Mini Lidl Foam glider RC conversion with FULL PARTS LIST. See the maiden linked at the end!
£4.99 in Lidl and £5.99 in my local RC shop. This is how I converted it into a great little park flyer and my total cost including plane was about £35. Difficult part is power to weight and fitting the electronics into such a small space? It can be done! My video shows my design process and very detailed step-by-step building of a very small RC plane. Prices have gone up in the last couple of months so may be a bit more now but still a very cheap RC plane!
Full parts list below.
00:00 Introduction
30:49 Jump to Summary
or all chapters here:
00:00 Introduction
00:27 Components I plan to use and their weight and basic plan
02:41 Hollowing out the body
03:16 First remove canopy and counterweight
04:35 It's hollowed out and my tool
05:21 How will I fit ailerons? I servo or two?
05:56 I use one servo!
07:12 Cutting the ailerons
13:21 Test and centre servo before installing - Servo testers
14:52 This is how centre servo is intended to work
15:31 So how can I make an elevator for this?
19:12 Elevator sorted apart from servo.
20:24 Fitting BR1104 brushless motor - first step a small bulkhead
23:45 Motor step 2, gluing in position - but before that ...
24:12 ... test components before fitting - TOP TIP
26:09 Motor glued on.
26:26 And how to reverse direction on a brushless motor
26:33 Electrics and the Lipo I will use. 200mA 2s
27:10 How I make operating levers for ailerons.
28:04 Servo for ailerons installed and ailerons connected
28:48 Deciding location for elevator servo.
30:11 All up weight now!
30:50 Running and first summary
31:58 Closer look at electrics installation
32:24 The final stages of the build
33:30 Receiver installation
35:03 Elevator servo fitted and attached and winding up summary!
Parts:
Mini Lidl glider £6.79 at this time https://amzn.to/3kwTR14
Mini receiver £7.65 https://www.banggood.com/custlink/3D3...
BR1104 Brushless motor £5.11 https://www.banggood.com/custlink/vKG...
3020 propeller about £5 with post https://wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/88561...
3.7 gms servo £5.35 each https://www.banggood.com/custlink/mDK...
200mA 2s lipo My local shop it was £5. shop around. Google!
10 amp brushless esc - this one looks OK, you may need to search £12 with delivery
Search e bay 'Hornet 12a ESC Brushless Motor Plane Speed Controller RC 12 Amp' UK Seller 10a
plus you need small wire for control surface links, bullet connectors, heat shrink ...