Ron Gray Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I must admit that I’m also playing around with a design for a Tiffy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 If it turns out as well as your Butcher Bird, definitely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Well that's not too bad, orders for 15 were taken at the club meeting this evening, with the Butch Bird being the most popular. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 Do you do mail order?? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Funny you should say that, but yes I do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted October 31, 2023 Author Share Posted October 31, 2023 Well, I shall bear that in mind in case I make a mess of my kites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 No problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Adding some detail to the Butch Bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 Looking good. Glad I'm not the only one that considers a scale paint scheme for these things - although, for me, sometimes choosing a paint scheme is the hardest part of the build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 The next project 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Mosquito? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Yup 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Ah, just spotted something that needs to be changed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cripps Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 2 wing panels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 Aww, man! I've always wanted to do a Mossie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Nick Cripps said: 2 wing panels? Nah, forgot the cutout for the elevator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Hedging my bets with the Mossie, initial thoughts are that each motor will be powered by its own 1300 mAh 3s battery as the Rx connections are much easier to route than those plus the power cable if I had 1 fuse mounted battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Can't wait to see it. I have the SEMFF Mosquito on my to-do list, but am also harbouring a faint hope that the nice folks at Volantex are gearing up for release of a Messerschmitt Bf110 and Mosquito pair for Christmas, getting a bit late though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 This one is a bit bigger than the usual Volantex offerings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Before you ask, approximately 950mm ws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 No harm in having both 🙂 I've got a real hankering for another Mosquito - my Parkzone UMX is okay, once you allow for the parabolic wing curve that has the tips pointed heavenward on a curve. A just sub 1m span would be an excellent fit, for a chuckable fun to fly knock-about Mossie in the spirit of the Spittie dogfighter et al. For the Volantex-style, I'd like one to be almost in scale with their other 400mm span warbirds, so that would work out around about 630-650mm if scaled to the Spitfire, so around 25" span, a little bit smaller than the SEMFF Mosquito at 31.5" span. Being able to formate on the other Volantex Squadron as we sweep across the field would be great fun- I really hope that they do come out with a twin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Philbrick Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I have ask the obvious question, what does semff stand for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heather Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Quick Google says SEMFF (South East Michigan Foamy Flyers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Philbrick Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 SEMFF are, as Nigel sad, the South East Michigan Foamy Flyers who, through their club competitions, have launched and subsequently collated, a large number of free online plans for manufacturing small profile foamy "warbirds" ideal for low key streamer combat flying. The SEMFF plans are a simpler version of what Daren and Ron are featuring in this thread, built from depron or equivalent 5mm or 6mm foamboard and the plans are listed on this RC Groups Thread. They are designed so that they can be printed out as tiled A4 (or foolscap) sheets, to be taped together, or can be taken to a print shop and have them printed there. They all allow use of a simple, inexpensive power train and approximate to 150sq in of wing area - generally about 28-30" span and weigh just less than 250g, giving around 150w/lb power loading. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1012551-**SEMFF-WWII-combat-planes-31-designs-with-plans-and-video** 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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