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| BillParker, Comment for image # 20894 | 01 Feb 11 13:49 |
| 1/32" stringers? Aw jeeeze, now I'm gonna have nightmares! |
| John Cooper, Comment for image # 20894 | 01 Feb 11 13:35 |
| This one is for flying. The fuselage was a little frustrating because the 1/32 stringers were breaking so frequently. |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 20894 | 01 Feb 11 13:21 |
| So, you've got tweezers for fingers? I'd lose mind... Why you think all my planes need their own garage? Is this one for flying or just looking purty? |
| John Cooper, Comment for image # 20894 | 01 Feb 11 11:54 |
| James: Can you please add a new aircraft for this model: Scratch Built, Henschel Hs 123. |
| John Cooper, Image # 20894 | 01 Feb 11 11:53 |
This is a peanut scale (13") Henschel Hs 123. I was a little hesitant to start this model because there were so many difficult pieces to build. These included wheel fairings and cowl with numerous rocker arm blisters. However, the plane oozed so much character that I had to build it. |
| John Cooper, Image # 19792 | 25 Oct 10 11:38 |
This shot was taken, standing in the center of the Helldiver's flight circle. The plane goes around fairly quickly so that one can get dizzy while tracking it with the camera. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 5653 | 11 Jun 10 05:56 |
| I've got one of these waiting to be built. Pretty plane with an interesting history, and a great looking model. |
| John Cooper, Comment for image # 6558 | 12 Feb 08 13:21 |
| Chris: The stooge is a piece of alluminum bent into a C shape. A clamp holds it onto the bench. I fly outdoors as well and for this, I screw the stooge to the top of a stake that I hammer into the ground. I always use a blast tube (I learnt the hard way) Mine is not typical - it has a door on one side that snaps into place. Thus I can remove the blast tube without taking the rubber off the hook. Most people, however, use a plastic tube. This requires you to have a long wire, with a hook, to hold the rubber and allow the tube to slip off, once it is wound.
James: That blast tube doesn't stay on. It is half the weight of the plane! Good choice with the carbon butterfly. There are several at my club. It is fun to try do carrier landings with it. It is also possible (despite no elevator) to loop it by going into a tight spiral. You pick up speed and straightening out gives you enough lift to loop. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 6558 | 12 Feb 08 12:46 |
| Just about to order my first Plantraco. Think I'll go for the carbon butterfly. I take it the 'blast tube' stays in the aircraft permanently? |
| cdwheatley, Comment for image # 6558 | 12 Feb 08 12:22 |
| John, a few questions if I may. What is your stooge made from? Do you fly outdoors too? Do you always use a blast tube, and if so are they always like this one? Nice couple of models in the box on the floor by the way! |
| John Cooper, Image # 6558 | 11 Feb 08 23:03 |
The rubber is stretch wound to about 600 turns. Note the balsa wood blast tube to protect the fuselage from a possible break in the rubber. |
| John Cooper, Comment for image # 5653 | 06 Jan 08 22:45 |
| Thanks - wingspan of this one, like most of the large Dumas kits, is 30 inches. |
| poppy, Comment for image # 5653 | 06 Jan 08 19:26 |
| A sweet little bird. Nice build!! |
| Barnstormer, Comment for image # 5653 | 06 Jan 08 14:48 |
| Sweet looking build John, nicely detailed and a good flyer too! Whats the wingspan on this baby? |
| John Cooper, Image # 5653 | 06 Jan 08 14:40 |
Completed model, waiting to be wound. The plane comes in at 102g. Despite the weight, it is a stable flyer, although a little fast. |
| John Cooper, Image # 5652 | 06 Jan 08 14:38 |
The nose is removable via a nose block that fit into the back piece of the dummy engine. |
| John Cooper, Image # 5651 | 06 Jan 08 14:36 |
The tail is build from laminations of 2 1/16 inch balsa strips. |
| John Cooper, Image # 5650 | 06 Jan 08 14:33 |
The lower wing is removable and has paper tubes. Balsa spars attach the wing to paper tubes in the fuselage. |
| John Cooper, Image # 5649 | 06 Jan 08 14:31 |
Many 1/16 parts of the kit were replaced with 1/32 in order to reduce weight. |
| John Cooper, Image # 5648 | 06 Jan 08 14:29 |
The upper wings are removable and fit into slots in the wing center section |
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