet...
My digital scale isnt working right, so i'm kinda guessing...
I'm using:
e-flite 250: 14g
Phoenix10: 6g(i have removed the heatshrink, shortened wires and soldered to motor, so it may be less, not really sure...)
Spektrum AR6100: 3.5g (case removed, now 2grams)
Futaba S3114 for ailerons: not sure of the weight...7grams maybe?
2 HobbyCity 3.6g servos for elevator and rudder.
thunder power 350mah 2S lipos with heatshrink removed(not sure of weight)

Like i said, my scale is off, but right now the finished airframe reads 42grams before the motor mount, control rods and horns.
Who knows how it will turn out I would ***** a turtle if i get it under 4oz! that would be sweet!
Ok, ok....I know, Its pink and purple....Hey its in honor of my baby girl!

[HuckinChikn]

Now i'm torn....I cant decide if i want to use the 3.7g servos and the futaba on the ailerons, Or if i should use my 2 dymond 4.7s and a JR S185 on ailerons..... AHH! help! what should i do!?!
Here are pics of the finished airframe...

[3D-Seth]

On my Vantage (my backup for my Vrolet at ETOC) I used Dymonds on the tail and a JR 185 on the ailerons.

Use what you are used to and what you like best.

My Vantage came in at 4 oz. with some minor things that could be done to save weight.

Seth

[HuckinChikn]

I think I may go with my dymonds and my s185...I love that combo. I'm also not sure how well those hobbycity servos will center, and i dont want to screw up my new plane with some servos that arent going to perform. we'll see though.

[HuckinChikn]

I decided to go with the JR s185 on the ailerons and the Dymond 4.7s on elevator and rudder. I'm pretty happy with the setup so far. it came out a little heavier than I had hoped for, but oh well, it should still fly pretty well. It is sitting at 3 3/8oz
before the battery, wich aint too bad i suppose. Here are a few pictures of
the e-flite 250 and servos....

[HuckinChikn]

Final weight isnt exacty what I had hoped for, but still pretty decent I suppose.
Before the battery, is 3 3/8oz. I'm using the thunderPower 350mah 2 cell lipos,
wich weigh around 20grams with the shrinkwrap removed.
I tried something a little different with the ailerons, wich i was told would help
the the roll control. Here are a couple pictures...
The first flight will have to wait until this week when I can find a gym that will let
me in, but I had to see how well it hovers...I bit of retardedness at the end of the video...i'm an idiot! no damage, just felt pretty stupid

YouTube - Vantage living room hover