Blade CP Do it yourself Canopy

Alright as with all things this one starts when I was really bored.

I decided that it was about time that someone make it easy to print and make your own canopy for RC helicopters.

So below is the instructions on how you can make your own Blade CP or any other 300 sized helicopter canopy out of paper! Finally you don't have to pay expensive prices when you crash with your OEM canopy, even better is you get to give your helicopter a cool look without being an expert air-brusher.

Give it a shot it's practically free!

Tools:

• Front template
• Back template (fold lines optional)
• Scissors
• Packing tape or normal scotch glossy tape
• RC helicopter to customize the position of the mounting holes.

Template Front Side:


Template Back Side:


I had alot of trouble writing written instructions so this how to video should do the trick I apologize for some shuddering but I didn't practice how to fold it before hand so half of it was trying to remember how to do the folds.





And the results? Well alot of people thought that it would look amaturish or look very cheap but in actual reality I think it looks pretty nice. Unfortunately I ran out of colour so the colour one will have to wait until my printer gets more ink.

Here's a result of what it looks like after with it applied to the Blade CP.





The body you see on the blade cp is also made out of paper through clever folding, if you guys are interrested I could make a guide for that as well but be warned it requires reasonably larger amount of tinkering to get right and alot of cutting and pasting.

Don't forget to post comments and links to your own killer canopies!

Waiting for parts

I'm still waiting for parts on my Blade CP helicopter mainly the 4 in 1 electronics have gone bad. I've been waiting for word for over a week now, approaching the 2nd week. Starting to think it might've been worth it just to order it in, however the idea in teh beginning is that I wanted to test it to make sure it was the box that was bad otherwise I'd be throwing away another $80 for no reason.

Doodle

Bored + doodle =

Blade CP Gunship!

Creativity inspired by a holiday

I was inspired today by a cheap roman candle, after working out the technical details, I mounted it to my heli-frame via suspension to cushion the effect of the firing.

Here's the before flight pictures if it survives I'll have after flight pictures.






And here's a video of the result I'm glad to say that everything was a success the rubber bands did help to absorb the shock and the helicopter held straight and steady during the launch.

Visit to Old Fort York

A little known fact (at least to my mom) that old fort York was the start of Toronto after being here for so long I thought it was fitting that I'd pay it a visit.

(aren't you glad these don't work anymore?)

The Hunt for the First Tim Hortons!

Here we are as we set off for the first Tim Hortons apparently Brad is a Friday, and Jen is a Saturday.


Me and Jen at the start.


Me and Brad at the start.


Signs of arrival.


Jenny arrives at the first Tim Hortons.


FanFan arrives at the first Tim Hortons.


Brad arrives at the first Tim Hortons.


Even the doors state the first Tim Hortons!



I believe Jenny is frantically trying to explain how it started to rain cats and dogs!


And it seems I'm inclined to agree.


So until next time Happy Touristing!

A quick look back at the final days of undergrad

This was what my table always looks like in the midst of studying, it's alot cleaner now.



And no your not imagining it. It does in fact say "remainder of the damages"

Final meeting of Team 5


It has finally come to and end the final meeting of team five has taken place here are the pictures of team 5 being awarded 1st prize.

IBM judges presenting Team 5 with the 1st prize award. From left to right: David Muir, Ethel Macasias, FanFan Huang, Nadine, Kiruthiga Sinnarajah, Mike Darmitz, Alan Sia, Hussian.

Team5 with the 1st place plaque and the award envelopes. From left to right: Kiruthiga Sannarajah, Alan Sia, FanFan Huang, Mike Darmitz, Ethel Macasias

The Team5 goodbye party, Here's Ethel and Mike rocking out to some tunes.

Final graduating shot everyone showing off their rings.

The Countdown Begins

And so the countdown begins every exam is one less exam to write, ever day is one last day to study, and everyone inches every so slightly closer to the 24th, a day we'd all be finished.

There's a lot of things I could complain about for one why I had exams on essentially the last day of every exam period every year is beyond me, but for the most part I like many others realize that this one will truly be the final lap.

Good luck everyone on all your exams, and make it count!

What to study?

Interesting deliema here two courses I equally care little about on the 1 side you have economics (bore), and on the other side you have ethics (equally bore).

Don't know which one I should allocate more time to and I don't think in 2 days round robin would be a good approach. So out comes the random number generator..... and..... Econ it is.

Front page news!


It's always sweet when you make front page news!

Not bad seeing how I also had previous mentions too.