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| Dale1416, Comment for image # 27746 | 02 Nov 12 18:21 |
| Comet kit ?? My incorrect assumption. |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 27746 | 02 Nov 12 11:44 |
| It's good to see a fine example of a rarely modeled airplane. Cleveland has plans for the attack version under "Consolidated A-11", and the 1934, Paul Lindberg, Popular Aviation plan is available at
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/download_this_plan.asp?ID=939 |
| ftomstark, Comment for image # 27746 | 02 Nov 12 11:01 |
| Thanks for the kind comments David, Poppy and Dale. This isn't a Comet plan, I didn't know there was one. Actually I drew the plans from 3 views. Back in the 1930's there was a great plan which I think was in Popular Aviation. |
| Dale1416, Comment for image # 27746 | 02 Nov 12 10:04 |
| Nice rebuild of this old Comet kit P-30. Enjoyed the pics again of the P-26 Peashooter on your build thread. |
| poppy, Comment for image # 27746 | 02 Nov 12 04:27 |
| Roger that! I think this is first model of this plane I have seen. Well Done. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 27746 | 01 Nov 12 16:36 |
| Stunning, lovely work! |
| ftomstark, Image # 27746 | 01 Nov 12 16:30 |
The wing and tail are covered with Japanese tissue and are unpainted. The fuselage is covered with silkspan and painted with artists water based paint. |
| ftomstark, Image # 27745 | 01 Nov 12 16:27 |
It had rather clean lines. My model has the fuselage stretched some since it was originally a rubber powered model and was not intended for scale competition. |
| ftomstark, Image # 27744 | 01 Nov 12 16:24 |
It would have probably been a very successful fighter but it was made a two place and that never worked out. |
| ftomstark, Image # 27743 | 01 Nov 12 16:21 |
The Consolidated PB-2A was a very advanced airplane in the mid 1930's. It was all metal and had retracting landing gear and a supercharger. |
| ftomstark, Image # 27742 | 01 Nov 12 16:19 |
The exhaust pipes and supercharger were external on the P-30 which was re-designated as the PB-2A. |
| ftomstark, Image # 27741 | 01 Nov 12 16:16 |
The fuselage has been repaired, covered and wing fillets DDED |
| ftomstark, Image # 27740 | 01 Nov 12 16:14 |
This is an original P-30. There was a free flight event called P30. I decided to build a semi scale P-30 model for that event so I would have a P-30 P30. It wa srubber powered and flew pretty well, consistently just under 60 seconds. With the advent of electric power and really small radio equipment I converted it to RC. I flew it a while and eventually crashed just about breaking the fuselage in half. This is the wreckage with some repairs. |
| ftomstark, Comment for image # 17539 | 17 Apr 10 14:50 |
| pakasit1812,
Thanks, more dihedral would help. I also think the huge wheel pants are destabilizing when the airplane yaws. Anothe proplem I experienced is that profile models sometimes have too much side area exposed to the airflow which results in strange behavior, but not on all airplanes. Another factor may be all the rc stuff hanging out in th airflow may make the flow over the tail surfaces less than effective. I'm working on othe things now but thanks for your thoughtful input.
Tom |
| ftomstark, Image # 17541 | 17 Apr 10 14:35 |
This gives an idea of the small size of the model. Its currently hanging over the breakfast table. My wife wants me to hange more of my models around the house; I marreid a winner. |
| pakasit1812, Comment for image # 17539 | 17 Apr 10 14:33 |
| If you don't mind much of the look, add more dihedral to the R/C one. You will see another behavior of it. |
| ftomstark, Image # 17540 | 17 Apr 10 14:32 |
I wanted to fly it but glide test indicate the the horozontal tail is too small, it won't trim for a stable glide. Perhaps if the wing were more scale, ie 3 inches shorter, it would be stable but thee it wouldn't be a 1936 Comet model. That could be a future project, howerve. |
| ftomstark, Image # 17539 | 17 Apr 10 14:25 |
Sitting next to a foam rc P 26. I had intended to make another Comet P 26 as an rc but the foam P 26 is so unstable (always wants to roll over on its back) I decided that isn"t a good idea. |
| ftomstark, Image # 17537 | 17 Apr 10 14:21 |
I used butyrate dope on the tissue. I think it would have come out better with nitrate. |
| ftomstark, Image # 17536 | 17 Apr 10 14:18 |
Well after 70 years I finally finished it. |
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