Winter Project

Started by AH_DealnDave, October 11, 2020, 06:19:43 PM

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AH_DealnDave

My Christmas present was ordered this weekend and should arrive sometime this coming week. :)  Love the WWI planes.  :)  It has a 60" wing span with a G46 motor / 65 amp ESC for power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VwSrSXJdNI&t=41s
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AH_DealnDave

_AH_JimDandy

Very cool Dave, look forward  to the build pics and test flight. :)

AH_DealnDave

So, this arrived tonight ... unboxed and found "no" broken parts. I'll start on her tomorrow.





I completed the gun for her last week. :)


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AH_DealnDave

_AH_JimDandy

wow, very cool Dave, a lot of detail for sure.

_AH_fraggmann

#4
Hey Dave..if you go out and purchase a #4 lead pencil ( very soft) and rub that lead
all over the metallic parts of that gun, it will make it look more realistic..

I use this technique and it looks very real
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AH_DealnDave

Thanks for your kind comments Jim and Fragg ... very much appreciated.  :)

Here's a pic update.




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AH_DealnDave

AH_DealnDave

Here's todays update. Installed the elevs to the horizonal stab, alerions, and built up the motor / ESC assembly.  :)






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AH_DealnDave

_AH_fraggmann

kewl   :cool:  (wavey)
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_AH_Jack

This is going to be awesome!

AH_DealnDave

Thanks for the kind comments fellas ... very much appreciated. :) Here is the newest build update ...

Top and bottom wings completed and alerions rigged.



Motor and ESC installed.


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AH_DealnDave

_AH_fraggmann

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_AH_JimDandy

Looks amazing Dave, can't wait for the flight.  (wavey)

AH_DealnDave

#12
She's ready to maiden this weekend if the weather is good. I only have a couple of scales touches left to do.  :)




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AH_DealnDave

_AH_JimDandy

WOw, she looks amazing Dave.  (wavey)

_AH_Bear

Good job Dave, i should introduce you to a good friend of mine Gary Webb whos a master at building RCs, had written for magazines etc ..lives in Troy Ohio..  Wilders pretty handy too

_AH_fraggmann

badd @$$ plane, nice job..now I want one   (wavey)
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AH_DealnDave

Thanks All for your kind coments ... very much appreciated. Hope to get a vid of her maiden flight this weekend.  :)
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AH_DealnDave

_AH_JimDandy

Looking forward to it. :)

AH_DealnDave

Nieuport 17 update ... Successful maiden flight this morning at Las Cruces, NM !!! did 4 laps, looped and rolls good. Does a decent snap roll as well. Landed pretty good even with the winds. Winds were 10-15mph gusting to 20. All in all happy with the flight. :)

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AH_DealnDave

_AH_fraggmann

beautiful... :drinking-43:
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_AH_JimDandy

Glad it went well Dave, looking forward to one day seeing some vids of this girl.  (wavey)

_AH_Jack


_AH_Shrtaprch


AH_DealnDave

Thanks all you your kind comments ... very much appreciated !!!  :)

The maiden flight went very well, but I was the only flyer at our club field. I did have a witness. A spectator drove up just as I was landing and said that my plane looked cool in the air.  :)

I've been trying to get some air pics and a vid, but the city just closed our field down due to the virus, so I'm grounded for the next few weeks until it reopens. Our club has an auxiliary field that I may try this weekend.
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AH_DealnDave

AH_DealnDave

My brother sent me a new plane for Christmas. :)

It's the Durafly Bf-109E, 1100mm wing span, using a 4 cell 2200 battery.



It's in a desert scheme.



I completed assembly, rigged flight controls and the motor cut out function. Verified retracts worked properly.



Completed taxi tests, no unusual tendencies noted.



She now completed with the decals applied. She is using the scheme of 2/JG27 from 1941, part of Rommel's Afrika Korps. Hope to maiden her this weekend if the weather holds.  :)

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AH_DealnDave

_AH_JimDandy

Wow Dave, it looks kick butt, I really like the paint scheme.  (wavey)

_AH_Col._Hogan

#26
Nice DD!

Karma now requires you to build a Spit MKI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ru3dew4-2is

~S

AH_DealnDave

Thanks for the kind comments fellas ... very much appreciated. :)

Hogan, I've been looking for a same scale spit for the past few days.  :)  Desert scheme.
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AH_DealnDave

_AH_fraggmann

jealous I tell you!! Thats what Iam..very nice
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