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From shiny to scale in 30 minutes. -
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The markings match the Comanche with the most flight hours before the program was canceled. -
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It is still the best looking combat helicopter ever made (IMHO). -
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PowerPoint fun and office supply store clear sticker stock. -
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Cooling holes after smoking the front motor and 4in1 in an outdoor flight. -
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Oh yeah. The offending front motor necessitating the cooling holes. Note the lifted commutator pad (melted glue?). -
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That's me working on the sensor system I helped design.
Almost all of the guys I fly with have red GWS Slow Sticks, and pull them out to float around after a day of throwing fast planes and warbirds around. All I have that is gentle any more (at least for me) is my old GWS Beaver, but a quick look through the spare parts bin showed I had all I needed to throw a BluCore Slow Stick together. A couple of movies for the DVD player, a sheet of BluCore from the stack in the garage, and off I went with an X-Acto. 
All spruce and BluCore construction. The wing is a single sheet cut 44" in span with a 5 degree dihedral, with thin spruce spares at the lift center and leading edge, and 4 formers to keep the shape. In the center I closed the formers into a box, with a center spare within, which is plenty stiff and still light. How light? I don't know.
350C GWS motor and gearbox, a standard 9.6V 750 MAh NiMH battery, and 1147 prop. I tried a 1080 prop, but the 1147 seems perfect for the drag and span of the stick. I love making little things like the servo rod supports in the rear (between the tail and servos) to keep them from buckling. The front gear interface was maybe the only head scratcher. It is a GWS retract housing cut in two and slid down over the stick, and the gear wire is 0.074. A large zip tie around the wire holds it on and gives just enough in landing. The wheels are off the old BF-109, which is currently a belly lander.
Total cost (to add to the gear on hand): $2.00 for the prop, and $1.50 for the...Continue Reading
All spruce and BluCore construction. The wing is a single sheet cut 44" in span with a 5 degree dihedral, with thin spruce spares at the lift center and leading edge, and 4 formers to keep the shape. In the center I closed the formers into a box, with a center spare within, which is plenty stiff and still light. How light? I don't know.
350C GWS motor and gearbox, a standard 9.6V 750 MAh NiMH battery, and 1147 prop. I tried a 1080 prop, but the 1147 seems perfect for the drag and span of the stick. I love making little things like the servo rod supports in the rear (between the tail and servos) to keep them from buckling. The front gear interface was maybe the only head scratcher. It is a GWS retract housing cut in two and slid down over the stick, and the gear wire is 0.074. A large zip tie around the wire holds it on and gives just enough in landing. The wheels are off the old BF-109, which is currently a belly lander.
Total cost (to add to the gear on hand): $2.00 for the prop, and $1.50 for the...Continue Reading
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Just spruce and foam construction (it is after all a stick). -
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I may trim the saddle support sticks to lighten, but they make it plenty stiff. -
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Formers are probably unnecessary to hold shape, but closing them up in the center makes the wing plenty strong. -
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I love how the (darned) ripples in the BLuCore make the wing look it has ribs. -
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Up she goes - no big excitement to a Slow Stick maiden. Needed a couple of clicks up trim. -
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Before painting it, she got hard to see in the air. -
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Landings can be almost straight down like a slow elevator. Lots of rudder needed here to turn in on approach in the late morning breeze. -
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All painted up "not red".
I have started playing with an inexpensive Bubblegum VGA USB camera (available at Hobbypartz.com),
http://www.hobbypartz.com/hicocagrforf.html
I have taken only a few videos, having fun with Windows Movie Maker to edit multiple flights into singles in a couple of cases. Enjoy:
First up is a simple flight with my old trainer stock GWS Beaver. I velcro'ed the camera to the right strut, and just flew about. I purposely put the prop in the field of view to see what it would look like. Yep - horizontal lines due to VGA vertical integration:
Second is my BluCore Pfalz, placing the camera in the pilot's seat facing forward for one flight, and backward for a second, then editing the files together. Excuse the Space Shuttle-like take-off.
If I were the pilot, I would complain to the builder about lack of forward field of view...
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http://www.hobbypartz.com/hicocagrforf.html
I have taken only a few videos, having fun with Windows Movie Maker to edit multiple flights into singles in a couple of cases. Enjoy:
First up is a simple flight with my old trainer stock GWS Beaver. I velcro'ed the camera to the right strut, and just flew about. I purposely put the prop in the field of view to see what it would look like. Yep - horizontal lines due to VGA vertical integration:
| GWS Beaver Flight (2 min 59 sec) |
Second is my BluCore Pfalz, placing the camera in the pilot's seat facing forward for one flight, and backward for a second, then editing the files together. Excuse the Space Shuttle-like take-off.
If I were the pilot, I would complain to the builder about lack of forward field of view...
| BluCore Pfalz DIIIa RC Flight (2 min 55 sec) |
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Brodie's normal viewing position. -
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Minna's pillbox position. -
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Seeking protection behind the second row seats in the van - did I fly too close? -
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Minna inspects all maintenance activities on German aircraft. -
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Brodie retrieves a golf ball as Minna watches for strafing aircraft. -
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Another round of flights to watch. -
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"I'd rather be at home sleeping in my toys..." -
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Brodie did get the honor of playing a German "Snoopy" to pilot the DVII (note the Scotty ears and mustache).
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A tri-color GWS Corsair is a thing of beauty in the air. -
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After a tip-stall by giving too much elevator on take-off (to clear a temporary school classroom). This was the first maiden attempt after learning ailerons on the mocking, at that time unpainted (orange) Zero - sort of... -
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After tip-stalling on a down wind left turn and spiral in. At this point I was used to replacing gearboxes, props and shafts, and getting experienced at foam repair. -
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This was not entirely my fault. I was dogfighting a very experienced flyer who had brushless and lipo on his side. I simple lost it in a tough maneuver near the ground. -
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Not to be out done, the Zero went in kamikazi style after two years of flying and being upgraded to a GWS brushless 2208 and 3S1P 2100 lipo. Was doing 40+ over (but too close to) the flight path of a buddy's Estarter, and he pulled up. -
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The Corsair is back in flying trim, and recently upgraded to the old Zero brushless gear. GWS 2212, CC Thunderbird ESC, 3S1P 2100 Lipo. -
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Even the Zero is still looking good. A testament to the recovery power of foam (and a bit of light weight spackle). Yes, that is all original fuse, but maybe the third cowling this bird has worn. -
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Recent addition. A too windy day to be flying, and flying till the lipo cut out - not a good combo for me. Too low and turned too quickly to get the nose into the wind, tipstalled, and pancaked. Bad when you see parts pop up in the air.
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My first plane, the PZ J3 Cub. At the old school field before some temporary classrooms came -
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GWS Corsair - stock. Too pretty to fly initially (for fear of nooby jitters), so on to a quick built unpainted Zero to learn ailerons. Had a completely different second life with brushless and lipo -
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An aileron trainer for a fool - me. But she's still in flying trim and looking good. The orange belly helped after initially trying to fly an all green plane -
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First BluCore build per Fiddler plans. Flies like a champ with GWS gear -
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Second BluCore build. No affordable (cheap) FW's around at the time. All GWS gear again -
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After another maiden, all smiles -
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Another FW-190. This time a two night build from BlueCor for some combat -
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Noble effort to make an anime ship I love from BlueCor. Never could get off the ground. Maybe someday with brushless and lipos...
