Cessna 337 Skymaster Inline Twin. Full Fuselage
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Timmy P
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So a thing happened today.. I realized the benefit of the redundancy of an inline twin motor.. Today at the local club field, I lost my front prop at some point during a flight. I hadn't even realized I was a motor down until I landed and the prop wasn't on the runway. I was a bit shocked to be honest. So I decided to call it a time for a little test. So I unplugged the front motor and sent it back in the air for a single motor take off.. And it flew just fine.. Wings stayed nice and level and it climbed very well. It was close the the same speed, It just didnt have quite the vertical climb. But thats also carrying the dead weight of an inactive motor. So this plane will fly just fine as a pusher with a single 2216 size motor.. I guess I'll throw one of my big fast motors in the front and see if I can get some airspeed out of this thing..
Timmy P
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Yeah........ I been kinda busy with summer lol.. I had some time last night to work on a beta build. Its kinda slow going because I'm filming everything so I can make a detailed build video.. So for the video I think I need to have footage from 3 builds to get all the angles I need.. I only have one HD camera. So I need lots of B-Roll. Ill set a deadline to September 1st.
Timmy P
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So this is the last beta build, also last build I will need to do before releasing the plans.. Everything is now perfect.
I changed the way its put together, along with a few adjustments to the way it flies. Now it needs zero trim adjustments.
And can fly at full speed. Even at a dive and it wont lift. I've never had an airframe that aims so straight. So the pfd is done.. Im currently adding the notes and whatnot for the plans. Build video is almost 3 hours long. And Hey look.. I made an Oscar Deuce. The plane from the movie Bat 21. It looks amazing.. I'm about to head to the field and fly this thing.
I changed the way its put together, along with a few adjustments to the way it flies. Now it needs zero trim adjustments.
And can fly at full speed. Even at a dive and it wont lift. I've never had an airframe that aims so straight. So the pfd is done.. Im currently adding the notes and whatnot for the plans. Build video is almost 3 hours long. And Hey look.. I made an Oscar Deuce. The plane from the movie Bat 21. It looks amazing.. I'm about to head to the field and fly this thing.
Michael9865
Elite member
Congratulations! Bat21 is such a great movie.
Timmy P
Member
Thanks, its been a long time.. I created the first build in just a few hours.. Then realized how slowly I would peck away at things that needed changed. And I biff'd one edit/build and it was for nothing lol.. So I had to build another one. So total I have built 5 planes now. But am very happy with this last build. And am just amazed by how well it flyes. The flight envelope is just so large. With the aluminum wingspar inspired by NerdNic I can rip some serious Gs with it now. And the way it floats so predictably at stall speeds. It just wont drop a wing. Im very excited to release the plans and see people and their experiences with it. Im sitting here working on the PDF now...
Michael9865
Elite member
I would encourage 20"x30" and providing the tiled options for those who print them that way. I personally like the 20"x30" option, but know of others like the tiled options.
Timmy P
Member
So I usually use adobe x to print plans as tiled.. Maybe I need to watch NerdNicks Tutorial and see if it shows how to tile a pdf....
Timmy P
Member
Yeah.... But Ive wondered what that takes to have that done by myself? Or are you asking if I want FT to make a kit? Because that would be cool. But people need to send enough request emails to FT for something like that to happen.... Im assuming.
Timmy P
Member
The PDF and Build video are done and posted... The Build article is pending approval.. Coming soon. My mission is almost complete lol.. Now I just need a lot of people to build it lol.. I hope to see a few photos and maybe one at flite fest next year to fly with. If you build it.. please post your pictures here in the forum. Tell me how it flies and throw some criticism where its due. I want to perfect this build. So this may just be version1 if I need to make edits.
rcspaceflight
creator of virtual planes
Looks a lot better than mine did: https://www.flitetest.com/articles/cessna-skymaster
