TonyM Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hi All,In the past I've seen several pix on the 'net showing models which had a second undercarriage mounted on top of the fuz to allow inverted take-off and landings, whenever the pilot became bored with normal flight (or perhaps when he just "felt lucky!")So, having recognised signs of boredom in my own flying recently, I now want to build my own "upsy-downsy" model to give me a new and interesting challenge - but of course, now that I want to check how it's done, I just can't find any of the articles!So, if someone could point me at an article, or a picture or video, showing this kind of thing I'd be gratefulI guess I could go ahead and "grow" a model on my bench, but it would be good to see how others have done it previously - especially how they dealt with tail-wheel siting (assuming that the model is going to be a tail-dragger, but of course it doesn't have to be)Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Tony, in the late 80's the Avicraft Panic Team were famous for their displays which included a model which landed inverted. I saw this at Sandown Park and Plumpton perhaps one of the contributors might have a photo. (Try Avicraft).Also there was a full size Pitts piloted by Craig Hosking (Google the name) which took off and landed inverted or the correct way up. There was a winch in the cockpit to aid the pilot to enter the plane before the inverted take off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TonyM Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Thanks for this guys - I hadn't thought about using a biplane for this particular project - but it looks as though it may help with both the construction, and the flying . . . . maybe! I seem to recall that Don Incoll modified a model for inverted take-off and landings quite a while ago (in fact I'd be amazed if he didn't do so - seeing-as he tried just about everything else you could think of with model planes)Come to think about it, I really miss reading about Don's prolific building (and crashing) and really wish he'd left his web-site on-line for us all to enjoyAround 8 years ago I followed Don's example and fitted a HAL auto-pilot into a model's wing (looking through "windows" in the top and bottom of the wing). The auto-pilot was activated via a switch on my Tx. Turning it on at any time during flight made the model immediately want to head for the heavens, making "hands-off prop-hanging" possible . . . . it was great fun at the time. Come back Don - all's forgiven!Sorry, I think I digressed a little there! Anyway, I would appreciate more leads/pix to give me some more clues about how I might plan and build my "upsy-downsy" projectTony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyLander Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Found a pic of the Craig Hosking Pitts - and it shows exactly how I could set-up a model too. Thanks for thisTony http://www.airportjournals.com/Photos/0701/X/0701013_2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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