After Flitetest released their Mighty Mini Corsair and Mustang, I decided that the other side of the warbird picture was sorely lacking and in need of some attention.
Decided to build a Zero that will be swappable with the mighty mini power pods. It was a close call between the Zero, Fw-190, and Ilyushin-2. Might build something German or Russian later.
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Anyway, here's my rough prototype. Yes my desk is a huge mess. It started out clean today. :black_eyed:
Canopy still isn't quite right, and it's all made out of paper. Ran out of time tonight. I'll be tweaking stuff and using actual posterboard tomorrow. The cowl could also use some work. I'm considering beveling the front edge and adding the exhaust cutouts to the rear of the cowl.
Came up with a simple way to do a split elevator. All the other options just didn't look right. The Zero has a tail arrangement that's a bit different from most other FT builds and I didn't want to lose it's character.
Battery hatch is similar to the Mustang. The final version will look a bit different than this, but it's close. Hopefully I'll have enough room to get this thing balanced. The Zero has a very short nose.
I know that The-One-Who-Never-Crashes is also working on a Zero. I figure that two models is better than one. More planes for slaughter house.
I need some electronics to finish off this build, but I'm hoping I can get a test flight in pretty soon. After I confirm that it flies I'll be releasing Beta plans for anyone that wants to help me work out any bugs.
Final Plans are out!
Mighty Mini Mitsubishi A6M Zero Plans v1.0 - Tiled - Full
Decided to build a Zero that will be swappable with the mighty mini power pods. It was a close call between the Zero, Fw-190, and Ilyushin-2. Might build something German or Russian later.
****************************************************************************
Anyway, here's my rough prototype. Yes my desk is a huge mess. It started out clean today. :black_eyed:
Canopy still isn't quite right, and it's all made out of paper. Ran out of time tonight. I'll be tweaking stuff and using actual posterboard tomorrow. The cowl could also use some work. I'm considering beveling the front edge and adding the exhaust cutouts to the rear of the cowl.
Came up with a simple way to do a split elevator. All the other options just didn't look right. The Zero has a tail arrangement that's a bit different from most other FT builds and I didn't want to lose it's character.
Battery hatch is similar to the Mustang. The final version will look a bit different than this, but it's close. Hopefully I'll have enough room to get this thing balanced. The Zero has a very short nose.
I know that The-One-Who-Never-Crashes is also working on a Zero. I figure that two models is better than one. More planes for slaughter house.
I need some electronics to finish off this build, but I'm hoping I can get a test flight in pretty soon. After I confirm that it flies I'll be releasing Beta plans for anyone that wants to help me work out any bugs.
Final Plans are out!
Mighty Mini Mitsubishi A6M Zero Plans v1.0 - Tiled - Full
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