Drake II

[Bipe Flier]

This is my Drake II flying boat, designed by Ken Willard. I took out the dihedral, added ailerons and used an NACA 2313 airfoil. It is powered by an OS .15 FP.

[retiredVTT]

Looks great....hope the next video in on the water..!

Bill

[Bipe Flier]

Thanks, I will be taking it to the Shuswap float fly. I'll try to get video there.

[rscarawa]

I liked the plane and loved the music.

[Bipe Flier]

Here it is on water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ1QmFc6EpE

[Vindication]

Nice job with the video!

Wow that was a lot of touch-and-goes, you usually don't see that many, esp on the water!

[Bipe Flier]

Thanks,

I don't get to fly off of water very often so I wanted to get as much use of it as I could.

[Thayer]

It's always great to see a Drake flying.

The Drake II has been one of my favorite models since the original article came out in Model Aviation. I immediately set to work, and scaled mine from the plans in the magazine a little larger as I didn't have a .15 at the time. 54 inches with an Enya 19 worked out well, but it also flies great with an OS 25 FSR or OS 30 (current installation). It could use a recover, but I may just hang it up and build another.

FWIW, plans are still available from the AMA for $14.

Thayer

[Bipe Flier]

Thanks Thayer. It's just a wonderful, timeless design.