Plastic Fantastic

[Wing-span]

Post pictures of your F3X models here.

If it makes you drool, it's cool! :cool:

(I could'nt think of a cheesier line)

[F3X]

This is my new F3F Favorite!

[Wing-span]

My Experience Pro-V

[chetosmachine]

My home made Vector:
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9334/dscf3748eg5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Chets

[target]

How are you posting such big pics, Chets??!!

T

[codezilla]

How are you posting such big pics, Chets??!!

T

He's linking the image instead of uploading it on rcg.

Adrian

[target]

Thanks. I may have to try that. I guess it eliminates the thumbnails all together then.

T

[chetosmachine]

Yes, i uploaded the pic (imageshack.us) then linked it to my post.
I prefer to upload the pictures because i like the post with pictures in the text, and not in a row at the end of the post.
Kind regards,
Chets

[F3X]

I like the thumbs better, the page loads faster and if I want to see a larger pic I just click it.


The page is loading slower for me with the large image...you?

[target]

Same for me. But once it loads once, it's right up the next time.


I DO always re-size the pics at least close to 100KB before I try to upload them, though. Lots of times, if I let RCG's re-sizer do it, it ends up being like 30KB where as if I do it, i can get it to 80KB or something like that.
And it's faster!

T

[guillaume83]

Hi all,

here is my Ascot F3B. Great machine!! More of which here (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=656785)

Guillaume

[Bro]

guillaume83;
sweet photos!
I can't wait to get mine! Hopefully, I can wait till August! :rolleyes:
There will be a bunch!

Happy Landings!
Bob

[daleksw]

A pretty Wizard

[Wing-span]

This is the place to upload pictures of your planes guys and girls.

Why not add your toy to the list.

Wing-span :)

[Andy_b]

Heres my latest little baby ....Furio V .....thanks to Knewt for the most excellent photo :D

[ajroahkni]

http://static.rcgroups.com/forums/attachments/2/2/1/6/8/a1344691-34-trinity%20launch.jpg%202.jpg

What is this place called? Is that the Trump GC below? Do you guys really fly here or is it a pose for the photo? :)

[target]

Yes John, it really is my home slope, a mix of coastal air and inland-ish thermals.
Lift is rarely what I now consider "GOOD", although on a good day, it's usually fun to fly there.

It overlooks The Donald's Golf Course.

T

[jofo1]

Heres my latest little baby ....Furio V .....thanks to Knewt for the most excellent photo :D
Love that plane...

[F3X]

I have wanted one of these since VR 2004. I LOVE T tails! Delivered today with Mike Smith's 3rd Altus for the F3B WC.

Empty weight is 52.5oz.

[jofo1]

saaaaawhheeeeeeetttttt!

53oz, incredible...

[ShredAir]

These Germans (especially the ones called Dieter)... from the photos it looks like you can have either down-elevator or rudder but not both at the same time...

Dieter Mahlein, ShredAir

[jofo1]

These Germans (espially the ones called Dieter)... from the photos it looks like you can have either down-elevator or rudder but not both at the same time...

Dieter Mahlein, ShredAir
Looks like the third photo in the top row has the elevator in full down (see the gap at the front), looks like the rudder clears I think...

[ShredAir]

Judging by the yellow triangle painted onto the front of the fin below the stab, the elevator is in neutral position in the third photo...

Dieter Mahlein, ShredAir

[Kiesling]

If you have not actually seen the Altus (or T-Warp) stab interface in person, the pictures may be difficult to understand.

The stab has a "tab" that inserts into the top of the fin. The tab is somewhat elaborate in that it has the connection for the control linkage as well as the pivot point AND a hinged portion in the back that bridges the gap between the rudder and the stab. This hinged portion slides inside the top of the rudder and is allowed to flex side to side with the rudder movement. The system is designed to be compliant enough to allow the side to side movement of the rudder along with the up and down movement of the stab.

So no worries - you can get rudder movement along with up and down elevator. It works quite well. Dieter Perlick was quite clever in coming up with this design.

FWIW
Tom

[F3X]

Like Tom said, the stab has a portion that slides into the top of the rudder and is hinged, when the rudder moves so does this section, It keeps the gaps clean at all stab angles and rudder deflection! Very neat!

