Fly Boy 3 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Built this Pushycat yonks ago. Only needs a prop and some courage to hand launch it lol. Cheers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterF Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) Just completed this and ready for maiden at the weekend as weather looks more promising here in the north east. It is Miss Lizzy, a Peter Miller plan from RCME September 2005. I am surprised how long I have had this squirrelled away, I always liked the look of it as well as the earlier smaller Tequila Sunrise. Since stashing the plan away I have swapped to electric only so I have converted this by making the space between F1 and F3 into a battery bay which has plenty of room for a 3S 5000mAh battery and cut a hatch into the top of the sheeting. Other changes are swapping the u/c to a small carbon fibre unit, 3D printing the cowl and moving the tailplane servos to the rear to offset the battery weight. The pilot and windscreen are also 3D printed. It all comes out to 4lbs 1oz including the battery and with 525W of power it should have good flight performance. ps, I have just gone back and checked Peter's build article (RCME Miss Lizzy build article) for the weight and that states 4lb 1oz, exactly the same as I have achieved with my electric conversion. Just curious if the quoted weight is with or without fuel, mine is in flying condition including the battery weight (13oz). Edited March 27 by PeterF 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 31 minutes ago, PeterF said: Just completed this and ready for maiden at the weekend as weather looks more promising here in the north east. It is Miss Lizzy, a Peter Miller plan from RCME September 2005. I am surprised how long I have had this squirrelled away, I always liked the look of it as well as the earlier smaller Tequila Sunrise. Since stashing the plan away I have swapped to electric only so I have converted this by making the space between F1 and F3 into a battery bay which has plenty of room for a 3S 5000mAh battery and cut a hatch into the top of the sheeting. Other changes are swapping the u/c to a small carbon fibre unit, 3D printing the cowl and moving the tailplane servos to the rear to offset the battery weight. The pilot and windscreen are also 3D printed. It all comes out to 4lbs 1oz including the battery and with 525W of power it should have good flight performance. ps, I have just gone back and checked Peter's build article (RCME Miss Lizzy build article) for the weight and that states 4lb 1oz, exactly the same as I have achieved with my electric conversion. Just curious if the quoted weight is with or without fuel, mine is in flying condition including the battery weight (13oz). GReat to see Miss Lizzy. You will love her I am sure. Yes the weight is without fuel. ENJOY!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 26/03/2024 at 14:10, GBG said: 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. Watching these posts with interest as I should be picking mine up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterF Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 27/03/2024 at 21:05, Peter Miller said: GReat to see Miss Lizzy. You will love her I am sure. Yes the weight is without fuel. ENJOY!!!! First flights today, what a lovely plane, flew on rails straight away and inspired a lot of confidence in the first couple of minutes, well balanced, positive controls and responsive so I put it straight through most of the B test on the maiden flight without any issue. Why have I waited so long to get around to building it!!!!. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 That is great. So glad that you are happy with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Test flew my new PT Sportser, a reduced rehash of a very old design. Flew well even though I was very rusty. Note the spot on the right aileron. This was a bee which didn't fly away. It stayed on the aileron right through and very fast aerobatic flight an then calmly flew away after the model landed!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Club member Dave Holdaway flew a renovated free flight model with R/C and converted to electric power. A perect afternoon for some good pictures Great nostalgia an very peaceful to watch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 16 minutes ago, Peter Miller said: Test flew my new PT Sportser, a reduced rehash of a very old design. Flew well even though I was very rusty. Note the spot on the right aileron. This was a bee which didn't fly away. It stayed on the aileron right through and very fast aerobatic flight an then calmly flew away after the model landed!!!! Beautiful plane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 19 minutes ago, Peter Miller said: Test flew my new PT Sportser, a reduced rehash of a very old design. Flew well even though I was very rusty. Note the spot on the right aileron. This was a bee which didn't fly away. It stayed on the aileron right through and very fast aerobatic flight an then calmly flew away after the model landed!!!! I sometime use a key chsin camera on my aerobatic aircraft mounted using the rear camalyser retention bolt looking aft. On one flight, a fly was sitting on the rear fuselage as I started the take off roll. He hung on until I flew the first reversal starting with a 45 deg upline. As the power came on it either got blown off or jumped! Your bee was made of sterner stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyW22 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 so ive just bought my self an sonic model ar classic wing im gonna get into the delta wing flying and run a runcam setup on my mobile as a screen so i can maybe get some recoding in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cripps Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Just finished another free-flight model, this time it's a Vic Smeed Tomboy. This was my first attempt at tissue over mylar covering (many thanks to @PatMc for the mylar) with Eze tissue applied using acrylic floor varnish on the wing and some cheap tissue paper on the fuselage. Engine is a Boddo Mills 0.75 Mk2 with Kavan 7x4 prop which should be plenty. First flight will be soon hopefully, once this run of bad weather (must 6 months now!) is finally over. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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