model cars,ships planes...

[growalot]

How many of you got into  these as they were growing up( for reasons other than the glue   ) or how many still are making them? I did a 55 chevy, a spitfire, and I tried a battle ship...never finished...

[wildcat junkie]

I built a lot of cars, ships & planes of the plastic variety. Eventually I got into balsa & tissue WW I planes that has morphed into larger R/C planes W/4-stroke Hemi-head power plants.

 

This one has a 110" wingspan & is powered by a 3 1/4 HP 1.8 cu in 4-stroke.

 

 

 

This is the biggest engine I have, 3.0 cu in 4-stroke, 5 HP. Dual carburetors, CDI ignition burning 15% nitro-methane/methanol mix. I weighs 4#.

 

 

 

Edited February 20, 2016 by wildcat junkie

[wildcat junkie]

I built a lot of cars, ships & planes of the plastic variety. Eventually I got into balsa & tissue WW I planes that has morphed into larger R/C planes W/4-stroke Hemi-head power plants.

 

This one has a 110" wingspan & is powered by a 3 1/4 HP 1.8 cu in 4-stroke.

 

 

 

This is the biggest engine I have, 3.0 cu in 4-stroke, 5 HP. Dual carburetors, CDI ignition burning 15% nitro-methane/methanol mix. I weighs 4#.

 

 

 

 

This is the plane that the 3.00 cu in twin will be going in. (this is not me, just a picture of an airplane like mine)

 

 

[growalot]

So worth the post! I think that is great...Mr B's gramps was a lawyer & NYS supreme court judge...he got into building smaller versions to yours and clock building to decompress. We have one of his hanging here and a couple of his clocks..very kewl thanks for the share.

[growalot]

What is the remote range on those..

[Lawdwaz]

That is one badazz plane WJ!

[wildcat junkie]

What is the remote range on those..

 

The range is determined on how far you can see to stay oriented. With the larger stuff that might be as far a 1/4 mile. It is easy to get confused as to what direction the plane is headed or whether it is inverted or not. The range of the radios is about 2x that if not more. That was the older 72Mz transmitters, now they have 2.4Gz so I'm not sure what the range is on those.

 

Can you post a picture of the one you have hanging?

 

Edited February 20, 2016 by wildcat junkie

[Marion]

How do you transport one of those beasts?

You Can't Beat My Meat!

[growalot]

Tomorrow...B has t h e PC..and I'm nursing a sore knee from today's hike...New rubber boots and deeper snow than I estimated...wink

[wildcat junkie]

Here are some YT clips of my engines running on the test stand.

 

 

[wildcat junkie]

The FA-300TTDP twin is the largest engine I have running right now. I do have a larger engine in pieces on my workbench.

 

I bought a basket case FA-450R3 Radial to soup up by putting bigger cylinders on it to boost displacement from 4.5 cu in to 5.1 cu in & milling the case deck to raise compression to 14:1.

 

 

The insides were pretty well trashed from some parts that got loose, thus bashing around inside.

 

 

 

 

I wanted a rebuild-able core anyway so I filed a PayPal dispute & got enough kickback to build it into a bigger more powerful engine With all new reciprocating assembly parts.

 

It's going into a 1/5 scale FW-190A WW-II fighter. I'm going to model it after this particular plane that was flown by a German ace.

 

Here is a YT clip of a similar model W/a similar power-plant.

 

Turn up the volume.

 

So now you know where I disappear to in the summer!

 

Edited February 20, 2016 by wildcat junkie

[wildcat junkie]

How do you transport one of those beasts?

You Can't Beat My Meat!

 

The (2 piece in this instance) wings come off W/2 1/4" x 20 nylon bolts. I can haul the 110" plane in the 1st PIX in my 2006 Charger if I pull the rear seats. That entails removing five 18mm nuts & takes about 5 minutes W/my electric impact driver.. I want to get a trailer to haul more than 1 plane at a time.

Edited February 20, 2016 by wildcat junkie

[Marion]

Makes sense and better be careful around the spinning props. Don't want to get all hacked to pieces. Those things look awesome especially the giant ones

You Can't Beat My Meat!

[wildcat junkie]

Makes sense and better be careful around the spinning props. Don't want to get all hacked to pieces. Those things look awesome especially the giant ones

You Can't Beat My Meat!

 

I am violating a basic safety rule in taking the PIX from in front of the props, but W/CDI there isn't much danger of a kickback that would throw the prop. Unfortunately W/the direction of the natural light needed for the optical tach, I had no choice. I now have a digital tach that reads the pulses from the Hall affect sensor so I could take videos from the rear..

 

The videos are bit deceiving because I used the zoom on my camera to get a better shot while staying as far as possible from the spinning props. When you are talking about 3 + HP spinning a heavy 18" nylon prop it would not be unlike getting involved W/the business end of a rotary mower blade. Not as dangerous as a steel blade but at 8000 RPM it would get more chances to slice you up before you could get away. The larger wood prop isn't quite as dangerous as it will shatter on the 1st strike so it only gets 2 bite but the nylon prop would keep on slashing.

[BizCT]

Cool stuff. When I visit my uncle in Boulder, CO they have a lot of little airports for these types of planes. Always looks cool when I drive vy

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[gfdeputy2]

Didn't do well with the airplanes back into Nitro cars though

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[wildcat junkie]

Cool stuff. When I visit my uncle in Boulder, CO they have a lot of little airports for these types of planes. Always looks cool when I drive vy

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Those are most likely sanctioned by the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) They are a voluntary member ship nationwide organization that provide $1,500,0000.00 liability insurance when you fly from one of those fields. They are also active in lobbying when there are possible legislative issues. The current craze of easy to master multi-rotor aircraft is causing a lot of problems in that arena.

 

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Edited February 22, 2016 by wildcat junkie