[ShredAir]

Dieter Perlick was quite clever in coming up with this design.
I know, I was just ribbin' and making fun of that "Dieter" name... And I too love T-tails!

Dieter Mahlein, ShredAir

[djklein21]

These are really awesome. I want one bad.

[FLY F3B]

Can't wait to get hold of #3. Hope #1, and #2 don't get their feelings hurt if I fly the new one as my primary. See you Sunday Tom. :)

[target]

Mike, What are some of the differences between the ones that you have, and the new Altus?

Thanks,
Target

[djklein21]

Mike's new one is a two piece wing. The originals were a one piece wing design that Dieter sawed in half and added a joiner box so that it could be shipped. The new one has a new fuselage designed for a two piece wing. I think this might have added an inch or two to the total span.

BTW, congrats on joining RCGroups Mike

[target]

OK, so the main difference is the old fuse had a bolt-on wing, and the new fuse has a shoulder mounted wing with a pass-through joiner.

I was wondering if the tails were the same and the layups the same ect.

52 oz is light!

Target

[F3X]

OK, so the main difference is the old fuse had a bolt-on wing, and the new fuse has a shoulder mounted wing with a pass-through joiner.

I was wondering if the tails were the same and the layups the same ect.

52 oz is light!

Target

Yep everything is the same. Its like he bolted on the wing and cut it off to make the new root. Its exactly the same span.

52oz is about 69-71oz RTF. Sounds right to me!

[craignzcd]

gidday mike...will have to take some core samples of the new altus.....looks a nice toy...should have a ball at the worlds in a couple of weeks.....driving from frankfurt to lucerne ...get to do a bit of sightseeing on the way.....cheers

[davidjensen]

Xpro

[FLY F3B]

Thanks Dave, thought is was about time...
and Target, Dave is right about the Altus differences. It was originally designed as a one piece wing, and Dieter did Daryl and I a big favor by building us one, and making it a two piece.

The new one looks great BTW

[FLY F3B]

Can't wait Craig. You are Roudy should be a blast to hang out with. But, my kiwi friend, you are not allowed anywhere near my gliders with any sort of tool capable of making core samples....:-)

[FLY F3B]

I meant "you and Roudy" not you are Roudy...

[Wing-span]

The all time classic Graphite.

Did this model start the 'Modern Revolution' of high performance sailplanes? Or am I just blowing wind up it's tailpipe?

[Wingtech]

My current F3F fleet and new addition on its way :D


Steve

[wakumann]

A maybe soom commercial available 2.1m Model Gecko
SRTL and Race M


Cheers


Thomas

[bobthenuke]

Can't argue with Wing-span's post. :)

[isoaritfirst]

Black Hill claimed this one - but the new one prettier.

[Andy_b]

The new one .............sorry for poor picture mobiles are not good cameras

[Bro]

Howdy;
here are a few new toys...not enough time to list them all!

Ceres F3B
new toy from my friend Jiri Baudis....
Fast, clean, some very innovative technology!

Ariane F3
now in a 3pc wing..
sexy plane!

Surprise DS
Rudi has made me some new toys for circle burning!
5 digitals installed at the factory...

Too many models, not enough time!! :D

Happy Landings!
Bob

[timmig]

WOW-- I love the Ceres-- maybe I should get one on order!! Get one and I'll take one!
Tim

[Terminator]

Bob gave a favorable report on the Ceres curious to see the results on the f3f course....Bob you gonna race it at Vincent?

Alan

[Bro]

Term;
if I am in town.. Looks like I may be out of the country...

Bob

[target]

Let me "borrow" it.

Target

[f3j rocks]

hi
here is my escape and the remanes of my tragi 705

[Wing-span]

I don't know? The Tragi looks repairable. :p

[burkus]

Hi!
I know it's an oldie but since I have it the others are in the corner: Espada pelikanfuse. :censored:
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9142/kp006sa1.th.jpg (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kp006sa1.jpg)

[Charged]

What happened to the Tragi ?

[f3j rocks]

hi
i had a mid air in a round of distance. it had a full loade of ballast. when we hit it tore the wing off.

michael

[little flyer]

Only picture I have. Post mid air.

Jeff

[Chad Sullivan]

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8493/f3j001ya1.th.jpg (http://img79.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f3j001ya1.jpg)


Ok it's nothing new. But I love her all the same. Besides it's my lucky ship. I stuffed it into the Peach orchard at the SWC and the only damage was a little 1" crease in the tip.

[F3X]

WooHoo,
First flight on the Altus this morning. 3 launches off the club winch. Tomorrow we will bring out the F3B winch and sizzle some bacon!


67oz RTF!

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7634668&postcount=19

[FLY F3B]

How'd you like it Tom? You are only the 3rd guy on US Soil to own one!!!

Sweet isn't she?

Mike

[Wing-span]

Good looking machine! Looks like the nose area is tiny. What was the installation of the servos like?

[F3X]

How'd you like it Tom? You are only the 3rd guy on US Soil to own one!!!

Sweet isn't she?

Mike

I could have been the first but I wanted the proper 2-piece version so I waited a few extra years but its worth it. :D

Tomorrow we will put a little heat in the launch, today was easy and fine for a first flight.

Install. The fuse has a Graupner 3728 for the Elevator (Super Duper version of the DS3421) and the Rudder is a DS285. The wings are DS368BB. Battery is 4.8v 1400 2/3A cells and a R790 RX and a JR Gold switch. Easy install. the tray was already in. Tight fit on the wing servo install but no issues. The fuse has tons of room. These are not a serial production model so you have to accommodate a few little things here and there but for a sweet team model its so very cool!
I did let it touch the ground on one landing so she is devirginized. Wish I had all grass!

[Silent-AV8R]

WooHoo,
Tomorrow we will bring out the F3B winch and sizzle some bacon!


Tom - are there provisions for guests to fly at HSS now?? Or does everybody all the time need a City permit??

What time you going tomorrow? I may come out, at least to watch.

Bill

[s2000]

The SULA field at San Pedro has lots of smooth grass (and no altitude restriction) and guests are welcome. ( Although the wind blows in a weird direction)

[F3X]

Tom - are there provisions for guests to fly at HSS now?? Or does everybody all the time need a City permit??

What time you going tomorrow? I may come out, at least to watch.

Bill


errr. There are no city signs saying a permit is needed that I know of.

We will be out about by 8:00am to get some no wind practice and tuning in for Ben.

[Silent-AV8R]

The SULA field at San Pedro has lots of smooth grass (and no altitude restriction) and guests are welcome. ( Although the wind blows in a weird direction)

Dennis - What days are you guys flying there?? I still want to check it out!! BTW - got your email. Definitely need to do some aerotow soon!!

[s2000]

Bill. and everyone in So.Cal., SULA has a lease on the field 2 Sundays a month, normally the 1st and 3rd, from 9am till 1pm, after 1pm the field is open to anything. meaning soccer or flying. You need to check with a club officer or somebody like me, I try to keep on top of the dates to fly. The club doesn't have a website so it is sort of word of mouth or attending the club meetings to stay abreast of flying dates. There is a $5 dollar fee per person per flying session, and if you continue to come out it is strongly recommended to join the club, and yes there are plenty of electric flyers using the field but the field is large enough to accomodate both without too much grief, of course the more glider guiders that show up the more they have a say so in flying activities since the nonpowered models always have the right of way. I don't have so much as a scuff on my Perfect so far, I really dig flying off grass!

[Wing-span]

When you do go flying take some pictures and get them posted here.

This thread is supposed to be a Gallery.

;)

[target]

Bill. and everyone in So.Cal., SULA has a lease on the field 2 Sundays a month, normally the 1st and 3rd, from 9am till 1pm, after 1pm the field is open to anything. meaning soccer or flying. You need to check with a club officer or somebody like me, I try to keep on top of the dates to fly. The club doesn't have a website so it is sort of word of mouth or attending the club meetings to stay abreast of flying dates. There is a $5 dollar fee per person per flying session, and if you continue to come out it is strongly recommended to join the club, and yes there are plenty of electric flyers using the field but the field is large enough to accomodate both without too much grief, of course the more glider guiders that show up the more they have a say so in flying activities since the nonpowered models always have the right of way. I don't have so much as a scuff on my Perfect so far, I really dig flying off grass!


Have you been flying the Perfect off of the SULA club's winch?
I ask because every time I was there to use it, there seemed to be a problem...
The club members are all very nice guys, but it seemed like they were pretty casual about the performance of the equipment.
Maybe things have changed?!

Thanks,
Target

[s2000]

I guess it is the club winch, other than the occasional retriever line tangle it works great.

[target]

I think that every time I showed up, the battery was dead or something. It didn't seem to have much power, but I'm a near virgin when it comes to winch launching....

Thanks for the info,
Target

[wakumann]

All the OT talk :eek:

back to topic:
2 SRTL's

1x 2C and a standard 1x C one.

Cheers

Thomas

[Wing-span]

Aspire

[Cruzsin]

A Valenta "Dogan"

[jcosta]

My custom paint job Skorpion. It has green and white stripes under the wing and tail.

I have another just like it but with red fuse and stripes...

The wingtip colors are from the Portuguese flag.

[ezmo]

Here's my new Stork II Pro 2007 before maiden. After several flights it luckily looks the same. I lost some hair, but thats another story ;)

[bobthenuke]

My Super AvA...

[Daryl Perkins]

Skizo and friend

[bobthenuke]

Skizo and friend

Beatuiful! I wish I had the time and skill to come up with something like that.

Bob

[Wing-span]

Have a look at these. :)

[Tuomo]

Have a look at these. :)

AH heritage :)

[glderguy]

Yes, they both look to be from same family for sure. Dont know about Aspire, but I recently flew the Victor off winch for the first time. It does pretty good in thermal dept and even though launch set up wasnt close to being optimal, the plane can really launch pretty good/high. Cant wait to see how it launches after some tweaking.
Walter

[Chad Sullivan]

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5521/picture005ur0.jpg
By tipstrike (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/tipstrike), shot with KODAK DX6490 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=KODAK+DX6490+ZOOM+DIGITAL+CAME RA&make=EASTMAN+KODAK+COMPANY) at 2007-10-27

Well not much action in this thread. So here is my new Supra. Ya we all have seen them. But mine is special......

[skyzking]

Here are some pics of my models. The Swift (called V2 in the USA) has flown several times but the Eagle is still waiting for its Neu motor to arrive before i start the build on it.

Abdullah... :eek:

[djklein21]

Hey guys, I just got my new Ceres from Soaring USA. I didn't take any pictures in the daylight, and I had a long lens on my camera but it looks cool anyway.

Look for a detailed build thread in the next week or so. I will start assembly right away, but I wont post the build thread untill the plane is nearly done. The build thread will high lite the RDS install in this plane.

[target]

More Ceres's's's's

[fearfactorfred]

Pike Perfect :p The name say's it all !! :D
DP flew it in Visalia and took 1st ;)
Pismo Beach Soaring Society

[Wing-span]

Very nice! Keep the pictures coming. :)

[Wing-span]

Pike Superior and Starlight 3000

[Chad Sullivan]

Nice Starlight. Great color.

[schrederman]

Hey Chad... Why would you think that? ;)

Jack

[Chad Sullivan]

Ahh...come on. It's a different orange. I'm trying to be nice here Jack. ;)
How's that JW ship going?

[DrFragnasty]

A terrific addition to the hangar; an E4.
It's very easy to fly, stable, forgiving
and AUW 2.4Kg makes it perform well
in mild conditions.

Usual Mueller build quailty.

Recommended.

Chris.

[Chad Sullivan]

Nice. Looks like a beautiful flying area also.

[Tappet]

A couple shots of my Xpro,great flyer.

Tappet

[Swoopdown]

My Big Bird and Dingos Carracho

[Tappet]

....and my Hera, another great flyer!

Tappet

[DrFragnasty]

It won't be long now, we'll be draping lingerie over them and lowering the lights...perhaps a glass of champers in the foreground as well :)

[Wing-span]

Don't forget to post pictures of your new planes here!

[fearfactorfred]

I love my new toy !! :D :D :D :D :D
Tragi 705X

[little flyer]

Looks strangely familiar :) Those things can pull hard don't ask how I know.

Jeff

[little flyer]

Carbon lite supra. DP flew it in the team selects.

Jeff

[fearfactorfred]

Nice toy !! Wish I had one :( ;) :rolleyes: