Ratcheeroo
Legendary member
Ready for a maiden my fellow challenge participants!
Heinkel plane 2021 challenge
- Thread starter Jesse Dupreez
- Start date
Matthewdupreez
Legendary member
... Another AMAZING BUILD...well done... @Ratcheeroo ... i don't think i stand a chance against you
Matthewdupreez
Legendary member
do you use a power pod for the motor??
Ratcheeroo
Legendary member
Yeah if you look close at the fuse you can see the BBQ skewer that holds it in place(just after the exhaust). It's pretty much the FT power pod maybe a bit shorter but same construction.
Matthewdupreez
Legendary member
cool.... looks like i know what i'm building asap...
Whit Armstrong
Elite member
This is a fun challenge is to design any Heinkel plane,
The goal is to design a Heinkel Plane, that flies great and looks great.
here are some pics of some of the Heinkel planes
Starts 18th August
End 18th October
there is no prizes just a fun challenge, except for bragging rights (or if someone wants to donate a prize)
There are basically no rule except for designing a Heinkel plane, submitting plans, and creating a build thread.
Go as scale or as crazy as you want, but most importantly have fun.
here is a link that will help you pick a plane
My favorite is the heinkel he 112
Updated rules:
-Build must be reasonably repeatable (complete balsa, fiber glass, or carbon fiber builds are not allowed, but these items may be used in the construction of the planes) Hotwire, 3d printed, foam board builds are all allowed. P.S. please suggest any i've missed
- Plans/videos/instructional guides should theoretically be provided. (the more actual plans the better)
- No limit on size. (wingspan, etc)
- No limit on power system.
- No limit on amount of motors, except the plane must have 1 or more (no gliders).
- no limit to features
- If possible maiden footage should be included
- Build thread must be made
- participants are allowed to work together (ie: one designs and one builds)
- NO FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ALLOWED TO BE "HELPING" PILOT
- Please suggest additional rules.........
Determining the winner:
determined based off of stats by builder/pilot and community decisions.
#1: does it fly? 5 points. if not 0 points.
#2: Ease of build? 1-10 points.
#3: In air handling? 1-10 points.
#4: Scaleness? (compared to actual aircraft) 1-10 points.
#5: Stall speed? 1-10 points. lower stall the better
#6: Flight Envelope? 1-5 points. 5 for slowing down to a crawl, and also being able to travel fairly fast.
MAXIMUM POINTS 50.
PLEASE SUGGEST SOME MORE CRITERIA FOR JUDGING
I'll be making a late entry and finishing up (more like starting over) my He-115!
I probably won't be able to make an actual mode, and my flying skills would be too bad to fly it anyway, but I know I can design it and make plans.
FlyerInStyle
Elite member
Now, I know that this is supposedly against the rules that it is a chuck glider, but I want to show here that I made the p.1079 as my submission. (not submitting yet) If somebody has a spare ez power pack, this was designed to be the same exact size as the ft ez jets, and ez3.
posting the reference material along with a untiled image of the plans and a tiled pdf, the WingSpan is 14 inches, and it is 6 sheets of letter paper.
posting the reference material along with a untiled image of the plans and a tiled pdf, the WingSpan is 14 inches, and it is 6 sheets of letter paper.
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Jesse Dupreez
Active member
i think i will try to make it on Monday
FlyerInStyle
Elite member
WAIT first, do you have an ez pack? second, wait for version 2 of plans. it will be better, as I am workng currently with @JasonK If you want to, you can build it, but wait for now, if possible
FlyerInStyle
Elite member
sorry for the warning. here are the ez pack plans. should work. ir you do not have a e pack, leave the deepening in the wing and the control board square on the second plans out, and you are good to go (the ones that are called ez pack are for the ez pack, and p.1079 new are for the chuck glider, except what I mentioned above.)
Jesse Dupreez
Active member
i have a ez pack equivalent
Jesse Dupreez
Active member
Thanks
FlyerInStyle
Elite member
they are now a resource.
let me know how it turns out
Midnight_Builds
New member
Hopefully 2+ years as I am just now finding out about it....!
