This mechanical engineering project is about the construction of a flying model of an air craft controlled by a remote control. The materials for construction include light weight materials like wood, plastic and foam.
The tasks included in this working project are:
1. Building the body of the RC plane.
2. Building the RC plane controls.
3. Building the Electronic controls.
The four primary controls of an RC plane, collectively called control surfaces, are:
1. Throttle
2. Elevator
3. Ailerons
4. Rudder
The flight of the plane is directed by the movements of these control surfaces. The control surfaces are controlled by small servo motors which are in turn controlled using the remote control.
Even when the plane is made it is not easy to control it without crashing your model several times. So it is better to take a flight video each time you try to fly it, so that if the model is destroyed beyond repair, you may be able to present the video during your project evaluation.
Useful references:
http://www.rc-airplane-advisor.com/
http://www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-airplane-controls.html