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| hjlittman, Comment for image # 3689 | 25 Jul 07 10:54 |
| Jim, excellent satellite work. Are you ex-CIA? ;-) Bound by the interstate and the bay, your site looks a little more challenging. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 3689 | 25 Jul 07 07:07 |
| Is that here, Howard? Looks a similar size to my park, but you have more grass, and a smaller road to the North. |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 3689 | 25 Jul 07 00:00 |
| I fly at the "Grassy Knoll" above Lake Balboa in the Sepulveda Basin in Van Nuys. It's about a quarter mile by 800 feet. We call it the 'Minute Field' since if your model flys over a minute might loose it. Black Sheep contest rules include, "timing stops if the model leaves the field'. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 3689 | 24 Jul 07 18:04 |
| Very cool, Howard. I really want to try a free flight aircraft, but I don't know where I'd fly it. My field borders Biscayne Bay, and I don't want to loose it in there! How large is the place you fly? |
| bsnider, Comment for image # 3688 | 24 Jul 07 12:55 |
| Well Done! |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 3689 | 24 Jul 07 11:07 |
| Yes, it does fly. After sorting out all the usual trimming problems of a small, heavy (30 grams) model with an elliptical wing it does in the mid 30 second range with four strands of 1/8 inch F.A.I tan rubber. Performance has improved going from the Peck prop shown to an Ikara prop. |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 3688 | 24 Jul 07 11:01 |
| The paint is Testor's Acryl acrylics. The line has 'official' RLM colors. The water based acrylics are scary the first time you use them on tissue, but everything tightens back up where it should be when it's dry. |
| mattolson, Comment for image # 3688 | 24 Jul 07 09:17 |
| Nice Spit. Love the camo. Do you use enamel or acrylic in your airbrush? |
| jgood, Comment for image # 3689 | 24 Jul 07 07:32 |
| Great (and unusual) looking Spit. Has this flown? |
| hjlittman, Image # 3689 | 24 Jul 07 00:18 |
Markings, including the wheels, were inkjet printed on white Japanese tissue and attached with glue stick. Control surface outlines done with gel pen. |
| hjlittman, Image # 3688 | 24 Jul 07 00:15 |
I did find references for the camo job on the web. Evaluation Spit captured from the French at Orleans and after evaluation by the RLM used in a sort of "Top Gun" school. Japanese tissue attached with Uhu gluestick and Kryloned. Airbrushed with Testors |
| hjlittman, Image # 3687 | 24 Jul 07 00:12 |
Slight modifications to kit, adjustable nose block and more authentic radiator and oil cooler. Built two of them, one Battle of Britian, the other Battle of France, captured. |
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