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Awesome build, great paint job!!
Thanks to everyone for the kudos. I'm having a ball building, a challenge trying to make the plans, and its cool to think someone else might build one of these and fly it. (I've got a thing for WW2 planes can't you tell?)
I can send you the plans if you like. I'm contemplating a modification of the wing before I 'publish' the plans, although if I drag my butt too long I'l l probably just upload as-is. They are pretty solid for the most part with the exception of the very front of the cowl. I still need to build the FB canopy/hatch as designed to be sure everything lines up. I needed to modify the clear canopy version a bit so I'd expect it needs a few tweaks...
) Still gotta dial in the CG but with the thrust line proper (where it was designed) and zero angle it was behaving nicely. Also, apologies on the boring video - it's been a long winter and I was just taking it easy!
Funny - a guy at the club wanted me to build him one of these - I of course agreed, and in discussing it, he would really like a P40 - so guess what my next design is probably gonna be....
The wind was down and the fields are a bit drier, so I took the newest P36 build out for a maiden on Tuesday. I only got a battery and a half through it before my thumbs were too cold to function (should have had my radio glove
The takeoff was quite sloppy - the field was really rough and I just wanted to get it in the air
Lol.... the classic "Oh $4!# the rates/throws are too high" on take off. Clenches you up a little bit.The wind was down and the fields are a bit drier, so I took the newest P36 build out for a maiden on Tuesday. I only got a battery and a half through it before my thumbs were too cold to function (should have had my radio glove
The takeoff was quite sloppy - the field was really rough and I just wanted to get it in the air
I do like the slogan - quite catchy
those are cool! I've been using these
Wow you must have a lot of bicycles!
I've got 4 boys, so actually we do have a lot of bicycles as well 😆 🤣
I wish I could give an authoritative response but at this point I'm still making it up as I go along
! Both of my MS designs had the hstab at 0 degrees with the thrust line. The main wing is about 1 degree up inclination on both designs. I'd say they fly well but I'm sure they could use tweaking. Actually if you really think about it, many (most?) of the FT simple designs are 0 degrees on both...
I know these pics are on the buildruary thread, but they really do belong here first! Wrapped up the basic gear tonight as well as one last bit of artwork. I'm bummed that painting over the silver with clear coat to seal the decals took some of the shiny metallic away
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Tail-dragger, sure - but I think she needs a tail wheel... There's a 3-layer spine back where one belongs so I think I'm going to be cutting away a space to get something 3D printed in. I'm not going to try to get it tied into the rudder, but then again, the full scale Corsair had a dolly tail wheel!
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The bottom of the wing being flat messed with the fuselage bottom but I tried to get a similar look of the real thing for the belly pan
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The hatch ended up glue on when I attached the canopy to the hatch base - I popped the front edge of the rear window trying to get the hatch off without destroying the fuselage
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Flaps fully deployed! I ended up using a cut down large control arm for the flaps. When I did flaps on the BF109 I had designed a different arm but I figured this would be easier.
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One removable hatch...
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...and one really spacious battery compartment! Below, that is a 5500 3S battery and it balances out perfectly
Well I've gone and done it... I started the rework of the plans into the P40E. Fuselage is a tad different but the wings are spot on. I'm going to end up doing a build of the just the nose to see how tings work out. Also, the P36 plans are gonna pause until I try something out with the wing on the P40 - if it works out I will replace the wing patterns with the new one - a 2-for-1 deal
Plans will hopefully be ready for an Alpha build next week.
I still need to do a test build of the DTFB canopy in the event that someone does not want to do the clear. Also there's a few patterns that were thrown together rather quickly (like the belly pan). I'd say the plans are easily 95% good, but need to do my homework for a bit to get them to 99%
