Danny Fenton Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Thanks Tim, looks fantastic, all I can say to Alex is to stop being Beige-ist lol And another thing...... you can tell him that Alan Glover's Chipmunk is 85" not 59" a convenient clubman size indeed........ Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Danny, I expect that Uncle Alex is just in denial, that's all! Anyway, it's all little details now. I've added a few dials to the rear cockpit. Funnily enough, although the fullsized Ciggy sports a a joystick and rudder bar in both front and rear cockpits, it's onlt the rear one that has any instrumentation. I've also added a lick of paint to those dummy engine cylinders. All the control horns are cut from circuit board material. Here are the four aileron horns, which will be painted black later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 Now I have a confession to make.... Normally I take a perverse pride in cutting out my own graphics and registration lettering, but the thought of all those serif-bestrewn letters on the nose logo persuaded me to run for the safety of the local graphics company instead. So for the measly sum of 12 quid, they knocked out both the logos and the, much larger, fuselage registrations. For anyone who's interested, it's done in Felix Titling......... tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Tim, It all looks great specialy love those cilinders in your earlier posting. Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 Thanks Ton! No more pics at the moment, but I have been busy - honest! All the servos are installed and hooked up. Everything wiggles that's supposed to wiggle when I wobble the sticks around! Always a bonus that. I'm waitng for delivery of some Alu-cladding so I have another crack at cladding the cowl area. In the meantime, tonight should see the rigging wires being bullied intoshape... tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 Okay.....we're just about ready to go! The figures are; 6lb 15oz AUW1090 watts at 56A current draw.Power loading 155 watts/lb.Wing loading 16.5 oz/ft. Sounds promising! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Tim I salute you. you are the master and you did it again. What a lovely model one more to at to my to build list. Have fun with the maiden. Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Tim that looks fabulous, good luck with the maiden though once again it looks right so I am sure it will be right. An awful lot of power available on this one Tim? CheersDanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 fantastic work again Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 Thanks Gents! Just waiting for the wind to drop. Maybe tomorrow? tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klippy Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 That Alu cladding looks the biz Tim, is it easy to use? Love the Cygnet, with that amount of power you'll be doing F3A with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Posted by Tony Prince on 24/04/2011 08:26:17:That Alu cladding looks the biz Tim, is it easy to use? Love the Cygnet, with that amount of power you'll be doing F3A with it! Tony, The Aluclad is a doddle to use, as long as you don't expect too much of it! It'll cope with very gentle compound curves, but it's not Solarfilm if you know what I mean! Anyway, we took the Ciggie to the field today for a few static shots... And then the wind dropped a little, and I ran out of excuses....... A short run saw the Cygnet lift off easily at half throttle. In spite of the gusting crosswind, we spent the next 10 minutes doing low passes for Netty's camera. Nothing fancy as yet. A triumphant moment! The flight used 2000mah of the 4000mah cell pack. More to come...... tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Congratulations Tim , it looks great in the air. Is it all what you had hoped for. Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Walters Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Wow Tim - she looks great! Well done (again!). You really do have the knack and are an inspiration to us lesser mortals. Just got up to a beautiful calm sunny morning down here and thought the day couldn't get any better until I saw your pics! Thanks - brilliant - have a choccie Easter egg all to yourself later. What next?? Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi g Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 excellent work tim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Well done Tim, looks superb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Thank you Gents! Fat too windy today to get any meanngful impression of how it actually flies, so we decided to give it a miss and go to the local air show at Halfpenny Green airfield instead! tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Still pretty breezy here in darkest Shropshire, but i did manage to coax lens-meister Bob Kemp out of his bird hide, and grab a few more pics of the Cygnet in flight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonRB Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Tim, Last year after the LMA Cosford show I went into the museum and was impressed with the Cygnet. I got permission from the Curator to take photos and took around 200 of as much detail as possible. I started researching the plane, and found a Traplet plan for an 83" (1/4 scale) model. Last week at Cosford I gave the plan to SLEC to get parts laser cut as I want all the ribs etc. to be the lattice type which would take forever to cut by hand! I hope to be able to start the build later this year to join my 1/4 scale Bristol F2B Brisfit, 1/4 scale PItts, and 1/4 scale Maule. Today, while doing some more research I came across your build which I have read all the way through. Fascinating. I would love to see it for real. Regards, Gordon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Hello Gordon, and thanks for the kind comments! I'm aware of the Traplet plan, but wanted mine to be a tad smaller, so 1/5 scale seemed more convenient. My own model doesn't pretend to be anything other than semi-scale, but I have to say that having had numerous flights with her now, I'm still delighted with her flight performance. Those huge ailerons endow her with a spritely roll response, and I've no reservations about performing the 'B' test schedule with her. Mind you, she looks more relaxed when emulating the full-sized original! The plans have been submitted to RCM+E now, so I'd like to think that they'll be published sometime in the future. tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonRB Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I can understand wanting something a bit smaller - transporting larger models can be a pain! I have to admit to not being a good flyer as I just do not have the stick-time necessary so I am happy just to potter around, although I do enjoy watching someone fly my planes well. Building is somethng I enjoy most, although even that takes a long time because of business commitments. I will look for your plan in RCM&E and maybe see you at one of the shows? Gordon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 Gordon, It looks as though my little Ciggy will be the freebie plan in the Oct issue of RCM+E! tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonRB Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Congratulations - I will look forward to seeing that. I hope to hear from SLEC at Elvington in a couple of weeks to see how they are getting on with laser cutting the parts for me. - I'll let you know how it goes. Gordon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Walters Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Well done again Tim - have you given up the day job yet? TW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Posted by Terry Walters on 27/07/2011 08:27:56: Well done again Tim - have you given up the day job yet? TW Chance would be a fine thing....... tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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