What Did You Fly Today
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BoT looks really good ...hope it flies as well as it looks !!!
jpot1
Elite member
The Bot time flies beautifully.
Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
Legendary member
I built a Cessna O-1 a while back, it easily could have flown if it was built by a competent planesmith, which I wasn't at the time. The airframe was airworthy but the battery I put in it was suited for a much larger plane.
Needed paint.
I'm thinking about revisiting this in a more traditional FT style as an alternative to the Simple Cub, or any other Cub for that matter. ~36" wingspan, probably swappable on an FT B-pack. Really all I'd have to change from my original is the nose, and probably rubber band the wings on instead of glue. I can borrow the struts from the Commuter.
What do y'all think?
Honestly I love these little planes. In Vietnam they were used as FACs to direct artillery and airstrikes. The "Mekong Mauler" would circle a firefight and coordinate with ground troops to mark targets with WP or colored smoke rockets for the fast moving jets. Not a bad STOL platform either, whenever I get a plane I'll be looking for one of these.
Needed paint.
I'm thinking about revisiting this in a more traditional FT style as an alternative to the Simple Cub, or any other Cub for that matter. ~36" wingspan, probably swappable on an FT B-pack. Really all I'd have to change from my original is the nose, and probably rubber band the wings on instead of glue. I can borrow the struts from the Commuter.
What do y'all think?
Honestly I love these little planes. In Vietnam they were used as FACs to direct artillery and airstrikes. The "Mekong Mauler" would circle a firefight and coordinate with ground troops to mark targets with WP or colored smoke rockets for the fast moving jets. Not a bad STOL platform either, whenever I get a plane I'll be looking for one of these.
Build another - it really looks awesome!
Hoomi
Master member
What I did NOT fly today, since the majority of our RC club members are in the "High Risk" age group, and since my job is considered "Essential," meaning I'm still working a regular schedule, which increases my exposure. I'd rather forego the flying, and not risk the possibility that I might be carrying the virus already, and exposing the other club members to it.
However, that did not preclude me from setting up a "Hangar Photo" of all the currently assembled planes in my hangar. My coworker gave me his Versawing and Tiny Trainer SBKs to build, but I haven't started on them yet.
Stay safe, folks, whether you're having to remain hunkered down at home, or are still able to get out some.
However, that did not preclude me from setting up a "Hangar Photo" of all the currently assembled planes in my hangar. My coworker gave me his Versawing and Tiny Trainer SBKs to build, but I haven't started on them yet.
Stay safe, folks, whether you're having to remain hunkered down at home, or are still able to get out some.
Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
Legendary member
I think I will. There's a few ways I can take this, specifically the nose. Should I do a basic Simple Cub nose, round it out a bit more into a bushwacker nose, maybe try something more like the Commuter? I like the rounded look on the FT Spitfire with the posterboard turtledeck, I might give that a try.
I personally am a big fan of the commuter style...
Namactual
Elite member
Getting a little better...
Trying to keep these new vids under 2 minutes.
Of course my camera battery died on the next flight which was even better. No worries though, I have plenty of time to fly now.
I am also working on a previous project.
I had to start from scratch as I threw out what I had built, but I already re-printed a new set of prints. I will post pics once I am caught back up again.
Of course my camera battery died on the next flight which was even better. No worries though, I have plenty of time to fly now.
I am also working on a previous project.
I had to start from scratch as I threw out what I had built, but I already re-printed a new set of prints. I will post pics once I am caught back up again.
Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
Legendary member
I was thinking about going with the spitfire style. I found this, it's not foamboard but that nose has exactly what I'm going for. Looking at it though I think it might be possible to do a bit of a blend of the two with a modified commuter nose on top and the spitfire on the bottom. I don't know how to describe it exactly, words are not my brain's first language.
As in today, but in the past.
Today I flew this:
Right into a lampost.... The battery took the brunt. And a broken winglet.
Easy enough to fix. Ready for flight tomorrow.
spruce gosling servo replaced. Ready for tomorrow.
"Corpse"
Legendary member
I like it! The bird dog is probably my favorite high wing. They have lots of balsa plans online you can use. You could use them to make a Master series style plane!
varg
Build cheap, crash cheap
The plane is as-is other than the floats. The electronics (ESC, receiver) are mid mounted in the fuselage so it's very unlikely they'd ever get wet, being a totally foam plane, it is very buoyant and even the wing servos stayed above water when the wind gusted as I was turning into it during taxi back and flipped it right over. The motor and battery beeper got wet, but nothing else did.
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Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
Legendary member
It's one of my favorites too, maybe not my favorite high wing overall but definitely my favorite of it's size. I already made a master series version but I wanted to see if I could build a simpler one as an alternative to the Simple Cub. Incidentally enough I found a few simple balsa planes that I'm using for inspiration.
"Corpse"
Legendary member
I love the MS plane! Do you have plans?
Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
Legendary member
No, but when I make the simple version I can make some! It's not hard to make, I was actually following plans for a C-180 but I cut the nose off and added the MS nose.
CheckMySix
Well-known member
I still love Flite Test and plan on building the Guinea Pig this summer when it gets to hot to fly (Phoenix) but.. Eflite has just been hitting the long ball lately! Just added the magnificent A10 1.1m duel 64mm EDF to the hanger. She is locked in and a real honey. Can get all of these in my 2016 Malibu too taking the wings off the A10 and F16 which is super easy! The F16 is so much fun as well. Best part, the A10 uses the same 6S batteries as the F16 so I'm set with the 4 I have. Check out the A10 if production planes are your thing as well. You won't be disappointed!
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