William Gomes Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hey Guys , I live in Brazil and had a chance to buid a Gamine from magazine free plans . Before start to cut balsa I decide to made some small changes in the plan to suit my personal preferences , materials available and my radio gear. First , is electric , I use plastic bolts in wing , nose is longer to acomododate a batery and esc , make the wings biger - 2 ribs more in each side , change the wing profile for a undercamberand finaly I add ailerons. The reasons for change : Electric -- no mess with fuel and no diesel engines or even diesel fuel in these side of world. Wings biger , here were I live is very hot and altitude 3500 ft above sea leve give me a very higy altitude density , so,,, more wings , more lift. We have some strong wind gusts too , so I decide to use ailerons and reduce diedral to a half. Wing bolts ,,, well simply because , look beter than rubber bands . Long nose about 1 inch help me with C.G. and have space to a 3S 1600 mha battery. The servos are fited in tail to reduce the complication with push roads. The plane flies nice , very easy bus firs fly the tail is a bit heavy and was dificult to trim . I dont notice to much diference in a undercamber airfoil in a wing of these size , to dificult to build. Probably will not do it again. The ailerons work fine but in turns I notice a small tendence to airplane nose goes down in direction to turn and I have to use some oposite ruder. Maybe to much diferencial. Take off in less than 15 ft 70% power. And finaly ,,, my Gamine is the oldest in town because the pilot ,,, well , as you can see ,,, he wait to long in a plane. Thanks for read , excuses for my poor english. Best wishes for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Gomes Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Edited By Chris Bott - Moderator on 17/09/2012 08:04:10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hi William and welcome, that looks very nice indeed, excellent. Interesting pilot too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hello William ,warm welcome and greetings from Adriatic Sea...nice model and skeleton pilot too. Cheers Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo565 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 William very nice model and I do like that pilot also some well thought out mods to the original design Obrigada Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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