[lektrik_flyers] New Project
- From: "Lamb, Joe" <joe.lamb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:18:17 -0400
I just placed an order for a Guillow's SE-5 WWI fighter. It's a rubber
freeflight kit that I hope to convert to micro R/C. I did a little online
research, and after reading numerous dire warnings about the unavoidable
catastrophe that awaits first-time R/C flyers and their lovingly-built stick
and tissue masterpieces, I decided that this is definitely the route I want to
take.
I plan to built this thing as light as possible, with capped wing ribs,
laminated balsa tail surfaces, and the whole works. At worst, we'll have a very
scale crash and I'll be out 35 bucks.
I would appreciate any advice any of you could give me in choosing
motor/prop/battery combinations, as I know nothing of electric power. The
wingspan is about 22 inches, and there's a ton of wing area, so the wing
loading should be glider-esque, but I still want plenty of power... just
because.
I've built a couple of these WWI Guillow's kits to get myself back into the
swing of modelling after I had to quit the hobby for college, and have been
impressed by the quality of these new laser-cut kits. Have any of you folks
been converting rubber-powered kits to R/C? Are there any tricks to it that I
need to know other than making everything improbably light, and are there any
advances in covering material that are lighter and might add more rigidity to
the structure than tissue?
And I'm scared to death of aileron flutter. Never dealt with any of that in
freeflight.
I'd appreciate any input. Thanks.
Joe Lamb
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> From: lektrik_flyers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Bill Beavers
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> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 6:07 PM
> To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Sunday PM
>
> Well, git 'er dun David! ;-)
>
> I did go out for a while and test the Mad Dog. It
> flew pretty well, but I still think I have to do some
> tweaking on it. It seems VERY stable though and I
> think on a less gusty day it will be a dream to fly.
> I did have an incident with it though on the landing.
> When I tried to land it on the grass, the small wheels
> don't do to well in the grass (I landed a little flat
> and should have had a longer approach) and I ripped
> the gear of it. No biggie, they were just epoxied on
> and will be easy to fix but the hit on the ground
> caused a punture in the monokote so I will have to do
> a little patch job on that and get better on the
> landings. But it was fun to fly.
>
> I also have hopped up the Multiplex Jet with a
> brushless E-Flight 400 motor but I still couldn't seem
> to get enough thrust. I was using I think a 7x4 prop,
> so I may need to drop back to a 4x4 or something like
> that. I think it will help its performance though
> when I get the prop/thrust thing right.
>
> I am almost finished with a modified hopped up
> Parkzone P51 Mustang. Putting an E-Flight 480 in it
> so I hope it will fly with enthusiasm when I give it
> a maiden flight.
>
> Well, when are we going to get after it? I can
> probably fly some afternoon this week, and on Friday,
> I think I will fly over at Vilonia in the New Middle
> School parking lot after school because it looks like
> an AWESOME place for takeoffs and landings and with a
> big field out behind, holds a lot of promise for
> sometimes flying. Does anyone want to join me out
> there Friday PM if the weather holds out? I just
> think it would be a nice place to try some stuff that
> requires gear and I like the take offs and landings
> almost as much as the flying! ;-)
>
> Hope to see some of you either this week or on Friday.
>
> KIITA (Keep It In The Air)
>
>
> --- David and Susan Reid <bzpond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I've gotta build a new Tensor this week so I can fly
> > some.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Beavers" <bbeavers57@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Lekrik Flyers List">
> > <lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:47 PM
> > Subject: [lektrik_flyers] flying Sunday PM
> >
> >
> > > Are we flying today? I think I will go out around
> > 4pm
> > > to Wooster and try out the Mad Dog if the wind
> > dies
> > > down. It is a little gusty rigt now but not to
> > bad
> > > and seems to be lessening. I wasn't sure if there
> > was
> > > an official fly on or not, but look forward to
> > trying
> > > out a couple of these I have been working on.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bill Beavers
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> > > http://vilonia.k12.ar.us
> > >
> > >
> > >
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