Bush plane build challenge

[mdcerdan]

Great job! You can't beat a classic cub. Oh wait, there's the Carbon Cub...

Next in the list of build is a Stinson 105. May be in L5 colors.
I love the planes from the 30s

 

[Raccoonworks]

It's a long way down to the ground. I hope you can reclaim it from that evil tree.

Thanks. It's not terribly high but it's not a small tree either. I'm sure I can get it down.

 

[Raccoonworks]

So here's the maiden of the Pc-6. Sorry for the bad camera work. It was only me out there yesterday.

 

[mdcerdan]

So here's the maiden of the Pc-6. Sorry for the bad camera work. It was only me out there yesterday.

Did you recover your plane?

 

[Ketchup]

I know that I already asked the question, but I wanted to know if I needed to make a single one take video for the payload challenge. I would show all of the flying and I would show how much weight is in the plane at max capacity, but I might need to make a small cut in the video while messing with weights and getting them in the plane. I might also have to do some math too.

 

[Raccoonworks]

Did you recover your plane?

This was the flight before I crashed. I will say however that I did get the plane down yesterday! It's gonna need a little bit of love but it'll fly again .

 

[Timmy]

I'm gonna remainden my VR-3.1 today. Hopefully with better control.

 

[Raccoonworks]

So I got the Pc-6 back! The nose is gonna need rebuilt, I'm gonna need to build a new powerpod and the landing gear needs a little bit of work. But everything else is fine! She'll live to see another day!

 

[Raccoonworks]

I'm gonna remainden my VR-3.1 today. Hopefully with better control.

Best of luck! Watch out for trees.

 

[mdcerdan]

So I got the Pc-6 back! The nose is gonna need rebuilt, I'm gonna need to build a new powerpod and the landing gear needs a little bit of work. But everything else is fine! She'll live to see another day!
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Glad to hear you have your plane back. I hope a chainsaw was not involved in the recovery.

 

[Ketchup]

All right... I am gonna try the payload thing in another couple hours and I guess I will just try to do the best I can for video. Right now I'm gonna go weigh stuff so that I can add everything up while I'm there instead of having to come back home first.

 

[mdcerdan]

All right... I am gonna try the payload thing in another couple hours and I guess I will just try to do the best I can for video. Right now I'm gonna go weigh stuff so that I can add everything up while I'm there instead of having to come back home first.

I think you can use water. Easy to measure volume in the field. Then at home you can weight the volume of water you use in the flight.

 

[Timmy]

I think you can use water. Easy to measure volume in the field. Then at home you can weight the volume of water you use in the flight.

Actually, 1 mL of water = 1g so you don't even need to weigh it. The metric system at its best.

 

[mdcerdan]

Actually, 1 mL of water = 1g so you don't even need to weigh it. The metric system at its best.

Yes, metric rules!
I live in the metric world but not everyone does.

 

[Ketchup]

I think you can use water. Easy to measure volume in the field. Then at home you can weight the volume of water you use in the flight.

I already prepared weights a while ago so I am only weighing to be 100% sure of their weight. Water is a pretty good idea though...

 

[Timmy]

It started to rain! I can't maiden!

 

[flamingo]

hey @Hondo76251 im going to take a
break because of stress i hope i can come back to the challenge 🙂

 

[Ketchup]

hey @Hondo76251 im going to take a
break because of stress i hope i can come back to the challenge 🙂

I hope you can take care of everything and get back soon! Hopefully you can get back before the end of the challenge.

 

[Ketchup]

It started to rain! I can't maiden!

It is gonna start raining for me too. That's why I am doing payload today, it is probably gonna be my last chance for a while.

 

[Ketchup]

I just went out and did the payload challenge! The plane carries 1323 grams and weighs 870 grams so the ratio is 1.52. I have some homework and stuff so it might take a couple days to upload a video. Also, while trying to do the challenge I severely damaged one of my wheels, so I can still make a new set and it will still be ok right? Other than that I have a little more gluing and reinforcing to do since I found a minor crack in the fuselage but that is really it.

Edit: I wrote 1320 as the max capacity but it was really 1323 so I changed it.