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Offline Shuffler

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P-38s For Fun...
« on: November 23, 2019, 08:02:52 PM »
Take a look. These fellas build foam board planes. They built P-38s and raced them for fun.

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Re: P-38s For Fun...
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2019, 05:04:25 AM »
These guys build a lot of cool foam board aircraft. They even have a large C-119 Boxcar they have dropped things out of.

They are also selling a large scale P-47 and have smaller versions of the P-51, Mig, Corsair, P-40 and a few WWI aircraft.

Pretty cool what they do with Dollar Tree foam board.
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Re: P-38s For Fun...
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2019, 08:13:12 AM »
These guys build a lot of cool foam board aircraft. They even have a large C-119 Boxcar they have dropped things out of.

They are also selling a large scale P-47 and have smaller versions of the P-51, Mig, Corsair, P-40 and a few WWI aircraft.

Pretty cool what they do with Dollar Tree foam board.

I had seen it in my YouTube feed but never watched it. When I did, LOL they had a blast racing the course. Very inexpensive for someone to get in to.

Impressive footage from the chase aircraft too.
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Re: P-38s For Fun...
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2019, 10:57:56 AM »
Pretty neat stuff
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Re: P-38s For Fun...
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2019, 11:26:21 AM »
Very cool video! 

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Re: P-38s For Fun...
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2019, 11:12:53 PM »
Looks very kool....am i missing something or did those p38s had only two blade prop?
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« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2019, 11:23:34 AM »
Looks very kool....am i missing something or did those p38s had only two blade prop?

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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2019, 01:12:46 PM »
2 bladed propellers are the most efficient and effective in R/C aviation.
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Re: P-38s For Fun...
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2019, 01:21:51 PM »
I do note that in the lead in pic it shows three blades. At least on one of the birds.
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Re: P-38s For Fun...
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2019, 02:14:10 PM »
This one has 3 blades and looks awesome! Gotta get me one but will have to tweak the markings a bit!

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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2019, 02:43:16 PM »
Nice
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Re: P-38s For Fun...
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2019, 10:56:54 AM »
2 bladed propellers are the most efficient and effective in R/C aviation.

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Re: P-38s For Fun...
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2019, 04:27:09 PM »
At the scales used, twin-bladed propellers operating at considerably higher rpm than those on the full sized aircraft can generate more than enough thrust for the aircraft.  Full sized aircraft used 3-, 4-, or even 5- bladed propellers because they needed that many blades to effectively turn available torque from the engine into thrust at the rpm's that the engines and props could operate.  RPMs were limited by both the engine and the maximum speed of the propeller tips, so more blades were required.  Longer propeller blades could be used, but could have strength/durability issues, and would require measures to ensure ground clearance (e.g. the inverted gull wings on the F4U).  Using two bladed propellers is simpler and cheaper for the model makers, and you can't see them when they're operating in any case.

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