Latest pusher jet..

[gbruce]

Here's my latest pusher jet... will be MeGA powered and hopefully Mega FUN.

OK you can guess this one...

[U812]

Snow bird??

[gbruce]

WOW Steve!! That was Quick.. Nice shootin' Tex! LOL

Yup... Canadair Tutor.....Not TOOTER like my two boys laughed about when I first mentioned the name of the plane... they giggled there little hearts out:) Daddy's making an Airplane that toots.. he he.

It will be in the traditional Snowbird colors of Course!!

I am copying the construction method used in my MB-339 except I added 3/8 triangle stock in all of the corners to stop the foam from breaking so easily...hope it works.

I am a busy boy with all of these "Secret projects" as well as my own list of projects for the winter.

Bruce:)

[U812]

Bruce,

I like it!;)

Steve

[monkamarm2000]

Mosquito's are cool! That was one of the first models I ever built as a kid.

Barry

[Dave Lindsey]

Bruce
How are you setting the thrust line on yours? Since the wings are below the fuse datum, I set mine at 2' up? thrust( i.e. the prop end of the motor is 2' higher than the fuse end). Seems to work OK at the speeds I fly. Just a thought.
Dave

[rogwinger]

Looking good Bruce. Which Mega are you planning to use?

[eatond]

Looks good Bruce,
keep posting pitures as you go along. I'd like to see more. Are
you going to have plans available?

Dan Eaton

[gbruce]

Dan

That's the plan...to make a plan... and canopy...OH I made a funny.:D

HI Rog.

Mega 16/15/3 on 10 cells.

Bruce:)

[-Draken-]

Looks great Bruce! Should be a riot with that power setup, though I don't think tutors are suppose to go supersonic ;)

Matt

[Dave Lindsey]

Bruce
I forgot in my last post to add LOOKING GOOD!:) :)
Any details you are willing to divulge?
i.e. WS, LOA, predicted AUW?
Cheers
Dave

[gbruce]

Thanks!

It will be as light as possible...my Mb-339 is around 24 oz. and still goes well. I hope to get this one closer to 16 oz....


I may try to cover it in plastic film for that shiny but tough aspect.

It has a MH-43 airfoil at the root and a BF-101 symetrical one at the tip. W/S is 30" but that is stretched a little from scale.

Barry..I guess you know by now that this "Mosquito" has a RED and White stinger... ;)

Bruce

[gbruce]

HI All

There was a thread about only having EDF models in this "JET" forum...I wanted to respond but the thread was ,for some reason, closed.

WHY???

IF I may... I think any model that represents a real jet should be allowed and discussed in the Jet forum. Where else will I look to find Jet type models if not in the JET forum???

Try and find many JETS in the Scale or foamie forums lately???GOOD LUCK.

Perhaps we need a few more Forums to straighten it out. Perhaps an discussion board index would be in order as well??

Tutor continues on as a pusher, the intakes are way to small for an EDF scale representation of the real thing, other wise, IT TO would be an EDF!!

I like EDF, I support and look forward to ALL jet type models. WE need more of them out there or our Hobby will surely die.

Bruce:)

[Thomas Nelson]

It's interesting.

My contribution to that thread was to ask if perhaps the "Jet" forum was mislabeled. Maybe it should be called "EDF". I was curious to see how this would be received.

My POINT was: That the posts & pics of various types of "jet-like" aircraft were perfectly in line with the given title, given its broad (and undefined) nature. I suspect that the original selection of this "loose" title was deliberate.

My OPINION: Keep the present forum title. Clarify the meaning of the title. Something like "Electric-powered model aircraft that evoke the appearance and/or flight characteristics of a scale or fictional turbine-powered aircraft." Maybe somebody can better capture the essence of a "Jet forum" with different words. I see that I've already (unintentionally) excluded the Sci-Fi "warp driven" etc craft, but I suspect that many "jet" enthusiasts would want them included.

Toward the end of that thread, however, it was looking like the moderator felt a title change was in order. This was not the intent of my original post, and I think it would be a shame. Eddie P captured my thoughts (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1481278#post1481278) better than I could word them, especially the part about orphan threads.

Daily posts to the Jets forum aren't so plentiful that it needs to be subcagegorized. Yet.

