She is beautiful!!!!!! Amazing jobReady for flight!! Balanced with a 1/4 lead in the nose and a 3s1300 battery installed.
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Ready for her close up! As planned I installed the canopy with little screws instead of glue so I can get at the servos.
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No spinner or wheel pants yet - I want to fly her a bit before I decide to spend any time on those.
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It'd nice to finally have a plane where the gray APC prop fits right into the color scheme!![]()
Great job! That won't be easy to lose in the sky. The first time I went to the RC airfield in Las Vegas was back in the early 1980's. One older guy stood out because he wore a pink satin jacket and hat. His pattern airplanes all had pink livery. Someone told me that's Bill Bennett, he owns Circus Circus casino and he built this field. I went from wonder to admiration.Ready for her close up!
Has she flown yet?Thanks guys! The reason the "blackberry" labeled covering shows up as pink is cause it's almost pepto-bismol pink - I think the color might have faded on the roll over the years
I am secure enough that flying a pink plane doesn't bother me at all - and it gives me a chance to put one of my wife's favorite childhood cartoon characters (Penelope Pitstop from the Wacky Races) in the air - got to take every marketing opportunity for the hobby at home I can
Plus, one of the ace pilots at our field put a Dick Dastardly pilot from the Wacky Races in one of his planes, and now he'll have someone to chase around the skyI just need to get a sound clip of the "Halp! Halp!" she would make every time she got caught!
I am secure enough that flying a pink plane doesn't bother me at all
Has she flown yet?
Sadly no - I've had to put all hobby fun on hold while dealing with my father's failing health and finances in the last couple weeks. I hope to get back to the field in a couple weeks though.
Sorry to hear that. I hope he gets better!!Sadly no - I've had to put all hobby fun on hold while dealing with my father's failing health and finances in the last couple weeks. I hope to get back to the field in a couple weeks though.
I get that. I hope that she has a successful maiden!She's in my "ready to maiden" pile, but waiting for a safe time to do so. Sadly the only flying options within a couple hours of my house are club fields, which are mostly open but rather busy now. So any maiden flights for me are still going to be quite a while out.
Very nice looking plane! I don't know Penelope Pitstop, but I do know Rebecca Cuningham (shamelessly name-dropping).
how do you pull the covering back without cutting into it? and still have enough material to reach back to the wood to re-adhere it? Looks like a good repair.I did find a picture I snapped while repairing some leading edge damage. For anyone who is curious, here's how I did it.
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Peeled back the covering, straightened out the "crack" in the leading edge, and clamp/CA glue a thin new support piece of basswood across the broken balsa joint (almost all the way to the ribs actually). Then just reattach the covering, and pull out the new wrinkles with a heat gun - all set to fly again!
how do you pull the covering back without cutting into it? and still have enough material to reach back to the wood to re-adhere it? Looks like a good repair.