Bonzo Moon

Thanks. I like cheap!

I'm not sure if I have come up with a new idea here, I've not seen it done before, but I was pleased with how well it worked. There's good news about my parachute man at the end of the video too!

My own-design, simple and easy to build foamboard F16 has a BIG brother. It's still only 200g AUW, but flew very well on it's very windy maiden a couple of days ago. There's a full build blog and parts list linked in the video description. And a link to my FREE downloadable plans.

I've done the same. 😁 Incredibly cheap and they work well. I've never had any range issues either.

You may have seen the very windy maiden of my Lidl RC 'Hunter'? Well here's the step-by-step build blog. Long video, but chapter links below and parts list is also in video description. Since the maiden I've adjusted throws a bit, increased expo and given it a bit more down and right thrust so hopefully it'll be a bit less challenging to fly next time. And less windy! Check out the maiden too.

Por is good. I use it too, but hot glue is so quick!

A few people have asked me how you take the dihedral out of a cheap Lidl foamie glider wing. Or take the bend of any epp wing! This video compares methods and shows you what I think works the best.

It was a bit breezy for a lightweight, but my conversion of a cheap Lidl foamie glider to an RC 'Hunter' finally got a maiden. 😄 It survived, though I came close to losing it at one point when I couldn't stop it climbing and the strong wind was taking it further and further away. 😳 Plus I made a really dumb mistake after breaking the prop 1st throw. First time I'd made that silly mistake in 10+ years of RC plane messing about. 😂 It'll fly even better next time after a few improvents!

Sorted the potential CG issue on my Lidl cheap foamie Hunter like rc conversion. 😊 Here's how. Maiden soon!

After 11 Lidl cheap foamie glider RC conversions I've come up with my first design intended to be a fast aerobatic plane. The Lidl RED DEVIL. And the maiden didn't disappoint (once I'd calmed my nerves down a bit! ). Quick intro to the design and then the exciting windy maiden, which it almost survived unbroken. 🤨

Now fitted a 40A . I confess I hadn't looked at the spec of the EDF! Had I done so I'd have gone bigger rating. All a good learning experience. My first venture into EDF's. 😏

There are oulets under the wing on the fusi, but maybe not big enough, and the ESC was cheap Chinese too. 🤔 As said above, I've now fitted a 40A and it's outside.

Yup. I've never had a problem with those cheap Chinese yellow jobbies before but no doubt the EDF 28A was too much for it. I've fitted a 40A now and that gets warm. It's also outside in the airflow.

My Lidl cheap foamie glider RC build no7 from a couple of years ago, my 1st EDF version, had an update, namely a thrust tube for the EDF. Did it make any difference to performance that is the question? AND another lesson learned in this great hobby that never stops giving! Two new builds coming soon, watch this space!

Thanks. I'll check that out.

I must say that has worked well on that model, but I'm not sure it'd look as good on that Hunter style of aircraft. Much smaller tail to start with? I hate launching pushers I must say, you seem to have a good method there.

Update on progress with my Lidl RC 'Hunter'. This is my no 11 cheap foamie Lidl glider RC conversion, (build blogs nearly all on my channel,) and I think I may have a little problem with this one? Need some helpful ideas please, and not just cut off the nose of the plane! Plus other work in progress at the moment.

The choice of colours for this years crop of Lidl gliders in the UK was either green, which I didn't consider very practical for an RC plane, or a very lairy pink. I went for pink but having started building a Hunter type plane I realised I couldn't live with a pink hunter, hence I came up with a way to paint it silver. Here's what I did. It appears to have worked ok. Time will tell. Build blog and maiden for my 'Hunter' will hopefully be online soon!

P.P.S Thank you Bonzo for the heads up. 👍 No worries. I've used several now and find them really good. And dead cheap! The antenna is a clip on co-ax micro plug and I've never had a problem with them. The rx is usually supplied with a heat shrink tube and once that is around it the antenna can't go anywhere! I put 3 dots on top of the shrink with a marker pen to remind me which is ch3. And one dot near the ground pin. Just an aid memoire to prevent inadvertently pushing a connector on the wrong terminal!

These are my very sophisticated tools! One big and one small.

True modeller, you are too kind! I just hack foamies up! If you open the video above in YouTube and go down to the video description, click on 'more' all the info is there. But I'll make life easy and cut and paste it here! You only need the wing outline for the foamboard which you can see on the plan and the nose is seperate. The plans are for a whole foamboard Vulcan build. I do explain it in the build blog. You can see how I joined the Lidl foam nose in my build blog here. And you can see the parts of the plan I used to get the foamboard shape. Then I split the Lidl nose so that the foamboard is sandwiched between the foam nose. This is part one video should start at 2m 54s. part two has the servos and other stuff. Build blog part one here: https://youtu.be/Ol16GD2p0PE?si=kpcyRks59HjMCSds Part two here: https://youtu.be/ZK51O83dttk?si=7m3Qev-yqJIh7J10 Part three and 1st maiden here: https://youtu.be/RJ9mzSifkys?si=f3xX30RnTvzHGjvF The article about the original foamboard Vulcan with motor spec etc. is here http://www.modelaviation.com/avrovulcan full plan here https://www.modelaviation.com/sites/default/files/Avro.pdf tiled plans here https://www.modelaviation.com/sites/default/files/Avrotile.pdf

I've made a couple of tools from stiff wire and do it just like this. .. This is my LIdl Spitfire but I use the same method on all my foamies. Dead easy! Video should open at 22m 30s

I've made a start on the scaled up 20% version. Motor on and sprayed silver. I found a paint that doesn't warp or do strange things to foamboard!

Hi mate, Yes I do! Build blog is here. Most important thing was to mount the very small circuit board from the drone horizontal as I discovered it had a very small gyro and that will affect the way it handles when you try and fly with differential thrust. It was a fun project and flew well! Build blog is here: and maiden, which went amazingly well, is here:

Just click open the video above in YouTube all the info is in the video description. Click 'more'