I had already cut the 3mm black depron circular top and bottom parts for this model several years ago with the intention of fitting a brushless motor and prop in the centre and cutouts round the edge with airfoils set in to give lift from the torque reaction. It was to be single channel, throttle only, with no steering.
Tricky to fly but possible, as proved by a single channel ufo model I had years ago.
Now, I decided to go for full control by mounting it on a quadcopter (wltoys v262)
I used spare carbon arms superglued onto the existing arms. I was going to bind them with thread as well but the bond is so strong that it doesnt need any reinforcement. I extended the motor wires, cut small areas out of the bottom half to sink the arms into until they were flush with top edge. The top disc is held on with tape in 2 places. For the dome, I used packaging from a cake, cut down to leave me a nice looking dome. I had already used the base as a small helipad. I have now painted it silver, the only silver paint I had was pretty poor, but I used it anyway. I am planning some nice landing legs but for the moment I am just landing on the quad's landing legs. I havent flown it since it was painted, I think orientation will be a problem. I have still to fit the lights which will hopefully sort that. The ufo is 20 inch diameter.
