Let's Fly! - Blunt Nose Versa

Please keep the build videos seperate from the regular show!!!! When I am building, it is far easier to have the build video open by itself. I am constantly rewiding the video, and if I have to deal with the show at the begining of it, It will just make things frustrating when I am building!

Thanks,
Josh
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`great show keep doing these.

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Love it I'm a wing only and love low and fast, and flying with others it's cool and fun to fly fast around objects FPV and gets the blood pumping..!!
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Good show! One of the few FPV recordings I didn't find boring I wish the travel log type of FPV uploads had their own category to make it easier to skip. Some don't show the plane at all just the scenery.
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I think it might have been better if rather than it having the blunt nose, the nose extended a little bit, as it seems now that the cg has been moved forward, its going to be harder to balance the plane if you are flying with just a board camera, as the gopro ads a lot of weight to the nose. if the front was extended then getting the propper cg would have been a ton easier without needing dead weight
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Awesome! Thanks for the mention :-)
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The let's fly show format is one of my favorite format's that you guys use. The Let's fly with trappy is my favorite episode, I have watched it multiple times and showed everyone I know!

Keep up the great work!
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Soooo wait a minute. You are telling me you guys took an extremely capable design and made it even more diverse. Good thing the dollar tree just got in a shipment of foamboard. My original versa has over 50 hrs on it now. Time to retire it and build a "super versa". Great work guys!
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I love the format, gives us guys something to watch. If we have bad weather or maybe waiting on parts we can watch and enjoy something through you guys. So please make these a bi-weekly sort of thing. I do wish you took a few seconds to tell is what motors/FPV setup you were running.
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awesome vid guys. love the fly with me. best fpv flight format i've seen yet. you've got all the elements i've been wanting to see in one go. in particular the switching of the views from one bird to the next. keeps things from getting boring. scenery shots are great, but i always want to see at least some shots of the wing or rotor as well. i'm liking the build at the end, but i to would like to see the build vid seperate so it's easy to find. only solution i can think of atm is to somehow separate the two and have the second vid autoplay so your not doubling up your vids/storage but i can only think of the playlist feature on youtube to do that since your not hosting your own server, but that's added complexity to your youtube root unless you constantly add to one playlist. haven't tried that so i don't know if any of those ideas are feasible. i used to run my own server in the way back, so i don't really know about hosted solutions. you may have given me yet something else to investigate now that i finally have a mobius and getting a couple birds almost ready to stretch their wings. rock on FT!
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Can we get the plans in a Non-Tiled format please
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Watched a second time this morning --great editing ---who 's going to film with tri copter when David leaves fantastic how he kept the planes in view- backwards! comon. This would be the only reason for me to go FPV. Oh yea sitting down -- cool! Next you'll be in the house flying on the big screen with air conditioning and antennas on the roof.
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how about a wooden camera box?
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i just got back it form testing my own wing and all it does is fly a couple of feet then nose wright into the ground so i am going to build the versa
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Great episode. Love the new way, keep it like that. 5 stars ;D
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Please review that Carbon-Z cub that you have there in the background. Please, Please, Please, Please.
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I just flew mine and it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just can't weight to put my fpv gear on it
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I just built and flew mine today. It flew amazing!!!! The extra storage is a must have for the versa if you want your battery to fit inside for the nice clean look.
Everything I wanted.
>Easy and fast build.
>20 min fpv flight with a 3300 mah.
>Something that would fit in my car rtf.
>Fast and Stable.
Thanks for the great plans!!!!
ps
I like the new format! I guess people don't know about that "seek thing" at the bottom of the video!!
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I made an untiled version that is available here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8762676/Versa%20blunt%20nose%20untiled.pdf

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I've built and flown a couple Versa's already in tractor and pusher. I love the pusher, but didn't find any great way to put a 2200 lipo in it. Thanks for making a great plane even better FliteTest. I started building my blunt nose last night. Hope to maiden it this weekend.
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What is the giant wing in the background!?!?!?!?
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Does anyone know the overall weight of this wing? with or without battery, it would be really helpful,
Thanks
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The Spacetaxi rocked!
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Guys, I have to say.... There is one thing wrong with this episode.
I'll have to get back to you when I figure out what that one thing is :p

Another awesome show y'all! Thanks for sharing the fun.

Frank
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Is it just me or is this bird very tail heavy? Granted I have a decent size motor on it (Model: NTM Prop Drive Series 2836 1800v Weight: 84g) but I have had to add a heap of lead up front. Thinking of modifying it further to move the motor further forward into the wing by removing some length from the rear of the wing.

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Would you please post a non tiled version of the plans for this modification?

Thanks in advance
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Just spent the weekend flying the standard FT versa , very windy --no problems! Cut out two more for friends and they will be covered with vinyl but am concerned about tail heavy. I used a reversed power pod and am thinking about a FT f22 type nose to balance. Has anyone tried it?
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I wish they would spend more time and show them adding weight to balance as some people are trying to fly them tail heavy. I had to add 4 oz in front of the battery then it flew like a pussycat. A good third plane.
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As always, The quality of your your video's and build are surpassed by none! Josh does an amazing job on the builds!

