Magnum is a great plane :-)

Sure is a great little plane mito77, and you fly it amazingly too mate .. what does it weigh all up ?


Lockey

Lockey: 230grams without camera Mobius (+40g). The maiden of this plane and contruction details are here:

Magnum Reloaded 230g maiden flight (2 min 40 sec)

Nice flight mate, love the way it goes together .. that looks like fairly dense EPP foam and in a single sheet and not laminated ??

Was that a kit ?

Lockey

Lockey: this kit is from my friend, he has an EPP cutter. I don't know anything about used EPP foam. About laminate...only donw side of floats.

Originally Posted by mito_77

Lockey: this kit is from my friend, he has an EPP cutter. I don't know anything about used EPP foam. About laminate...only donw side of floats.

Dont suppose he would send one down to Australia ?

Lockey

My friend has a problem: he's got married and he has no time cut anything from EPP :-(
I solve the same problem about white Magnum and sending it to the USA. The price of shipping was four times more than Magnum Reloaded costs (!).

Originally Posted by mito_77

My friend has a problem: he's got married and he has no time cut anything from EPP :-(
I solve the same problem about white Magnum and sending it to the USA. The price of shipping was four times more than Magnum Reloaded costs (!).

Thats the problem isn't it .. shipping costs are exorbitant

Lockey

So the middle wing panel has undercamber, and the two tip panels are flat. Has anyone ever tried incorporating undercamber into the outer panels as well? It would make construction a bit more complicated, but what about the flight performance? Would that make it fly better or worse?

Originally Posted by Trisquire

So the middle wing panel has undercamber, and the two tip panels are flat. Has anyone ever tried incorporating undercamber into the outer panels as well? It would make construction a bit more complicated, but what about the flight performance? Would that make it fly better or worse?

My opinion is that it would become worse. Here's why;

1. The tip plates really function only to produce yaw induced roll, and add little to no additional lift.

2. Adding undercamber to them will create more drag, which might give slower flight, but also may produce too much roll response. Especially with the large trailing edge area.

I remember building a Rascal 27 in balsa and it had too much dihedral. Yaw induced roll was violent to say the least. It was a fast flying model which also added to the problem.

It's probably worth trying out.

Ken

Heads up!

Magnum Reloaded airframes are in stock. For those that have been asking, we just received a small shipment from Germany. Get them while they last! Www.wmparkflyers.com

Originally Posted by WMParkFlyer

Heads up!

Magnum Reloaded airframes are in stock. For those that have been asking, we just received a small shipment from Germany. Get them while they last! Www.wmparkflyers.com

Fantastic flyer, glad to see them back! Nothing is more fun for the money!

Well I have been looking at the FFF Magnum for eight years and it is time to build one (or more)! I am using the old FFF blue foam. The only change is I had a sheet of 3/4 inch junk white foam that I cut for the center of the fuse. I hope it works out. I have a small hot wire that I cut the 3 fuse shapes and the 6 landing gear shapes. Wish me luck!

Looking good, have fun, its a nice flyer for no wind days, keep posting !

Originally Posted by High Flyin'

Well I have been looking at the FFF Magnum for eight years and it is time to build one (or more)! I am using the old FFF blue foam. The only change is I had a sheet of 3/4 inch junk white foam that I cut for the center of the fuse. I hope it works out. I have a small hot wire that I cut the 3 fuse shapes and the 6 landing gear shapes. Wish me luck!