rc foam plane ( in progress )
I am making a rc plane with a esp32 and espnow but i am still deciding on the motor and steering setup any ideas i with thinking light as possible but most performance so was gonna have 2 rc motors on each wing for lighter steering and have them controlled separately
Left motor only = turns right
Right motor only = turns left
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Unknown User•11mo ago
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Real 😭😭😭
Idek which motors to buy yet
Im just trying to do a budget build
And light as possible
This is the current parts list btw guys
Still gotta figure out which battery plus motor if u can help me out pls do 😭
@SwiftVengeance
New current parts list
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Which battery should i buy first 😭
Oh u linked it lol
Not available to buy in uk
How will 2 motors a gyro esp32 all run of 3.7v and fly well 😭
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On the battery u linked
I see it for a split second
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Oh 😭
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Jst connecter?
Then when charged jst to usb-c?
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Oh
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Yh ik
Unknown User•11mo ago
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But how do i power my plane?
If its not usb c
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Which is jst
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Jst to usb c
Unknown User•11mo ago
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For esp32
Unknown User•11mo ago
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How do i do it then
Regulator?
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Ohhhh
That can handle 7.4v?
Dayum
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What abt the motors
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Where is the regulator
Unknown User•11mo ago
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No i mean how do i power it
Unknown User•11mo ago
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The motors
Unknown User•11mo ago
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But only 3.3v?
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Esp32
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Yh
Esp32 -> motor driver -> motor
OHHHH
Unknown User•11mo ago
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u put the motor driver into 7.4
And then its like a relay
Unknown User•11mo ago
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When it gets voltage from esp32 it flows
I get it now
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Yhyh
Will this work
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Lemme look again
How much run time will i get from 1500mah
Unknown User•11mo ago
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What motors am i getting 😭😭😭
Unknown User•11mo ago
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How small
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How many of those
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They dont look very strong and i would be overvolting x2 its reccomended input
😂😂😂
Unknown User•11mo ago
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But i want maximum power
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By?
Unknown User•11mo ago
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7.4v with a 3.7v motor sounds like a boom waiting to happen
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I want max power tho
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I could max run them at 5v
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Yup
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I aint got that power😭
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Nice
I cant find those motors now ffs 😭😭 @SwiftVengeance
Theres these? Just gotta buy the props
They weigh the same as the plane itself 💀💀💀
Maybe not
Its nearly 2am im tired ima log off for tonight
Just text here if u got any ideas or anything parts i should buy ect
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Ive decided ima buy all the other components see what it all weighs and then buy the motors so i can calculate thrust
Then just add the motors weight on top
Unknown User•11mo ago
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Guys
I might turn this project off for a whilw
The price is adding up rlly fast and i aint got this type of money rn
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£20
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Esp32 £5
Battery + charger ~£7
Motors £4
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Other stuff motor controller and other sensors £4
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I have none
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I forgot its was the wroom 32 i think
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Ya
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Oh
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Too expensive i want to pay max 15 on the parts
@SwiftVengeance couldnt i use vape batterys?
Unknown User•9mo ago
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I aint using servos
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Im gonna have motors on the wing and have them connected separately so i can then to turn left i give the right wing less power so it leans right and vice versa
Left -> right right -> left
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Why
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Ruler pencil level
And its only smth to do cuz im bored
So idc tbh if its not gonna be that good
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Why
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Why
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Which are?
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Ik
Its not meant to be anything good 😭
Just a small project cuz im bored asf
I might add a small antenna onto the top or on the back
And anyway im only buying the motors first then ima test how much thrust they have
If they have a reasonable amount ill carry on with the build
I want atleast 250-400g
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Cba
I might make one in the future
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Ye
Then if they do ill buy the rest of the parts
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Ima use vape batteries cuz there free i find vape on the floor smash remove battery and solder them
Ima buy small ones and overvolt them
And have lots of small ones
2 on each wing
Then maybe one strong one on the front
Idk the confog ima use yet
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Then use the wing motors to steer
Cuz i dont wanna use servos cuz i aint smart enough for that
Ima make one after
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Ik
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Cuz i wanna 😭
Im bored asf
Its not gonna be anything great and ik it wont
I just wanna do it cuz im bored
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Im good
Anyways i gotta go somewhere so I’ll speak in a lik bit
Im back
@PenPengu
I have these on hand
Gonna get a pic now
And a 3.7v 400mah battery
I could use for the remote
Ive also got a charging module from a powerbank
@PenPengu
Unknown User•9mo ago
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And im getting these parts
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Im not using servos btw
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Apparently it wont work
Unknown User•9mo ago
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I can reduce the planes weight to abt 35g as there are weights in the front which i could substitute for parts for the plane
So should i have a potentiometer for speed and a joystick for acceleration deceleration left right
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Whats a pid loop
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Idk if im gonna have 4 small motors as a whole or 4 small motors for steering and one big motor for the soerd
Ima try google
It kinda helped
Or i might have 2 joysticks one for each wing motor and then a potentiometer for the main front motoe
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Idk which motor to buy tho i wsnt it cheap as possible
I was gonna try incorporate a gyro
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Do u think vape batterys will work for the plane
Or no 😭
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Should i buy a small antenna for the controller and plane
There abt 400mah
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Where would i but the antenna on the plane?
