Has anyone considered a micro sopwith?

Originally Posted by 3dflyboy1

Has anyone considered a micro sopwith?

Which Sopwith? Several to choose from, and yes they have been done. Should be a good flyer BTW.

I was thinking of a sopwith camel with snoopy at the controls

Originally Posted by 3dflyboy1

I was thinking of a sopwith camel with snoopy at the controls

Good choice, but cheat a little making the nose slightly longer, no one will probably notice, but do expect to put most of your gear up in the cowl area. The Pup would probably be a little more pilot friendly in my opinion. Love to see what you come up with!

Fred

I like the look of those peanut scale WWI birds a couple pages back. Hopefully I can find plans for a Sopwith Camel (or Pup?). Next thing I'll need is a Fokker DR1 for some competition! Making the nose longer is only for fitting the gear, right? no flying/aerodynamic affect?

In the style of our SkyBuggy 100 - here's a toon'ed up version of the Flying Quaker old-timer the QuickOats 100.

Scott Ginn's Excellent Build Log Here

Specs:

Flying Weight 1.8oz
Area 100 Sq. In.
Span 21.75 in.
Length 15 in.

Here's another vintage looker - the 1926 Farman "Carte Postale" or Post Card. The 1926 Farman was derived by combining a sport "David" fuselage with a section of the "Goliath" wing. Original colors are thought to be a red fuselage with white lettering / silver flying surface with black lettering. Our builder took some liberty with this one and used red for the lettering on the wing.

We deviated a touch from scale outline on the H. Stab and V. Fin to favor good in-flight manners.

Specs:

Span: 16 in.
Area: 100 sq. in.
Length: 13 in.
Weight: 1.6 oz.

Originally Posted by 3dflyboy1

I like the look of those peanut scale WWI birds a couple pages back. Hopefully I can find plans for a Sopwith Camel (or Pup?). Next thing I'll need is a Fokker DR1 for some competition! Making the nose longer is only for fitting the gear, right? no flying/aerodynamic affect?

A little less twitchy or say more stable with a little added to the nose, somewhat less 'crazy aerobatic' which you will understand if you ever flew a Camel before!

Mainly so you can get closer to having her balance without a 1/2 ton of nose weight added, which is so typical of model WWI rotary engined aircraft.

The original full scale WWI birds had powerplants that were so heavy, they shortened the nose to do the same thing, help with balance!

Fred

Originally Posted by 3dflyboy1

I like the look of those peanut scale WWI birds a couple pages back. Hopefully I can find plans for a Sopwith Camel (or Pup?). Next thing I'll need is a Fokker DR1 for some competition! Making the nose longer is only for fitting the gear, right? no flying/aerodynamic affect?

Not so much to make room as to get the C.G forward enough. The short nosed WWI rotory motor planes tend to end up tail heavy unless you either lengthen the nose a bit (doesn't need too much) or pay real attention to keeping everything very light in the back half of the fuselage and tail.

For my Sopwith Pup and Bristol Scout I had to put the battery right up against the back of the motor firewall and the rx/servo block right behind the battery and used very light building techniques for the fuse/tail.

If you plan ahead and pay attention it isn't too difficult to get it to balance.

Tim

Here's a semi-scale Wilga I couldn't resist building:

Ultra Micro Wilga look-alike (0 min 15 sec)

It's made of 3mm, 6mm Depron and 3mm Epp. Plans were adapted and made after 3 view schemes. I had to make the cabin longer to allow the wing (not scale at all) to fit. The nose has been made a bit longer to and, together with the longer cabin, makes it easy to find the CG. The hole fuselage is also to narrow, Ups!
A nice litle feature, I think, is the elevators pushrod, it doesn't stick out of the fuselage at all.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to weigh it yet and I'll have to wait for better weither conditions to maiden.

Nice

is the wing epp?

Originally Posted by Chrizz

Here's a semi-scale Wilga I couldn't resist building:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3143C2H6As4

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It's made of 3mm, 6mm Depron and 3mm Epp. Plans were adapted and made after 3 view schemes. I had to make the cabin longer to allow the wing (not scale at all) to fit. The nose has been made a bit longer to and, together with the longer cabin, makes it easy to find the CG. The hole fuselage is also to narrow, Ups!
A nice litle feature, I think, is the elevators pushrod, it doesn't stick out of the fuselage at all.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to weigh it yet and I'll have to wait for better weither conditions to maiden.

Yes, the wing is Epp. It's from a Epp glider...

Ah okay

Was gunna ask how you molded it that way.
She is a pretty quick plank

Originally Posted by Chrizz

Yes, the wing is Epp. It's from a Epp glider...

Originally Posted by UNGN

I just added guns to my AR6400 Albatros. Guns work off the gear channel.

Haha, my eyes nearly lost it watching that vid, really cool set up!

Dumas 17.5" P-47
The ailerons still need to be painted, but I am fairly pleased with the way this plane flies.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1380780

I used the AR6400 out of a gutted P-51 and ran extended torque rods to the ailerons. The video is fairly short (and I do not crash at the end), but you get the idea of how this thing floats along. I will add a bigger prop (5043) to see how it handles some more speed.