Matt Halton Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Hi guys, here's my latest build, an FPV conversion with a pilot and camera installed into his head with pan and tilt, plus scale mods, and full body pilot inside a fully decked out scale cockpit. My lockdown project! First photo, how I received it, ready assembled by someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matt Halton Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 Seat from 6mm depron, parcel string and cocktail sticks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Halton Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 And completed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Halton Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 Current progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Halton Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 More, I built a scale gravity tank and plumbing, tank from depron covered in thin tissue and Poly C, rivets from PVA, and painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Halton Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 I've yet to pull the vinyl decals, and handpaint new roundels, in the correct shade of blue, and also will paint on dummy rib tapes. Il get back to it tomorrow. Edited By Matt Halton on 08/04/2020 01:23:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Freeman 3 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Very pretty. I like all the detail. The say a scale model is never finished, you just run out of time! I look forward to the flight reports as I have heard that they do have interesting characteristics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Posted by Chris Freeman 3 on 08/04/2020 08:03:02: I look forward to the flight reports as I have heard that they do have interesting characteristics. I don't know why they fly great Chris, but this is my thought. I fly my mates, and we fly it indoor too ! And could be just a tad smaller than this one But if you fly this model flat, using copious rudder, the model is very stable Looking at the rudder, you can see the large surface above AND below the horizontal stabilizer I think this goes someway to turning flat and keeping the wing flying. I find small rudders above the horizontal stabilizer tend to twist the level flight There's when we use opposite aileron. Matt's DH2 is exceptionally beautifully built Edited By Denis Watkins on 08/04/2020 08:35:20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Barclay Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I can confirm that the DH2 flies very well. I built my DH2 from Depron. 57 inches span and 2.3 kilos. I don't go much on detail as my interest is in scratch building my own designs of different airframes and comparing the different flight characteristics, so I prefer to be getting on with the next model. You can see my DH2 in my albums and on Youtube if you wish. Good luck with the model Matt. It looks very nice. Edited By Michael Barclay on 08/04/2020 09:19:08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Halton Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Thanks guys, glad you like! Good to hear flying characteristics are good, I'm going to set up ailerons with differential, and use the rudder to help around turns. Here's a video ground test and some pics from early on in the build. https://youtu.be/zqdyTcPl6cg And here's the pilot in action too. Your DH-2 looks lovely Michael, from your own plans.. Very nice, do you have a YouTube link please? https://youtu.be/Hv4jVZgYrMA Lol yes these projects never end, much to do yet, but lots of time to do it! Edited By Matt Halton on 09/04/2020 02:42:32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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