leccyflyer Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 New to me, courtesy of a recent swapmeet, but well flown and nicely weathered, my latest is a Durafly P-51 - lovely flyer, just like she's on rails as they say. Edited By leccyflyer on 20/03/2020 08:51:16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Thorpe Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Great photo!!! Fantastic looking model and nice flying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 This one is by no means a new model, but it is new to me. It's a SIG Rascal 110" which I purchased towards the end of last year with the intention fo fitting a petrol 4 stroke. In the end I decided to electrify it just to see how easy it was and to see what sort of performance could be had. The conversion was not straight forward, the Rascal came with a 26cc 2 stroke petrol engine in it and after removal it was obvious that glow engines had powered it sometime over its 10 years (my guess as to its age) as the balsa and ply in the nose area had become a bit on the soft side. Anyway I built a new ply engine box on which to mount the Turnigy G160 (290 Kv) motor and then set about the battery mounting which had to make changing the 2 x 5s 5000 batteries easy. This has proven to be the biggest challenge, the manual suggests that if battery powered then the batteries can be changed by making the side windows removable. Great, they are not that big plus the wing and wing struts tend to get in the way and trying to connect up wiring inside the fuse, through the windows??? In the end I made up a sliding (3d printed) battery tray which sits at an angle of about 30 degrees allowing the batteries to be slid down into the fuse. I then made a hinged hatch on the underside, just behind the bulkhead so that I can reach in and connect the wires.Not ideal but it got me out flying (I plane to revisit the arrangement and probably will end up with a removable top half of nose / cockpit). Anyway, to the flight, tbh it was so much better than I had hoped for, plenty of power and on the 10s 5000 arrangement I can get an easy 15 minutes flying time which includes some nice big aeros. Next up is a complete re-covering as it really does need it. Chuffed to bits with it if the truth be told. Anyway, here is a shot of it flying Edited By Ron Gray on 20/03/2020 13:55:03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Lovely plane Ron and all the steam it's producing 😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wagg Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Nice shot Ron. Gives the impression of flying alongside a steam train on it's journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 Q 105 inch DH Beaver with a Roto 25 petrol. Ran up ok this morning no problems, so another one waiting to fly... Dual rx batteries and opto ignition switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 This is ready, got it very cheap, just needs a cowl, but will fly it as it is and maybe find/make one in the future... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Vinten 1 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 got this last year in Headcorne brig and buy it was nor well when I paid £10 but with a little TLC it an,t come up bad! now electric and not ic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Slec Stampe recently finished and had two flights last week. Poor thing is going to be grounded for a while. At least the Laser 180 will be perfectly set up and fully run in before it’s next outing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Posted by Gary Vinten 1 on 23/03/2020 19:00:40: got this last year in Headcorne brig and buy it was nor well when I paid £10 but with a little TLC it an,t come up bad! now electric and not ic That your covering job Gary ? Looks a bit nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 My latest model Built from a Cambrian large model kit. Fly's great on 5s with an Overlander 5055/06 motor last flight on Sunday due to Cov19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 here's my finished oowah from IAD Designs...auw 400g,c/w batt etc....maiden flight will be 2021 aprox! ken anderson...ne..1...oowah dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff 1959 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 My DB Mannock awaiting maiden, picked her up at a club sale, 2/3rds built. Converted to electric I've uploaded a build series on YouTube if anyone's interested. https://youtu.be/_9DjNdckP0o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepish Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Sean Bannister Zippy, Irvine 20 power waiting for a maiden flight sometime when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Very similar to this I built years ago, as it's a .25 size. Edited By Paul Marsh on 27/03/2020 11:59:56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Binnie Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Well I've done all the gardening jobs so time to think about some aeromodelling! I bought this Chris Foss Xtra Wot kit from SMC in 2014, built it quite quickly but then became stuck looking for fuelproof paint. I had tested two-pack paint that had been mixed in the wrong proportions (not fuel proof), mixed in the correct proportions it is totally fuel proof. It is my second Xtra Wot, the first was lost to radio failure. I used the optional two seat conversion (hand delivered by Chris to me at the Nationals), spats from Carbon Copy (Chris was out of stock). It uses one standard servo for each elevator half, driving piano wire in a snake. Engine is a new but poorly stored OS120AX, I had to change both rusty crank bearings before running in. The model weighs around 12 lb and is glassed all over. First flew on 2 December last year, had a radio glitch on my JR DSM2 kit so have swapped to Jeti (usually reserved for my competition gliders). Not flown yet with Jeti. Looking forward to getting it airborne again, they are great flyers, a big pussy cat. The round discs on the engine mount are removable trim weights (penny washers), it is slightly nose heavy at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Ooh, nice, have two Extra Wots, one with a 120 FS pump and one with the same engine as yours - a OS 120AX, both ideal powerplants for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterF Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Here is the result of a completely different type of build to my normal models, a 3Dlabprint Stearman. It is fully 3D printed, even the flexible rubber tyres and the coils in the main undercarriage legs. I bought a 3D printer late last year to make some parts for the TN Vulcan I am building. I then found out about the 3Dlabprint models and thought I would try one. It took a bit to get some of the settings dialed in for the special type of printing used in these models with many trials runs before choosing the best ones. It took about 150 hours to print and assembly was pretty much straightforward. There is no painting on this, the model was printed with yellow, blue, black and grey coloured filaments. The radial engine is all printed and looks rather good in my opinion, although it is stretching a cheap basic hobby 3D printer to its limits to print the cylinders. Looking forward to the maiden. Part way through the print I was sorting through my pile of old RCM&Es and found an article on this model from July 2018 that I had forgotten all about, although the RCM&E review was of a set of parts printed by a commercial outfit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I take my hat off to you. Way beyond anything I could contemplate doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 The engine is impresive. I wonder if I can persuade my Dremel 3D printer to make one of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterF Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Posted by Peter Miller on 27/03/2020 18:10:45: The engine is impresive. I wonder if I can persuade my Dremel 3D printer to make one of those There are a few radial engine models on Thingiverse of varying complexity 9 cylinder radial engine Dummy 9 cylinder radial front half 3Dlabprint do not sell the files for the Stearman engine seperately, but they have some larger ones for B-25 and Corsair, page through their shop. 3D LabPrint shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Laughton Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Posted by Martin McIntosh on 27/03/2020 18:02:15: I take my hat off to you. Way beyond anything I could contemplate doing. Martin - Sprios is doing some pretty impressive printed builds at the RC Hotel in Corfu - airframes and extras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Laughton Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Posted by Martin McIntosh on 27/03/2020 18:02:15: I take my hat off to you. Way beyond anything I could contemplate doing. Martin - Sprios is doing some pretty impressive printed builds at the RC Hotel in Corfu - airframes and extras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Somehow I don`t think anyone will be going there for the forseable future Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Posted by Sheepish on 26/03/2020 20:25:53: Sean Bannister Zippy, Irvine 20 power waiting for a maiden flight sometime when. Sheepish, I built one of those a while ago it had an OS32FX and an aileron servo that wouldn't centre properly, it was a bit of a beast. A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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