Rocks!!Will keep some nuts/bolts/random rocks in my stash on maiden-day, too
Thanks!!!
FTFC23: Buildruary Build-off Challenge
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mastermalpass
Master member
Welp, with all my painting likely to be crunched into the 11th hour, I know I won't be winning on the livery front, these look fantastic! The Bronco and Scout were already looking good, but that Corsair really completes the package!
mastermalpass
Master member
Yeah, who else has had this realisation several times so far? For me it's like:
"I'M GONNA BUILD MY FIRST EDF AS A FULLY FLEDGED MASTER SERIES WITH LIGHTS AND RETRACTS AND IT'S GONNA BE MASSIVE AND FOR THAT REASON DISASSEMBLEBLE!!
""Actually, a design and build of that calibre would be ambitious for four weeks, let alone squeezing three other planes alongside it. Let's do the simple ones first and see what time I have left. The simple Su-36 can go first; it has a lot in common with the BipePipe which only took a couple days, so this shouldn't be long!"
Two weeks later: "Okay, what the dung? Well, at least that's out the way. Let's see how long a MiG-29 takes"
Two days later: "Oh this one's easy, just gotta rig up the servos! Then I can get going on the Sig Kadet tonight!" *Rigging up servos takes the ENTIRE evening*
With life also eating up so much spare time, I now have two days left to finish a Kadet and build a mirage, with Tuesday evening left to give all models a lick of paint... I think the mirage is going to end up being a profile with an EDF of it. 😂
FlyingTyger
Elite member
My strategy this year was to set aside the large build that I knew I didnt want to cut corners on and tackle some of the several smaller/faster builds waiting on the shelf. I picked them in the order I wanted them done and had at it. I knew going in that 4 in a month is simply not achievable for me with everything else going on in life. But this got 2 projects off the shelf and started; one even got done. Fun was had and I have a new plane to play with. That's all I can hope for.
Inq
Elite member
I missed the notices on these for some reason.
It was a bad day being... nice weather out, but feeling the burden of a mountain of a check list. I'll probably have forgotten this feeling when it rolls around next time. And I know, all my problems were based on how I'm tackling this challenge. I never had any expectation to be competitive in the points scheme. Me simply not painting them would likely throw me out of contention. There are no points for designing the planes. Where I built my first FT Storch in a day and flew it the next... I'll go through three or four design iterations on the wing of a plane. I really have to hand it to the FT designers to put out such deceptively simple plans. The devil is in the details.
Where as most people are in this hobby for the flying, I'm in it for the designing. If I even finish a plane, it is to confirm that it flies. If I crash it, its a sign to design another. My F-22 was easily fixable... yet its crash (due to misjudging which side top/bottom I was seeing) spawned the F-23 Black Widow design effort. Guess how I'll fix the top/bottom issue on it... big fluorescent-red hour glass on the bottom!
I'll join next year... but I'll throttle myself with only one new design and the rest will be FT or my old designs. The main thing I'm missing is having time to look/read everyone else's work and be supportive back to them. Next year, I'll have the time. No more crotchety old codger.
My now coming down to the wire (39 hours left)... is the finish line midnight UTC or in our own time zone? I'm going to need those 5 hours!
Yankee2003
Well-known member
I missed the notices on these for some reason.
It was a bad day being... nice weather out, but feeling the burden of a mountain of a check list. I'll probably have forgotten this feeling when it rolls around next time. And I know, all my problems were based on how I'm tackling this challenge. I never had any expectation to be competitive in the points scheme. Me simply not painting them would likely throw me out of contention. There are no points for designing the planes. Where I built my first FT Storch in a day and flew it the next... I'll go through three or four design iterations on the wing of a plane. I really have to hand it to the FT designers to put out such deceptively simple plans. The devil is in the details.
Where as most people are in this hobby for the flying, I'm in it for the designing. If I even finish a plane, it is to confirm that it flies. If I crash it, its a sign to design another. My F-22 was easily fixable... yet its crash (due to misjudging which side top/bottom I was seeing) spawned the F-23 Black Widow design effort. Guess how I'll fix the top/bottom issue on it... big fluorescent-red hour glass on the bottom!
I'll join next year... but I'll throttle myself with only one new design and the rest will be FT or my old designs. The main thing I'm missing is having time to look/read everyone else's work and be supportive back to them. Next year, I'll have the time. No more crotchety old codger.
My now coming down to the wire (39 hours left)... is the finish line midnight UTC or in our own time zone? I'm going to need those 5 hours!
