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| Don C, Comment for image # 43607 | 11 Dec 21 11:16 |
| Nice fliers. I watched both. |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 43607 | 10 Dec 21 20:25 |
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I did get to fly the Beaufighter a couple of times at the Boys & Girls Club gym in Pacoima after the Black Sheep Pearl Harbor NoCal contest. The gym is slightly larger than Stonehurst but you have to be careful to avoid the ventilation fan ("The Sikorsky") in the middle of the room. Still getting back in to the habit of using the Sony Action Cam but at least I did get some video.
https://youtu.be/qujEL-jbMOU |
| bsadonkill, Comment for image # 43607 | 18 Nov 21 04:48 |
| Very nice Howard. |
| bobgood, Comment for image # 43607 | 17 Nov 21 20:24 |
| This is very good to see - delightful stuff! |
| hjlittman, Image # 43607 | 17 Nov 21 20:15 |
There is another NoCal on the horizon, a Giant Scale Bristol Beaufighter. The one in the picture is the first prototype. It was built with 1/16 stock like my smaller one. It would fly but warped with a warm breath. I built the next one with 3/32" stock. (Video) It's not that much heavier but much easier to handle and transport. The short flight in the video was so that Dave Gee could get a video of it. It's flying on a few hundred turns on single loops of 3/32" rubber. More winds would put it up at the ceiling. On 1/8" rubber, outdoors, it's a different animal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVY3ZEZ8gCc |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 43153 | 25 Apr 21 22:17 |
| At the moment the Buffalo is the better flier of the two. I am working on a revision of the P-36/Hawk75 to improve performance. I will post in all the forums I visit when I make changes. If you are on my newsletter mailing list you will know about it first. My nocals fly quite well outdoors because they are a bit heavy compared to the ones scratch built by serious indoor competitors however, since they are still light models you want to fly them under "no wind" conditions. I lost a P-36/Hawk 75 prototype in a thermal. |
| bsadonkill, Comment for image # 43153 | 24 Apr 21 05:52 |
| Nice model! You think the Buffalo is a better flyer of the two? Do you think nocals can make a good outdoor models? |
| hjlittman, Image # 43153 | 24 Apr 21 01:48 |
This is the P36/Hawk 75 nocal in the Vichy French skin. I assembled this one for the Round Valley Dome Indoor Contest but decided to fly the Brewster Buffalo instead. |
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