Bonzo Moon

Ah I see. 😀 You really are into micro's then!

Weight is absolutely nothing! It's 100g all up weight with 200mA 2s. One tiny little BEC, two brushed motor esc's, 2 x 2g servos, 4 x 8520 brushed motors, FS2A rx Go for it!

Yes, doesn't work with brushless, I also tried it in a twin I built. As you say confuses the timing. Needs two esc's and two channels, and the good thing about that is you can set up differential thrust!

Interesting, I've been messing about with a mini Lidl and a rechargeable motor from a foamie biplane free flight cheapie. But only as free flight. As you say, thrust angle is the hard part to get right. I discovered that when I built a pusher version of the standard size Lidl glider. The advice online didn't work and thrust line had to be much higher than suggested. Yours is higher still! Re the small gliders, I guess you haven't seen my 4 motor version that I have finally sorted? 100g AUW, 200mA 2s and loads of flight time. 3A BEC, 2 brushed ESC's

After failing twice, I finally found a way to get my 4 motor Mini Lidl cheap foamie RC conversion flying properly. One idea was probably a bit obvious, but I hadn't heard of anyone trying the second idea I came up with, but it worked!

Thanks for the very kind comments folks!

They are just so good for experimenting with. And dead cheap, plus easily repairable with a hot glue gun. Must say though after 15 or 16 RC conversions of the full size one, and 6 small ones, I'm running out of ideas now. Just a small point I wonder what the ratio of children to modellers of a certain age is buying these from Lidl. I'd bet mostly adults! 😁

My Lidl Easy Rider Trainer is now finished. It's my no 16 big Lidl build, my first high wing design and it flies like a dream. Quick build blog here, and full maiden is linked at the end. Didn't take long to build, trickiest part is hot glueing the top wing on and getting if lined up in 3 planes, but you have time to position it as the glue sets. The intention was zero zero with the slot in the fusi. It's my first green Lidl, this years colour, though I wouldn't recommend green for a beginner plane as it's not very easy to spot when you accidentally put it in the bushes! (Crash 😉) https://youtu.be/axYfrE_D830?si=LFTsUdEqP9AWHevG

Unveiling my latest RC Lidl conversion coming soon. After 15 of the big Lidl builds, my first high wing conversion! A proper Lidl trainer. Full video build blog with test flights coming soon.

Someone asked me on YouTube for an update on my efforts to turn a Lidl cheap foamie and a Bixler into FPV machines and start FPV flying, so here it is! Plus a couple of lessons learned and mistakes I've made on the way. In particular, the perils of choosing the wrong kind of connectors. I'm now a whisker away from fixed wing FPV flying!

I guess I like the challenge, plus you learn a lot. Very satisfying when you get a result too! Was pushing it a bit with 4 brushed motors on a small 1s , though since I've put that 600mA 1s through a few charge cycles in my tests it has improved a lot.

I'll give you a clue. Video will start at the clue 😉

😏 Did you actually watch the video? 🙄 What do you think? A plane where the ailerons move as you open the throttle. Is that normal?

A while back I built a mini-Lidl cheap foamie 4 motor plane with the idea of using differential thrust for yaw control instead of ailerons. It was a fail. Converted it to aileron, but it was still uncontrollable. The flight tests are here. And no, it wasn't a mix on my TX , and CG was OK. 😉 I was very surprised when my tests later revealed a problem I'd never seen before! But no surprise why it was such a pig to fly though. A bit of a lesson here.

Test glide was OK, but it was a bit nose heavy. That, plus very gusty wind didn't help. I re-glued the wing and did a quick test in my garden and after a little trimming it flew straight and level. Need a good light wind day for a proper test! 😏