IMHO.

[monkamarm2000]

Yeah Bruce! Ahh the fond memories. hehe

Your both right, and I think what happened in that thread was a great insightful move on the moderators part to shut it down. I dont think most give them the credit they deserve for the seemingly invisible things they get done.

Barry

[gbruce]

I'm still working on the Plug for the Tutor and It's real close to being done...

[monkamarm2000]

ooh it's canopy week for you huh? hehe I envy you! for being able to do them, not cause your doing them. LOL

Barry

[gbruce]

Yea it's canopy week here at the Friend home...LOL

That's OK Barry, I REALLY like doing them. They are a little challenging but quick to do. Makes me feel like I actually got something finished :D


Bruce:)

[monkamarm2000]

LOL

[gbruce]

Canopy plug is done, now on to nose plugs...He He

[gbruce]

nuther

[monkamarm2000]

cool stuff Bruce, amazing how the canopy transforms it even more.

Barry

[dorysch1]

Here was mine I really like how it looked coming in on final, but not so how it looked when it finally came in , dohhhhhhhhh

[eatond]

Hi Bruce,
if you don't mind me asking, what do you use to create the canopy frame? Also, how did you create the canopy separation line between the front and the back?

Dan Eaton

[gbruce]

Hi Dan

I use thin tape to do the Frames,two thin pieces with a gap for the separation between the windscreen and canopy.

Simple enough eh!

Bruce:)

[tutor]

Hi Bruse

Very nice model, I was wouldering the over all size of the plane?
As I am starting to build one for a Vasa fan, with a 44" wing span.
As for the question about htrust line, I have a drawing for a large pusher and all insedents are 0' degrees. wing,engine and elavator.
Very nice plane, love to here how it flys.

Mark

[gbruce]

My Tutor will have a 30" W/s

More work done since last posting.

Intake parts are shaped , adds alot to the look...

[dorysch1]

Looks pretty sweet Bruce, One thing that airframe is draggy feed it lots of power!

[gbruce]

OH...I WILL..HeHe!

Bruce:D

[dorysch1]

Keep me posted Bruce I am quite interested and Happy New Year!

[gbruce]

YES DAVE..HAppy NEW YEAR!

You may also be interested to know that my F-18 is back in the Que and the nose piece and canopy will fit your MIDI F-18 like a glove...OK... you may have to do a LITTLE work to get it to fit but it will be easy to replace if neccessary...;)

Bruce:)

[dorysch1]

Cool you have any details on the cost of those parts? you can email me if you want david.oryschak@scic.gov.sk.ca that Tutor is looking pretty cool !

[andrea]

Hi guys!
This is mine: what do you think?
This sunday i'll try to fly it!
550gr for 40cm wing span with a sp 480bb race, and 8x500 cells: I hope it will go!!!

Bye.

[andrea]

Onother pic

[andrea]

the last one for now

[gbruce]

No Idea on $ for the F-18 parts, but I'll post that in the appropriate thread when the time comes.

Nice carving Andrea! let me guess...it's a B-36???Kidding:D

Good luck on Sunday.

Bruce:)

[andrea]

It's a ugly F-104. But I hope after finishing and painting it can be better!!!!!
Thanks for sunday.

[gbruce]

FINALLY got around to molding the canopy and nose , still have the intakes to shape a little more then mold...slow but sure!!
I also installed the Spars.

[dorysch1]

Nice!

[Sparhawk]

Anything new on this?

Keep us posted :)

Spar

[gbruce]

Hi Spar

THanks for the interest,

I have about 5 other projects that need immediate attention due to my wifes encouragement to "FINISH" something before starting ANYTHING else. :eek: ;)

The Tutor is project #5 to be finished...

Can't wait to finish and crash them so I can get on to others :p ;) :D

Bruce :)

[Sparhawk]

Here is my version. Flew Saturday.... and yet it still survives!! :D :D

Spar

[gbruce]

Here's a little peek at my Tutor's progress. I am trying to have it ready for a Funfly here in Southern Alberta on July 9..should make it :rolleyes:

Perhaps this thread could be moved to Pusher Jets as I seems more appropriate. Thanks.

Bruce :)

[dorysch1]

Hey Bruce did you get the ole bird done?