Andy Wood 1 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Hi Michel Good to hear you have started building again, it will be well worth it when you have it flying, don't give up. The weight without the motor Li-po's but with all the other batteries is 13.7kg. the 4 Li-po's weigh 1.5kg. I don't have flaps, and landing speed is no faster than I would have expected, but get it to slow & it will drop a wing in the stall. The C of G is spot on the drawing, I balanced mine with batteries in the nose Inc the 4 cell li-po for the sound system, however the motor batteries have to be in the nacelles for it to be correct. Hope this helps Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Whittaker Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Hi Gents. I'm just curious as to how progress is going on the Halifaxes? All the best, Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerts michel Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Hi gents, well After a wonderfull summer in Belgium I worked again on my Halifax. Now the fuze and wings are covered with fiberglass and epoxy, then i applied 3 coats of surfacer and I have almost sanded everything. t is a lot of work and I think ghe wings took about 300 grams each and the fuze 200 grams. Not sure about how much weight it should take with the paint. If my calculations are right i should reach about 11.000 grams auw wich is close to 10.400 grams of mario and tony. I also builded the guns and radiiotors in balsa. So I slowly see the end of the work' Any news about some flights reports? Also I decide not tôput flaps on it and i have converted the unitracts retracts to electric thanks to lado retracts. best regards to all' Michel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andy Wood 1 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Looking Good Michel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerts michel Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Hi Andy, thank you, do you still fly yours? I read you had to fix your retracts due to strong landing and to the total weight of the plane. I hope your bird is still alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Looking very good that Michel. She'll be beautiful when painted. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerts michel Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Hello everybody, yes i finally finished my Halifax. Ready for maiden flight. Setup is electric with 4 batteries lipo 4s3700. Auw is about 11.500 grams. Props are mas 12x7. I cross my fingers for th first flight probably next week. Hope there are still some flying. mario, Andy,.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerts michel Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 And one more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Locks stunning, well done. Flight report please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Whittaker Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 That looks brilliant. Well done - and best of luck with the testing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerts michel Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Thank you cimaz and Ian, i will post the flight report for sure. But the weather is not great now in Belgium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myron Beaumont Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 WOW! What a beautiful model -Well done Best of luck for the maiden Saw the real thing recently at Elvington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerts michel Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Hi guys, YES, maiden flight yesterday was really succesful. The weather was almost perfect, sunny with a light side wind though. Take off was really straight and shorter than forecasted. The power of the electric motors is perfect and I could fly at half throttle. The plane is really realistc in flight. For landing it land a bit faster than atrainer and you need about 100 meters grass to be safe without front wind due to the fact there are no flaps. I have done 2 flights and the good thing also was that it didn.t needed any trim at all! Also the cg was perfect without adding any ballast thanks to positionning of all batteries packs into the front of the fuze. Really a GREAT flyer. Thank you Tony you have realised a great plan. For those who want to build it. It is really worth and this plane is real pleasure to fly without bad habits. i think stall speed is quit low and you can fly it at an almost scale speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Congratulations aerts michel, what an achievement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Nijhuis Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Well done.....glad she went ok....please send me some photo and we'll post them on our web site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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