Chris Salomon
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Pick a Plane 2011
Chris Salomon replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in All Things Model Flying
Stuka Gladiator Gypsy Moth -
Facing up to my reluctance to build a foamy I wondered what are everybody's views on the use of light glass cloth and something like Poly-C? I know it doesn't really need it and, yes, it will add some weight but, on the other hand, it will make it more durable, more attractive (particularly close up) and more efficient. Alternatively I could build one out of balsa!
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Now now chaps, all this 'double entendre', you can clearly see it is his Fokker joystick! (sorry David, they drew me in to their evil ways!)
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Not content with painting a bought pilot, Mannfred here was hewn out of a lump of balsa. He has a seat waiting in my 60" Eindekker. Not too sure about the fake oil splashes, I've since got an airbrush which may have helped. Need to darken the goggle lenses too.
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Dave, I have got some of the BRC servos that I am putting into a Nijhuis Mosquito but are, as yet, un-tried. I suppose I should finish that first before getting tempted to build the Baretta!
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With regard to servos, do we really need to lash out £20 each? How about something like this I know they're not metal geared but they have ample torque and only £14.99 for four! Oh, and I have NEVER even considered building a foamy and certainly not a ducted fan..............until now! What a sweet one this is, nice one Dave!
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Flycam-one
Chris Salomon replied to ken anderson.'s topic in Aerial Photography, First Person View, UAVs
I think you can just about see what I meant about the vignetting from Ken's shot (like you've had a lazy window cleaner that doesn't get into the corners!) but it is more pronounced on views with less variation in colour/shade. Not really a problem though and, as I said before, you can't really expect any more from such a short focal length (and a cheap price!). -
Flycam-one
Chris Salomon replied to ken anderson.'s topic in Aerial Photography, First Person View, UAVs
David, It uses a normal USB to mini USB cable, the same as you use for some digital cameras or Motorola mobile phones. Manual can be found at http://www.flycamone2.com/download/Manual_fco2_303_defritenes.pdf scroll through till you find the English version. Chris. -
Flycam-one
Chris Salomon replied to ken anderson.'s topic in Aerial Photography, First Person View, UAVs
You want to try here in North Wales Ken! You always know when it stops raining.............it starts snowing! -
Flycam-one
Chris Salomon replied to ken anderson.'s topic in Aerial Photography, First Person View, UAVs
Ken, I've been pretty happy with mine, quality wise, the only fault is a pronounced vignetting but I suppose you have to expect that with such a small lens and focal length. Simon, Agree about the cold weather performance of the battery, I notice BRC are selling a larger capacity battery pack, I wonder if that will suffer with similar cold weather performance? -
Pick a plane 2009
Chris Salomon replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in All Things Model Flying
Hmmm! Barry must be too busy building his Whirlwind! My choices: Stuka Miles Hawk Speed Six Magister -
I didn't realise any commercial product had tackled the warping thing, I do hate putting dihedral on something that didn't have it originally, spoils the whole thing, still, in the Rake concept, it is only sport scale and much simplified. Btw, I meant to say 60" not 80". I don't know what the answer is to the fabric problem, if you need a tex finish your options are limited, on the positive side though, it will only be wrinkled when torsion is applied (ie. in the air) so you won't see it!
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All we need now is a working wing-warpng system. I thought about it for a while after seeing the detail of the full size system but then wimped out and stuck in the dihedral! (mine is the 80" Rake design). How nice it would be to have lovely level wings!
