Buy the cow dammit!
...'cause you get the milk for free, or something. :)
Servo mount for my camera
Yay MightyPutty! :cool: :)
the post horse...
here's the horse...
new toy to test out...
Managed to get in on a set of try-outs of a small motor. Here's the try-out thread...
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=792450
...and attached is a pic of what I got in the mail.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=792450
...and attached is a pic of what I got in the mail.
Floaterline actually started as a canard...
...and while gathering the Maelstrom and flicking through the Floaterline, I realised there was no original sketches, as the Floaterline idea actually started as a canard... and was the originating point for the "common fuselage" idea to have the canard, and a more "typical" plane arrangement.
The attached sketches show the two variant ideas and that it has actually made it into CAD... the more "natural" looking wing, or the constant chord which was to have visual queues back to golden age planes like the GeeBee and Wedell Williams.
And from the front elevation, you can kind of see how I progressed from this to the dihedral shape for the Maelstrom.
The attached sketches show the two variant ideas and that it has actually made it into CAD... the more "natural" looking wing, or the constant chord which was to have visual queues back to golden age planes like the GeeBee and Wedell Williams.
And from the front elevation, you can kind of see how I progressed from this to the dihedral shape for the Maelstrom.
Sticky:
The Maelstrom
Back in august I posted into an EDF forum with some sketches of a design I've been workin on since February. It's an EDF canard seaplane, which will be called "the Maelstrom". Here's the same sketches rotated for better viewing...
New Twinkle Plans Arrive!...
The latest updated plans for the Twinkle have arrived. These include some minor corrections and improvements to the design and updates for the instructions to make them clearer.
The new depron version of the plans also arrived. These depron plans were developed from scratch with just the outer dimensions of the original as consideration. All the parts are made specifically for the depron build and as such create the exact same plans as the balsa version in an aerodynamic sense.
...you can also build a balsa/depron hybrid from the balsa plans. By using depron for the fuselage and tip floats, you get a plane with the raw builders charm of the balsa build, with the durability of the depron (the depron can take a lot of knocks about the fuse and tip floats without creating leaking problems).
The plan sets are available from my site... http://keyboardmonkey.com/twinkle
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The new depron version of the plans also arrived. These depron plans were developed from scratch with just the outer dimensions of the original as consideration. All the parts are made specifically for the depron build and as such create the exact same plans as the balsa version in an aerodynamic sense.
...you can also build a balsa/depron hybrid from the balsa plans. By using depron for the fuselage and tip floats, you get a plane with the raw builders charm of the balsa build, with the durability of the depron (the depron can take a lot of knocks about the fuse and tip floats without creating leaking problems).
The plan sets are available from my site... http://keyboardmonkey.com/twinkle
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Looking For Twinkle Plans?...
Sticky:
the Floaterline Special
Winter is coming to a close and every time I see water, or the evenings hush to a dull roar of dead-calm nothingness... I keep thinking I need another amphibian to commit flight and reprise efforts put into Twinkle.
For the longest time I've needed to build a classic looking thing-of-fancy (not scale at all), and more recently it's been of a float plane amphib configuration. The idead also flirt every now and then with it being a canard. Over time it will probably take on a few configurations based on the classic fuselage theme with common parts and construction style. But for now... here's where my thoughts are for...
...the Floaterline Special
For the longest time I've needed to build a classic looking thing-of-fancy (not scale at all), and more recently it's been of a float plane amphib configuration. The idead also flirt every now and then with it being a canard. Over time it will probably take on a few configurations based on the classic fuselage theme with common parts and construction style. But for now... here's where my thoughts are for...
...the Floaterline Special
This is a blog entry...
no really it is... it's a blog entry... just try and deny it.
