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Giant Scale - Builds:
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Was working on the quaker today although I’m curious why because it’s only 23°, but it’s coming together well I’m re- Apoxseeing
the landing gear
and finishing covering on a fuselage then it’s flying time!
the landing gear
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I am finishing up covering today and installing and testing all the servos.
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Well, besides the windows, the quaker is all done,
here it is with my other giant. I don’t know what to do now that’s all my projects finished. Maybe I should build another big one any recommendations?
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It is strange
FlyingTyger
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I came up in the hobby when the IMAA was very prevalent. So to me, giant is 80" in span or larger. (60" for a bipe) One of my mentors was on the edge of "giant" planes with his 105" Lockheed Electra Jr. He followed that up with an A-26 spanning a whopping 120". Nowadays he hardly flies anything smaller than 180", his largest being a B-36 spanning over 200".
Giant here in the FT/foamy world can be as small as 60". Just goes to show what people consider "giant" is all relative.
Giant here in the FT/foamy world can be as small as 60". Just goes to show what people consider "giant" is all relative.
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ok the quaker is 84 so im just making it
Here's my "Moorhuhn" monster chicken I built from all the monster maker foam I had left - I think about 3-4 boards in total 
It has a 75"/190cm wingspan and 94"/240cm length, so I figured it counts, given its jet-based design.
Compared to its smaller counterparts, a rudder was added, as well as a few CF reinforcements.
I built it based on plans by Gerhard Hubek for a small depron indoor plane, scaled wayyy up. I've built about ten of these so far for myself and friends, in varying sizes, and they all fly surprisingly well! Even the big one, at 4kg, flies pretty well despite having no airfoil at all. The wing area is absolutely massive, so wing loading is very low.
The feathers/winglets are articulated with a servo each, so they can flap in the air
It does very well at high alpha flight, which makes sense given its Eurofighter-based design. I can post a quick video of the big bird if anyone is interested. Given this project's "just for fun" nature, I'm quite surprised to say the plane is still in one piece and flies well! For next years flying season, I'll add a mechanism for dropping styrofoam eggs... It's super fun to fly in formation with a few of the small ones, since they can go extremely slow at very high alpha.
Here's some more pictures:
Start of the build (for reference, the plane in the back is a Hangar 9 Beast 100cc!
Getting paint
Maiden hand launch
Sitting pretty
In a low-alpha pass
It has a 75"/190cm wingspan and 94"/240cm length, so I figured it counts, given its jet-based design.
Compared to its smaller counterparts, a rudder was added, as well as a few CF reinforcements.
I built it based on plans by Gerhard Hubek for a small depron indoor plane, scaled wayyy up. I've built about ten of these so far for myself and friends, in varying sizes, and they all fly surprisingly well! Even the big one, at 4kg, flies pretty well despite having no airfoil at all. The wing area is absolutely massive, so wing loading is very low.
The feathers/winglets are articulated with a servo each, so they can flap in the air
It does very well at high alpha flight, which makes sense given its Eurofighter-based design. I can post a quick video of the big bird if anyone is interested. Given this project's "just for fun" nature, I'm quite surprised to say the plane is still in one piece and flies well! For next years flying season, I'll add a mechanism for dropping styrofoam eggs...
It's super fun to fly in formation with a few of the small ones, since they can go extremely slow at very high alpha.Here's some more pictures:
Start of the build (for reference, the plane in the back is a Hangar 9 Beast 100cc!
Getting paint
Maiden hand launch
Sitting pretty
In a low-alpha pass
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Pieliker96
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I see a surprising lack of bananas for scale.
My 1/20 scale XB-70 Valkyrie: 9.5' long, 5' span, combined 174".
My 1/20 scale XB-70 Valkyrie: 9.5' long, 5' span, combined 174".
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How fast does this thing go?!
Pieliker96
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I clocked cruise speed in the pattern at 60mph by doppler analysis of the audio on the maiden flight. Other than that I haven't collected any quantitative data
luvmy40
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I saw the Valkyrie in person 40+ years ago at the Wright Paterson museum. It is still the most impressive aircraft I have ever seen. BTW, I was a USAF Heavies Crew Chief.
