Cessna Skymaster

[Cowood2676]

The skymaster would be an awesome build. Or any push/pull config.

 

[OliverW]

The skymaster would be an awesome build. Or any push/pull config.

Agreed! My dad built a 10ft wingspan one that had 2 55cc engines

 

[CrazyFastFlying]

Agreed! My dad built a 10ft wingspan one that had 2 55cc engines

Isn't the skymaster a single engine airplane?

 

[CrazyFastFlying]

Isn't the skymaster a single engine airplane?

Oh wait, I see now, it's a pusher/puller.

 

[Cowood2676]

https://images.app.goo.gl/9UtdDdJyAiX45V7N9

 

[BS projects inc.]

Look at the Flite Fest Ohio 2017 video, there is a scratch built sky master

 

[Cowood2676]

Look at the Flite Fest Ohio 2017 video, there is a scratch built sky master

Link?

 

[BS projects inc.]

Flite Fest East 2017

 

[OliverW]

Isn't the skymaster a single engine airplane?

Nope. He crashed that thing hard tho

 

[quorneng]

Of course the Skymaster has the advantage of no motor torque or asymmetric thrust with an engine out, both useful attributes in a model.
My scratch built 52" foam job (actually an O-2 'special ops' variant) flew extremely well with masses and masses of spare power.

Hand launch and belly land (which that fuselage did very nicely on grass) with just 'bank and yank' controls.
A throttle mix allows the front motor to be switched off in flight. Like that and flown super economically it had an endurance of 3/4 hour on its 2200 mAh 3s.

 

[Cowood2676]

Of course the Skymaster has the advantage of no motor torque or asymmetric thrust with an engine out, both useful attributes in a model.
My scratch built 52" foam job (actually an O-2 'special ops' variant) flew extremely well with masses and masses of spare power.
View attachment 154990
Hand launch and belly land (which that fuselage did very nicely on grass) with just 'bank and yank' controls.
A throttle mix allows the front motor to be switched off in flight. Like that and flown super economically it had an endurance of 3/4 hour on its 2200 mAh 3s.

That’s a great looking plane. You wouldn’t happen to have any plans?

 

[Cowood2676]

Flite Fest East 2017

I found it about the same time you posted it. The plane just looks fun!! I want to build one.

 

[DutchRoll]

Isn't it a cessna 182 nose, cabin, and wing?

 

[Cowood2676]

Isn't it a cessna 182 nose, cabin, and wing?

I’m not sure, but to me it looks closer to a 172....

 

[quorneng]

Cowood2676
Sorry no plan as such. It was actually built from this 3 view suitably 'blown up' to size as it included a full set of fuselage cross sections .

Downloaded the wing sections from the internet.
All 3 mm grey (easy to paint black!) Depron with just the motor bulkheads, wing bracing struts and the spar flanges in balsa.

 

[OliverW]

You should check out the hostetler skymaster. My dad had wing failure on his so you probably would want to beef it up if you were to build it

 

[FlyerInStyle]

Of course the Skymaster has the advantage of no motor torque or asymmetric thrust with an engine out, both useful attributes in a model.
My scratch built 52" foam job (actually an O-2 'special ops' variant) flew extremely well with masses and masses of spare power.
View attachment 154990
Hand launch and belly land (which that fuselage did very nicely on grass) with just 'bank and yank' controls.
A throttle mix allows the front motor to be switched off in flight. Like that and flown super economically it had an endurance of 3/4 hour on its 2200 mAh 3s.

any plans?

 

[Monte.C]

Am I gonna have to be the one to say it?

PUSHMEPULLYOU!

Somebody had to.

 

[quorneng]

any plans?

Sorry. As explained it was scratch built from a 3 view tile printed to the appropriate size. The size was such that the 9x6 prop was scale size.
The trick was the 3 view included fuselage cross section. The actual structure was built using my experience from previous similar builds.
The big advantage, if you can do it, is that you can build anything if you can find a 3 suitable view.
There is a detailed build blog here