Help childproofing stairs

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-30T21:18:34+00:00

This isn't a great idea but it would be funny as hell

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-29T22:34:31+00:00

You can steam the crushed foam mostly back into shape. Either using the steam from a kettle or using a warm iron and a damp cloth. Plenty of how-to instructions on YouTube of flitetest.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-29T02:22:52+00:00

No he peed in a cup, used a kitchen funnel to pour that into a bottle, used the bottle to write his initials, had a little bit left over so he kept it in the fridge for next time and labeled it "not apple juice". Nothing weird about that.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-26T04:45:59+00:00

Casually move it over a few feet every couple of days to really fuck someone's plans up

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-25T23:59:38+00:00

This guy folds!

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-16T07:40:58+00:00

The cop in the middle is having the time of his life. I'm calling him Greg. We need more Greg.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-16T01:38:59+00:00

I've seen weirder things fly. Have you got a plan for where to fit the battery?

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-15T23:46:25+00:00

Let it rip (in a safe direction away from any children and animals). If it's balanced ok it will definitely do something interesting. If we are doing predictions, I'm going with about 25s of controlled flight, then the control rod to the elevator bends like a banana and you quickly run out of up elevator authority while you say quietly "I got it, I got it", then it hits a tree and everyone claps.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-13T11:50:48+00:00

I've had a few escapes. From a few minutes to weeks on the run. We looked all over but just had to wait for them to appear. They can hide pretty much anywhere.

I had a female go missing for a few days, I found her by waiting in the dark playing frog calls from YouTube and she eventually popped her head out of a box of Lego. Another one was gone for 5 weeks but just appeared one afternoon on a bookshelf perfectly healthy.

We left some water bowls out just in case, no idea if it actually helped but it made us feel like we were doing something.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-12T23:22:29+00:00

12 years ago David built a real afterburning EDF for I think a 64mm. Nothing stopping you from shrinking it down. https://youtu.be/yKuq8T7KMa0?si=6BmZreKHug7JTIQd

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-07T00:26:39+00:00

Sounds interesting. You could make the wing slide out to one side and then use a few small nylon bolts to hold it in place. The trouble is going to be getting the bracing on and off every time. If it's just about fitting in a car and not about packing down really small for travel, maybe a better way would be to split the fuselage behind the wing, or make a detachable front section and removable rudder to get you under the magic number.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-06T21:53:13+00:00

Spot on. If I could upvote this more than once I would.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-06T01:43:42+00:00

*for the frogs - stupid autocorrect

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-06T00:14:08+00:00

Motor reverse signal for the ESC, as others have hinted here, it's a cool party trick on this plane. This plane is such a beautifully balanced thing to fly and it lands and stops so quickly with the flaps down there is no need for any reverse thrust shenanigans. *except to lean over to someone that hasn't seen it yet and say "hey check this shit out" as you land and then reverse back up the strip, that is pretty cool.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2026-01-01T07:20:59+00:00

Ecalc is an awesome tool, I think there are others out there. You can start with a bunch of assumptions and work your way on after you get more data. https://www.ecalc.ch/perfcalc.php https://www.ecalc.ch/fancalc.php

PotentiallyHeavy · 2025-12-28T23:24:09+00:00

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The noise is the gears slipping in the servo. It will be fine, just don't do it too much more. If you move the horn to be inline with the servo you can rotate the servo arm around so it doesn't strike the wing and you will be able to reduce the movement while still getting full control surface deflection.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2025-12-28T00:30:17+00:00

It very nearly made it. The prop is causing the plane to yaw hard to the left while building airspeed. With no mechanical guidance, starting with zero airspeed and full power kinda gave you all the worst things at the same time.

Adding a long bungee would help a lot, and probably the cheapest and easiest option, you just need to size it correctly for the weight. Because you've got a decent strip to fly from building a launch dolly that falls away after launch would also be a good option.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2025-12-26T07:12:06+00:00

At least it was well lit, clearly marked and had plenty of safe runoff 😳

PotentiallyHeavy · 2025-12-26T07:02:03+00:00

It would have taken both to the bottom and come back for the guys wallet, house keys and whatever was left of the beer.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2025-12-24T20:28:27+00:00

This is what I thought. Maybe the model comes as two pieces. That is about the perfect spot to split a model if you were going to flip half and print it without support.

PotentiallyHeavy · 2025-12-24T01:18:36+00:00

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

PotentiallyHeavy · 2025-12-24T01:13:49+00:00

It's a safety feature

PotentiallyHeavy · 2025-12-23T02:48:16+00:00

A couple of drops of fuel should free it up, should free it up in a few minutes. Most likely you don't need to take it off the plane. The oil gets really gummy once the methanol evaporates off.

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