Barry W

I lived in France for nearly 40 years and flew both model aircraft including gliders in the southern alps. I am sure you would be made very welcome in any French model club. So take your model glider and have a great holiday. By the way where are you planning to fly full size gliders? I used to fly in the southern alps mainly from Fayence which is near Cannes. Barry

Here are attached a couple of photos on my Mini Super taken today. (I live in Florida) I built this from Outerzone plans about 6 months ago. It was initially the tail drager plan. However I found the plane very difficult to take off from our grass strip as it would not track straight when taking off The problem was that as soon as power was applied the tail and tail wheel lifted off the ground and the rudder did not have sufficient effect a low speed to. control the direction. I modified the plane and converted it to a tricycle undercarriage as shown in the photos and that fixed the takeoff problem. However I did not like the way the plane turned with rudder only. Hence I added strip ailerons which now make the plane pleasant to fly. I would strongly recommend these two modifications. I added the ailerons to the standard wing with 2 inch dihedral and it seams to work just fine. The plane is powered by a OS15LA which gives it ample power I hope this post may be of interest On a sadder note I learnt today that another Brit here in the US Eric Cluton died on Saturday from a serious heat attack. Eric designed the full size FRED and the Sharkface when he was living in the UK. I knew him when he was testing his FRED at Meir aerodrome near Stoke on Trent in the mid 60s.

I looked at the plan and instructions on the Outerzone web site. They say that for the for the Robot to fly correctly it is important that some "reflex" be built into the wing trailing edge by packing it up 1/16 on an inch. I have never come across this before but they say this is important. So if the plane is still not flying correctly check that the wing has the requited reflex built into the trailing edge.

When I lived in France we used to used a glider tug called a Bison I believe Topmodel sells a kit here is a link https://www.topmodel.fr/en/remorqueurs-C66 Hope this helps

There is a lot of fun to be had from the small rc planes. When I lived in France I built a Bumblevee which has a V tail plane hence the "vee" in the name. The plan is available of outerzone plans https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=10613 Mine was fitted with a Cox Black Widow engine and was a great flyer. I am almost tempted to build another as I gave mine away when I left France. Great Fun/Price ratio.

I had a similar problem when I modified my Super 60 by replacing the rear tail wheel to a steerable tail wheel. Due to the design of the SS60 I had to move the tail wheel further forward to the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer. In this case when I applied power the rear of the plane would lift straight away hence as the tail wheel was no longer on the ground there was no directional control as there was not sufficient air speed for the rudder to become effective. Hence the plane would shoot of to either the left or right. The only way I can overcome this is to hold full up elevator as I gently apply power. This keeps the tail wheel on the ground. As the plane builds up speed the rudder become effective and I reduce the up elevator as the plane takes off.. .

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Here is something that may be of interest if I can get the link to work It is a 1/9 model of a B36 built in the US during theearly 1950s www.rchalloffame.org/Exhibits/Exhibit41/index.html Barry

Thanks GeeW, that's just the information I was looking for.. They don't have many Sharkfaces over here in "The Land of the brave and home of the free". The folks in the local RC club think I am a crazy Brit as they seem to mostly fly "out of the box" foam planes. I know Eric Cluton is also in the US but is quite a drive up to Georgia from central Florida.. Also he is a die=hard diesel man so probably has no experience with electric. Barry

HI , I have built a Sharkface with Electric Outrunner motor and rudder /elevator/throttle control. The model weighs 14 .5 ounces ready to fly. The question I have is what it the recommended power in Watts and prop size for an average flying Sharkface? The motor I have is a Cheetah A2212-15, 930RPM/V, max current 12A Max Amps, 133W for 60 seconds The motor weight is 47g/1.65oz. The recommended prop size is APC8*4E 72Watts or 9*4.5E 108Watts. These values are with a 3S battery. I would appreciate advice from anyone with experience with an electric powered Sharkface Barry           Edited By Barry W on 08/12/2019 15:29:32

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Here is information on the design of a work bench. http://www.eaa1000.av.org/technicl/worktabl/tablefig.htm It is from the Experimental Aviation web site as a work bench is often the first thing one builds before building a plane. You can adjust the length and width to suit your requirements. I suggest adding a lip on the front of the top working area.

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I used the motor out of my Multiplex Easy Glider Pro, which was a HIMAX C2816-1220 It had a 9by6 folding prop and used a 3S2200 mah battery. This motor is really too powerful but as it was available I used it and it gives quite a spectacular rate of climb