The ItCanFly's Snap&Fly RC airplanes have been designed and developed using its patent pending "Modularized Airplane" technology.
At the core of the technology are the concept and method of sharing all of the flight components, including propulsion, radio electronics, servos/actuators and power, among multiple airplanes. An airplane designed using this concept is an integration of (at least) two modules, one module houses all the flight components called the "Base Module", while the other module carries the main style and the aerodynamic characteristics of the airplane, called the "Shell" or "Plane Module".
The key for achieving this is the means to connect the modules into a structurally and control linkage-wise functional airplane in a practical and effective manner. With this means a series of plane modules of various styles and aerodynamic characteristics can be designed around a common base module containing all the flight components and be interchangably connectable with the common base module to form various airplanes.
Different styled airplanes may require different control mixings of the servos/actuators in the base module. ItCanFly has developed the radio system that handles various control mixings for airplanes of various mixing requirements.
The advantages of the Snap&Fly modularized RC airplane system over the conventional RC airplane systems are obvious. To name a few:
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It is substantially more economic to own and fly multiple airplanes due to the shared base module of all the flight components;
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It is much easier, more convenient and fun to fly multiple styled Snap&Fly airplanes;
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It is more resistant to crash damage because the modular structural and linkage connections
will disconnect under high impact to prevent the airplane from being structurally damaged;
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The maintenance is easier due to the easy access of all the flight components in the base module;