![]() Two 0.196" OD x 0.125" ID x 40" Carbon Fiber square tubes (Midwest Products) If you get your cutouts from Hooiser Cutout Service, separate them form their sheets, identify each part and lightly sand the edges with 150 grit sandpaper. Getting everything you need and prepare the cutouts. RC Flying Witch over San Diego by Otto Dieffenbach (1 min 22 sec) Please ask questions to help improve the build log. I recommend you read through the whole build log before committing yourself to this project. Cutouts of the Depron components are available from. PDF drawings for each part are provided in the second post along with a bill of materials. To solve this issue, I added a removable nose skid on the original and a retractable skid on the second and third builds. ![]() The rotation causes the broom stick to rotate downward at a high angular rate and has cracked some Depron. What is an issue is the rotation caused by the knees when they touch down. This has not caused any damage to date, just some scrapes and nicks. They are not spread apart, so he/she always tips over after landing. I did not want to erode the illusion so I put the main landing gear/wheels inside the knees. The negative of this design is the landing undercarriage. Landing speed is quite slow and with a little headwind you can land with zero ground speed. ![]() Stalls are gentle and you can almost hover in a deep stall. It has a basic rudder and elevator control setup and will turn on a dime. Anybody that can fly a trainer can fly this craft. The Broom Flyer has a low wing loading (6 oz per sqft) and is a gentle flyer. You may want to find a friend with superior build skills if you are a newcomer. This is a difficult build and should not be attempted by a newcomer to the hobby. I have included notations from my third Witch build 10-6-2015. It differs from the first build incorporating improvements from lessons learned. This build log is of my second Broom Flyer build, a Witch. She had 18 million Facebook views for the Discovery Channel and appeared at Tony Hawk's Halloween Party. ![]() She has appeared on local, National and International TV. She continues to be a crowd favorite at Air Shows and local Halloween events. I wanted to build a full size Witch since I built my mini Witch for Halloween 2012. ![]()
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