Steve Roberts 4 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hello. I've just finished a Vic Smeed Tomboy and decided to film it with my GoPro movie camera using it's time lapse facility. http://youtu.be/GuE87Bwe4YI I plan to fly it at Middle Wallop on the 6th of May. Edited By Steve Roberts 4 on 03/05/2012 07:46:57 Edited By Chris Bott - Moderator on 03/05/2012 17:13:44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew767 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Fantastic Steve...Just two things..What covering did you use?...and could you just show me again in real time so i can copy LOL!! Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Green Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Love it. Absolutely fantastic. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucksboy Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Brilliant, I loved watching that, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 well done steve-that was a nice change to watch... ken anderson ne..1 ... well done dept.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Fantastic, I would also like to know what the covering is... Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Excellent Steve, well done, really enjoyed watching that Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bandit Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Brilliant Steve, I enjoyed that. I was going to ask about the covering, but I've been beaten to it again. Cheers, Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorer Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Well done Steve,makes me feel like starting that Junior 60 kit i bought five years ago, doesn't time fly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Muckley Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I was recomended to watch this, glad i have brilliant job, can i ask what your build board is made from or is it a bought one? cheer's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH Flyer Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Wow! You build very fast. It took me 6 months to build my Tomboy. It was my first plane and I did a 3channel electric rc version. The original V Smeed design is so good. It is so stable and just flies itself. I would recommend an electric rc conversion of a Tomboy to anyone wanting to learn to fly. Nice video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Smith 1 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 exellent video thanks for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Roberts 4 Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Covering is litespan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikerDon Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Steve - what are the details of that building board you are using in the video? It looks very good indeed. I could see the name CraftSpace at the top but I can find it despite lots of Googling so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Fledermaus Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Not sure if I should mention another magazine on this forum because it's linked to RCM&E but I picked up the October copy of a certain R/C Model magazine recently because there was an interesting feature in it by Dave Bishop about a larger version of Vic Smeed's classic Tomboy. Called Big Boy, this 60" 3 - channel enlarged version is designed for .25 to .40 IC power or EP equivalent. Full size copies of the plan are available from the publisher if anyone is interested.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Tweddle Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Wow, I was waiting for Bill Brunskill to start singing on the sound track. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 My Uncle Geoff was a draftsman who drew up a double sized Tomboy before he died in the early Sixties. It had a 72" wingspan and he'd managed to build the fuselage before cancer took him from us. He gave me all of his models just before he died and I finished the Tomboy over twenty-five years later. Unfortunately the old 1950s balsa, which he'd used in the fuselage, was not up to the job so I built another fuselage using cyano. I was only a novice in those days and somehow managed to get the model into a spiral dive. When it hit the ground the wing and tail were hardly damaged but the fuselage had changed into a big yellow nylon bag of balsa. I've never used cyano for fuselages since! I built a third fuselage and managed to fly that one into a tree! A mountaineer rescued it for me. The wing and tail are up in the loft and await their fourth fuselage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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