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| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38103 | 13 Mar 17 11:58 |
| I meant to say - a "Mortise and Tenon" slip fit main gear. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38105 | 13 Mar 17 11:54 |
I talked to Dave Niedzielski of "Easy Built Models" about it, and he said "Been there, done that. The boys use a spring loaded nose gear strut". I glued it back on and it is a "display" only model now. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38104 | 13 Mar 17 11:51 |
As it landed, I heard that loud, sharp, cracking "snap", and my heart sank. The nose gear strut had ripped a chunk of balsa right out of the balsa mounting plank for the nose gear, where it was glued with CA. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38103 | 13 Mar 17 11:46 |
On the first test gllide, all balanced, it glided perfectly into the fairly long soft grass. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 38102 | 13 Mar 17 11:44 |
WACO "N" - 25" I made a slip-fit removeable main landing gear, as I intended to fly it (rubber powered). |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 37894 | 03 Feb 17 12:53 |
| Thanks Huey - it's entirely captivating to hear your "experienced pilot" stories. |
| Huey V77, Comment for image # 37894 | 02 Feb 17 10:48 |
| The UPF was a joy. Maneuverable, fast (120) as compared to the Stearman, easy to land. The Stearman can creat grey hairs in a cross wind. |
| Huey V77, Comment for image # 37894 | 02 Feb 17 10:44 |
| A friend had access to one of these. I rode with him on a trip from Portclinton Ohio to Detroit (short trip) and back. He let fly it on the way. It wallowed around like a cabin cruiser on rough water. You had to cross control it to stop the yawing. Have flown Stermans home built biplanes ( Smith Mini-Plane, Skybolt, Starduster II, Pitts S2 ) my favorite is the Waco UPF7 |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 37894 | 02 Feb 17 09:23 |
| Huey V77 - thanks for the info - must have been the tail-draggers that were "graceful". Where did you fly the Wacos? and what were they really like to fly? |
| Huey V77, Comment for image # 37894 | 02 Feb 17 07:26 |
| FYI, this type of Waco flys like a pick-up truck with 2 tons of gravel and a bad front end alignment. Un like it predecessors. |
| lukebozek1, Comment for image # 37894 | 02 Feb 17 07:21 |
| The framing and tissue are perfect. Very nice work.
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| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 37896 | 01 Feb 17 22:02 |
A famous quote saying, that I read about this plane, that really got to me and left me pondering ... goes as follows "AFTER THE LAST WACO GRACEFULLY FLIES, THE SKY WILL BECOME MERELY AIR." |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 37895 | 01 Feb 17 21:24 |
The spinner came from a "plastic decorative end" of a "Curtain Rod Bracket Set" from Dollarama and weighs 5.0 grams. The side fuse decals were my own design and were made from different colors of Top Flite "Trim Sheets" (Peel 'n Stick). |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 37894 | 01 Feb 17 21:21 |
| LASTWOODSMAN. Very attractive and well done aero plane. Your tissue covering skills are very apparent. If my memory us correct I have constructed a WACO but knew nothing of the company's history. Thanks very much for the history lesson. Kudos! |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 37894 | 01 Feb 17 21:12 |
The color scheme of my "PURPLE WACO", was Violet (upper wings, upper stabilser, and fin/rudder), Cream - a pale tint of Yellow (underside of wings, stab, and fuse), and Lilac - a pale tint of violet (fuselage). The nose cowl and spinner were sprayed gloss "grape". |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 37893 | 01 Feb 17 20:54 |
The "N" series was produced in 1937 - 1938, and was powered by a Jacobs L-6 air-cooled, 9 cylinder, radial engine, 300 hp, 161 mph. They were reliable, rugged planes. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 37892 | 01 Feb 17 20:47 |
WACO stands for Weaver Aircraft Company (1919 to 1947), W.A.Co. (WACO - Wah - co , the first syllable pronounced as in wa-ter), one of the founders of the company was barnstorming pilot George E. Weaver. WACO made these closed-in cabin biplanes after 1930 and over the lifetime of the comopany, made over 80 different models, then ceasing production in 1947. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 37891 | 01 Feb 17 20:32 |
This is the "N" series Cabin Plane, with a fixed tricycle landing gear of "nosewheel" type. This "Golden Age" "sequiplane" is a common variation of a biplane, where the lower wing has not more than 1/2 the surface of the top wing - also called one and one-half wings ( 1 1/2 wings). |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Image # 37890 | 01 Feb 17 20:24 |
WACO "N" Golden Age Sesquiplane, Easy Built laser cut kit #PD05, $35, 25" wing span, scale 1:19, completed March 10, 2015, weight 54 grams. |
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