However, I prefer the old video layout.. Build separate from the other stuff. Also the word "Build" put in the title like the other videos.

Flite test is the best thing to happen to RC flight!! Keep up the good work!
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After I saw this video I printed the tile plans and set to work.
Cut & taped the plans Friday night, built late into the evening, setup the gear on Saturday and flew on Sunday. http://youtu.be/dM8VadNXtGI

I have one suggestion. I noticed the wing is showing the effect of my hand tosses. Were I grab on to. Now I'm wearing gloves since it is -17 but when I build my next wing I might add some extra foam spars in the "grip" area to help with this.

As always you guys are amazing.

I was very reluctant to make a wing due to the rear prop setup but after seeing this video I was so impressed. I can't wait to go FPV flying this weekend.

Cheers.
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separate videos same article sounds god to be I actually like it anyway you do it.

I had suggested before you just have a tab for the pdf plans and then when you select the the plane there would be a linkto the review as well as the build video and a direct link to the forum. one stop and you have access to al the info youll ever need for all the ft planes.

thanks for all your work I love you planes and builds and all the info you provide. just amazing
thanks flitetest.
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like the format! please add info or mark to video where the building instructions are for later reference

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How about some full size plans?
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Three words... Blunt nose KRAKEN

Consider it a challenge. I would personally love to see something like that.
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Just put one together, moved the CG 5mm closer to the nose, and it flew very well! Thanks for such an awesome plan FT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vyMZvyLe-E
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Great show. I have an as yet unbuilt HK Bonsai and I was wondering if it might benefit from the blunt nosed treatment for FPV? What do people think?
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hello!
I send you this message from france.
My blunt nose versa wing is quite ready to fly.
I downloaded the plans. Great stuff !
The time has come to put a motor on it, but the instructions on the plan are not very clear. How many power? I plan to 150W. Is it OK?
How do i set the ailerons reflex on neutral position? slightly up?
Great thanks for your job.
Nicolas
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great job I am looking forward to building one myself.
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dear Flite Test,
could you apply this too the kraken?
if so it would be amazing!
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what size popsicle stick did you use?
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I liked the "Lets Fly" format. i'm not even started flying yet - there are so many numbers and acronyms. it would really help if you put in sub-titles occasionally. or at the end.. so when you say "xb200 motor" (or what ever) that is printed on bottom of screen. then one doesn't have to scrub back and forth to find the part where you say a part name - one can see the subtitles appear in the the previews as i scroll through. somewhere you said "you can even put in a POR in here" did i hear that right? what's a POR? a quick subtitle for acronyms would help the noobs like me.
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Wow guys you made my week ...! I've spent all winter wondering what wing to built and in the back of my mind was how well the versa I built last summer flew and wished there was a blunt nose version cause it was to tight for fpv gear and there it is.... Awesome .....!

I also made a discovery there is a store called Omer de serre in Montreal, Qc, Canada and they stock black foam board 32"x40"x 3/16" super nice stuff $8 a sheet it stiff easy to work with, does dent or crease as easy the best stuff we can get up here in Cunuck land, since we can't get depron.

You can see the wing progress here --> https://plus.google.com/photos/106651899791066404508/albums/6000991391201011713?authkey=CKj8h-T8m-XVJA

Thanks again
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I added 1/4" dihedral on each wing tips. Very stable, love it. I've build a few of these, the regular and the stub nose. It a great flying design. They turn out better and better every time I build one.
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I'm flying a 24 amp motor on mine. A 2200-2600 lipo seems to be the sweet spot for this design. The 3000 battery uses more throttle and lasts about the same amount of time.
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Okay. I built my FT Versa with the Blunt Nose conversion. I had a few growing pains as I went through but all in all it went together smooth. Got it ready to fly and found that the blunt section was too long. I trimmed it and tried to use the COG marks. It would not balance but it passed the glide test. My hardware was a Grayson Hobbies v2 park jet motor with a 6x4 prop, 30 amp ESC, orx receiver, HK white 9gram servos mounted to top (inside) of wing., and a 3000 math lipo. All it wanted to do was roll and twist. I couldn't get it to fly level on either axis. Roll was obviously a physical adjustment but the dodgy elevator seemed to be more than that. I had the rates waayyy down ...like 20% or so. Typically when a plane...especially a wing is nose heavy it flips backwards. This guy would go either way you pushed the stick. Also, with the power down to half throttle it was easier to handle.....but still not anywhere near good. Any ideas? Is COG normally a struggle?
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Alright so I did this build and I have a ntm prop drive 28-26 1200 kv motor pushed as far forward on the wing as possible and even with two 2200mah batteries in the nose I'm still tail heavy. Any suggestions
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