how di i make a air plane with vex iq parts
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What is your plan? Do you want a jet plane or a turboprop plane? What design are you going for? What are your limits? You gotta include these things in your post dude, We can’t help if we don’t know what you want or what your constraints are.
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Wow that is quite ambitious…
But to answer the OP, a plane, even a simple prop, is very ambitious. Accounting for the brain and battery, plus the motors, then trying to angle the plates for the prop, oof…
Are you building a glider or powered plane? Please give us high-quality posts so you can get high-quality answers.
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But anyway this is chat GPT’s response:
Making an airplane using VEX IQ parts can be a fun and educational project! Here’s a basic guide to get you started:
- Gather Your Materials: Collect VEX IQ parts such as beams, axles, gears, wheels, and motors. You’ll also need some additional materials like lightweight materials for the airplane body (foam board or balsa wood), propellers, and batteries.
- Design Your Airplane: Sketch out a design for your airplane. Consider factors like wing shape, fuselage (body) design, and tail configuration. Keep in mind aerodynamics and balance while designing.
- Build the Fuselage: Start by constructing the fuselage using VEX IQ beams and lightweight materials like foam board or balsa wood. Make sure it’s sturdy but lightweight.
- Construct the Wings: Design and build the wings using VEX IQ beams. Experiment with different wing shapes and sizes to find the best configuration for your airplane.
- Add the Tail: Create the tail section of the airplane using VEX IQ beams. The tail helps stabilize the airplane during flight.
- Attach the Motor: Use a VEX IQ motor to power your airplane. Secure it to the fuselage and connect it to the propeller.
- Install Electronics: If you want to add additional features like remote control or sensors, install them according to your design.
- Test and Adjust: Once your airplane is assembled, test it in a safe location. Make any necessary adjustments to ensure proper balance, stability, and flight performance.
- Decorate and Customize: Add any finishing touches to your airplane, such as paint or decals, to make it unique.
- Fly Your Airplane: Take your VEX IQ airplane for a test flight and enjoy the thrill of seeing your creation take to the skies!
Remember to have fun and be creative with your airplane design. Experiment with different configurations and modifications to improve performance. And always prioritize safety when testing and flying your VEX IQ airplane.
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@Wesley13406D This will be the one and only ChatGPT answer we allow you to post. generic answers like this are not helpful.
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Welcome to the forum Wearegoated69. Interesting topic prompt, how to make an air plane with VEXIQ parts. I’m going to assume that you want to make a model, since the combination of weight parts weigh, brain and battery weight along with the light wattage power motors really won’t give you full flight. At best a controlled crash with a glider. You are going to need many dozens of packs of the clear sheets to create a smooth airflow.
A few years ago in 2019 there was a contest to build a Lunar Lander to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing.
It's Lunar Lander Month! Build one and win $50
Read your way through the thread, the builders talk about how they designed and built their kits. All were very impressive builds.
I think I’d go for a Wright Brothers flyer for my first efforts. Combination of 2x beams and the long standoffs to make the wings. I’d use the 4 wide plates to create the front 1/2 of my fuselage, taper to 3*, 2* to get to the tail. Propellers would be next, I own a ton of the flyer round disks, in my head they would be close to the right scale. Pop on some of the small pulley / rubber tire sets and you have the two main wheels and a small tail wheel.
You could also try for a more detailed model using just standoffs for the wings, with 1x20 for the leading and trailing edges. Wrap in the clear sheets. Same thing for the body, pin together some 90 degree and straight standoff connectors to create the frame. (Hey VEXIQ design engineers, I’ve wanted a standoff extender with a 2x pin on the front for awhile. I’ll buy the first dozen bags of 50 when you do a test run)
But you get the general idea. You might want to jump ahead a few years, say to 2028 and build what a personal aircraft could be in 125 years after the Wright flyer from 1903. That would let you use the wings from the space sets and body parts from the construction series from two years ago.
Please post what you come up with. Free building in the off season is a fun way to keep skills up without the pressure of competition.
Good luck!
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You could get one of the Hexbug/VEX Robotics Crossfire Kits
FYI: There’s a deeper back story, but Hexbug is no longer making VEX IQ kits, so “available while supplies last”.
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Holi canoli that would be a pipe dream collection for 10 year-old me.
But to answer the OP, like @Foster said, the best you can hope for is a glider. A powered aircraft, much less one with control surfaces, would be way too heavy to fly. If you do go for a glider, just remember (1) the bigger the wingspan the better (until weight becomes an issue) and (2) put most of the weight at the front (I would recommend putting your wings at the very front to solve both these issues). The fueselage doesn’t have to be anything complicated, just a long plate with some perpendicular surfaces to act as rear fins.
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To the people actually putting effort into this post, this is just a joke post made by a kid on the other team in my school.
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You never know, the “wearegoated” name was a little weird, but on par for the forum. This is the time of the year when strange homework / project questions show up, so seeing non-competition questions are not that unusual. But the season is over in Texas like other places, and the boredom sets in.
I was amused by the attempt by Chat GPT to build things, you could do a
- s/VEX IQ/LEGO/g
- s/VEX IQ/Construx/g
- s/VEX IQ/Erector Set/g
in it and use the same answer. 
But maybe someone will be inspired to build a model plane and show it off. I had time to kill while a Linux from scratch build did it’s thing, so no loss.
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I have been working on a design but it might not be possible using only vex parts because the lightest material they have is carbon fiber, but it is very expensive. If you have carbon fiber use that for the body, but if not you could try aluminum.
I’d do like 2 motors with a 7:1 ratio to make sure you have enough thrust tho
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