makemcool
Jun 14, 2004, 02:10 PM
Wanted to get some more threads into this forum to help 'legitimize' it. So here is my favorite ship...original, and in process of being made flight ready.
I built this from the kit around 1960, powered [ free flight ] with a Cox Sportsman 15. Anybody remember maybe the only reed valve 15?
Seven second runs on a calm evening resulted in a five foot ROG, near vertical climb to a perfect transition to glide for up to two minutes.
A launch just before a tstorm resulted in its longest flight...found it a week later, with the wing looking like a prop.
Sitting around till the mid seventies straightened the wing, but I had to bebuild the oil soaked fuse. I used a throttled Max 15 this time, but it wouldnt come down without completely shutting down the engine..really should have used an 09. Added radio, and my teenage kids and I flew it until we hit a soccer goalpost, shearing the wing.
It is awaiting covering material [silk, of course], and a set of Trexler wheels.
I lost the plans years ago and have been looking for some...Just found them, and ordered the plans and laser cut parts from Bob Holman. OH, yeah, it will be electric this time.
I built this from the kit around 1960, powered [ free flight ] with a Cox Sportsman 15. Anybody remember maybe the only reed valve 15?
Seven second runs on a calm evening resulted in a five foot ROG, near vertical climb to a perfect transition to glide for up to two minutes.
A launch just before a tstorm resulted in its longest flight...found it a week later, with the wing looking like a prop.
Sitting around till the mid seventies straightened the wing, but I had to bebuild the oil soaked fuse. I used a throttled Max 15 this time, but it wouldnt come down without completely shutting down the engine..really should have used an 09. Added radio, and my teenage kids and I flew it until we hit a soccer goalpost, shearing the wing.
It is awaiting covering material [silk, of course], and a set of Trexler wheels.
I lost the plans years ago and have been looking for some...Just found them, and ordered the plans and laser cut parts from Bob Holman. OH, yeah, it will be electric this time.