Doug Ireland Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Have you any idea where the balance point is going to be? I wouldn't have clue where to start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 well on the bottem pic there are some faint lines just after teh red covering stops, those line are the CG of teh origanal so we will try and make it teh same by puting as much of the heavy stuff towards the back so that it balances out the engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 the worst it can do is smash in to the ground, althought iam on a pretty steep ic engine lerning curve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 hehe almost finished i will take some pictures as soon as poss, iam fitting the engine today all the electric's are in place ive also made a new tailplane outta thin ply it might b a tad heavy but i have a back up plan should that be the case (Evil laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 IT LIVES MUHAHAHAHA .....i started the engine today its was great also by some miricle its properly balanced without and need to any weight in the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 IT FLYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry i haven't posted in a while ive been so busy, ive flown the middle phase mark two today it flys really well i have problems with perspective beacuse of the colours (which are goign to be changed red for left green for right e.c.t) and she keeps pulling to the left we don't know if its the engine or the wing (we used to have a strip on the right or left wing for trim purposes). on the second flight it took a nose dive into resonably soft earth the engine is covered in mud but looks ok theres abit of damage on fuss which can be easly repaired and the prop and spinner are finished there to broken to reuse, last point is that i was running her on minimum throttle all the time beacuse the engine was so power full we took a fair few pics so i will post them when i can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Holy Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Haha, Heathen to anyone who contradicts this!It's ideas like this that are fun. Anyway, why not?Good to hear it still flies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Holy Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Haha, Heathen to anyone who contradicts this!It's ideas like this that are fun. Anyway, why not?Good to hear it still flies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 In all fairness its such an easy plane to fly, ive never ever flown a powered plane before and it had been 10/11 months since ive flown my glider, i was thrown in at the deep end by flying a heavly modified IC powered former glider and it was very easy to control and fly so if you ask me more people should do something like this beacuse it lets you build your own ideas and create something very personaly yours also its cost effective comared to buying a new plane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Butler Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Chris, I learned to fly on an old Veron Impala slope soarer with an OS 15 on the front. Great fun and so stable. Enjoy your creation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Off topic I know, but a clubmate has just bought a new,boxed unopened Impala kit for a £100. The original price sticker is still on the box £10: 6shillings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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