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| SteveM, Image # 7305 | 22 Mar 08 23:15 |
SIG Cub that I threw together today. It should weigh an ounce, but it weighs 1.59 oz due to sheet wood that weighs 40 lbs/cu.ft! Somehwere a guy restoring the roof of a Model A is wondering why he got balsa instead of the ironwood he ordered. |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 7300 | 22 Mar 08 19:10 |
| Why two batteries? The radio needs 4.8-6.0 volts and the motor needs more like 3-4 volts. I was going to use an ESC to allow me to run the motor on the 4 cell pack w/o over-speeding but CC hasn't sent me a replacement Pixie-7P yet. I am also thinking of converting the rudder to pull-pull so I can ditch the 5 gram push rod. |
| SteveM, Image # 7300 | 22 Mar 08 18:57 |
This picture pretty much sums up how my R/C mod flies. AUW is 5.82 ounces, which makes the wing loading 6 oz/ft^2 (nearly as much as the MM Hellcat). Mostly to blame is that I have 3x110 mAh NiCd for the motor and 4x300 mAh NiMh for the radio and servo. |
| SteveM, Image # 7090 | 13 Mar 08 04:54 |
AUW is 120 grams, it was 62g with rubber FF and 92g with electric FF. I am eyeballing some undeveloped commercial property just around the corner from my house, one of the grassy lots might be just the ticket for flying this plane. |
| SteveM, Image # 7089 | 13 Mar 08 04:50 |
Rudder is attached with CA hinges and is connected to a servo borrowed from the MM Hellcat. All that remains is to install the ESC when it gets here. I could run it w/o the ESC but having throttle control and a reliable BEC voltage is worth the 3 grams. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 7075 | 12 Mar 08 10:05 |
| Wow, great to see it back together, looks perfect from here. |
| SteveM, Image # 7075 | 12 Mar 08 05:05 |
The new 32" wing is covered and ready for water shrinking. The kit tissue was insufficient to cover the whole wing a second time, so I switched over to Easy Built tissue for the wing and changed colors for fun. |
| SteveM, Image # 7074 | 12 Mar 08 05:03 |
The old wing was quickly repaired then cleft in twain to allow for insertion of this newly built extension. The additional wing area is to compensate for the added weight of the RCC gear. |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 7068 | 11 Mar 08 22:05 |
| Quite repairable,........go for it! |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 7068 | 11 Mar 08 21:54 |
| It's better than stuck in a tree, I was thrilled to get it back. Repair and conversion to RC has already begun. The wing needs modified for RC anyways, I just get to replace most of the tissue. The outer wing sections have butt joints, which is why they broke off. |
| sweetwillie, Comment for image # 7068 | 11 Mar 08 21:54 |
| Ouch! Boy when you crash one, YOU CRASH ONE!!
I know how you feel. Are you going to rebuild her? |
| jgood, Comment for image # 7068 | 11 Mar 08 21:46 |
| Eek, sorry to see that Steve. |
| Barnstormer, Comment for image # 7016 | 11 Mar 08 21:13 |
| HooRaa John, I couldn't agree more!!! |
| SteveM, Image # 7069 | 11 Mar 08 20:49 |
The stabilizer and rudder were several feet from the rest of the wreckage, partlially hidden by some brush and leaves. |
| SteveM, Image # 7068 | 11 Mar 08 20:11 |
This is about like I found it, except the wing was still attached and it was soaking wet. Damage suggests the tail took a heavy blow. In fact, I just realized the stabilizer is missing, I will have to go look for it, I wouldn't want to litter. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 7016 | 11 Mar 08 19:56 |
| Making incandescent bulbs illegal, changing the TV frequencies so we have to all purchase converters or new televisions, gasoline at over $4 a gallon by the summer, but our oil in Alaska and off the Fl coast cannot be tapped, and rules a regulations about flying model planes. Great direction our country is taking! |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 7016 | 11 Mar 08 19:21 |
| I'm sure the law is there because someone was flying dangerously with a fast and noisy gas plane and someone got upset (or hurt) and it was deemed a dangerous activity.
There is no fee to use the aerodrome, but as with many flying fields you are required to have an AMA membership. Being an AMA member means you are insured while flying in the approved field and if you act foolishly your membership can be revoked and now you cannot fly in the field. It is actually quite generous for the county to provide a significant amount of resources to a fairly small group of their park users. It is the $58 AMA membership that makes me cringe. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 7016 | 11 Mar 08 19:11 |
| What a country...laws against flying model planes...a plane flying park with a fee...my 8 acre meadow looks better every day! |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 7016 | 11 Mar 08 18:25 |
| Around here trees are like weeds, forget to mow for a year or two and you have a forest instead of a grassy field. As you can see, even the local park has its fair share of trees.
But this may all be a mute point as I have finally found in the city municipal code where it forbids flying airplanes in city parks. But then it also forbids swinging a golf club and people do that from time to time. I doubt I would ever get in trouble for brief weekend free flights, but any serious flying could get me in trouble and make a bad name for fliers in the area. I guess that means $58 to the AMA and a 15 minute drive to the aerodrome unless I can find somewhere else to fly. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 7016 | 11 Mar 08 18:10 |
| I am not trying to bust, ... but why fly near trees? |
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