Sheldon Holy Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Hi all, I've recently aqquired this new Precedent 1/4 scale Stampe, built by Colin Hammond (24 foot Lanc chap) 21 years ago. When i did a bit of work on the rear cockpit, it was signed 'Colin Hammond Sept 1980-May 1981. Not a build blog unfortunately, as you should have gathered.So, i got it from Mick Skinner, (some people down near Brighton may have heared of him - he designed the Wot 6 (enlarged Wot 4)) for... wait for it... £120 Rx and battery ready! I was on the phone to him, and he said he was going to sell it (not enough space) so i jumped in! My grandma duly purchsed it dor xmas (very lucky me!)It has a Super Tigre 2000 (one of the original Italian ones) and an 18/6 prop. It has a brass prop nut (or should i say weight LOL) as it was built very heavy hence it dosent have the usual 120 four-stroke. Enough talking, time for piccies! Sorry if some are not that good, but my hands are quite shaky It dosent have the wings on in any of theese pics (bar 1) as i just took them earlier in the third floor room/workshop (i also have another workshop at my dad's house (parents divorced) with a milling machine, band saw, lathe etc...). There was nothing in the way of instrument panels, so i made a panel out of scrap Depron, hot glued in, and just drew a panel (i had a peak in a Stampe cockpit at Shoreham airport when flying with my dad) and laminated it, and used double-sided toape to stick it to the depron. Here's the pilot bear - Tim. He is not just velcroed in, he has a proper 3-point harness! The rather big engine and prop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Holy Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Whoops! Accidentaly clicked create thread... It originaly just has wire here where you see the plastic sleeving. The wire kept snapping so, i made hooks about half way down, and put fuel tubing through the hooks, and around the landing gear, if you follow me. I then put some plastic sleeving (not heat shrink) to make it look a bit neater. This fulfills the same job of the wire, but also gives me a little suspension. The insides, home-made 3300mah 6v NI-MH battery, standard servos. Yes - two elevator servos! I was uncomfortable with just the one standard servo on the elevator of this heavy model, so instead of spending money on a higher torque servo, i used two standard Futaba 148's, metal servo arms and some ball likns i has just lying around! Here's me (right), with a friend and the Stampe about to go flying, this is to show the size of it. I know it's not that big, but it's big for me. Well, for £120 it was an amazing deal! It should fly brilliantly as well. If it flies anything like the Hangar-9 1/4 scale Cub, it'll be brilliant. The plan is to put a smoke system on it in the near future. As for the Switch, i always make my own switch harnesses with very good quality, thick wire and plugs, and high curren switches. It's just not worth seeing any model go down because you decided to go cheap on the switch. A couple of quid more can mean the difference between the model going in or not. Sheldon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 An interesting Bargain with great history,and you have some very good ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Holy Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 Thanks. I can't wait to fly this, should be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 hello young sheldon-you have the bargain of 2010...i know someone who had one of these and it was a nice flyer...your's will be really good with the s/tigre 2000...keep well away from the big prop once you get it going...have fun... ken anderson....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emil Benson Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Nice one! Whats the wingspan? Good luck with the flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Holy Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 Ken,I've heared they go very well. They are pretty foolproof, especially at this size! I've now got the hang of the hand starting, a couple of times when using chicken sticks, they slip from your hand and so if it backfires, as you dont have the momentum, the chicken stick becomes a leaver and jarrs your wrist. I prefer to use a glove and use it with my hand, give it a big, powerful flick. Yes, i dont want to get near that prop when it's going! The plan is, at my birthday (in may), to get a smoke system. HobbyKing do the Sullivan Super Smoker ofr $80. I have tried the old method, nipple in backplate etc... but have found it is a bit hit and miss, dosent work that well. Emil, the span is 81", (almost 7 foot) so its quite big! sure, its only about 20-25" more than an average 40 size model, but the two wings and just the fact it's quite chunky, if you will, makes it seem a lot bigger! SheldonEdited By sheldon holy on 25/02/2010 20:26:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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