Good afternoon, dear aircraft modellers. Today I want to tell you about mirages.
No, I’m not going to tell you about this atmospheric phenomenon, or about the Mirage foreign aircraft,
I want to tell you about the models under this name, which gave his offspring an aircraft modeller from the city of Vladikavkaz.
The author of these models was carried away by impeller models More recently, for the first model, I bought a 50 mm impeller. The thrust of this impeller turned out to be too small, and the author hid the impeller until “better times”.
"Better times" came, and the author decided to create a model specifically for this impeller.
Impeller - 50 mm. 4800.
After making a few sketches, the author came up with the appearance of the model and its design,
The model is assembled from one layer of ceiling tile - 5 mm. and for the fuselage we used Penoplex insulation - 30 mm.
This is a view of the model.
And this is its size.
The dimensions of the tail.
The entire model is reinforced with wooden, student rulers.
At the front of the fuselage is glued plywood 25 X 35 mm. for mounting the front chassis.
Sizes of the nose of the model.
View of the ducts. Impellers are fixed with epoxy.
Bottom on the ducts mounted chassis.
The model is resting after a successful flight.
Video flight.
Appetite grows with food - it says folk wisdom.
The author decided to buy a more powerful impeller.
Of course, the impeller models very favorably differ from the screw counterparts in both the soundtrack and the flight itself, more similar to the flight of a real jet plane.
The author decided to create a more impressive model. The impeller bought this one - 5 blades and with an engine - 2815 - 3500Kv.
So the Mirage-2 model appeared.
This is also a completely authorial work, as the author said: -
“I took the form and contours from the ceiling”
Span - 900 mm.
Structurally, the model is made as well as the previous model. The ceiling is in two layers, the fuselage of the Penoplex insulation.
The wing is reinforced with wooden rulers.
So the author showed us the size of the model.
For the installation of the impeller, the construction of wooden rulers was made.
The impeller closes the hood.
All electronics located in the fuselage.
Servos installed.
Chassis mounted.
This is how the finished model looks.
Video flight.
After the first flight, I had to repair the front of the fuselage a bit and tint it with red paint.
Repeated flight.
And the author did not stop there. I decided to create an even more solid model, with two impellers.
So there was Mirage-3.
For this model, such impellers were purchased - 5 blades of 62.2 mm.
And these are motors for them - 2815 3500 kv.
And again, the decision not to make a copy is to create a model for your own project.
The fuselage was made according to the already worked out scheme from the Penoplex insulation only this time with a thickness of 20 mm.
The wing is made profile, flat-convex. 28 mm thick.
The author showed the main dimensions of the model.
The author modified the impellers a bit, made a “lip” and nozzles.
Mounting impellers on the model.
Clamps for mounting impellers are made of tin.
The model is ready.
A small video.
Span - 1160 mm.
Length - 900mm.
Battery - 3S
Regulators - 20 A.
This is all I managed to learn about Mirages from Vladikavkaz. In my opinion, the models were first-class. Dear friends, build such models, you will not regret it ”
However, goodbye. Your valerian.