bouncebounce crunch Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Dylan, Your model has come along in leaps and bounds and looking like a good box of chocolates to me. flying wires yep get em on. Stearman Andy this is for you this girl is going throught restoration and i was allowed in the workshop ( Luskityre, Australia) I am terrible with a camera, and i was welcome to crawl under, get closer, but where do you start? unless you are after the scale details a few quick shots does me. Flying wires are very noticeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stearmanandy Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Don´t want to use this thread for my privat conversation and plane, but thank you for the lovely pics of that beauty engine and plane, my nickname is "Stearmanandy", cause I fly once a year the real one on our local air show (what a fun !!!!! love it), that´s of course the reason why I needed to build one. But back to Stampe I would love to do that with all of you guys, but it will end up as my personal dream The Stampe is really unknown and unused model in Germany.....so just a dream....and looks a bit dumb with so much "Rothmans" I guess it´s a real adventure, to carry that kind of model in my 20kg flybe luagage Cheers Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stearmanandy Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Sorry it was a doubler Cheers Andy Edited By Stearmanandy on 02/05/2013 12:10:12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 UPDATE With the down thrust reduced to 2 degrees and the Laser 150 bolted in, I took it up to RCCornwall fliers site at Truro Airfield today . 8-9 mph lovely sunny weather. Took off on under 3/4 throttle climbed away lovely. Rolls scale like, always tips a port wing on the stall. Cruises majestically round on 1/2 throttle, flares out nicely on landing....you can tell I'm happy. Shall I carry on?? No I will bore all to death. Needles to say its a transformed model and if nothing stupid happens in the next few weeks and the weather is kind, you WILL see the grand old lady at Greenacres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Thats absolutely fanstastic news on both counts, congrats on sorting her out, and a job well done I have to say, I know her fate could have been a lot worse, I mean I could have bought her and stuffed it in my loft lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cymaz Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Put in the OS 120 first but that had the 4 degrees downthrust. So I reckon the OS would have flown it with the corrected down thrust but not as well as the laser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncebounce crunch Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Cymaz , read through the thread in the entirety and what a great job you have done, an absolute joy. unfortunately for me I am in the wrong part of the globe to see her up close, good luck at Greenacres and look forward to a few more photos. bbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 Thankyou BBC. I am right in thinking you subscribe to the rcme mag? If so, I'm hoping that I get a mention at this Junes' meeting as I did last year, ( am I having another 15 mins of fame- hope so). That's something else I've learnt, watch the engine downthrust, it makes a difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Hows your Precedent kit build coming along Cymaz? I gather you finally got hold of the laser cut parts, how much was this service by the way? thinking of having it done for a plan I have here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cymaz Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 Dylan, thanks for the interest. I will be starting the Precedent soon, but as you realise I've been doing other projects that have not been a failure by any means. I know I sometimes bang on about a 1/4 Scale Meteor Monoplane I built ( similar to Richard Gingers' I think), that flew today. And well too. Photos and video was taken. Hopefully this will come to Greenacres all being well. I will put it on a new thread. Probably called Meteor Monoplane Cropduster. We will wait and see how the photos and vid turn out first as I don't want to publish bad looking/ out of focus stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 I know these pictures are on another thread but it is a fiiting way to see the progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 nice hat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brown 3 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Realy nice plane cymaz, it`s good that you didn`t keep it under that nice hat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Lovely Cornish spring weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 At least it not waterproofs reqd as it seems to be constantly up here in the Lakes, but where would the lakes be without it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 Flew the Rothmans 3 times on Saturday. Cooling a bit of an issue so put a baffle from the rectangle inlet to the engine fins to enhance the baffles already there. Also put a baffle under the cowl with a lip to help pull the air through. We'll see how it goes.it won't do any harm. Any one want a picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cymaz Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 I had all sorts of over heat problems with a TT 130fs.......until I did some serious baffling. And had a much shorter pipe on the crankcase pressure nipple - yes that really makes a BIG difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Pictures would be very helpfull Cymaz please, it was actually something I was thinking about especially as there isn't much area for the air to escape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 27, 2013 Author Share Posted May 27, 2013 I'm on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 27, 2013 Author Share Posted May 27, 2013 For Dylan The underside showing the blanking plate and lip. The lip is important to provide low pressure to suck out hot air. Now you might need to sit down for this... This shows the front cowl plate with the port side baffle epoxied in and angled onto the mid of engine. The air must go through the fins. Air is baffled onto the cylinder head. This shows the starboard side baffles - just. This forces the air through the fins. A real close up of the head and port side. Port side baffle goes all the way up so all the cylinder has cooling. Bear in mind that the Rothmans cowl is slightly different from the Precedent type but the method should still be the same. Edited By cymaz on 27/05/2013 13:52:19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Thanks Cymaz, yeah not sure exactly how to sort out the fg cowl that I bought for the precedent, but certainly some ideas there on yours that I can play about with, still working on the interplane struts atm, might just go with my fixed ones for now and remake them at a later date since there isn't long to go before greenacres and I need to maiden her first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 Dylan, I have got a thread about a Precedent kit adn about my f.g. cowl but here are some pictures anyway.. I made the cowl frame up from the kit and then put the baffle onto that. These pictures are all I have at the moment but it gets my idea across. The wood took alot of sanding down to fit inside the glass cowl. The structure can also be totally unscrewed off the main former. Edited By cymaz on 29/05/2013 09:36:57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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