VonHelton Flugzeugwerke - The "World of Beautiful Aircraft"

[Baron VonHelton]

Merry Christmas! Well, it's not one of mine........

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Let's paint some Eindekker wings, shall we? (WARNING: Adult Language)

https://www.bitchute.com/video/GM2jaO1AY5I5/

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Vizefeldwebel Eduard Böhme's paint coming along....

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Normal Grey Eindekker......

 

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More Fokker E.III Updates

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Assembly of the Nieuport 11 "Bebe" has begun.......

 

[FlamingRCAirplanes]

Assembly of the Nieuport 11 "Bebe" has begun.......

Ooh a British plane!! 👍👍

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Ooh a British plane!! 👍👍

French.......But the Brits flew it too.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

My now proven method: Get at least a 3 sided fuselage FIRST & then do the landing gear rod SECOND. Then do everything else.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

I think the bird should've been black or red, so change of plans.........

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Come together........Right Now........Over Me!

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Work continues on the Nieuport 11........

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Test fitting the parts & the Upper Wing test fit.....!!

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Almost done with the building part.....

 

[wilmracer]

Looks nice! Quick question... Ailerons appear to be drawn on. Are these 3 or 4 channel (Rudder, elevator, throttle or do you also have aileron control)? If you're 3 channel that will work fine BUT I'd think about increasing the dihedral to help with roll stability.

I don't have any great shots of it (still hanging somewhere) but I did a similar 3 channel trainer for my then girlfriend about 12 years ago. You can kindof see it fly here in some heavy winds (flew well in low/no wind). Notice how much dihedral was required to keep it upright without any roll control. Also gaze in wonder at the picture quality of a camcorder from the early 2000's, converted to digital, and stored on YouTube since 2010 . I mean, the picture quality was bad but who knows how many times YouTube re-encoded or copied/moved these files. Half my videos from back then don't even play any more . To bad too... had a great video of nailing a light pole with an EDF F14 a WOT.

Dihedral for days for 3 channel on these old bipes. ALL the dihedral...
On Edit: LOL... yes, for those that don't know that is a 72mhz flag on the radio. Good old days weren't THAT long ago.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Looks nice! Quick question... Ailerons appear to be drawn on. Are these 3 or 4 channel (Rudder, elevator, throttle or do you also have aileron control)? If you're 3 channel that will work fine BUT I'd think about increasing the dihedral to help with roll stability.

I don't have any great shots of it (still hanging somewhere) but I did a similar 3 channel trainer for my then girlfriend about 12 years ago. You can kindof see it fly here in some heavy winds (flew well in low/no wind). Notice how much dihedral was required to keep it upright without any roll control. Also gaze in wonder at the picture quality of a camcorder from the early 2000's, converted to digital, and stored on YouTube since 2010 . I mean, the picture quality was bad but who knows how many times YouTube re-encoded or copied/moved these files. Half my videos from back then don't even play any more . To bad too... had a great video of nailing a light pole with an EDF F14 a WOT.

Dihedral for days for 3 channel on these old bipes. ALL the dihedral...
On Edit: LOL... yes, for those that don't know that is a 72mhz flag on the radio. Good old days weren't THAT long ago.

The lower wing historically had dihedral, so it's already incorporated.

Yes, 3 channel for now. I noticed after I put everything together that the cowling & rudder are too large & the fuselage seems a bit too long. Not sure how that happened, but I'll correct it in the next N11 Bebe.

 

[FlamingRCAirplanes]

Your work is beautiful 😍

 

[wilmracer]

The lower wing historically had dihedral, so it's already incorporated.

True, but the upper wing also had ailerons for roll control. With just scale dihedral and no ailerons you'll likely find it hard to get her stable and turn smoothly. The old free-flight models are a good baseline as they had to be stable with no pilot input. Might be able to get away with just ramping up the dihedral well beyond scale on the lower wing... Just my 2c though. Certainly looks good!

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Your work is beautiful 😍

William's Pink Jenny or my aircraft?

 

[Baron VonHelton]

True, but the upper wing also had ailerons for roll control. With just scale dihedral and no ailerons you'll likely find it hard to get her stable and turn smoothly. The old free-flight models are a good baseline as they had to be stable with no pilot input. Might be able to get away with just ramping up the dihedral well beyond scale on the lower wing... Just my 2c though. Certainly looks good!

Dude......At this point, I'll be happy just to get it to fly without stalling or lawn-darting......