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| mlriley540, Comment for image # 36901 | 09 Oct 16 13:56 |
| This plane surprises me how well it flies for being heavy, and a nice glide ratio too. Sturdy. |
| mlriley540, Image # 36901 | 09 Oct 16 12:52 |
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| mlriley540, Image # 36900 | 09 Oct 16 12:52 |
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| mlriley540, Image # 36899 | 09 Oct 16 12:52 |
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| mlriley540, Image # 36898 | 09 Oct 16 12:52 |
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| MMitch2782, Comment for image # 36707 | 23 Sep 16 22:05 |
| Great construction on both Avenger and Hawk! But even better engineering making them fly! Not easy making a scale model fly. I know as I test fly my Spitfire. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 36707 | 21 Sep 16 06:47 |
| I really commend you and david and the other modelers who mix paints with such high degree of accuracy to the planes color schemes. |
| mlriley540, Comment for image # 36707 | 20 Sep 16 23:43 |
| I used acrylic paint because I have lots of it. I mixed the color. I tried for not too dark blue and I went with a fairly bright white that has some light grey mixed in. The historic blue is pretty dark and doesn't take good pictures. My picture quality is iffy, but the if you saw the model in person it looks good, the blue is a good compromise. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 36707 | 20 Sep 16 13:08 |
| what color is that mlriley, I was looking to do mine in that but couldn't find it? |
| mlriley540, Comment for image # 36707 | 19 Sep 16 21:53 |
| After adding weight to the nose, the flight characteristics are a lot more friendly. I was able to reduce the trim tab angle to about 5 degrees. The plane still climbs a little too much but generally flies with a slight left bank and has a good glide ratio that is slightly to the right. I'll probably leave as is for a while. A good flier for a heavy model, I'm pleased with how it turned out. Still looks good too. |
| mlriley540, Comment for image # 36707 | 18 Sep 16 23:01 |
| Finally flew this at the park today. It definitely surprised me. I had 3 loops of 1/16 rubber and the little prop shown in the image here. With 350 winds it pulled a hard emergency turn left due to torque. I pushed the trim tab to 65 degrees to compensate and that did allow the plane to straighten out, however, it instead powered into vertical flight and did two full loops! It flew quite high as it did these loops. I tried 6-7 flights with a similar result. When I got home (undamaged!) I struggled to pry the nose off but eventually was able to (it had crashed hard once and forced the nose down onto the fuselage). I added a little more weight to the nose so hopefully I can fly straighter next time. This model is heavy but still has plenty of lift. Almost there. |
| Skyediamonds1985, Comment for image # 36707 | 04 Sep 16 17:39 |
| Minley: you did a marvelous job on this model, especially within just two weeks. Liked the finish, the outlines, and a bit of weathering. Very nice. |
| lukebozek1, Comment for image # 36707 | 04 Sep 16 16:44 |
| Very nice build, I am inspired by one in my build closet. |
| mlriley540, Image # 36707 | 03 Sep 16 22:22 |
Tis actually turned out OK for such a short (13 day) build, |
| mlriley540, Image # 36706 | 03 Sep 16 22:21 |
Almost done, did a few test flights with a small prop and eak motor. It seems to fly OK. |
| mlriley540, Image # 36705 | 03 Sep 16 22:20 |
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