The Best It Will Ever Look

[CrshNBrn]

The B-17 survived two sketchy initial flights, so it earned a quick paint job. I doubt it will survive many more flights, so it is the best it will ever look. I had to make the wing removable to fit in my car.

 

[Mr NCT]

The B-17 survived two sketchy initial flights, so it earned a quick paint job. I doubt it will survive many more flights, so it is the best it will ever look. I had to make the wing removable to fit in my car.

The pics look great! Any video of the flight? How was it sketchy?

 

[CrshNBrn]

The pics look great! Any video of the flight? How was it sketchy?

Thanks! I don't have any video from yesterday, but I did have a buddy record the maiden. It required full right aileron (I misspoke in the video and called it the elevator at first) to remain level, so both times I flew it mainly with the rudder and elevator. I'm guessing the side-to-side balance is off, so I moved the battery last night and will try it again today.

 

[Mr NCT]

Thanks! I don't have any video from yesterday, but I did have a buddy record the maiden. It required full right aileron (I misspoke in the video and called it the elevator at first) to remain level, so both times I flew it mainly with the rudder and elevator. I'm guessing the side-to-side balance is off, so I moved the battery last night and will try it again today.

Impressive! Looks great in the air. Good job getting it down in one piece. Landing with one wheel looked like old war footage of the B-17s coming in all shot up.

 

[cyclone3350]

Awesome project U got and a job well done. Was watching the video and in the 44 sec frame, it looks like the horizontal stablizer is slanted to the left. If that is the case, it could explain the need for right aileron. See if it is parallel with the wing before the next flight. Over all, it looked like a nice flying machine.

 

[Rhaps]

It's very yellow

 

[AIRFORGE]

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Almost like looking at the sun!
Don't kill Kenny! 😀

 

[Rhaps]

Almost like looking at the sun!
Don't kill Kenny! 😀

Why would I kill Kenny?
What could go wrong?
Where did these servo horn screws on my table come?

 

[CrshNBrn]

Here's the 2nd version of the Frankenstein B-17. Part 3D printed, part copied from plans, and part scratch built. However, Callie Graphics do a nice job of jazzing it up. As I'm sure this one will eventually crash due to my crappy piloting skills, I'm positive right now is the best it will ever look.

If I ever built a 3rd one, I would use two batteries instead of one- currently it balances with a 4s 5000 in it, plus 6 oz of lead weight in the nose.

 

[danskis]

Awesome B17 Whats the wingspan?

 

[CrshNBrn]

Awesome B17 Whats the wingspan?

Its 1/15 scale, so the wingspan is about 83". I used the printed parts from 3D Aeroventures and scaled up (138%) the B-17 plans from Vincent Unrau's memorial page for the foam pieces on the wing and tail. The rest I kind of cobbled together.

 

[Off-topic jes]

Here's the 2nd version of the Frankenstein B-17. Part 3D printed, part copied from plans, and part scratch built. However, Callie Graphics do a nice job of jazzing it up. As I'm sure this one will eventually crash due to my crappy piloting skills, I'm positive right now is the best it will ever look.

If I ever built a 3rd one, I would use two batteries instead of one- currently it balances with a 4s 5000 in it, plus 6 oz of lead weight in the nose.

WOW, what a beauty! the panel lines blew me away. and having a clean battery/servo tray inside is a lot harder than most people think. so bravo!

 

[Mr NCT]

I took another try at the mm Corsair with an eye to keeping the weight down so it doesn't have to fly so darn fast. I stripped the paper off one side of all the internal parts and both sides of the formers for the poster board. Using an A pack 1806 and an 800 2s battery it weighs in at 244 g and that's with 21 g nose weight for CoG.
As you can see in the picture I really didn't set the bar too high on looks
Just waiting for the wind to die down for the maiden, currently 10 mph gusting to 20.

 

[Mr NCT]

The wind died down for a bit and I maidened the Corsair. Flies great but you have to keep the speed up. At the end of the video I was at 1/2 throttle and tried to turn too tight. The good news is that the only damage was a broken prop.

 

[Jo's squadron]

NICE!

 

[bisco]

i love the look of these models, but my vision isn't good enough to fly that fast.

 

[Jo's squadron]

ever considered glasses?

 

[bisco]

that's with glasses, unfortunately

 

[Mr Man]

I took another try at the mm Corsair with an eye to keeping the weight down so it doesn't have to fly so darn fast. I stripped the paper off one side of all the internal parts and both sides of the formers for the poster board. Using an A pack 1806 and an 800 2s battery it weighs in at 244 g and that's with 21 g nose weight for CoG.
As you can see in the picture I really didn't set the bar too high on looks
Just waiting for the wind to die down for the maiden, currently 10 mph gusting to 20.

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I think it looks great!

 

[Mr Man]

Reminds me of a Reno racer.👍