presenting the Nitro baron

[Webdragon]

i scaled up the standard bloody wonder plans. It is now a 36 inch wingspan and is constructed of 4mm coroplast. instead of electric i decided to get noisy and nasty with a OS .25 two stroke nitro engine.

 

[L Edge]

You should add a tuned pipe for real excitement.

 

[Merv]

Great looking plane

 

[Webdragon]

You should add a tuned pipe for real excitement.

i have planned to add one but i first want to test fly it as is to make sure CG an whatnot hasn't wandered off to play in the weeds first.

 

[Bricks]

Nice job that coroplast can be some strong stuff and cheap. Have a local sign shop I can get there pieces and left overs for free. Looks like you are flying that on 72KH with the long antenna.

 

[Rossimoto]

This is good.... I'm not the only one to have these good bad ideas 😆
Just posted this a minute ago 😆
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/nitro-ft-baby-blender.58695/

 

[Webdragon]

Nice job that coroplast can be some strong stuff and cheap. Have a local sign shop I can get there pieces and left overs for free. Looks like you are flying that on 72KH with the long antenna.

yes i still fly with 72Mhz, i have a pacemaker and any 2.4Ghz radio makes it do strange things like recording false heart troubles. my doctor and i have decided when holding a radio the body becomes part of the antennas groundplane and that causes the issue. i can have friends stand right next to me using a spektrum radio with no issues but the moment i take the radio in hand it goes wonky.

 

[Webdragon]

This is good.... I'm not the only one to have these good bad ideas 😆
Just posted this a minute ago 😆
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/nitro-ft-baby-blender.58695/

I bed a baby blender would build nice an easy from 2mm coroplast.

 

[Webdragon]

maiden went well, no major surprises, just minor tweaks, the throws on the ailerons are awesome but the elevator leaves it wanting more. easy enough to fix but i will look into that after i add another ounce to the nose she felt slightly tail heavy. did make one major change before flight, the rudder had a nasty warp grow in it so i made a new one an swapped it out.

i also tossed on some more color with wine wing an tail markings and i am very glad i did, it can roll like a drill bit.

 

[Webdragon]

the bloody noisy baron earned his stripes today.
after much testing at my airfeild he made a showing at a funfly today, many flights were made much to the crowds pleasure and there was even a midair which it flew out of with no damage except a few scratches.

 

[Wildthing]

That's cool, any video of this guy?

 

[Webdragon]

none yet, i was kind of busy flying.

 

[billybob51165]

View attachment 131553 i scaled up the standard bloody wonder plans. It is now a 36 inch wingspan and is constructed of 4mm coroplast. instead of electric i decided to get noisy and nasty with a OS .25 two stroke nitro engine.

Man that's really cool, don't see a lot of nitro anymore, I'm planning a 25% Gas xtra foam board/balsa hybrid right now.

 

[Webdragon]

took a while. the dangers of flying alone means no camera man

 

[Bricks]

Webdragon skip the darn music and lets hear the really great sound of a nitro engine turning up.

 

[Webdragon]

i would have if the guy filming wasn't a chatterbox.

 

[Webdragon]

scaling up a design is weird sometimes

 

[jgonzal70]

scaling up a design is weird sometimes

Do you, by any chance, have pictures of the motor mounting details ?? wood reinforcements? wood spar?

Thanks a lot for sharing!

 

[SP0NZ]

How did I miss this!?! So awesome. Nice job @Webdragon!

 

[Webdragon]

Do you, by any chance, have pictures of the motor mounting details ?? wood reinforcements? wood spar?

Thanks a lot for sharing!

no pics but i can tell you it is a half inch ply firewall held in place by screws through the coro and the spar is a piece of 1/2X1/2 popular.
edit, i found one pic from the big baron build. i scaled it even bigger to a wingspan of 48 inches. you can see the screws holding the firewall and rear bulkhead in.