Tosh McCaber Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Thought that you might! What are your favourite substitutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 minute ago, Tosh McCaber said: Thought that you might! What are your favourite substitutes? The Who. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh McCaber Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Good one Paul- But? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Not Clout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickw Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, Tosh McCaber said: Thanks for that Dick! It'll be pretty fast? Yes, I hope so. Should be approaching 100mph. With the standard E2K powertrain all 4 flyers in a race should have the same performance, so it is all down to the flying. Could be fun if I ever get round to having a go 😀 Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyW22 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 9 hours ago, Peter Jenkins said: Do you use Rates? Not with this one it came with a cheap as transmitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl-Georg Krafft Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Wanted to try something different, so I built this plan from Depron sheet. It is based on plans and videos you find on the Internet ( Buschtrottel Agro). The model features a Fogleman airfoil, flaperons an leading edge slats which are fixed with Velcro as well as the landing gear. Flies great. Karl 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 09/03/2024 at 20:24, DavyW22 said: Not with this one it came with a cheap as transmitter Are you able to reduce the control throw by moving the pushrod to a more inner hole on the servo or more outer hole on the control horn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyW22 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 5 hours ago, Peter Jenkins said: Are you able to reduce the control throw by moving the pushrod to a more inner hole on the servo or more outer hole on the control horn? unfrotneley i dont think it does i even had it on the lowest mode as its got 3 different levels for the extent it will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davies 3 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Jaydeez an genulmen, I give you... ...Dusty Crophopper. My 2 year old Grandson has taken a huge liking to the Planes movie. If you haven't seen it, it's really rather good and the aircraft are well represented. To stoke his interest, I've built a flying version that if we ever get some decent weather, he'll be able to see in the air. My usual B&Q laminate flooring insulation depron construction. Glass cloth/ B&Q water based varnish covered and painted with sprayed emulsion. The orange in Valspar matchpot, and a story in itself. I had a picture on my phone, but of course you can't match to a phone image, so I grabbed a B&Q bucket. This was too translucnt, so the match was dark, so we scanned the B&Q apron of the young lady operating the machine! Span is 47", 3536 1200 motor and will use 3S 1500 packs. Weight is just a touch over 2 pounds ready to go. I think it might qualify as a scale model... Graham 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) My contribution is a "silly" light Douglas Skyray EDF. 36" span all in 2 & 3mm Depron with no spar as such. 160W (1300mAh 4s) is available. It weighs 554g (20oz) giving a wing loading just over 5oz/sqft. It is most definitely not fast but it does make it a "doddle" to hand launch. Actually it is not a conventional EDF as it uses an Emax 2205 done motor driving a 3x4.5 3 blade drone prop in a home designed 3d printed housing. The motor is right at the back so complete duct is inlet and it is printed in LW-PLA. It also forms the "spine" of the fuselage. All the loads are carried by the Depron skin. The completed wings are simply glued on to to the fuselage, Plastic kit style! Using Technicqll polyvinyl adhesive a well fitted butt joint is as strong as the foam so if the 2mm foam skin is strong enough then so is the glue joint. The plane was sized so scale inlets gave a 1.2 FSA duct. As a result the exhaust nozzle at 90% FSA is slightly under scale size. Just 2 x 3.7g servos as elevons. No rudder. It was built in the autumn of 23 but the appalling weather meant it just "hung on the wall" but I have managed to fly it on each of the truly calm dry days so far this year. This is the video of its rather "interesting" maiden 2 weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNv_YloJanY Just as well it posses a substantial endurance for an EDF! Edited March 14 by Simon Chaddock 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 My latest, back from my repair shop, a donated airframe of a VMC Hurricane -a rubber powered model, 16" span, about 60g in weight, converted to full house and electric flight with the innards from a Volantex Super Cub by my pal Bob. Unfortunately the Hurricane met with a more rigid object in the form of the windsock a few weeks ago and Bob passed the badly damaged, but repairable, airframe on to me, as I'd been wanting a Hurricane to add to the fleet of wee fellers. I built a replacement wing, covered it with 38um laminating film and after paining made some new replacement laser waterslide decals. All done now and waiting for a remaiden. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 42 minutes ago, leccyflyer said: My latest, back from my repair shop, a donated airframe of a VMC Hurricane -a rubber powered model, 16" span, about 60g in weight, converted to full house and electric flight with the innards from a Volantex Super Cub by my pal Bob. Unfortunately the Hurricane met with a more rigid object in the form of the windsock a few weeks ago and Bob passed the badly damaged, but repairable, airframe on to me, as I'd been wanting a Hurricane to add to the fleet of wee fellers. I built a replacement wing, covered it with 38um laminating film and after paining made some new replacement laser waterslide decals. All done now and waiting for a remaiden. Very nice job. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futura57 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 My new model is awaiting inspection, but the lure of a cardboard box is too much for Willow to resist. When she gets hungry I will unbox it 🤪 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 A Hound Dog seems appropriate. 🤣 Steve 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 20 minutes ago, EarlyBird said: A Hound Dog seems appropriate. 🤣 Steve That looks really great Steve. I am sure that you will enjoy flying her. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Xfly F22. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Radio Modeler Gigolo by Dave Ridgeway (who I used to know and the actual model he built for the magazine) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 `Using Technicqll polyvinyl adhesive a well fitted butt joint is as strong as the foam so if the 2mm foam skin is strong enough then so is the glue joint.` Is this the stuff you are using Simon, would you say it is a stronger glue joint than UHU POR? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283943374807?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-153316-527457-8&mkcid=2&itemid=283943374807&targetid=4584619899083039&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=554609234&mkgroupid=1296325313557553&rlsatarget=pla-4584619899083039&abcId=9320693&merchantid=87779&msclkid=f8061964cbbb152e57a77f64d98a2f59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futura57 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 4 hours ago, Paul Marsh said: Xfly F22. I've just got myself the very same. With a 4S 2200 in situ and a moderately heavy receiver right up front, the CG is still 5mm too far back. So 10 or 20g will be needed at the pointy end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Day Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) A £10 special, Functional resto for the summer, needed a nose job, pan of hot water, glue and filler. nose retract with trailing link and larger wheel, larger diameter mains, trailing links to follow-may be. Top cheater curtesy of Leccyflyer. Plenty of previous owners mods to tidy if its still with us come winter. Roughed out a rudder plan, single servo with connecting rod aft and in-line with the elevator, so kind of hidden. Cheap Powerfun 4S 12 blade edf en-route from aliexpress. Silver was Humbrol met silver, exact match but shiny so a splodge of matt minwax and nose Tamiya red, will supply codes if anyone asks. Edited March 24 by Frank Day 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Test flown this afternoon, built from a Derek Woodward plan as an i.c model (not by me), bought from APOB and converted to 3s electric. Chilton DW1, i plan on building a larger one using foamboard and depron at some point. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 3 hours ago, Futura57 said: I've just got myself the very same. With a 4S 2200 in situ and a moderately heavy receiver right up front, the CG is still 5mm too far back. So 10 or 20g will be needed at the pointy end. I'll use a 2700 4s, so no lead is required and useful weight, probably 1 min of extra flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futura57 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, Paul Marsh said: I'll use a 2700 4s, so no lead is required and useful weight, probably 1 min of extra flight. My 2700s are too long to fit. I have a single short fat Turnigy 4S 2800 which will fit, but methinks it be too heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBG Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I have just balanced my Xfly F-22 with a 2300 lipo and it needed 25g of weight at the front. Unfortunately my 2600 lipo's won't fit. Hopefully after test flying I can take some of the weight out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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