well im having ago at making a twin engine lawn dart

you going for differential thrust ? you could lose the rudder setup\servo if you do

You could fit the esc behind the motors in the naceles?

no differential and i forgot to make the rudder work don't no what it does lol

well its painted up and its not quite gone as id hoped. the green i sprayed it in looked good on the tin,but on the plane looks wrong. not the right shade. oh well it will grow on me.
will have some pics soon.

I have plenty of green left over m8 if you want to change it? its a 5 minute job for the airbrush.

thanks Keith if it gets on my t@ts to much i may take you up on the offer.
any idea were i can get some 6x5 props that are contra rotating. brc have none nore hk

I can get you close if you try here............http://www.micronradiocontrol.co.uk/prop-gws.html#zgws_dd_pusher

I've used them a few times for my quad and tri props there pretty good and fast delivery

thanks keith. will ring them in the morning.

well not sure it will be ready for the week end but power system is on its way from brc.
went with 2x20 amp esc and 2 2812 1500kv. iv proped it down to 5.5 as 6x5 was going to be well over 200 watts thats crazy on a plane that ways about 400 grams approx
been trying to think as what the colour looks like and id say its British racing green so looks wrong.
the pictures look more blue but its very green

Jeez jeff a couple of blue wonder 1300's and 10amp esc'c will fly my cargo plane at 34 oz's yours will be nuts on that setup m8, I want to see the maiden its going to go like a rocket.

lol that what im afraid of. and at the min its not contra rotating ether. if it flys bet it tork rolls bad. will look in to some props next week.

I'm running two standard motors with standard props
1550kv with possible 8x4 or 7x5 props either should be fine I dont see to many issues with torque roll on yours unless you apply to much throttle on take off.
Its going to be a hairy maiden for us both m8 good luck on yours.

same to you, least we are starting with ground take offs don't think i want to chuck either of them for a maiden. yours looks more promising than mine.

well just a update this is the build upto now.

Looking good jeff I still have the maiden to do on mine, I'll get it in the air soon enough, looking outside now its calm and i'm so tempted.

i am getting a little worried, i think its going to glide like a brick. total flying weight will be approx 450g. the plan was for a plane with 48in wingspan with the flying weight of 460g. my wingspan is 38in

well things are moving along well. had all the servos and motors running.sounds nice.

Looking good, needs a cockpit painting on

Nice big ailerons it should Roll well

Invasion stripes?.

thanks Paul. yes i need to do the cockpit and the d-d invasion stripes

well here it is just a lick of white paint and its finishd.
if wind drops this afternoon then its getting its maiden.
has ended up being a bit heavy so power of glide is going to be almost nill lol.

well me and Pete made use of the weather yesterday afternoon. and my build got its maiden twice lol. first one i erm well....put it in a tree i was just going to see if the thing could take of from the ground and it left the ground and was all over the place. it was so tail heavy i was fighting to get to the trims and it went into the tree.lol. just a bit of foam missing from leading edge. so taped up and Pete did its proper maiden. needed a lot of trim to get it flying ok but as it was over weight it needed speed to keep it flying. so its being shelved and im on with the mk2 full size plan already.
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How the hell are you going to fit 18 fat USA para's in that skinny fuz?

Ade wrote:

How the hell are you going to fit 18 fat USA para's in that skinny fuz?

think the fat para's were all ready in it lol. the glide was like a brick being thrown at the ground.

Someone threw a frisby at it