{"id":361,"date":"2021-07-09T13:50:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T17:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.nfnnet.org\/?p=361"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:46:13","slug":"adding-detail-to-a-model-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.nfnnet.org\/index.php\/2021\/07\/09\/adding-detail-to-a-model-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding detail to a model aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The AR Wing kit build is a plain old black “bat” wing, no stabilization. Just add your own receiver, battery, bind it to your transmitter and it’s ready to fly. <\/p>\n

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I had different plans for this wing.<\/p>\n

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I painted the EPO airframe with PastiDip spray. I found the Glacial White to be a pretty close match for US Navy colors, and I used Blaze Orance for the wingtips.<\/p>\n

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The graphics were made with a Silhouette Portrait 3. It is a low cost vinyl cutter that supports Linux. <\/p>\n

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This AR Wing build features a Sparky 2.0 flight controller, BN-220 GPS, 2300ma 11.1v Flight Battery, RunCam 2, and a Jumper R900 900mhz receiver with full telemetry. I modified the Sparky 2.0 firmware to support the Smartport protocol on servo connectors 5 and 6. I plan on adding a Foxer T-Rex Micro 1500TVL 6ms WDR FPV Camera, and a TBS Unify EVO VTX. <\/p>\n

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What do you think about the build ? <\/p>\n

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Here’s a video of the Maiden flight. The flight was kept short and sweet so I can check the flight logs to see if there’s any tuning required. The maiden went very well.<\/p>\n

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