Building TN Halifax

[Klippy]

Lovely work Mario, hope the maiden goes as well as the build.

[Andy Wood 1]

Mario, all looking great, I hope you first flight goes well, look forward to hearing about it, + Video when possible.

All the best

Andy

[Craig Carr]

Hi Mario,

 

A stunning example of aeromodelling. Very well done, all my best wishes for the maiden

 

Best wishes

 

Craig

[mal brewer]

Absolutely superb............good luck with the maiden.........................Mal.

[Terry Whiting 1]

Well Mario it has all be said, but you are one modeller extraordinair,

you are someone that others can aspire too.

 

I can see young Antonio is eager to have it airborne.

 

Have a great maiden flight.

 

Kind regards

From your old friend

 

Terry

[rookie jim]

hi mario

i have been following your build with great interest. your skill amazes me. good luck with the maiden which i am sure will be as good as your build.

 

all the best

 

jim

[Rusty]

Its looking good looking forward to seeing pictures of it flying 

Edited By Rusty on 12/04/2011 14:26:57

[Supermario]

Hi guys

 

Last photos before maiden

 

Just want to say that Unitracts retracts are quite good.

Not even one minimal failure

Since the moment I aplied them always working perfectely.

I don't use the servo valve they send

I use one Air Power electronic valve.

 

All working fabolous.

 

And the running up

 

I used 15 liters of glow fuel to put, with the help of my good friend

Sérgio, those OS 30 running properly.

To all of you that are making the Halifax, this point of tunning the engines is

the most important.

 

And now

dedicated to all you guys that have been supporting since I begin this thread

 

 

Edited By Tim Mackey - Administrator on 18/04/2011 19:41:46

[Danny Fenton]

Fantastic Mario, congratulations

Cheers

Danny

[Andy Wood 1]

Congratulations Mario,

 

Beautiful, simply Beautiful.

 

 

Regards

Andy

Edited By Andy Wood 1 on 18/04/2011 18:39:35

Edited By Andy Wood 1 on 18/04/2011 18:41:53

[Craig Carr]

Absolutley fantastic Mario,

 

A brilliant first flight.............., it had to be really given the standard of workmanship you have shown us all.

 

Hope mine (eventually) turns out as good as that.

 

Kindest regards

 

Craig

Edited By Craig Carr on 18/04/2011 18:49:49

[ken anderson.]

Big Well Done from me mario.........all that work ........you are one clever man....

 

ken anderson ne..1.

[Supermario]

Just as a conclusion.

 

The plane flyes great but the flaps are essential for a real scale flight.

In the other flights after the maiden, when the model were correctly trimed

we could clearly see that the plane passing low without flaps balance

a bit the wings and need aileron correction. With flap half position, the speed was quite reduced and the plane were very stable, and the flight very consistent and scale.

 

The OS 30 engines is the correct amount of power for the plane.

The climb must be quite progressive in an angle from 15 to 25 degree.

 

We are achieving a better aileron response and the elevator comand is quite sensitive.

 

Congratulations to Tony Nijhuis for this design, but I just don´t understand how can he say

that don't put flaps because he thought the model will be very " draggy" and in the RCM&E video that I saw a thousand times, the model flyes in a speed not to pretty for this plane.

 

Guys if you are still in time put flaps. That make the diference

See as I see the Halifax passing at a very low speed at 1m of the ground is

an image we can forget.

 

Best regards

 

Mário

 

( Special thank for my dear friend Terry Whiting )

 

[Terry Whiting 1]

Mario,

You have made one fantastic model there, congratulations my friend

on a wonderful maiden flight. She looked absolutely faultless.....

 

Regards

 

Terry

 

[Tim Mackey]

Very well done Mario...she looks superb

[Klippy]

The sound of those four engines just makes it all worth while, marvelous!

[Pete B]

Seeing it in the air must have been a just reward for the craftsmanship and effort you've put into this project, Mario. Absolutely brilliant job!

 

Pete

[rookie jim]

mario

you have done it again! what a fantastic model.

 

congratulations.

 

cant wait for your next build

 

jim

 

[David Ashby - Moderator]

We've all just watched the video here in the office Mario - inspirational stuff

 

 

 

[A.A. Barry]

WHAT MORE CAN I say that hasn't already been said, Mario, 1 for each engine

A.A. Barry

[Hugh Coleman]

Superb! That noise when running the engines up was sensational!

 

Cheers,

 

Hugh

[Supermario]

Hi guys

 

First of all thank you all yours kind words, I hope soon you be so happy

with yours Halifax as I am with mine.

 

JUst received a couple of photos of the second flight.

 

Hope you like

 

Another

 

And the last

 

Regards

Mário

[aerts michel]

Hi Mario,

 

Congratulations for your first flights and thank you for sharing us your great experiance.

Very nice video and pictures. Hope you will enjoy this beautiful plane with many flights during the summer season.

 

I take note of your comment about the flaps. The only part I have built now are the wings (but without flaps) . I don't know if can still change it. I will see when some others will probably maiden soon.

 

one question though: wich is the total weight of your plane and how does it feel like when you pilot? Does it feel light?

 

kind regards

 

Hey we also have lot of sun since two weeks in Belgium now

 

Michel

[Supermario]

Hi Michel

 

The final weight of the model dry ( no fuel) is 10,400Kg That is the result of

change the tail wheel servo up to front, put a NiCd batery of 15 A ( 6 x 2500 mha/1,2 v) for the glows plugs in the nose ( 400 g ), two lipos 220m mha (350 g ) also in the nose, and near a 300 g of balast lead for correct balancing point.

Only 3 coats of acrilic resin upon the glass fiber, paint and one hand of barnish.

Notice that I have more 4 servos Hitec Hs 81 in flaps, cables, hinges and linkages than Nijhuis

prototipe.

And cables to the plugs are quite many and heavy.

About flying the model I must say that you have to fly it just as scale. Is noble but like a turbine jet. The response of the engines have some delay.

For example if you make a low pass at the midle of the field you must apply near full engine

for at the end have power to rise up.

Anything else you want to know just ask.

Ahhh, about the flaps, you can cut them out, make a leading edge in the flap and a trealing edge on the wing and make them work easily, without doing that scale work I do.

Well

Best regards

Mário

 

[A.A. Barry]

Mario, do think FS40's would be better??

A.A.Barry