The Great 2020 Quarantine Build-Off?

[BATTLEAXE]

Like in the movie Jaws......This kit should be here tomorrow in an 80" version, should have it done in a week, so I am in . As far as I know this kit has never been built or flown. Should be a fun challenge to get this to work. Here is where I purchased the kit if anyone else wants to have a "Shark Fest" View attachment 161336 at Flite Fest: https://balsabuddies.com/planes/Shark.htm

That is awesome. Is that the prop in the mouth?

 

[Wildthing]

That is awesome. Is that the prop in the mouth?

Yep, you can just barely see the orange prop.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Yep, you can just barely see the orange prop.

Looks like the whole structure acts as the wing and stabilizers too

 

[Wildthing]

Looks like the whole structure acts as the wing and stabilizers too

The landings don't look favorable though, looks like he may lose his bottom dentures no matter what.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

The landings don't look favorable though, looks like he may lose his bottom dentures no matter what.

Use it in combat and you won't have to worry about the landing

 

[Figure9]

Like in the movie Jaws......This kit should be here tomorrow in an 80" version, should have it done in a week, so I am in . As far as I know this kit has never been built or flown. Should be a fun challenge to get this to work. Here is where I purchased the kit if anyone else wants to have a "Shark Fest" View attachment 161336 at Flite Fest: https://balsabuddies.com/planes/Shark.htm

 

[OliverW]

If the quarantine lasts until mid April, can I build this?!??!

 

[OliverW]

If the quarantine lasts until mid April, can I build this?!??! View attachment 161338

I bought the blue and green scheme

 

[OliverW]

Also, does anybody here fly sunnysky motors? I ordered their 2820 800kv for my laser and I want to know if I made a mistake or not

 

[LitterBug]

Also, does anybody here fly sunnysky motors? I ordered their 2820 800kv for my laser and I want to know if I made a mistake or not

I have quite a few. BuddyRC up the street from me sells them. They have been Very durable. Great bang for the buck!

 

[OliverW]

I have quite a few. BuddyRC up the street from me sells them. They have been Very durable. Great bang for the buck!

Perfect!

 

[Hoomi]

My wife says she should be able to make Planedemic decals. We're going to work on a design this weekend, and make up a sample.

 

[Madspadder]

That is awesome. Is that the prop in the mouth?

The prop is in the mouth. Another cool thing is the back of the fuse bends to create the rudder. Here is a video from 2014 showing how the body works as a rudder.

 

[Madspadder]

The landings don't look favorable though, looks like he may lose his bottom dentures no matter what.

I have a thread going on another shark that I have already built in the mad scratch builders section. I just make sure there is plenty of power and just nose it up before landing and let it "plop" in like in this video.

 

[Madspadder]

I found a link to the PDF plans if anyone wants to try this. I believe the plans are for a 40" version.

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showatt.php?attachmentid=6514547&d=1392590416
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showatt.php?attachmentid=6514550&d=1392590416

 

[Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes]

The Planedemic Quarantine Challenge? Scratch build something in 2 weeks (During March) that you can’t go out of the house to obtain any components? Ordering parts online acceptable if you can get the parts in time to complete & fly on the weekend of March 28-29. No winners, no participation trophies, you‘re a winner if you survive & post the build & completed models here. Anybody interested?

Does it necessarily have to be a plane?

 

[Figure9]

Nothing special so far. I’m at the pre-paint mockup stage on the Bloody Baron & all at once I realize its midnight! All good, @Hoomi got me building it & not letting it just sit on the shelf rotting away. @BATTLEAXE has ironing techniques on a video that I’m trying to perfect along with doing my best for greater precision & finer glue joints without so much wasted glue. This isn’t exactly a scratch build but I’ll be trying my best to make this build look a bit more presentable up close.

 

[Madspadder]

Quarantine can be a good thing !!

 

[Zetoyoc]

Nothing special so far. I’m at the pre-paint mockup stage on the Bloody Baron & all at once I realize its midnight! All good, @Hoomi got me building it & not letting it just sit on the shelf rotting away. @BATTLEAXE has ironing techniques on a video that I’m trying to perfect along with doing my best for greater precision & finer glue joints without so much wasted glue. This isn’t exactly a scratch build but I’ll be trying my best to make this build look a bit more presentable up close.

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looks good so far. ill tell ya though ironing those scallops is a bit of a pain. I did it on three wings for my dr1 but it does look good in the end.

 

[Figure9]

Does it necessarily have to be a plane?

There’s no rules as far as I know. That’s just my self-imposed restrictions, like as if I’m in quarantine. I wanna see what you have in mind. Can you do it the way I’m trying to? Thing is, I already broke my own rules as both my builds are kits, not scratch builds.