FTFC'18 WWII Daimler-Benz Projekt B

[PsyBorg]

Finally getting around to checking out what everyone has been doing on these projects. Just watched the flight video. :applause: Great job on these guys. Nice pilot skills too. The mother ship looks like a handful getting it to the ground safely.

Will this all get prettied up for the FF debut or will they stay in FT brown traditional scheme?

 

[FAI-F1D]

The mother ship looks like a handful getting it to the ground safely.

Piece of cake on a hard surface runway, but grass, not so much.

Will this all get prettied up for the FF debut or will they stay in FT brown traditional scheme?

I'll start sanding tonight. Hopefully paint this weekend.

 

[DamoRC]

Congrats on the Mother / Child maiden. What a great project!

DamoRC

 

[FoamyDM]

GREAT Job. I really enjoyed the difference in maneuverability of the Carrier vs. fighter. Both are great jobs.

 

[FAI-F1D]

Getting there...

 

[HilldaFlyer]

This is so good....

 

[DamoRC]

This is so good....

Agreed!

DamoRC

 

[FAI-F1D]

A little more progress:

 

[TurtlesThatFly]

Looks great! Have you made the free flight glider bombs for it yet?

 

[FAI-F1D]

Looks great! Have you made the free flight glider bombs for it yet?

Not yet...Need to do that. I'm thinking about making one of them RC on a horizon brushless brick. Should be fun!

 

[FoamyDM]

Ah.. color. good pattern.

 

[TurtlesThatFly]

Not yet...Need to do that. I'm thinking about making one of them RC on a horizon brushless brick. Should be fun!

Sounds good!

 

[FAI-F1D]

Well then...what could possibly go wrong?

 

[FAI-F1D]

This glides great but so far it's completely unflyable under power.

 

[TurtlesThatFly]

Got a little distracted and made a 3d model of a full fuse version...

 

[HilldaFlyer]

This glides great but so far it's completely unflyable under power.

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Where's the beef - uh, I mean, foam?

 

[FAI-F1D]

Where's the beef - uh, I mean, foam?

I tried making a similarly sized (and much more optimal layout) glider this past weekend, and the lack of performance of that airplane (80% reduction in performance compared to the matching and intentionally suboptimal balsa model made alongside it) led me to conclude that there's almost no hope of getting this thing to fly as a foamboard airplane. Maybe as a glider, if you're dropping it from waaaaay up and not expecting anything more than a slightly controlled fall.

 

[FAI-F1D]

Just one change and now it flies great!


Also, the plans files and information on Post #1 have been updated to reflect the current state of the project. I need to put some markings on these plans to finish them out and then work on an instruction manual.

 

[FAI-F1D]

Who's ready for Flite Fest South?

 

[DamoRC]

As Spacewalker said in a different thread:

"D" + (many,many "A"s) + "NG"

That just brilliant!

DamoRC