Bronco + versa + simple soarer:
Was thinking of a competition for the best Franken plane
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Hoomi
Master member
The Cobble V2 "Frankenplane" made her maiden this morning, and surprised me with how well she flies. I think she would make a great trainer. The take-off dolly worked well, other than I need to come up with a stronger system to bracket the fuselage in the front. Only issue was I misjudged my landing approach and got caught in a bush (minimal damage).
I have video from the camera (seen mounted on the top cross-piece between the rudders). It's a bit dark, as it was the first flight this morning, but I'll get it edited and posted sometime today.
I have video from the camera (seen mounted on the top cross-piece between the rudders). It's a bit dark, as it was the first flight this morning, but I'll get it edited and posted sometime today.
2jujube7
Well-known member
Wow, FliteTest should make that a sbk! Looks very well put together.
Haha, thanks!
speedbirdted
Legendary member
If only we had this contest 6 months ago...
Phin G
Elite member
Looks very good indeed i shall be building a bronco versa and a simple soarer and try to make it look like yours. I might make mine a GEV or a snow skimmer. Really good craftsmanship.
Awesome, thanks! I’ll be eager to see it when it’s done.
Hoomi
Master member
The Cobble made a second flight today, with a nice, no-stress landing this time. The revisions to the take-off dolly worked great, and she lifted off from the dolly without any problems at all. Only "oops," if I could call it that, is that I didn't set a timer on the Tx, like I do for my other planes. After flying around for a while, and thinking I should be hearing that count-down ticking already, I brought her in. Reviewing the video from the keychain camera, there was about 8 minutes between take-off and touch-down, but she was still flying fine.
Screen-grab from the video:
Screen-grab from the video:
