049 UFO thing

[Phillybaby]

hi guys, not posted in this section before but i've just got back form the NAT's and fired up an old 049 i had :cool:
anyone know where i can get a set of plans for a UFO
the cox sits in a hexagonal center frame with two sloping frames coming out to the edge with holes cut in it.

thanks

i think this is a pic of one
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/colin.hutchinson/pages/planepic/saucer.jpg

[TLyttle]

Uh, seems to me that was in Model Aviation or AAM. If that is the case, AMA will likely have that plan for a reasonable price...

[mlbco]

Here's a page with more info, but no plans:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/colin.hutchinson/pages/saucer.html

Steve

[Phillybaby]

steve, that would be the page i linked the piccy from ;) :D

i think i may be able to get a plan, but i'd still like to know more about it

[Stef]

Are you looking for the 'Nomad" the "StarCruiser" or the Cox "Flying Saucer"? I have never seen plans for a free flight "saucer" like this but it wouldn't be hard to work up in foam.

[Phillybaby]

i'm looking for the top pic, the other three are what this guy brought after seeing it.
heres one from the nats weekend, and i've contacted the guy in blue in regards to a plan, he's asking his old man, whos flying it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5iTe2ZCCEg

[saucerguy]

That's some cool video, cool saucer designs as well. It has me thinking, what if we had a weight on the bottom off center to control the pitch of the disc, have that connected to an arm hooked mounted to the center on a pivot, this should in essense move it past freeflight into RC power since you'll then be able to hook up an RX to it.

[TLyttle]

I KNOW there are plans for a saucer or two in my library, but it is too hot out there to look! Bring this up again in October...

[JetPlaneFlyer]

There was guy flying one of these last time I was at Old Warden earlier this year. It gained a great deal of height while under power but the glide was akin to a bunch of keys :rolleyes: (which you would expect). It’s probably the ideal free flight model to fly on windy days, also very little chance of it being lost to a thermal. It did however keep us guessing as to where it was going to fall to earth. :eek:

No photos or videos unfortunately.

Steve

[Miderror]

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=613274&highlight=cox

[Phillybaby]

thanks Don, good to see your still around BTW
apparently that cox UFO dun fly so well :(
getting closer to plans of the one i want tho

[Miderror]

thanks Don, good to see your still around BTW
apparently that cox UFO dun fly so well :(
getting closer to plans of the one i want tho

I've flown the cox UFO and they do great. Much better that the thing in the video. It was especially cool if no one knows your sending it up.
About 200-300' up. Fun with glow sticks at night. Very robust as we just kept sending it up all night :D


Have also found FF models out in the desert in Calif.
Just a 049 in a coffee can with fins mounded to the outside.
Must have flown well enough for the owners to lose it :)

This looks like a challange
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230166045654&category=0

[Phillybaby]

blimmin heck, i bet he gets dizzy!

i just got a copy of the spineroo plan, wah hoo!

now, depron, lite ply or 32nd ply.......