Cool Electrified Flyline Stearman C3B

[jungmann1]

Hello,
I am new to this forum, though I have been lurking for some time. There are some awesome model builders hanging out on this site! Please bear with me as I am not that familiar with this hight tech stuff.
This is my latest build. I have been a fan of the Flyline kits for a long time and decided it was high time to try my hand at this "new fangled" electric stuff. Hope you enjoy the pics. This is the Stearman C3B, 35 inch wingspan, originally designed for two channel r/c and an .049. I have used a MPJet outrunner and four channel r/c. I think it will end up weighing about 20 ounces ready to fly. Take care, John.

[jungmann1]

Sorry, can't seem to post my pics, they are too large. Can anyone help me out with re-sizing picture files?

[mu2freighter]

Most photo programs will let you resize, have you any software for photo viewers on your machine...?

Otherwise, the Stearman ought to be pretty! Easytiger's done one within the past year; have you seen his build?

Glenn

[tim hooper]

jungmann1,

Welcome to the RC Groups forums!

There's a guide to posting pics here;

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242244

So let's see some pics then.....

tim

[jungmann1]

Hi guys,
Thanks for the welcome, I am going to give these pics another shot. I haven't seen Easy's build yet; I will go check it out next. Thanks for the link. I am familiar with his work, though, we have compared notes on Flyline stuff before. Wish me luck on the pics.

[jungmann1]

That looks like it worked! Cool. These pics were taken about three weeks ago. I will have some more recent ones, maybe tomorrow. It has since been covered in Doculam and painted. I still have to rig the flying wires and the pull pull wires for the rudder. I am also painting a pilot for it at the moment. Take care, John.

[jungmann1]

Something I forgot to mention earlier, I added ailerons and reduced dihedral on this one. Only downside to that is trying to hide the extension leads going down the cabane struts. My dummy motor is scratch built and definately not to the same standard as Easytiger's. But, I know it was way cheaper and probably lots lighter. I hope Curtis finds this thread and chimes in on his project. Haven't seen a flight report, yet. Later, John.

[easytiger]

Hey, John! I owe you a response to your email from a week ago...sorry.
John's work puts mine to shame, he builds lighter and better than me.
Mine is all ready to fly, I just have not had the chance. I have not done any flying wires yet, I will test it without them.
The outrunner...the real holdup with my Stearman was getting the PJS outrunner motor to fit within the dummy engine, I cannot say I am totally pleased with the result, and I should have bagged that motor and gone with something skinnier. Or made a prop shaft extension.
I like the ailerons and reduced dihedral on yours better than mine. The kit has too much dihedral, looks a little funky.
The other thing is lining everything up, the cabanes and interplane struts, is a real nightmare, make jigs, don't try any shortcuts, lest you add washin or funny incidence...
I have some pics somewhere here of my old one, that flew with an Allen-Mercury 09 diesel.
How did your inland fly?
I have been thinking about a 25" Curtiss-Wright Junior from Cleveland plans...not sure what power. Just a cute little exercise in traditional balsa...

[jungmann1]

Hi Curtis!
Glad you found this. Long time, no yak. I used a little MPJet outrunner on my C3B. I used a little pill bottle as the crankcase on my dummy radial; it is probably a little too large diameter for scale but provided just enough room to clear the motors rotor. I will try to get a decent pic of that set-up tonight or tomorrow. I made the whole dummy engine/rear cowl section removable so I could get good access to the motor and mount. Did you decide on an airline decal yet? You don't happen to have a thirties vintage American Airways logo, do you? I did my bird in AA colors, midnight blue and orange, with the white and orange lightning bolt down the side. By the way, thanks for the very kind words on my building. My ego thanks you! Good luck on your maiden. Later, John.

[dogisland]

I have been lurking about reviewing the forums at this site as well jungman1(for about a year). I finally joined so that I could post! I have a Flyline Great Lakes Trainer kit that I bought about 1978 and never finished. The fusalage has been built all this time and is still in good shape. I'll need to build the wings again. Twenty six years of poor storage and moves between apartments/homes ruined the ones that I built from the kit wood.
This model was designed for a .15 to .25 glow engine though. I didn't know that Flylline made kits for .049. The span on my Great Lakes is 40 in. I'll be following this thread.

[jungmann1]

Hi Dogisland, welcome!
That Great Lakes is one of my favorites! I built one about ten years ago, powered by and OS .20 four stroke glow. Super flyer, as long as you keep it light. Saw another one covered in fabric and painted, with a .40 (!) on the nose. Yikes! Very unforgiving, to say the least. Are you planning on going electric? Would love to hear your thoughts on a power plant for that. Take care, John.

[dogisland]

easytiger: I just reviewed your thread on your Flyline stearman. Great job! I was also impressed with with all the images of all your old Flyline aircraft. Are you going to revive any of them? Some look like they could be fixed up to fly.

[easytiger]

Originally Posted by jungmann1

Hi Curtis!
Glad you found this. Long time, no yak. I used a little MPJet outrunner on my C3B. I used a little pill bottle as the crankcase on my dummy radial; it is probably a little too large diameter for scale but provided just enough room to clear the motors rotor. I will try to get a decent pic of that set-up tonight or tomorrow. I made the whole dummy engine/rear cowl section removable so I could get good access to the motor and mount. Did you decide on an airline decal yet? You don't happen to have a thirties vintage American Airways logo, do you? I did my bird in AA colors, midnight blue and orange, with the white and orange lightning bolt down the side. By the way, thanks for the very kind words on my building. My ego thanks you! Good luck on your maiden. Later, John.

You know...I just might have those AA decals...I will have to check. Never picked out a set for my own Stearman.

[easytiger]

Originally Posted by jungmann1

Hi Dogisland, welcome!
That Great Lakes is one of my favorites! I built one about ten years ago, powered by and OS .20 four stroke glow. Super flyer, as long as you keep it light. Saw another one covered in fabric and painted, with a .40 (!) on the nose. Yikes! Very unforgiving, to say the least. Are you planning on going electric? Would love to hear your thoughts on a power plant for that. Take care, John.

Light is important with that Great Lakes...having had three of them(still have two), it really becomes a pretty unpleasant plane if the weight goes up too much...

[easytiger]

Originally Posted by dogisland

easytiger: I just reviewed your thread on your Flyline stearman. Great job! I was also impressed with with all the images of all your old Flyline aircraft. Are you going to revive any of them? Some look like they could be fixed up to fly.

Yeah...on my list of things to do!
The Robin should be near the top of the list...really could use an electric conversion. Problem is there are some broken fuselage longerons, which really means stripping and re-covering the fuse, which means removing every part...it's a big deal.
The Great Lakes does not need much.
The General Aristocrat is actually ready to fly, just forgot about it!
There are several others, I do think they will all get back in the air someday.