Vic Smeed Electra maiden flight
I'm a very slow builder, but I finally finished and flew another model.
Things have to be seriously speeded up!
This Vic Smeed "Electra" was maidened yesterday (March 25).
The flight was OK for a first flight, the CG needs moving a bit aft, and the throttle idle needs adjusting. I didn't have a proper idle (fully closed on the stick, + the trim, was still about one third power), so I had to wait for the fuel to run out (20 minutes) and land dead stick. No problem.
The plane was built to be an "all-weather" (tough) flyer and it weighs half a pound more than Vic's original!
Engine is a PAW 19D RC TBR. Great engine, I'm pleased I chose it!
I'll try to beat my wife into taking a few photos in flight.
Things have to be seriously speeded up!
This Vic Smeed "Electra" was maidened yesterday (March 25).
The flight was OK for a first flight, the CG needs moving a bit aft, and the throttle idle needs adjusting. I didn't have a proper idle (fully closed on the stick, + the trim, was still about one third power), so I had to wait for the fuel to run out (20 minutes) and land dead stick. No problem.
The plane was built to be an "all-weather" (tough) flyer and it weighs half a pound more than Vic's original!
Engine is a PAW 19D RC TBR. Great engine, I'm pleased I chose it!
I'll try to beat my wife into taking a few photos in flight.
Old Warden
With dear Ron and son Matthew - Old Warden, August 2009
and a few planes
KK Ajax (the first model aircraft I ever saw, on a shop shelf in 1948).
1st Junior 60 (Rivers 3.5) on Persan Beaumont runway, near Paris and built for Me109s during the war.
KK Pirate (Mills .75)
2nd Junior 60 (ED Racer) in Old Warden car park.
Simplex 60" (Micron 5 fixed compression).
KK Pirate again.
I stupidly sold the two Junior 60s, but the others are all still flying.
More to come...
1st Junior 60 (Rivers 3.5) on Persan Beaumont runway, near Paris and built for Me109s during the war.
KK Pirate (Mills .75)
2nd Junior 60 (ED Racer) in Old Warden car park.
Simplex 60" (Micron 5 fixed compression).
KK Pirate again.
I stupidly sold the two Junior 60s, but the others are all still flying.
More to come...
A few other interests...
The Bonnie, the 4L and Kenza
