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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: PsychoVI on August 03, 2008, 10:37:37 PM
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How meny of you Build or fly Radio Control Planes? and were you inspired by AH?
One of my planes, This is a converted T-6 Taxen to a British Harvard
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/ARC138th/IM000134.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/ARC138th/Bild1162.jpg)
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i've been flying r/c for about 7 years now. i have 10 airplanes, and 3 helicpoters.
smallest plane is an alpha models fu4 corsair. it has an outrunner on it, 3 cell lithium ion 2100mah battery, and tops out around 65mph. i get about 15 minutes flight out of the batterypack.
fav. planes are my p51 with a ys 1.5 4 stroke, and my hangar nine t-34 mentor with an os .50 on it.
helis are a hirobo shuttle with a jetranger fuse on it...os .46, and a raptor 50 with an os .50. then i have an electric heli.....with a bell 222 fuse on it. that one is for indoor flying though
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CAP1, do you have any photos to post? I'ed like to see them plz.
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I have flown R/C since the days of pulse radio. My eyesight has gone on me so I am moving to ever bigger models. Now I am working on the Glenn Torrence Dr-1.
You can see how its built here: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4399390/anchors_4399390/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#4399390
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CAP1, do you have any photos to post? I'ed like to see them plz.
i have them somewhere.....i'll find them and post for ya........
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i have them somewhere.....i'll find them and post for ya........
I saw your planes CAP1 very nice, :rock are they by Great Planes?
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CAP1, do you have any photos to post? I'ed like to see them plz.
edited.
i need to lern to read all the way down before posting :rofl
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I saw your planes CAP1 very nice, :rock are they by Great Planes?
the p40 is a greatplanes arf, the super decathalon, i bought used off of a guy there for $50.00, minus engine and electronics. i think it is great planes, but not sure. i bought that one as a "beater", as my world models t34(my current beater) is almost beaten to death.
the pony i'm not sure about. it has a fiberglass fuselage, and foam core wings. it had the incorrect landing lights on it when i bought it, and i've been too dam lazy to correct that so far.
my extra300 is a 120 size world models arf, with an os 91fx in it, and with THAT it's overpowered.
i'll get pics up soon :aok
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My newest... 1/3 scale, 26lbs. G-62, smoke, telemetry.
(http://www.hangtimes.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/giantCub.jpg)
I'm out at the NE ScaleMasters this weekend... I'll try and get some pics up.
Hang
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My newest... 1/3 scale, 26lbs. G-62, smoke, telemetry.
(http://www.hangtimes.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/giantCub.jpg)
I'm out at the NE ScaleMasters this weekend... I'll try and get some pics up.
Hang
:O :O
you could give yer cat the ride of his life in that thing!! :aok :aok
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:O :O
you could give yer cat the ride of his life in that thing!! :aok :aok
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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Actually.. the cats skills run more to sniping than flying...
(http://www.hangtimes.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/DSCN6600.jpg)
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Excellent plane Hangtime - I'd hate to crash that one...........my cat is always sleeping in my guitar cases........furry little bugger........wouldnt be without her tho.....
On the plane side, I've got (somewhere) one of the hobbycraft foam fw190's.......which has been bushed more times than I care to remember....easy fix tho.. also got an electric helicopter (cant remember which model - something Elite or somesuch)...which has also been bushed a load of times. Flying in the desert with no winds is great (father in law lives in the Mojave desert - so only get to fly them there) - landing in the desert is a bit hit n miss (lots of rocks there lol..)
Cap, your planes are great too...........not really experienced in flying r/c - but its fun fun fun.
Psycho - is that an arf? If so, where'd ya get it from fella?
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Wurzel
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Actually.. the cats skills run more to sniping than flying...
(http://www.hangtimes.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/DSCN6600.jpg)
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THAT picture is definite "caption this picture" material :D
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Actually.. the cats skills run more to sniping than flying...
(http://www.hangtimes.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/DSCN6600.jpg)
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That an HK91 under its arse???? Nice gun!
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That an HK91 under its arse???? Nice gun!
Looks more like an FAL.
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That an HK91 under its arse???? Nice gun!
SA58 (Belgian FAL) in it's original 'penquin' furniture. It's now set up with black walnut furniture, a DA rail mount, Israeli forward assist and tritium night sights. Efficient, accurate, very reliable battle rifle. The big boltie is a very, very accurate Finn M-39... a superb sniping weapon. The receiver dates from 1896. It and many like it have been throwing back invading Russians for over a hundred years. Thought it might be nice to preserve it. :)
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SA58 (Belgian FAL) in it's original 'penquin' furniture. It's now set up with black walnut furniture, a DA rail mount, Israeli forward assist and tritium night sights. Efficient, accurate, very reliable battle rifle. The big boltie is a very, very accurate Finn M-39... a superb sniping weapon. The receiver dates from 1896. It and many like it have been throwing back invading Russians for over a hundred years. Thought it might be nice to preserve it. :)
Gotta give you credit. :salute
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Wow Hangtime .....thats a whole lot of plane there!!!
