The Kitfox (Cub Alternative)

[BATTLEAXE]

I wish! I haven't had the chance to fly in much of anything, but I have a few hours in Cessna 182s and 206s. I'd love to have a Beaver someday, but they run for a few hundred thousand usually. A radial-engined Kitfox is definitely looking like a great plan B though...
Believe it or not the Beaver is actually the state bird of Alaska. (jk but it might as well be!)

My grandfather was a pilot and I would fly with him all the time in DC-3's, Twin Otters, Navajo's and I have had a few flights in the Beavers on floats too. Some of my best sense of freedom flights I have had been in the DH Beaver, has some sentimental value there for me

 

[Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes]

My grandfather was a pilot and I would fly with him all the time in DC-3's, Twin Otters, Navajo's and I have had a few flights in the Beavers on floats too. Some of my best sense of freedom flights I have had been in the DH Beaver, has some sentimental value there for me

Those are some pretty fancy planes! RC is one thing but flying for real is one of the most spectacular things in the world.

 

[OliverW]

Amen to that. I have only flown an RV-7, Mooney M20c, and the first cessna 150 ever built.

 

[The Hangar]

Amen to that. I have only flown an RV-7, Mooney M20c, and the first cessna 150 ever built.

Only lol?

 

[Wildthing]

@BATTLEAXE you got a picture of the control horn you used for the linkage , was it just one of the same and centered over the same sort of hinge line or in this case paperclip line

 

[BATTLEAXE]

I used 3D printed standard control horns from Thingyverse. I used the closest hole to the hinge since the hinge pivot point is a half inch up from the aileron

Hope this helps

 

[Wildthing]

I used 3D printed standard control horns from Thingyverse. I used the closest hole to the hinge since the hinge pivot point is a half inch up from the aileron

Hope this helps

Very much, here is a quick initial design for some horns. Not sure of the strength but they would just click together and no wire required.

 

[Grifflyer]

Very much, here is a quick initial design for some horns. Not sure of the strength but they would just click together and no wire required.

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Wow - If that's what you're doing designing I'll leave it up to you, I was just going to make a triangle with a hole in it

 

[Wildthing]

The control rod could be incorporated into one of the other horns

 

[Wildthing]

Wow - If that's what you're doing designing I'll leave it up to you, I was just going to make a triangle with a hole in it

My printer is busy for a while now but I will post the stl files if you want to give them a go and see what you think.

 

[Grifflyer]

My printer is busy for a while now but I will post the stl files if you want to give them a go and see what you think.

Sure!

 

[Wildthing]

Sure!

Here they are, the ch 1 I am thinking that a guy should print standing up as in the stl file and use supports so the tab and pin don't get locked together. Heck try it both ways

 

[Wildthing]

Whoops, fat fingers hit the z instead of the x

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Here they are, the ch 1 I am thinking that a guy should print standing up as in the stl file and use supports so the tab and pin don't get locked together. Heck try it both ways

That's awesome man, you sure you don't work for NASA

 

[Wildthing]

That's awesome man, you sure you don't work for NASA

Don't know if they will work yet, the geometry will be the same

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Don't know if they will work yet, the geometry will be the same

The length of them is 1.5".

 

[Wildthing]

The length of them is 1.5".

Hinge or pivot point is the same , I changed the design so they have tabs so depth is set so it should be easier to keep them all equal. The CH3 ( control rod hooks up to) the small diameter hole end will go through the foam and protrude out the other side and the tabs set the depth also.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Hinge or pivot point is the same , I changed the design so they have tabs so depth is set so it should be easier to keep them all equal. The CH3 ( control rod hooks up to) the small diameter hole end will go through the foam and protrude out the other side and the tabs set the depth also.

It's brilliant. If it works out do you mind if we add it to the plans?

 

[Wildthing]

It's brilliant. If it works out do you mind if we add it to the plans?

For sure, no problem. If anything if these guys work so they are somewhat the same I can do a standard control horn for the elevator and rudder tomorrow . My TX tray has the printer busy so I can't even try them out yet

 

[BATTLEAXE]

For sure, no problem. If anything if these guys work so they are somewhat the same I can do a standard control horn for the elevator and rudder tomorrow . My TX tray has the printer busy so I can't even try them out yet

What ya printing now? Another plane?