eglinflyers

I am looking to rebuild my electric dogfighting plane but I’m not sure what path to take. My original airframe was an aerobird 3 with a brushless motor and 35amp ESC. On my last flight my right wing started to flutter when I approached the 70mph mark, it then preceded to snap off and burrier its nose in the dirt. I want an indestructible platform for the abuse it will take during combat and I think I have a solution. I'm leaning towards putting my electronics and the sonic combat module into a Zagi flying wing.

http://www.zagi.com/index.php?main_page ... 3cda144301

They look odd but are apparently bullet proof. Has anyone had experience with these airframes? Buckshot, are you running the AirCommander with your sonic module? How many club members have planes ready for combat?

Funny this post should pop up today... I just put my Spitfire back together. It's equipped with the Park Zone sonic combat module, and ready for a good Dog Fight! If the races get rained out, I'll head to the field Saturday Morning... Anyone up for a good fight?

Nevermind, the lunchbreak test flight didn't go so well. A weak battery, resulted in a stall, which led to a broken wing. Sorry guys, maybe some Hot Glue and TLC, but for now, no Dogfighting...

The Spitfire may yet live! Tim is repairing the wing for me, so I may get a chance to be shot down!

I'D RECOMMEND A WWII GWS TEXAN/FW190/OR P 40 THEY ARE SCALE WITH THE PARKZONE WARBIRDS....LOTS MORE REALISTIC THAN A ZAGI

What kind of durability do those foam warbirds have? I know a mid-air collision is not out of the question during a heated combat session. I'm more than willing to try one if I can find one that will accept my electronics and last a collision or two.

They're reasonbly tough, but not bullet proof. Mine's take a beating, and only needs a little hot glue and TLC. They aren't expensive, and are pretty easy to fix. Tim and I fought several times, and never had any mid airs. I dunno about having more than two in the air though...

I was looking at this company's F4U. From what I can tell its on the higher end of the price scale but they claim they are "crashable". Not sure if its worth the $$$

http://www.sbrcmodels.com/store/agora.c ... =currency2

Any thoughts?

It looks like an awful lot of work just to be a combat plane. You might want to look into the electrifly and parkzone models.

I'M IN

Bring me my wing, and I'll shoot you guys down! I'll bring my vinyl scraps to the next dogfight. If you bring the hot glue gun, I'll have my inverter, and we can fix foam combat planes in minutes.

Here's another option. Coroplast Spads...







"The D7 is a stitched 2mm coroplast fuse. The only foam on this one are the ribs on the upper wing, and the turtledeck."

Another SPAD option:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=211222

Wow, this one is very simple, and could be a good contender. I can get 4x8 sheets of coroplast all day long, and it looks like one would make about 3 airplanes...



http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachme ... id=1858470

Man this looks like fun!

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7438665/tm.htm