I'm all electric! I just now getting into Electric ducted fan jets!
Here the two otw......http://www.extremerc.com.au/Hawk_90mm.htm
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=725426
I also have some cool gliders and a few hotliners along with 7 or 8 more planes.
This is a very addicting sport!! :O
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This stuff always interests me, and I would absolutely love it as a hobby. The only problem is building them... I have no idea how I would even get the materials, then figure out how to wire it so that everything works, and then the engine. (I want to build a plane from scratch, and not from a kit, but I have no idea how)
I love watching enormous gas powered RC planes take off.... especially the jets.
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It's actually fairly simple. Especially if you break down the whole airplane into the vairous systems that make it go. There are a lot of people out there who build scratch built airplanes where they manufacture their own components for the structure of the airframe and the covering can be purchased from numerous places depending on what method you choose.
You'll start by either designing your own airplane and drawing out the plans for it to ensure that the design is sound. Another option is to use existing plans which have all the dimensions and requirements for the various components figured out already and all you need to do is fabricate them. You'll in effect build your own kit.
Once your airframe is complete making it actually work is probably the easiest portion of the construction. Installing the radio receiver and servos, pushrods and connections is not an electronic or electrical job. Same with the engine and it's pushrod and servo. The engine needs a fuel tank, feed and return line but that too is an easy to install item. It's basic mechanics and uses very simple tools that you'll likely already have. Covering is not a difficult process either using typically heat shrink materials cut to size and then shrunk to a tightness with a heat gun and iron. From there it is a matter of plugging the servos into the proper channel on the receiver, making sure the aircraft is balanced properly and having at it.
I will say I would advise you build some kits and get some experience flying them before you go out and crash the airplane you just poured your heart into. You ARE going to crash and while learning minimizing the costs of the lessons is important.
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I have no doubt I'll crash. The problem is those stupid R/C planes you can get from wal-mart... they take 12 hours to charge for like... 15 minutes of airtime. Plus they're made of Styrofoam so the slightest breeze carries them away.
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I've posted this outfit on here before but these are some of the best bang-for-buck airframes out there.
http://www.jkaerotech.com/
They take a beating and keep on trucking. They have designs for beginners to learn with and more advanced designs for fun. Easy to build, work well enough to learn the ropes and get comfortable flying before you try to tackle more expensive designs.
I owned at one point 2 P-51s, 2 F4Us, the Ta-152 and an A6M Zero in addition to their T-52 Trainer.
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You ARE going to crash and while learning minimizing the costs of the lessons is important.
BEST THING TO REMEMBER WITH R/C MODELS IS
every airplane has a date already on it. you just never can find itr till the day it crashes :D :aok
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I have flown RC since 1993. I fly scale and have flownn WWII fighters and Jets. Right now I am flying helicopters.
My interest in RC wasn't inspired by AH, but I figure someone here may enjoy looking at my latest project.
.30 size electric Cobra build thread (http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/t466608p1/)
First test flight video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVztzmmJYLE)
(http://www.seaviper.com/images/ah/eCobra_01_312_copy.jpg)
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wow! love the cobra, did you do that from some sort of plans? been thikng abt doing something similar for my Blade 400.....
Sol
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It's a kit. Still under construction though.
In the post above there is a link to the build thread on RR
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My name wasn't mentioned yet. Need I need to say anymore?
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Well I didn't exactly reply with WHAT i fly... but... I mainly fly giant scale aerobatics aircraft. I also have a yellow aircraft F/A-18 with a jetcat turbine. Dabble some in helis, suprsingly dont get THAT into 3d with them.. thus why I am interested in that scale cobra...
Also play around with some electric aerobats and EDFs...
My favorite plane? My Hangar 9 46% ultimate with DA-150 on the nose.. TOO much fun!!
Sol
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I've just recently gotten into R/C. My real passion is in spudguns. But, I do have two R/C aircraft. One is an untested EDF RTF A-10 warthog, the last time weather was good to fly was the day the thing went together. My other, which I have flown, is an Esky Co-Dauphin Heli. Should have gotten the Apache, that thing has some tough plastic hide. I want oh-so-dearly to fly my A-10, it looks too cool sitting in my room.
Plus, there's a 2.4GHz wireless camera waiting to go in the canopy.....
My youtube channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/BurTechLaunchers