What a great time...we too got home safely today and have spent time reflecting on the event. Aurele is right about the chance to put faces with names on the forum. That is one of the many wonderful...
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What a great time...we too got home safely today and have spent time reflecting on the event. Aurele is right about the chance to put faces with names on the forum. That is one of the many wonderful...
We got to meet on Saturday and here is where the story gets interesting, in his excitement about the trip...the transmitter for the Olympic II didn't get packed. :eek:
We first decided to just...
Adam,
Good to see you back in action! :cool:
What is with wingspan and weight of the Drastik? We are always curious about towplane options, so it would be great if you could also let us know the...
Hi Pat,
Is your Pawnee the 80" wingspan or the 130" wingspan model? Also, what is your engine/motor size? That will give us an idea what size sailplane to consider for you.
Jim
Randy, Thank you for the information and pilot's perspective! I have no stick time in either of these planes, but have gotten to see them up close and personal. The Super Cub is one of my all time...
Randy, we have been more or less running in a Q & A format so far, so I can only imagine someone out there has a question for you!
I'll go first: How does the Bellanca Scout compare to flying a...
Rossco,
You made me curious, so I checked the width of the elevator servos I used (Hitec HS-645MG) and they are 0.77" wide and 1.48" long, so they would indeed fit inside the thickness of the...
Tom, are you planning to come up to Cumberland in July?? If so, I would be glad to have the mold.
Jim
Yep, we've had days like that!!!
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u105/eyesoar_2007/Fuzzy2.jpg
"Now that's funny, I don't care who you are!"
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u105/eyesoar_2007/larry-the-cable-guy_zpsa32bc90c.jpg
Gordon,
There is a good size space inside the fuselage under the stab to work with as far as electrical hookup and a place for the wires.
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Gordon,
Adding a little more support to the stab mounting block would be helpful especially if you are adding the weight and mass of the two elevator servos. I measured the rib pattern I made for...
Mike, I realized that you were speaking of full-scale, but it brought my friend Dick Miller to mind because he liked to tow scale R/C with biplanes! There is more about him and his biplanes in this...
Mike, did you ever run into this pilot and towplane out there in California back in the 1990's?
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u105/eyesoar_2007/CAMS/RRMiller/RRMiller3.jpg
Gordon,
I had a little mishap and broke the stab on my Porter. The repair gave me a chance to look inside at the stab structure and this might be of interest to you...I posted pictures here:
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Gordon,
You might want to speak with Alex (aka IFlyTailies) because he has had two large electric towplanes. One with a Hacker A150-10 and one with a Rimfire 50cc.
Charlie also has experience...
Full-scale, how do high wing vs. low wing towplanes compare...and how does standard gear vs. tricycle gear compare? Does there seem to be a preference among tow pilots?
Jeremy,
If LEN is agreeable, I can send the money with him and he can pick up mine at JR (would save you the aggravation of repacking and shipping).
Jim
Gordon,
Both versions are covered with orange and white Ultracoat (Oracover). The 3.2m has a little black trim to set it off. The bird's head on the 3.37m model is yellow & orange vinyl sticky...
It should be nice next week, because all of the rain is leaking out of the sky here today! :rolleyes:
Gordon, The wingtips appear to be plastic but have not been a problem as far as being fragile (and mine have been bumped fairly hard a few times). Now the control surfaces are another matter, that...
Thompson, the HS-65MG should be fine (we have even used HS-55 on the tow release with success, but I don't recommend it). I have successfully towed a DG-1000 like yours, so we will see! :cool:
Gordon,
You will not go wrong with either one, the differences are cosmetic because I can't see that the wingtips make a difference one way or the other in the flight characteristics.
Let us...
Considering that we R/C pilots have a very different point of view than our full-scale brethren who have themselves bravely strapped to their flying machines...a set release protocol is probably not...
Just a reminder as we head into the work week, there is only one more weekend between now and the event...so be thinking about anything that needs to be done and be sure to get it on the "TO DO" list...