T-71 "Dream"

Introduction: The T-71 “Dream”When I started this project, I had almost zero experience building RC aircraft. I had never designed a plane, never built one, and definitely never trusted something I made to fly through the air at high speed. The only knowledge I had came from the many videos I watched online, trying to understand how wings create lift, how motors spin propellers, and how people somehow make all of that work together without the entire thing immediately crashing.So naturally, I decided to design my own.The result is the T-71 “Dream.” It’s called the “Dream” not because it flies like a dream, but because at certain points the entire project felt like it was held together by hopes, dreams, and a slightly worrying amount of optimism.When I started, I thought the hardest part would be making the plane fast. I wanted speed. I wanted it to look cool. I wanted it to work perfectly the first time.None of that happened.What I actually learned during this project was something muc