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| hjlittman | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 11-Jul-18 23:14 |  | | Views : 1047 | | There is a local FAC contest (Squadron 69) this Sunday for WWI (Mass Launch), Embryo, and Half Wakefield. I have my own Embryo, and have no plans to build a Half Wakefield, but thought I had a qualifying WWI model. (Let me rephrase that comment about the Half Wakefield. I have several plans for them I just don't plan to build one.) Anyway, I found that my ancient WWI model was in no condition to be restored, let alone fly, so I decided to build a new one for the contest. I had a #202, SE5A, kit on the shelf so I decided to build that "box stock" (Will have removable nose block, more aggressive prop, reinforced landing gear, F.A.I. Tan rubber, and colored tissue but other than that stock.) for the contest. It's not the most competitive choice, they fly much better than one might think and, I've seen them do quite well in competition. I started it about a half hour before I had to leave to pick up my wife this evening. I was using a right angle tool left over from another kit for alignment, odorless CA glue, and kicker. The photo shows how far I got. |
| hjlittman | HJL Models Bostillation | Parked | 29-Apr-18 13:39 |  | | Views : 527 | | This is one of my Bostillation prototypes that I modified into an autogyro by adding a rotor mast in place of the wing. I did this for the Don Martin Cup contest for rubber powered rotary wing models and ornithopters on April 27. It does fly but on one flight it flew half way across the gym, pitched up, stalled (Yes,model autogyros can stall.) and fell to the floor on its back without breaking the rotor. Then, since the flight started with 2500 turns on the motor, it swept around the gym floor for nearly a minute like a berserk, propeller driven floor polisher. Worse still, Dave Gee videoed the flight! Despite the embarrassment, if I get a copy of it I will post it. |
| hjlittman | HJL Models OD-17 Plain Plane | Parked | 11-Jan-18 21:07 |  | | Views : 716 | | The is the low wing version of my second beginner's kit, the Satellite. When I have decided which version of the Satellite to kit, I will have all three of my beginners kits, the Plain Plane, Satellite, and Double Trouble on my web site by the end of the month. Having a little fun preprinting my tissue with waterproof ink. |
| hjlittman | HJL Models OD-17 Plain Plane | Parked | 01-Dec-17 20:33 |  | | Views : 725 | | Last one in the beginner's kit series, Double Trouble. Must have name and address on this one when flown outdoors. At 26 grams with the rubber in it and 93 square inches of wing area its a bit of a floater. |
| hjlittman | HJL Models OD-17 Plain Plane | Parked | 25-Oct-17 21:05 |  | | Views : 711 | | This is the group shot at the endo of the O.F.F.C. One Design Contest. Eight of the dozen kits I distributed to the members showed up for the contest. A good time was had by all. This video shows some of the contest flights. https://youtu.be/VLGIjD5NNh0 |
| hjlittman | Scratch Built Gloster E28/39 | Parked | 18-Oct-17 15:59 |  | | Views : 628 | | Another Plain Plane this time byDon Butman, |
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| hjlittman | HJL Models OD-17 Plain Plane | Parked | 17-Oct-17 23:22 |  | | Views : 691 | | This is the prototype of the next one in my three plane beginners series. It will be called the Satellite. |
| hjlittman | HJL Models OD-17 Plain Plane | Parked | 17-Oct-17 18:40 |  | | Views : 624 | | Another one built for the contest |
| hjlittman | HJL Models OD-17 Plain Plane | Parked | 17-Oct-17 18:39 |  | | Views : 661 | | One of the models built by an O.F.F.C member for the One Design Contest |
| hjlittman | HJL Models OD-17 Plain Plane | Build | 24-Aug-17 13:53 |  | | Views : 880 | | Here's what it looked like at the end of the next day's building session. |
| hjlittman | HJL Models OD-17 Plain Plane | Build | 24-Aug-17 13:50 |  | | Views : 623 | | Every summer, when my grandson goes to science camp at the California Science Center, I sit in the food court of the Science Center and build model airplanes while I'm waiting for his class to end. This year I build the definitive version of the OD-17 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and started on the production version of my Irish Jumping Bean, Bo0stonian, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I get about two hours of working time each day. Since I also become something of a museum exhibit I am also answering the question of passers by. The redesign of the OD-17 is subtle (Compare the "bones shot" photos.) but it is now even easier to build and what I consider some weak spots have been eliminated. I don't know how much time I will get to test it at the O.F.F.C. meeting on Wednesday, since there is a contest, but I will attempt a video. Some of the comments that people make when seeing someone building a stick and tissue model are interesting: The best millennial comment was, "Doing something like that is like Chitty Chitty Bang Band old!" One teenage girl asked me how long it would take me to build the model I was working on (Irish Jumping Bean). I told her about 10 hours. She turned to her friends and said, "OMG, ten hours for just one of those? I can't imagine working on anything like that for 10 hours." The best one was the 8 or 9 year old kid watching me pin down the plans. "What's that?" he said pointing. The kid had never seen a thumb tack! This pic was on 07/24. |
| hjlittman | HJL Models OD-17 Plain Plane | Build | 24-Aug-17 13:47 |  | | Views : 603 | | Another view with the skin on. It flew quite well but I decided to make some changes to the structure of the fuselage to make it easier to build, |
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