Author / Post larry b Basic Member Balsa Hacker Joined: January/04/2010 United States Posts: 914 IP Logged Posted: April/19/2013 at 2:46pm  Quote   After 11 months from drawing board to runway, it flies! I still have a couple of months of detail stuff to do (cockpit interior, strut cuffs, a pilot, more weathering ect...) before it's really finished so my Top Gun dead line didn't make it, oh well there's always next year. It's built to 1/4 scale from my own plans, weighs 25lbs, and is powered with the big OS BGX glow engine. So far the first two flights have proven completely uneventful, I'm glad I went with plenty of control surface throw as it's not as responsive as I thought was going to be. It's turning out to be a big lazy plane in the air. Larry B [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG]   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    ScotWare Lifetime Site Supporter Joined: January/29/2005 United States Posts: 2659 IP Logged Posted: April/19/2013 at 6:37pm  Quote   Larry; You come up with the greatest airplanes. This one gonna make WOD this year? __________________ Scott 33% Tiger Moth Inherited Project Albatros DII (On Hold)   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search  Web    Tmoth4 Site Supporter Joined: November/25/2003 United States Posts: 3060 IP Logged Posted: April/20/2013 at 9:13am  Quote   Really nice work on an unusual subject!   It looks great in the air too! Jim __________________ MODEL AIRPLANE HOARDER Flying: Ziroli SBD, F4U; BUSA DVII; Original: Hannover CL2, Gotha GIV, SPAD; A20 Havoc, 1/3 P-26, 1/3 Halberstadt   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    Teus Lifetime Site Supporter Dutch Dawn Patrol Joined: December/09/2006 Netherlands Posts: 3573 IP Logged Posted: April/20/2013 at 9:19am  Quote   Really nice plane Larry, I like the scheme.  Great photos, thanks. __________________ Teus Building board: Nieuport-11 + rotary engine Flying: 1/4 Proctor Fokker E.III 1/3rd Fokker D-VII 1/3rd Nieuport-11 In maintenance: a 1982 Busa build 1/3rd Sopwith Pup   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search  Web    captain dave Basic Member captain dave Joined: August/04/2007 United States Posts: 763 IP Logged Posted: April/20/2013 at 9:55am  Quote   Strut cuffs. Now there's a subject worth covering. Original was leather? Difficult, can't wait to see what you do, Dave __________________ 1/4 J3, Pica 1/5 Spit, Platt Jungmeister, Platt 109g6 Bates Yak 3, Baskin 1/4 FW 190 D9   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    larry b Basic Member Balsa Hacker Joined: January/04/2010 United States Posts: 914 IP Logged Posted: April/22/2013 at 7:12pm  Quote   Thanks for all the compliments! Lets see if I can answer questions, if the weather is going to be good I may go to WOD (it always seems to rain on Saturday when I go), And the strut cuffs were metal on the Fiat, I'm still not sure how to tackle the cuffs. Make them out of metal, fiberglass, vacu-form? or conveniently forget about them and go on to the next project! Larry B       Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search

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