If u know
Im thinking on the back
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Where my finger is?
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Ill do that then
Unknown User•9mo ago
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I was thinking this
Lemme get the pic
Unknown User•9mo ago
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That gonna be ok?
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Ye ill get a ipex to sma
Adoater
Should i have one or 2 antennas?
On the plane
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Oh yeah
😭
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Ye no thanks
1 it is
It comes with 2 so one for controller one for plane
Should i get a gps/gyro?
Or will that make things harder to code
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Cuz i cannot code to save my life
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Im hoping somebody can help me code
Cuz im the opposite of a good coder
I was gonna get rlly advanced and put a screen on my controller with a speedometer on the plane 😭 to read me my speed
But i think thats too advanced
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Wym
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Im 13…
Unknown User•9mo ago
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I aint paying 60+ quid for something im never gonna ise
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This is just something to cure my life long boredom
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Ye my first coding project
And i might make a rc car
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Or upgrade a existing one better controls faster ect
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True
I would only upgrade one
Not make one
Thats out if my brainpower
And i was gonna make the plane and make the esp32 hot swappable to put in the car
Then just upload the code
@PenPengu would you be able to assist in coding?
Unknown User•9mo ago
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Ok thanks
Which gyro should i get?
?
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Alr
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I found this vape battery today @PenPengu
Ima solder some jumper cables to it soon and wire it to a powerbank charging module
It already had wires but i accidentally ripped on off 😭
@Matt
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Unknown User•8mo ago
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I wont solder to the terminals ill just get some solder on my iron tip and drop it on there with a jumper wire
Then i also got this one
2000mah 3.7v 7.4wh
And these
I have lots tbh
I might not get a gyro
Cuz i still need to buy motors which are gonna be semi expensive which will take the budget
And will make coding easier
Unknown User•8mo ago
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Use what?
The batterys?
@Matt
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For the plane
For power
Ima try find another vape battery solder em so its 7 ish volts then buy a motot
Motor
You never solder to battery's. Het a bat holder.
Im 13
Its a vape battery i found on a park
None of that stops fires.
Fire starts.... MUHA HA HA. FEED ME..
@Scrumdiddle "hey fire... I'm only 13yo.."
fire " oh my bad. I thought u was older, I will just leave..."
🤦🏽♂️
How can i solder it them?
You can't. That's why i use a battery holder.
Unknown User•8mo ago
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U think i have a spot welder??
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@Nick
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How did u make ur thingy
The power supply thing
Unknown User•8mo ago
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How is it initally powered?
18650 or smth?
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Ohhhhh
Nice
@PenPengu
I got 4 vape batterys now
2 small ones i think 800mah one medium idk the mah and one big one which is like 1000 smth mah
Lovely collection
@PenPengu
I might mod a drone instead
Unknown User•7mo ago
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I never got round to doing it
Cuz of cost time school ect
ah'
I might buy one if these tbh itll make things easier i might finally build this
@DeltonAdams_YT
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Just read up u will get this jist
Unknown User•2mo ago
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Yeah
I aint got the batterys no more tho
Idk how im gonna do it at all
I need light weight high thrust
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Alr
@dapoliceisoncrack u free?
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Alr bro
I could even use one if these
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Hmm
Im just thinking small form factor
I think they weigh like 5g but a regular size esp32 is like 40g
And bigger
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I was thinking espnow
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Or WiFi
Hmm
I also need a small motor thats like 1-3s lipo thats high thrust
I was looking at these
There 1/2s lipo and weigh 3 grams
Unknown User•2mo ago
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Then ill get a medium and big propeller
Maybe small medium big
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One sec
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You can get these in small sizes
Not sure how small you can get
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The shaft is 1.5mm
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I was gonna use smaller motors on the wing
Instead of servos
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