cymaz Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I find this to have lightest, gentlest touchdown of any model I have had. Expect to bend the u/c next time out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 I have a rule of thumb with the biplanes I have..if the wind is double figures, don't fly. If the wind is reasonably cross wind, don't fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 With that narrow track that is very good advice for longevity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 that looks too good not to try it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 I have pictures of all the individual parts. I will download them if anyone wants them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuphedd Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Yes please cymaz . I made my own telescopic uc on my big Porter , using small gas struts from kitchen doors cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 pics of the parts would be no end of help I am sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Posted by Jon Harper on 03/12/2014 18:12:29: That's what I was thinking. Its not my landings I am worried about its the old 'what if' situation. I will see how I feel when the model finds its way onto my building bench BTW, being that the ply wasn't the strongest, even back in the 80s, I sewed my gear on with copper wire and covered it in 30 minute epoxy. I'm planning to do the same on thje new one. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stearmanandy Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Posted by Pete Willbourn on 03/12/2014 21:40:48: Yes please cymaz . I made my own telescopic uc on my big Porter , using small gas struts from kitchen doors cheers Yes, I did mine the same way, overall costs have been around 20 GBP, wasted 6 driller in the 5 mm diameter steel and wrecked my wifes cupboard. I added some screws, two strips stainless steel, some plastic tubes...everything else (whatever you spot, if you have a closer look at all those bits you have been storing in your boxes for ages) Okay, some paint as well! If you build the UC like the origin, than it is more or less a push-pull system, which can´t bend, even at the worthiest landing you can imagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert baker Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I have always had problems finding springs up to the job. Nice to see different ways. You chaps must treasure your Stampes way more than me. My old club was not cross wind friendly, and it often suffered from down drafts, strange thing to see a plane doing well on finals then being shoved into the runway, its a bit like watching cars on a exposed bridge in high winds. Its always windy at my new club, and cross winds quite often, so you have to just get used to it . The only saving grace is that the wind tends to be steady and does not do anything nasty. With Bi-planes I have found that on windy days at a good height not to far from edge of runway pull the throttle back to idle and set the plane in a steep approach angle, you should get a nice draggy decent that feels solid and controlled Then round out and land, only need a short section of runway as well, The tri plane is near on a vertical dive at the threshold no need to go to far out. Let the drag of airframe and propeller do the work. Do it on a light wind day and you will overshoot works well for me, none of this hauling it up to the runway from eye squinting distance being bounced around wondering how its going to end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert baker Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Stearmanandy Is that airfoil shape plastic on your under cart actually plastic book bindings you know the stuff that the pages fall out when trying to read the booklets. Hmm now that's a thought, I shall have to go to Staples at the weekend and have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 My suspension springs came from HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stearmanandy Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Sorry Bert , but it is just plastic tube , flattened with a heating gun and a vice remember I wanted all parts to be oval not drops. In cymaz album is a pic showing the origin blue print of UC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert baker Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Cool no worries. I must admit that after all the years messing with Stampe's this is the first time I have notinced the back stay on the undercarage. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Posted by cymaz on 03/12/2014 21:33:27: I have pictures of all the individual parts. I will download them if anyone wants them. The parts have been stripped and cleaned as I had a bit of a hard landing. As a result the undercarriage needs a rework Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Nice Job guys. You've really inspired me, even if I am a "good enough" sport scaler. If I can find a suitable plastic tube to flatten, I might go ahead and make the struts more scale. I intend to fly the heck out of it so it's got to be durable and (naturally) easily fixed. BTW. a note for anyone considering a large glow four stroker. Before you do anything, put a drop of oil on the carb/manifold joint and blow in the exhaust with the carb blocked to check the Oring. The Oring on my ASP 180 was pushed out of place during assembly. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuphedd Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Thanks for that Cymaz , I am NOT a scale man , just a practical flier , so the shots of my gas strut kitchen cupboard door UC on my porter show a cheap practical solution , not a pretty one !! I hope my Stampe one will be a lot more scale like cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Great idea, any more info on the gas struts Pete ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuphedd Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 My gas struts were strength 80 n at £2.00 each from ebay . just look for gas strut stays cabinet door . you can get different strengths and sizes . and I just guessed at 80 ( not very technical !!) but they work really very well cheers Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stearmanandy Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 for all modellers out there, this is the plan of my self made UC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stearmanandy Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 sorry guys, this is hopefully a better pic (every comment about weldering was done with silver solder) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stearmanandy Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 some more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuphedd Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 looks pretty straight forward to me , and when I get round to doing mine , I shall seriously consider this method . thanks Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuphedd Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 looks pretty straight forward to me , and when I get round to doing mine , I shall seriously consider this method . thanks Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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