Thunderhawk gunship on a ball joint stand that can bank?

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**Diogenesethedog**

Is this possible? How would it be done? Would it simply fall off?

Just looking for ideas.

Thanks.

**BlapBlapBlap**

Uh...

Can you even reliably place Thunderhawks on stands? They're pretty huge...

**Ifurita**

I'm thinking that the bigger risk would be overweighting one side when you pose the model for a bank and having it fall over.

**nkelsch**

The best stand for superheavy flyers is a camera tripod. A single pole is to unstable for large models like that.

**Diogenesethedog**

nkelsch wrote:
The best stand for superheavy flyers is a camera tripod. A single pole is to unstable for large models like that.

What about three Ball joints connected to the mini so it makes its own tri-pod?

**skyfi**

regardless of the size of the plastic flying box, I imagine if you put some substantial weight in the base it will be posable to bank just fine. Just need some weight down in the base.?

**nkelsch**

This is a good one:
http://www.amazon.com/Kodak-Mini-Table-Top-Tripod/dp/B001B2K9AW/ref=sr_1_6?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1360701637&sr=1-6&keywords=mini

I think they also have a much shorder one too.

Rock solid stability, you can put it at angles and secure it with a screw. Can attach to the flyer with a screw-in base.

This is the one I use for a smaller heavy flyer:
http://www.amazon.com/GSI-Quality-Portable-Camera-Camcorder/dp/B004KTMP32/ref=sr_1_9?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1360701757&sr=1-9&keywords=mini+kodak

**Kilkrazy**

The first run Piranha kits had a ball and socket jointed stand but they are much smaller models than a Thunderhawk.

It could be done with a set like this:

http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/phone_tablet_supports/joby_griptight_mount/23013_p.html

£13.00 isn't much considering the cost of the GW model.

**Dannygee**

I use multiple tripod stands for a digitial camera from ebay. You can get them for a dollar each from china free shipping. They work just fine for mine, but my hawk is scratch built, so its like 1/4 of the weight.

**davethepak**

I am working on a commission to mount a thunderhawk to a stand, and i have to say, this thing is a BEAST!!!

It is very large, and very heavy.

I am working on a few designs, but it is going to involve some serious metal bolts, a 1" acrylic rod, and a very heavily weighted base. Even then, I am not sure I could do it.

If you want a ball joint, it would need an excessive amount of strength (think industrial quality machine mounting)

best of luck, and keep us posted...

**Orinoco**

A detailed tutorial about making a thunderhawk stand.

http://taleofpainters.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/tutorial-making-thunderhawk-flying-stand.html

also look at the other thunderhawk posts here:
http://taleofpainters.blogspot.com/2012/10/thunderhawk-project-overview.html