Solved FTFC20 Classic to Modern Forum Challenge!
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Vimana89
Legendary member
This little plane flies well with the new nose. I have an imperfect thrust angle, so I busted and had to replace a prop dialing her in. No structural damage and a little trim cleaned it up enough to fly well. Controls are a little more touchy than they used to be. The new nose and the more forward CG where it was tail heavy before make it carry more momentum, which gives me cleaner, crisper turns with less drift, more stability in high alpha, and with the CG forward it actually glides fairly well when I cut the engine.(Imagine that I made it more like the original which was a glider and now it glides!).
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SlingShot
Maneuvering With Purpose
This could prove to be an excellent project. It's a good way to do racing. I was thinking about the "Toad", but the Quicky 500 is a better choice.
jfaleo1
Junior Member
I raced Quickie 500 class at the first NATS it was included in for real in 1987. I have raced the Quicky 500, Scat Cat 500, Quik-V (original V1), and a guys local design in Northern, IL (but that was just in a demo race) it was fast but had a pitch hunting issue due to he LE being too sharp.
All these either has Supertigre, or Rossi engines($65 to $100). When Nelson and Jett got involved it the engines alone were over $400, time for the near broke 21 year old to bow out. This should be relatively easy to build and fun to fly, depending on the motor and battery it could be fast too. guess I will find out. The three projects at one are pretty ambitious for me though...
Vimana89
Legendary member
Loving this challenge so far. It was @FoamyDM 's Buildruary that pushed me over the hurdle and finally got me building and flying successfully. Using a sim and getting the Champ to train around the same time had a lot to do with it, but busting my butt for that challenge got my build skills just where they needed to be to finally get the ball rolling. Only one of my four planes for that competition flew for a bit and I didn't have the YouTube channel to share vids yet. I know this challenge is gonna push my skills up again, but this time I'm bringing planes that fly and decent footage.
Vimana89
Legendary member
I'll be working on a compilation vid and doing further flight testing on my Floating Kidney prototype. Also, I'll be drawing up/writing down specific specs for the 1.0 version. It will make very minor improvements to the prototype. Nose will be the same, but I may change the size and shape of the VS a bit more exact to the original. Its position in front of the one piece elevator will remain. I'll round the elevator a little more to make it look like the back of the original more as well. I'll clean up the electronics and do a bit of through wiring to the spine so there's less stuff on top of the wing, and see about maybe moving the receiver as well. I also think the dihedral angle could be sharpened a bit for better stability and auto-leveling.
Here's a raw clip from this morning with a short bit of casual flight and a simulated dead-stick landing(this baby can glide!)
Here's a raw clip from this morning with a short bit of casual flight and a simulated dead-stick landing(this baby can glide!)
cdfigueredo
Elite member
Woohoo!! Welcome to the challenge!
cdfigueredo
Elite member
Thanks.. this is my first time so i will try to make it fineWoohoo!! Welcome to the challenge!
The Big D looks like a great snow bird.
RCBuildIdeas
Active member
Here's the build thread for the Boston Beancraft Banana...noticed it needed to be added to post #2.
Build Thread Here!
Build Thread Here!
Got it - thanks!
Aviator08
Flagstaff,AZ
Here is my build thread.
Build thread here
Build thread here
Another great challenge - thanks @rockyboy !
I'm in with a second attempt at the MC-72 - build thread here.
I'm in with a second attempt at the MC-72 - build thread here.
Matagami Designs
Master member
I would like to try my hand at making a Bellanca Aircruiser C-27A.
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=458
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=458
JTarmstr
Elite member
@rockyboy thread is up for my entry: https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/ftfc2020-jtdesigns-arrow-sport-v8.59907/
3rd Entry:
Vought-os2u-3-kingfisher by FoamyDM
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/vought-os2u-3-kingfisher-mini-a-pack.55442/
@kilroy07 this one needs a kick in the pants for electronics and a maiden. Plans are ready... just need some puddin' for the proof.
$240 worth of Puddin'
Vought-os2u-3-kingfisher by FoamyDM
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/vought-os2u-3-kingfisher-mini-a-pack.55442/
@kilroy07 this one needs a kick in the pants for electronics and a maiden. Plans are ready... just need some puddin' for the proof.
$240 worth of Puddin'
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