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Colibri F3P carbon plane by Dmitry, full building story

My friend Dmitry Starostov from Moscow developed his own design F3P carbon plane. Since Shaped carbon rod technology was available, his idea was to take this opportunity to create his own design model. So F3P Colibri Carbon was born. Some specs: Span 900mm Fuselage lenght 1040 mm AUW 43.5 gr with 130 mAh 1S battery Some materials list: Shaped carbon fiber rods 0.5 mm Standard carbon rods 0.5 and 0.28 mm Coaxial system New prototype RES-371gm, airscrews RES-15" Servos SPEKTRUM 2010 Please enjoy this build tutorial which is documented in detailed images by Dmitry. We will update this post with build progress. Also you can visit his site. Flight video https://youtu.be/af3c40ippKo Finished modelDSC01621Finished modelDSC01617Maiden...

New possibilities in rc model building with shaped carbon rod technology

Few years ago the only choice of building material was depron with some very rare exceptions (for example, Alexey Lantsov who seems never used foam for his models). According to today’s tendencies, F3P schedules get more are more complex, competitions get tougher. Model’s lightness and precision become key issues. And it doesn’t matter which class of indoor rc planes will You focus on - F3P pattern, aeromusicals or even fun flying – modellers give priority to the carbon fiber rods covered with mylar film for their models over the depron for some time already. The result of such choice is obvious - very light,...