We all need to be talked off the ledge once in awhile.
It’s nice to have you back safely in the physc ward. And just in time, nurse Rachett is due to hand out the medications…..😏
I have felt that. I always forget by this time the next year.
Nice, Love it!Guess how I'll fix the top/bottom issue on it... big fluorescent-red hour glass on the bottom!
I am glad your plan on doing this next time. I have thought about adding bonus points if you designed the plane yourself. All my previous years, I designed and built at least one of the planes. I also try to have folks post in the main thread so people can follow one thread and see everyone's progressI'll join next year... but I'll throttle myself with only one new design and the rest will be FT or my old designs. The main thing I'm missing is having time to look/read everyone else's work and be supportive back to them. Next year, I'll have the time. No more crotchety old codger.
Yankee2003
Well-known member
Tick…tick…..tick…tick…..
My progress this year has been good;
All built, and flights attempted.
Due to an EDF explosion, the f-117 on saw chuck flight. Prandlt-D goes airborne today.
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Inq
Elite member
Planes done so far... links to build threads.
Flight Test, Mighty Mini DR-1 Triplane
Custom design from Internet images F-8 Crusader using 70 mm EDF.
Custom design from Internet images Fokker D.VIII Razor
A little less than 12 hours to finish this last one. Original design self powered sail plane 3 meter minimal design flying wing Boomerang
Flight Test, Mighty Mini DR-1 Triplane
Custom design from Internet images F-8 Crusader using 70 mm EDF.
Custom design from Internet images Fokker D.VIII Razor
A little less than 12 hours to finish this last one. Original design self powered sail plane 3 meter minimal design flying wing Boomerang
FlyingTyger
Elite member
FlyingTyger
Elite member
For those like me that are going to fall short of completing all 4 models, you can roll those models over into the next challenge!
Introducing the 1st annual 2023 Spring Sprint Wrap-Up Challenge. Open to ANY previously started but unfinished projects you have sitting around.
Introducing the 1st annual 2023 Spring Sprint Wrap-Up Challenge. Open to ANY previously started but unfinished projects you have sitting around.
Inq
Elite member
Very kind of you. Compared to some of the planes I see on the forum, I'm a real hack. I haven't built anything like this in over 40 years.
AgentC
Elite member
Four planes completed, but the weather has been foul so maidening has not happened yet.
In the meantime, plans for the UnEZ Bronco are being made to be into a resource. Beta plans linked for any impatient builders...
EDIT: Here's the bad video for the Bronco maiden. I'll do a proper (re)maiden when its not gusting outside...
In the meantime, plans for the UnEZ Bronco are being made to be into a resource. Beta plans linked for any impatient builders...
EDIT: Here's the bad video for the Bronco maiden. I'll do a proper (re)maiden when its not gusting outside...
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mastermalpass
Master member
Planes done so far... links to build threads.
Flight Test, Mighty Mini DR-1 Triplane
Custom design from Internet images F-8 Crusader using 70 mm EDF.
Custom design from Internet images Fokker D.VIII Razor
A little less than 12 hours to finish this last one. Original design self powered sail plane 3 meter minimal design flying wing Boomerang
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These are really nice! Your home-designed ones are my favourites!
mastermalpass
Master member
It's now 1am of March 1st in the UK. Bit cheeky of me, but hey, you're all still building across the Atlantic. 😝
I completed my Sig Kadet!
It's big and it's a beast! I don't know how much it weighs, but it's up there! I hope the 9x6 slow-fly prop, on a 1400kv motor, fed by a 40a ESC, with a 4S battery, is enough to pull its weight through the air. With it's giant wings and flapperons, I'm confident it will fly, so long as it has sufficient thrust. Need a big flat field and no winds to maiden this one!
And of course, we have my twist on the design; you can turn it from full plane to this, in under two minutes, by hand!
I completed my Sig Kadet!
It's big and it's a beast! I don't know how much it weighs, but it's up there! I hope the 9x6 slow-fly prop, on a 1400kv motor, fed by a 40a ESC, with a 4S battery, is enough to pull its weight through the air. With it's giant wings and flapperons, I'm confident it will fly, so long as it has sufficient thrust. Need a big flat field and no winds to maiden this one!
And of course, we have my twist on the design; you can turn it from full plane to this, in under two minutes, by hand!
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Inq
Elite member
Thank you.
You have a time machine too. I didn't know the colonies sent that technology back to the Mother country.
