bwarz
Master member
I started building this around March or April and then other things pushed it to the side of the workbench. I came back to it in June before FF to do some beta work on the skin and lost time again. Tonight I sat back down to try my skin plans and have hopefully decided to continue working on it - maybe the thread here will push me to get more done!
It was born from the plans of my Curtiss P36 (oh yea, maybe I should just upload those...). I had thought it might be as straightforward as modifying the front of the cowl, but in further looking at prototype drawings, it was off too much for my liking, so the entire fuselage underwent a rework. (The wing on the other hand is pretty much identical to the P36) The front of the cowl has been challenging as I really wanted the curves where the intake curves into the 'original' P36 round cowl. While this isn't going to be the easiest of builds with this character, I think I may have a method that won;t be too bad.
This has my 'signature' servo placement under the removable canopy/cowl top and an enormous battery compartment. I'm expecting to have a functional intake on the top cowl scoop in case one chooses to use a spinner (this really needs one!) and the ESC will mount where the radiators were as there's plenty of room for airflow to keep it cool.
While the wing is technically exactly the same as the P36, I originally took the opportunity to try doing the wing where it would be taped at the front seam and folded over like a one-piece wing - to get a nicer leading edge. The first try I didn't quite like the LE - it wasn't curved enough. I did do some rework on the plans but have not yet printed and tested the changes. This one as with the P36 can be built with split flaps.
Let's hope that this does serve as motivation to finish the design / build! (I want to start on the Vultee XP-54 or XP-68!)
It was born from the plans of my Curtiss P36 (oh yea, maybe I should just upload those...). I had thought it might be as straightforward as modifying the front of the cowl, but in further looking at prototype drawings, it was off too much for my liking, so the entire fuselage underwent a rework. (The wing on the other hand is pretty much identical to the P36) The front of the cowl has been challenging as I really wanted the curves where the intake curves into the 'original' P36 round cowl. While this isn't going to be the easiest of builds with this character, I think I may have a method that won;t be too bad.
This has my 'signature' servo placement under the removable canopy/cowl top and an enormous battery compartment. I'm expecting to have a functional intake on the top cowl scoop in case one chooses to use a spinner (this really needs one!) and the ESC will mount where the radiators were as there's plenty of room for airflow to keep it cool.
While the wing is technically exactly the same as the P36, I originally took the opportunity to try doing the wing where it would be taped at the front seam and folded over like a one-piece wing - to get a nicer leading edge. The first try I didn't quite like the LE - it wasn't curved enough. I did do some rework on the plans but have not yet printed and tested the changes. This one as with the P36 can be built with split flaps.
Let's hope that this does serve as motivation to finish the design / build! (I want to start on the Vultee XP-54 or XP-68!)
