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10 Great Guides About Making RC Airplanes
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Flying an RC airplane is a lot more fun. It takes time and dedication to build a good one which makes using it a lot more rewarding. But don't be afraid, it's not that hard. You can make an RC aircraft yourself in several hours and with materials on hand. I have selected 10 of the best guides and videos which will help you. Enjoy:
1. Model airplane kits
RC Airplane World has a good intro guide about building model airplanes from kits. It explains the difference between the kits, the glues, the building process, the ARF kits, the materials, and the accessories. This guide will not instruct you how to build a specific RC aircraft. It's for beginners and is useful if you need to understand the basics first.
2. How to build a RC plane for $10
This is a very popular 2-parts video showing a scratch build foam airplane. Building this model has taken 3 days. If you are a beginner be ready to spend more. Obviously the $10 is for materials, your work does not count. The second part of the video tutorial is here. The first part is 10 minutes, the second - 3. |
3. How to Build a Great Homemade RC Airplane Really Cheap
If you like bigger RC airplanes this video is for you - this aircraft has 47" wingspan. It's made of foam and wood and cheap RC parts bought from eBay - check the description for more info. It's a really simple and nice one, well worth the 9 minutes to watch it. |
4. Foam RC Airplane
Here's another foam RC airplane from Instructables. Many of their guides are really great, with lots of details and showing the building process step-by-step. Pay attention to the comments too, some of them are very valuable.
5. RC Airplane Covering & Finishing - Make your plane look great and fly smooth
Do you want your RC airplane to look better than the average homebuilt model? This guide will show you what to do after building. From covering the fuselage and the wings to finishing and choosing the color scheme. These are not a must-do actions but they will turn your model into outstanding aircraft. Here is the guide.
6. Simple Trainer RC Plane 'Nut Ball' from Scratch
Another great piece on Instructables! This one contains just material descriptions and good pictures. As usual it's a good idea to check the user comments under the thread, they bring a lot of useful info. Some of the comments say this model is not easy to build. It looks great for sure!
7. Build a "Warp", a full-contact combat RC aircraft.
Interested in combat flying? Here you go. Another visual guide on Instructables. This one has all the steps with full details including advice on repair. The main material used again is insulation foam. Cheap and light, it's great for this type of airplanes.
8. How to build a 450-Size electric R/C Helicopter Tutorial Guide
Here is a complete 37 minutes long video guide showing how to build electric RC helicopter. This is one of the best helicopters guide on Youtube. Unfortunately it's not a scratch built one, you need to buy parts to make it. |
9. How to build a RC airplane from scratch
If you prefer building from scratch, no problem - here is one of the best videos instructing scratch builders. Note that here you have series of several parts and it may take some time to watch them all. |
10. How to Build a Cardboard RC Airplane
And here is one built from cardboard :) You see, if you have the enthusiasm you can use almost any material. The instructions aren't very detailed and the airplane doesn't look particularly cool but it's a fun idea for sure. |
These ten guides are good enough for to get you going. If you prefer to save yourself the hassle and get a ready RC aircraft, check the ones in our web store.
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User comments:
daniel at Feb, 04 '12 07:54
i have ben looking for aplane that is not hard to bild and chip . i do not have a lot of money to work with . i like the way you help pople bild planes i know itis not hart to bild them but i am new at this dan
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small private plane attorneys at Feb, 21 '12 22:59
Thanks for sharing these tips.
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