hotwax
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Early Aces Package
I was wondering, if it was possible honoring the first aces of the Great War in building their planes.
This could be the Fokker E-III, Nieuport 11 and D.H. 2.
The Fokker looked easy, the Nieuport 11 more demanding and the D.H. 2 quite challenging.
I liked to get them in the 2826 1200 KV 3 Cell 1300 mAh class, simple T9g servos 4 channel radio. If all works well, I will draw the plans and show the build.
First I browsed the plans at outerzone.co.uk to get an idea of the proportions and here I can present the first of the three, the Fokker E-III or the FB Eindecker:
This picture was made after an uneventful first flight. Some decoration is still missing. Weight is 730 gr. The wheels should be 70 mm instead of 50 mm, but I could only find expencive Williams wheels in 70 mm. The landing gear is a really complicated bend, but works surprisingly fine. Maybee I find a simple solution. Gun and siluette pilot will be added soon.
My foamboard is a bit heavier as Fitetestfoam. To counter this, I used this heavier motor, which works fine with a 9 x 3.8 prop.
More to come
I was wondering, if it was possible honoring the first aces of the Great War in building their planes.
This could be the Fokker E-III, Nieuport 11 and D.H. 2.
The Fokker looked easy, the Nieuport 11 more demanding and the D.H. 2 quite challenging.
I liked to get them in the 2826 1200 KV 3 Cell 1300 mAh class, simple T9g servos 4 channel radio. If all works well, I will draw the plans and show the build.
First I browsed the plans at outerzone.co.uk to get an idea of the proportions and here I can present the first of the three, the Fokker E-III or the FB Eindecker:
This picture was made after an uneventful first flight. Some decoration is still missing. Weight is 730 gr. The wheels should be 70 mm instead of 50 mm, but I could only find expencive Williams wheels in 70 mm. The landing gear is a really complicated bend, but works surprisingly fine. Maybee I find a simple solution. Gun and siluette pilot will be added soon.
My foamboard is a bit heavier as Fitetestfoam. To counter this, I used this heavier motor, which works fine with a 9 x 3.8 prop.
More to come
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