My Balsa USA 1/4 scale Cub is as far as I'm going to take it for a while - it needs to be flown and work on the cowl is just taking so long I'm getting bored.
In the meantime I'm looking at other "quick" projects that need to be finished, and the Nothin' Extra falls into that category. This plane was found at a swap meet near Green Bay late last year. The owner just wanted it gone and had a price of $100 OBO on it. It didn't sell by the end of the swap meet so he had it auctioned off by the guys running the show. Nobody bid on it except me, and I ended up with the airframe for $20. Completely built with no electronics.
It's a strange design that I've never seen online or at flying events, although a buddy who lives a mile away picked up the same plane a couple years ago with a massive gas engine on it. For mine I decided to go electric, with a 10 cell 5,000mAh pack (made from two 5 cell 5,000mAh batteries). I picked up an E-Flite 1.60 size motor and am going to "borrow" servos from some of my other projects. All I'll need is a proper ESC, and maybe different landing gear as the one that came with the plane is pretty darn narrow where it mounts to the fuselage.
Wingspan is 88". It calls for a 1.8 to 5.0 CI gas engine (32cc to around 100cc - that's a LOT of range!), or 1.2 to 2.1 CI glow, so my 1.6 should work just fine without getting too crazy.
Here's my starting point as purchased (along with the motor I picked up separately).
The first bit of construction on the plane was mounting the motor on some stand-offs I've had for a while. New hex head screws to mount he motor are needed as these are about 1/4" too long. The prop is a 20x10, although I'll probably switch to a nylon style prop for the first flights.
In the meantime I'm looking at other "quick" projects that need to be finished, and the Nothin' Extra falls into that category. This plane was found at a swap meet near Green Bay late last year. The owner just wanted it gone and had a price of $100 OBO on it. It didn't sell by the end of the swap meet so he had it auctioned off by the guys running the show. Nobody bid on it except me, and I ended up with the airframe for $20. Completely built with no electronics.
It's a strange design that I've never seen online or at flying events, although a buddy who lives a mile away picked up the same plane a couple years ago with a massive gas engine on it. For mine I decided to go electric, with a 10 cell 5,000mAh pack (made from two 5 cell 5,000mAh batteries). I picked up an E-Flite 1.60 size motor and am going to "borrow" servos from some of my other projects. All I'll need is a proper ESC, and maybe different landing gear as the one that came with the plane is pretty darn narrow where it mounts to the fuselage.
Wingspan is 88". It calls for a 1.8 to 5.0 CI gas engine (32cc to around 100cc - that's a LOT of range!), or 1.2 to 2.1 CI glow, so my 1.6 should work just fine without getting too crazy.
Here's my starting point as purchased (along with the motor I picked up separately).
The first bit of construction on the plane was mounting the motor on some stand-offs I've had for a while. New hex head screws to mount he motor are needed as these are about 1/4" too long. The prop is a 20x10, although I'll probably switch to a nylon style prop for the first flights.