Bush plane build challenge

[Test Fly RC]

Well the Guinea has been put on hold for now, but this brings me to my second entry! (Hopefully I will be able to make atleast one fly before Thanksgiving)
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I'm sure you guys can figure out what I'm building

The FT Simple Cub!

 

[The Hangar]

I’ve been lacking motivation lately, but I’m hoping to get the minor cruiser done this week.

 

[The Hangar]

Here are some pictures of my kodiak!
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That looks great! I love the 3-blade prop.

 

[Ketchup]

I did a landing count and I am at 106 give or take a few. Some of you guys said you could do like 108 or something earlier, so let's see it! Right now only @BATTLEAXE and I have made entry videos, but I wanna see some more from you guys!

 

[The Hangar]

I did a landing count and I am at 106 give or take a few. Some of you guys said you could do like 108 or something earlier, so let's see it! Right now only @BATTLEAXE and I have made entry videos, but I wanna see some more from you guys!

That’ll be hard to beat!

 

[Ketchup]

That’ll be hard to beat!

I hope so lol. Somebody is most likely gonna beat it though. There are some good pilots here so I wouldn't be surprised.
Edit: I just realized that my number of landings is exactly double the previous best. I am not showing off or anything, it's just the coincidence that I think is kinda cool.

 

[mdcerdan]

My internet has been down now too! Hahha, i think i got it all sorted out now though. Going to get caught up soon, get some posts up. Getting down to the wire now, got some good stuff here guys!

Welcome back Sir! We are eager to see scrappy.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

Welcome back Sir! We are eager to see scrappy.

aye I double that

 

[Timmy]

I did a landing count and I am at 106 give or take a few. Some of you guys said you could do like 108 or something earlier, so let's see it! Right now only @BATTLEAXE and I have made entry videos, but I wanna see some more from you guys!

Tell that to the stupid wind and rain.

 

[Hondo76251]

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

Ahh, but a pint is a pound all the world around...

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

Nicely done!

Yes, I think we all kind of figured there'd have to be some repairs along the way

can you take my name off the entry list? I hurt my knee and am on crutches and I can't enter

Even if you're DNF you still better stick around and vote! The exhibition challenge is viewer voted.

Looking forward to getting seeing some of yall's exhibition challenges soon!

I’ve been lacking motivation lately, but I’m hoping to get the minor cruiser done this week.

Busy time of year for me too, hard to use my spare time well when my build rooms still a disaster and it gets dark at 4:30!

Welcome back Sir! We are eager to see scrappy.

I'll get the video posted early this week, then ya'll will see why I had to wait so long to get her up! lol

Tell that to the stupid wind and rain.

Counting on some good weather this week for the home stretch, but we'll see...

 

[mdcerdan]

Well, I killed my bird...
Yesterday morning I went to the field after a couple days of heavy rain and wind that flooded the streets of the city. Still windy, about 10mph but I wanted to fly so bad that I gave it a try.
It had a bad tendency to tip stall, too much wing loading and a crappy build quality so was no surprise that it was doomed to fail. In calm days after sunset was a joy to fly but with some wind it morphed into a wild animal.

So this was the last moments of my plane, it broke the firewall, cracked the wood reinforcement of the fuselage and crushed the front end so I now have some weird thrust angle.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

finished ft ms corsair thinking of landing gear and then a stol plane from a corsair

 

[Ketchup]

finished ft ms corsair thinking of landing gear and then a stol plane from a corsair

Any pics?

 

[Ketchup]

Well, I killed my bird...
Yesterday morning I went to the field after a couple days of heavy rain and wind that flooded the streets of the city. Still windy, about 10mph but I wanted to fly so bad that I gave it a try.
It had a bad tendency to tip stall, too much wing loading and a crappy build quality so was no surprise that it was doomed to fail. In calm days after sunset was a joy to fly but with some wind it morphed into a wild animal.

So this was the last moments of my plane, it broke the firewall, cracked the wood reinforcement of the fuselage and crushed the front end so I now have some weird thrust angle.

Are you gonna try to fix it?

 

[mdcerdan]

Are you gonna try to fix it?

May be not, it is badly twisted. I will use my 60" bushplane for the rest of the challenge (the one in my avatar). Not enough time to make a new one

 

[bf109g-14]

I'm building another wing for my KitFox. A thinner airfoil plus under cambered wingtips will hopefully improve the flight characteristics.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

Any pics?

I'll post pics today after schooooolllllll..........

 

[Ketchup]

I'll post pics today after schooooolllllll..........

I forgot that you were in South Africa lol. It is 9:46 PM for me and school ended like 8 hours ago.

 

[OliverW]

I forgot that you were in South Africa lol. It is 9:46 PM for me and school ended like 8 hours ago.

Same lol

 

[Hondo76251]

May be not, it is badly twisted. I will use my 60" bushplane for the rest of the challenge (the one in my avatar). Not enough time to make a new one

Up to you, I've had a lot of planes survive way worse than that! Heck, I've put my current bush plane in that hard several times. Its all in between takes of course but I had some learning curve before I got her dialed in. A little hot glue and reinforcement goes a long ways...