Peter Sripol’s Ultralight
You know the RC plane legend Peter Sripol (Flite Test is good too, but This aircraft is not about him). Peter Sripol is a youtuber who makes a bunch of homemade RC planes like Flite Test, but he is best known for his homemade life size foam Biplane which runs on batteries. You can see his channel for more info, he’s awesome. Ready for the boring stuff now? Ok then. The engines and the wings are the only things not made by me, I salvaged them and “ slapped “ them on the plane. The rest of the plane I did on my own using reference photos. I replaced the wing ailerons that stick out and replaced them with air brakes which actually really help on landing. On the top of the back rudder I unintentionally placed ailerons instead of the vertical stabilizer (rudder) which was my mistake, but when I tried flying with the aileron on the rudder (which was my mistake, once again) it kept the aircraft stable instead of flipping out. INSTRUCTIONS Take off: Full throttle, use rudder to align, keep hands on yaw and roll. Flight: Autopilot not recommended, full or 90% throttle for cruise. Landing: around 30% throttle or 50% throttle, or in between, when landing, remember to flare up, it only lands when you butter, use airbrakes like flaps and right before you touch the ground release airbrakes or your plane will flip on the ground because of the brakes on the wheels. Important Note : Do not use on carriers, only USS Beast without using the catapult. Do not land on any carrier including the Beast. P.S. How do I indent? Let me know in the comments!
Specifications
Spotlights
- T8flight 5.7 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 32.9ft (10.0m)
- Length 22.2ft (6.8m)
- Height 11.3ft (3.4m)
- Empty Weight 7,371lbs (3,343kg)
- Loaded Weight 13,354lbs (6,057kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.841
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.149
- Wing Loading 49.6lbs/ft2 (242.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 269.4ft2 (25.0m2)
- Drag Points 4885
Parts
- Number of Parts 100
- Control Surfaces 10
- Performance Cost 513
What a lovely aircraft!
such an interesting guy@HowieHugs
@ICANTFLY - I know, right?! Seems impossible with batteries and tiny props, but he actually did it, even taking off and landing like butter on grass.
crazy that some dude can straight up make a plane