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| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38838 | 11 Jun 17 13:27 |
Chasing it down. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38837 | 11 Jun 17 13:26 |
Flipping around at the end of the flight. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38836 | 11 Jun 17 13:25 |
Dipsy-doodleing in the gusty wind. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38835 | 11 Jun 17 13:23 |
Barrel-rolling to the left in the wind. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38834 | 11 Jun 17 13:21 |
Fun with the kids in Jackson Park. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38824 | 11 Jun 17 11:40 |
| Sorry, James - this was just a reminder in case you didn't get my e-mail ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38824 | 11 Jun 17 10:40 |
| James, would you please put these two A/C on the available aircraft list? the 20" SIG "Customaire" biplane Kit # FF-26, and the 29.125" AEROWERKES "Hannover CL IIIa" Kit # AW 11601. Thank you. |
| mlriley540, Comment for image # 38829 | 10 Jun 17 23:16 |
| I flew planes back in the 70's (paper route money put to good use) but nothing that looked nice or flew well. Did have some really great crashes though. My last model was a Guillows FW190 in 1985 which was broken in a non-flying mis-hap. I then started building again in 2016. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38829 | 10 Jun 17 21:53 |
| Mlriley - thanks for the tip - I'll try that. There is a real satisfaction feeling when you finally trim out your first "built up fuse" rubber powered plane. Now that I am hooked, and have a winding stooge, I think that I will build the Sig cabin biplane 20" "Customaire" (that is sitting on the shelf), designed by the same guy, Paul McIlrath, for rubber power. How many years have you been building and flying rubber powered models Mlriley? |
| mlriley540, Comment for image # 38829 | 10 Jun 17 19:50 |
| You could probably try glue stick glue to keep this together, that should still allow you to remove the nose when you need to. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38829 | 10 Jun 17 18:55 |
I put 4 small thin strips of green masking tape from the nose block, over the shim, and onto the forward fuse to hold it all together, as the nose block is slip fit, and it and the shim keep falling out, on or just before, landing, because the rubber motor is actually 3 inches longer than the fuse nose at rest. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38828 | 10 Jun 17 18:51 |
Also, the stab has a small 1/16" tiny square block of balsa glued to the underside at the rear where it sits on the fuse (as per plan), to give a positive incidence (decalage?), to the stab, (the rear of the stab is higher than the front of the stab), to help the plane climb - it is also helpful to launch the plane on an upward angle. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38827 | 10 Jun 17 18:46 |
I had to build in some left thrust, in addition to the downthrust, on the thin balsa shim plate, between the noseblock and foreward fuse former. The left thrust from the shim plate seems to counteract the right turn from the rudder and the prop torque, giving a straight flight during initial power burst, after which the prop slows down, (and eventually stops), giving a nice right turn later in the fllight from the rudder offset. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38826 | 10 Jun 17 18:41 |
Wound up 450 turns and ready to go. This Sig 22" "Cabinaire" is all "trimmed out", with no tabs on the wings, stab, or rudder. The rudder has been glued with the slightest offset for a right turn. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38821 | 10 Jun 17 11:31 |
| I meant 20 seconds of rubber power run - the model weighs 46 grams, including the 5 grams of the rubber motor. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38825 | 09 Jun 17 21:59 |
22" Sig "Cabinaire" is launched in front of the replica Hurricane and Spitfire warplanes in Jackson Park in Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38824 | 09 Jun 17 21:56 |
Looks like it's going to miss the Spitfire |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38823 | 09 Jun 17 21:55 |
Coming through low and climbing past the Spitfire |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38822 | 09 Jun 17 21:53 |
In the background are the spires of the gym and pool building of Kennedy Collegiate High School |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38821 | 09 Jun 17 21:50 |
IN REVERSE ORDER - 22" Sig "Cabinaire" is Skyward Bound - 450 winds with 4 strands of 1/8" rubber, each 12" long - about 20 seconds of fllight |
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