Gordon Lamb
New member
Hi,
I just built my first Flite Test aircraft, Josh's tribute to the DH88 Comet, the Cruiser.
http://www.shuttleworth.org/collection/dh88comet/
https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/de-havilland-dh88-comet
Still to fly, as I have ground clearance issues with the props. I can't use the foam wheels, as the area where I fly would rip them up after a landing or two. The wheels I have (off the Durafly Vampire) leave no ground clearance. I also need to make a canopy.
So I have a couple of thoughts
1 - Could I put retracts in the power pods (as there is no battery there) to clean up the plane in flight. PP's are easy to build, and I don't think the engineering is too hard. If I do make it happen I'll post pictures. I'll also clean up the back of the nacells to make them more streamlined
2 - Could The team take the DH88 Comet ideas and turn it into a DH98 Mosquito? It would be a Foamboard Wonder not a Wooden Wonder! The compound curves now used on things like the F4U would make a DH98 possible I think. Take it as a challenge !
Regards
Gordon
I just built my first Flite Test aircraft, Josh's tribute to the DH88 Comet, the Cruiser.
http://www.shuttleworth.org/collection/dh88comet/
https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/de-havilland-dh88-comet
Still to fly, as I have ground clearance issues with the props. I can't use the foam wheels, as the area where I fly would rip them up after a landing or two. The wheels I have (off the Durafly Vampire) leave no ground clearance. I also need to make a canopy.
So I have a couple of thoughts
1 - Could I put retracts in the power pods (as there is no battery there) to clean up the plane in flight. PP's are easy to build, and I don't think the engineering is too hard. If I do make it happen I'll post pictures. I'll also clean up the back of the nacells to make them more streamlined
2 - Could The team take the DH88 Comet ideas and turn it into a DH98 Mosquito? It would be a Foamboard Wonder not a Wooden Wonder! The compound curves now used on things like the F4U would make a DH98 possible I think. Take it as a challenge !
Regards
Gordon