One day build

The challenge to myself is what could i build in a 24hour period that would look cool and fly well, a little chat with scouse pointed me to the mig 3 its aet controlled so a little easier to build.
The original plan was for a 30 inch plane with 1700kv bluwonder motor and 10 amp esc and 2-9 gram servos on a 2 cell 900mah pack.
I opted to scale up to 38inch with 1600kv motor 20 amp esc with 2-9 gram servos I'm quite pleased with the outcome, this is the plane with only the canopy painted, thanks for the info on this one m8 and the issue with the dodgy rudder ( must use flat depron in future lol)

thats very well made Kieth your just getting better all the time. looks great being all rounded off and smooth.looks like a reno racer.

Wait till you see the colour scheme thats picked out for this one m8, off to do a test flight shortly then do the paint, if this works this will be a cracker

what is it like up there as its dark and trees are swaying alot here. have not been to the field in 4 to 5 weeks i think. 3 planes to maiden

That. is a nice looking 'plane

Its looking like 10 mph winds constant, gusting to 15 according to my wind speed indicator.

Thanks Paul its a quick build as I had plans this weekend(no pun intended) but the weather yesterday put a halt to that so I found myself at a loose end for once and after a chat with scouse decided to knock this plane up.

This plane is designed around a format layout that covers many other planes its a clever idea, look here for the others.
Undecided on the next one from the list, opinions welcome..

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1012551

Looks like you did a Little more sanding than most

Well worthwhile. the results speak for themselves

Build the Spitfire next

(Link bookmarked)

Paul L wrote:

Looks like you did a Little more sanding than most

Well worthwhile. the results speak for themselves

Build the Spitfire next

(Link bookmarked)

Scouse will verify my words, I told him yesterday that I really fancied a shot at the spitfire next...............weird or what

My favorite plane

but never had one ..

I have one here paul it was a glow fuel setup, it needs a conversion and a little tlc as the front cowl is missing, i reckon its around the 40 inch mark, if you fancy a go at it your welcome to take it away as I'll never do it (balsa ) and its looking for a new home.

sounds like your in a good mood Keith. will you let two sheets of depron go my way.pretty please. you no i will put them to good use.

Come get em then jeff, I'm tempted to go fly as the wind has dropped right off, the spitfire has always been up for grabs its a shame to see it binned when someone out there could use it.

any takers?

thanks Keith. you going up the field if so i could get them to day or in the week. can you pm address as i just followed Pete and can not remember.lol

Thanks Keith

another project. but why not ?

cheers
Paul

It gives me a little more room in the shop too, More room for planes that is lol

did you try it then keith.

I did the maiden jeff and due to the wind it was a little on the heart racing side, I added a little up elevator as i always do and gave it a little throttle and away it went, almost vertical due to the wind pushing it back.
I managed a couple of circuits of the field franticly trying to get rid of the trim i put in lol, I landed the plane and removed the trim and threw it up again, once it turned with the wind behind it a gave a little more throttle and it was like a bombing run. Great fun to fly and it certainly keeps you on your toes, not for the beginner pilot jeff but a blast to fly anyway.

I'll give ya ago when we next meet up down the club

Oh yeah I meant to add its back in the shop stripped and basecoat applied, the first of a few details have been added, it should be finished in a few days or so.

sounds like its going to be fast once trimmed in less wind. the link has some very nice planes and i have a eye on 3 of them. so i think i will be building as soon as i pick up the depron.

lol ignore post in other thread

jeff click on edit nick in chatbox and type there m8 its much easier scouse and I use it all the time scroll up on the chatbox to keep up to date when your looking around in here

This is how the plane is shaping up with the new colour scheme, I dont do white planes there boring lol.
This is still along way from being finished and running out of mask did not really help, Yes its blue and I know blue planes and blue skies but C'mon when did we last see a blue sky?

step one


step two basecoat


step three and lots of masking gives you the first colour


More to follow..........................

The spitfire build is much easier than the mig paul I reckon it will be flying in a few hours lol.

Its a nice looking plane to boot.

The spitfire could be built in around 6 hours and thats if you really take your time.

Keith wrote:

I have one here paul it was a glow fuel setup, it needs a conversion and a little tlc as the front cowl is missing, i reckon its around the 40 inch mark, if you fancy a go at it your welcome to take it away as I'll never do it (balsa ) and its looking for a new home.

Thanks Keith but I had better pass.
Too many toys already, I'm running out of space

Might squeeze a Foamie in tho'