Coreflute R/C Biplane

Im a tinkerer and a thinkerer and i cant ever stop working with my hands!

So i've been amazed by R/C since i was little and could never sum up the courage to tinker with aircraft.......So one day I bit the bullet and bought a trainer and havn't looked back!!

I absolutley love R/C aircraft and my current flier is a x-83 flyjet pushing 120km/p +

I've made this instructable to share how easy and cost effective it is to create something fly worthy and most importantly EASY!

LETS GO!!!!

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Step 1: Materials

Soooo, this Biplane is constructed soley out of Coreflute and Hot Glue,

here a breif list,

-600x1000 3mm Sheet of Coreflute (any colour)

-Hot glue gun and glue sticks

-hobby knife/card board cutters

-patience

-creativity

-3 x 5g servos

-servo wire x 2

-motor and propeller (choose your own)

-reciever (again choose your own, i run spektrum)

thats pretty much it!, everythign else finiky you will have in your workshop!

robbo5121 (author) says: May 13, 2012. 5:55 PM

guys thanksyou so muhc for all the support and comments, the battery is a 1000ma 2 cell LIPO, all the servos were $2 USD from hobbyking, the receiver is a spektrum but you can use a orange RX from hobbyking as well which is only $9 USD

Bunnings in Austrlia sell coreflute and im in the process of building nother model, ill upload later today,

My power supply or ESC is a hobbyking ESC and was only $6 USD as well as a $6 USD motor,

KEEP BUILDING!

ROBBO

cluiminhopper says: Oct 15, 2012. 2:42 AM

Im in the process of building this biplane, my first attempt at anything RC. On step 7 you use an aileron horn out on the wing and I was wondering what that certain horn is called. Cant seem to find it anywhere. If you can help would appreciate it very much. Micheal

robbo5121 (author) in reply to cluiminhopperOct 15, 2012. 6:24 AM

hey mate, let me know how the biplane goes, look on the net for either , "horn/hinge/clevis" anyone of those 3, also dont get too hung up about the part, try cutting a soda can into a 1cm wide strip and doubling it over, then pierce a small hole and hot glue that on as the horn,

or try http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__122__58__Hardware_accessories_-Horn_Hinge_Clevis.html

cluiminhopper says: Oct 15, 2012. 8:01 AM

Thanks for the reply robbo. Its early days but Ive learned so much about RC since starting the build. Whether it flies I dont know. I'll try and upload a pic.

oldmechanic says: Jul 3, 2012. 6:05 AM

awesome! you could fit a small camera to it, and it will become a spyplane! heres one:
http://www.robotshop.com/sfe-cmos-camera-1300-1040-1.html

ppanchal1 says: May 18, 2012. 8:07 AM

you've misspelled brief

Shubhuda says: May 17, 2012. 8:15 PM

nice project...........

sconner1 says: May 16, 2012. 8:55 PM

What's your battery?
Landing gear?

robinb66 says: May 14, 2012. 10:05 AM

probably going to try a coroplast astrohog but i use cox nitro 1/2 a engines myself so body will have to be completely enclosed forpreservation of the radio gear from the exhaust. But seems like a good way to do half a flying!!!

udlee says: May 13, 2012. 8:36 AM

Hey robbo,
I can't find the power supply that you used.

sarubin in reply to udleeMay 13, 2012. 3:52 PM

If you have the receiver, if you have the transmitter, if you have the servos, if you have the motor, if you have the battery pack, then the cost is minimal. Otherwise...

White_Wolf in reply to udleeMay 13, 2012. 10:18 AM

Here is a good start.
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=5358

udlee in reply to White_WolfMay 13, 2012. 3:41 PM

Hey White_Wolf,
Thanks for the reply. Sorry I didn't make myself clear. I was referring to the battery that robbo used.
I'll be interested in how your plane flies. Good Luck
I think I found the material that robbo used for his plane. Go to Home Depot site and search for corrugated plastic.

buteomont says: May 13, 2012. 6:19 AM

Awesome! My only problem is finding a good source for the coreflute.

hilojohn in reply to buteomontMay 13, 2012. 3:50 PM

If you live in an area like mine there are election signs everywhere..... Over half of them are made of coroplast, it is used for all kinds of signs so if you see someone taking them down after an election they will usually give you some if you ask them. I personally use the foam board from dollar general, and I found out by accident that the paper on the outside will come off rather easily.

Good luck in your endeavors.

Bosun Rick in reply to buteomontMay 13, 2012. 6:47 AM

It looks to be a corrogated plastic material. In the USA it is sometimes called 'corro-plast'. You should be able to find it thru a sign shop, or 'home center' like Lowes, Home Depot, Mennards, etc. in the form of garage sale signs.

ROBBO: What about the landing gear?

dabooge in reply to Bosun RickMay 13, 2012. 12:53 PM

In Canada, Home depot sells 4'x8' coroplast sheets for $20. I have a sign shop and I get them as low as 8 bucks from my supplier. A Plastic supplier may be the cheapest supplier to Joe Public. Last time I checked it was 12 at a plastic supply outlet.

arduinoprojects2011 says: May 13, 2012. 2:12 PM

Cool project!

Is there any movie of this plane taking of or in the air?

I never made a plane before, maybe a good start here!

arduinoprojects2011 says: May 13, 2012. 2:11 PM

Great and amazing! Is there any move about the plane flying?

Maybe it is a project for in my vacation!!! :D

Slinkytreekreeper says: May 13, 2012. 11:45 AM

Do you or can you do any video of this flying please.

Even a 30 seconds on a cameraphone uploaded to youtube would really help.

Thanks for the ible

White_Wolf says: May 13, 2012. 9:17 AM

I'm in the proses of building my first scratch build. I'm using Dollar Tree ready foam board for mine.Heres a picture of where I'm at. The wing is a prototype that I was testing but is the same size as the one I will make for this fuse. 30" wingspan.