Modelism Foamies Ixcess

Here it is another design of Nicolas Pietu, the Ixcess biplane, which wake up my interest. Like Mercury F3P I've made the plan after some pictures posted on internet and a big help was the building manual of the original model.

The electronics i've used were:

- FLY-12A BLMC, HiModel

- BL HACKER A 10 L

- 1 x Servo Robbe FS-31 Pico for

elerons

- 2 x Jamara Servo 5 G Digital for

elevator and rudder

- 1 Dulasky lipo (7 V 450 mAh)

- 1 Penta Micro reciever (5 Ch)

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Modelism/Foamies/Ixcess F3P

IXCESS BIPLANE F3P

Download Ixcess plan A4 tiled

Click on the links below to download the Ixcess plans!!!

Download Ixcess plan full sheet

Download Ixcess building manual

Download Ixcess plan letter tiled

Some pictures of the original model

Building the IXCESS

Cutting the templates

Fuselage parts 3mm depron

Building the IXCESS

Here are few words about the building of the model.

I've started with the plans printed on thick A4 paper. For cutting the depron (all cuts including milling) I've used a razor blade which I've cutted with a scissors. For putting all parts together I'm using a wood polyuretanic monocomponent glue which is very strong and makes a common mass with the foam.

For covering I've used simple garbage bags ( actually the smallest plastic bags which are very thin and more easy than mylar). For glueing the bags on the model I've used an acrylic varnish and for stretching the covering, the heating gun, but with care, otherwise the bag melts or compromise.

The wing with 3x1 mm carbon spar

A closer look of the lowerr wing

Another detail of the lowerr wing

Assambling the fuselage

The horisontal stabilizer

The vertical stabilizer covered

The covering material (garbage bag)

Assembling the hole tail

For upper wing I used a 3 mm balsa spar, thinking that the hole wing will be lighter than the lowerr wing, but the diference is too small, about 1 - 1,5 grams.

For both rudder and elevator I did't use carbon rods but I made the conection servos-rudder &elevator with tooth flush which is very strong, and light.

Total weight gain because of milling is between 25 - 30 grams which is enough but I think It doubled the working time for building the model.

For joining the servo to the elerons I've used 1 mm carbon rods and shrinking tube.

The model flyies quite well and very slow. It responds very well on elevator and rudder but because of shrinking tube joinings the elerons moves very slow and the model rolls too slow.

Otherwise even at low speeds and high alpha the model responds wery well. The Gravity Center is around 7-8 cm from the leading edge of the lower wing.