john davidson 1 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 First one looks more fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Carlton Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 minute ago, john davidson 1 said: First one looks more fun I'm contemplating doing that one as a free flight model for the evening ff session at the Nats if we have one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Binnie Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 This is a Roger Pullen 'Medicine Man', the first one I built was thrown away before it flew after my wife knocked the wing centre section (and a Flair Sunrise plan) in to an uncovered central heating expansion tank in the loft, she was retrieving Xmas decorations. There are no water tanks in the loft now and the Xmas decorations don't live up there either. I tried to break the wing over my knee to get it into the bin but it wouldn't break, the double spruce spar with webs and ply skin doublers are immensely strong, designed for a two-man pulley tow. This second build has remained uncovered for years, I ought to finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Carlton Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 Gary that is beautiful. I always wanted one of those or the 100s Chieftain. Very classy looking, but possibly showing their age in terms of wing section now? I had a Selestra which was a similar size, but never really felt "right" somehow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Binnie Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I have a Chieftain, bought direct from Roger Pullen, the fourth one he built (No 4 on the rudder). Used to winch launch it regularly in 100S competitions, good on a breezy slope as well. It's retired now due to too much wear and tear, I would build another but I've got quite fond of having aileron control! Because of the high wing, deep fuselage and large hook it used to pitch up alarmingly on launch (bungee or winch) but it always climbed normally after that. On one flight a not very well secured lump of nose weight moved aft to the centre section, the flight became very interesting from then on! I think the plans for both of these are available but you would need a mortgage for the balsa and covering film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Carlton Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 Yeah it surprised me when I came to price up some plan builds, just how expensive wood has become. That's a shame, because there's nothing quite like a big woody glider. I remember the silent flight nats somewhere around the early 1990s when open/F3j and 100s weren't dominated by composite models. Looking up at a gaggle of open structure wings against a clear blue sky on a beautiful day (RAF Cranwell possibly? That'll stick with me for a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 TN Sabre edf...... over the moon with the finished build, installing the servos i deided to give the EDF a blast...one of the servo arms that hadn't been fixed got sucked into the fan and instantly destroyed it...and the model as the fan was built in.....☠️ ken anderson...me..1..carnage dept. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Carlton Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 Ken, that sounds like one of those situations where you just stand and look, very quietly, at what has just happened, then walk away to go and chew a lump of granite. I feel your pain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) My Mum did knock my Dad's nearly finished PSS Hawk off the top of the wardrobe once, severely damaging the fuselage. It was repaired and flew successfully(ish - Clark Y was not the greatest choice of section by the designer!) at a later date, but remains a well loved family anecdote/feud starting point that comes out most Christmases... ? Blimey, I just watched that video back again - I can't believe how old it is now, we were still flying on 35MHz and my cameras seemingly only had about 15 pixels... ? Edited February 24, 2022 by MattyB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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