12 gram Aito Bi-Plane
 
 

 

 

This is just preliminary ramblings on what might work.

  I'm sure I can come up with something more expensive.

At this point I don't know if the RX & servos can run off 1 LiPo cell plus I don't know if the muscle wire servos will have enough power

Plane:

12.6 gram Aito Bi-Plane.

List of possible motors to power it with:

The Mighty Midget 13/3/12T Gold Series is the hotter wind of the two 1-cell 13mm stator motors. It weighs just 5.2 gms bare. With a GWS 5x3 it develops 51g of thrust and pulls 1.77 amps. With a 6x3 prop it develops 61g of thrust and pulls 2.29 amps (see BL performance page for complete performance specs). With a 5x3 prop its amp draw is well suited to the E-Tec 250mAh. With a 6x3 prop the higher amp draw will result in shorter flight times unless a larger capacity cell is used. The motor comes with our 3-pin connectors installed to match our YGE4-BL controllers for a plug and play solution, but can also be used with the Micro Invent MBC2-BL 1-cell controller if you solder the corresponding plug on the controller. Use either our BSD or Mighty Midget BL motor mounts and either our BSD press-fit 1.5mm shaft GWS prop adapters or the Mighty Midget collet type prop adapters. Motor mount, prop, and prop adapter must be purchased separately.
Price: $75.00  From Bob Selman's Designs  http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/
 

List of possible ESC's:

Heino Jung's YGE4-BL "ESC". 1 to 3 LiPo cells. 4 amps max motor current. Weight is 2.1 grams w/connectors. It comes with a JST plug to work with the JMP servo RX and others RXs using JST plugs (the wires might have to switched for some other brands). It comes with our 2-pin polarized plug for the battery connection, and our 3-pin plug for use with the brushless motors Additional polarized plugs and 3-pin plugs are available on the Misc Electronics page.
Price: $59.00  From Bob Selman's Designs  http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/

 

 

Projected weight:  ???

Plane                                12.6 grams                                            25.00   plus shipping

Outrunner                           5.2 grams                                             75.00   plus shipping                                

ESC                                   2.1 gram                                               59.00   plus shipping

Muscle wire Servos (3)    2.4 grams                                           102.00   plus shipping

Nanolite RX                       2   grams                                             33.99   plus shipping

1 cell 300 mah LiPo         7.6 grams                                              3.17    plus shipping

glue & wires                      2    grams?                                           25.00   plus shipping                                

                                         33.8 gram total                                      323.00                            

with 61grams of thrust?                                                               40.00  est.  shipping

                                                                                                     363.00 Total cost of plane

 

$10.74 per gram of airplane.

 

Info that shows projected weight completely wrong:

 

       It looks to me like their total flying weight might be 12.3 grams in the picture of the plane on the scale at the top of the page.  I thought that was just the weight of the foam!  The projected is just using some of the lighter stuff that I personally know of but maybe it's not near light enough.

 

       I see that on the start of the video it says 13.5 grams.  "I'm conflicted!" 

  
 

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