Let's put an electric motor on that biplane glider

I recently made this biplane glider from styrofoam plates and it flew very nicely. Today I added a small electric motor powered by a 2.7 volt 5 farad supercapacitor. It flies too well for my back garden so if the weather improves I will take it to the park. There are currently 4 videos featuring this biplane /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB2ztUDIZJqfcCfO-vZZed0u Sorry no plans, you just have to watch that build video and guess the dimensions. I had no dimensions when I made it, I just used what I could get from the Styrofoam plates. I have just measured the wings and they are about 3 inches wide and 14 inches tip to tip. I spaced them about 2.5 inches apart. The gap from the back ot the wing to the front of the tail is 3.5 inches. The tail is about 3 inches wide and 5 inches tip to tip. Main components - Styrofoam plates Polystyrene Pizza Tray or more styrofoam plates, I ran out. 2.7 volt 5 farad supercapacitor electric motors suitable small switch For the motors I suggest you search for "3.7V Coreless Motor" Here are the eBay listings I have used, they are probably well out of date. I am not endorsing these products I am just answering the questions people have asked. I recommend you do your own search as prices and specifications will vary. electric motor http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261560052055 propeller http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181122066022 The supercapacitors came from Maplin Electronics http://www.maplin.co.uk/c/components/capacitors/super-capacitors Here is a typical eBay listing 1Pc 2.7V 10F Farad Electric Double Layer Capacitor Super/Ultra Capacitor http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251694354652 Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor Main Tools - Hot Glue Gun Sharp knife Filmed using FujiFilm FinePix S4800 Edited using Serif MoviePlus Starter Edition Related playlists Aircraft playlist /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB0nZItxE_78EJP0F99Ghaki Pizza Trays playlist /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB04GN5yvwwJipBl8tm3-LcD Styrofoam Plate Gliders /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB03ITop_TpKAtz3FxxFOc7R Styrofoam Plate Biplane /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB2ztUDIZJqfcCfO-vZZed0u Supercapacitor planes /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB1wNvirrwAn69eo_pM0tdEM Capacitors vs Batteries video by Ludic Science /watch/U1pB31-icNLiB Helpfile - Simple Supercapacitor charger /watch/e6KF1xGAewPc9ZyJMxv0v2BrSRPx2a5ALP=tsil?IUSOZ26cOdtcF My Channel page /c/GrandadIsAnOldMan Oldest videos /c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?flow=grid&view=0&sort=da Most Popular /c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=p&flow=grid&view=0 Newest videos /c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=dd&view=0&flow=grid Playlists /c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/playlists?flow=grid&view=1 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/grandadisanoldman/ Merchandise - Check both of these links if you are interested as the prices will vary and the shipping charges will be different. http://www.redbubble.com/people/grandadiaom/portfolio http://grandadisanoldman.cottoncart.com/ I have thousands of videos on YouTube, to find one try my search guides /watch/wgcHOoOSBecSH or /watch/kRYwkwgU4jZUw My "GrandadsOtherChannel" channel is generally where I will host the videos that give extra detail or longer versions of the videos I post on my main channel /c/GrandadsOtherChannel

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