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Post by tinydata on Jan 4, 2012 21:19:51 GMT -5
I was wondering if I've got any fellow RC fliers on this forum. I own a Parkzone F4U Corsair and it is absolutely awesome to do low strafing runs with it. Just like the ones in old films ;D
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Nimlas
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Post by Nimlas on Jan 4, 2012 23:24:00 GMT -5
Gordak and McCallion do...sort of.
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Post by mccallion on Jan 9, 2012 20:30:43 GMT -5
HAHA Nimlas......Combat report debreaf french neuport 14 shot down over france 1918, those damn Albatroses.........in all seriousness some of the guys up here in NE do fly !
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Post by HornetWSO on Jan 9, 2012 21:25:44 GMT -5
Mac, You should bring it out to the next event, with a wiFi Camera!
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Post by Schmozilla on Jan 10, 2012 17:59:38 GMT -5
Yeah! We Need a Recon Sort of Thing! That wouldEve be awesome, Have a Little Air-Force Segment of Events. "German Suggestion" Fly a Recon (BF109?) Replica Around the Enemy Camp! And Use it for a Targeting In Wood battles. Another suggestion- Have a Radio operator who can call in Air Support (Pilot in Base?)
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Post by Gordak on Jan 10, 2012 22:19:42 GMT -5
I fly alot of Cheapies, this newport was HARD! BTW that is ACTUALLY how it crashed, I lost sight of it and we found it in the woods with amazingly little damage! I couldnt believe it was repairable let alone just needed a bit of instant glue. I'm Sticking to the eaiser foam ww2 zoomies till I get better
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Jan 11, 2012 21:21:29 GMT -5
I have participated on "Top Gun 2011" a huge international competition in the "Team Scale" class. My father took 2 years to scratch build his aluminum sheeted, 1:5 scale, Vultee BT-13. You can see it here in Fly R/C magazine. We placed 7th out of 14 Attachments:
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Post by Gordak on Jan 12, 2012 14:58:39 GMT -5
that is really cool! I have a cool bt-13 story, I met a vet who flew C-47s on D-day, turned out he flew 3/506th guys and he had never heard of Band of brothers lol. So after some talking he asked me if I would like to come see his airplane! I was like wow, ok. He had a mint complete BT-13, It was beautiful, I must have sat in the cockpit for like an hour and a half.
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Jan 12, 2012 22:47:17 GMT -5
I did a formation flight with 3 BT-13s! It was our gift for modeling his aircraft. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu2__s6BzpA Now we have taken a break form competitive flying. I have alot of small scale electric WWI and WWII aircraft.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jan 13, 2012 13:49:50 GMT -5
At one of Battlesims WW2 events. (Long Winter II I believe) Hellmutt had arranged for Schmitty to bring a large RC aircraft which he flew over our US force and they were tasked with trying to shoot it down. Like the real deal as long as troops are trying to shoot and hit it the aircraft went pretty much undamaged. Once they learned to put up a wall of BB in front of the aircraft and then adjust as it flew into them the aircraft was brought down. It took a lot of hits however!
Schmitty by the way is an amazing pilot for RC aircraft. It was real fun side activity within the event and I think there is video of it somewhere. The Aircraft was quite large and made of foam and the BBs stuck into it everywhere. Until the cables or control surfaces were damaged it flew just fine
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Jan 13, 2012 19:45:48 GMT -5
I was thinking about something with some foamies. I got an old parkzone P51 and FW190
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jan 18, 2012 17:43:24 GMT -5
Interestingly though the BBs stuck in the foam they didn't really damage the planes at all. Even with hundreds (and I mean hundreds) of BBs stuck in the fusealage the planes flew fine.
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Post by sir veilance on Jan 23, 2012 12:12:21 GMT -5
I have been flying RC for over 25 years. I have built about 60 models and owned a few more. I used to write articles and shoot photos for a couple magazines. I'd cover events and do "kit reviews" for them. I have flown sailplanes (gliders), aerobatic models, warbirds, giant scale, indoor models, ducted fan jets (not turbine powered) and helicopters. I used to compete at the US Nationals in sailplane events and took 3rd place once. I also entered an aerobatic event in Germany back in 1999. I went to cover the event with a friend and a modeler from Austria, set us up with a model to fly in the event. We entered after only getting about five flights to practice the set aerobatic routine. We both ended up in the middle of the pack out of 50 competitors, so we were happy with that. The others had been practicing the routine for months. The event was the Akrocup, which was a European Championship event put on by the Duetches Model Flieger Verbande (DMFV). The event was an aerobatic event for giant scale sailplanes. The model we flew was 1/3 scale model of a Lunak, a Czech built aerobatic glider. The model was just under a five meter span. To get to altitude to do the ten required maneuvers, the models were aerotowed by another model to about 2000 feet. The towplane was another 1/3 scale model, the most popular tug being a Wilga, with a 150cc twin cylinder engine. Below is a video I shot while flying a similar sized model last summer. vimeo.com/24747000And here is a photo of the model used. On another note.....yesterday I went into an Antique Shop, in a little town North of St. Louis and saw a WW2 RC target drone hanging from the ceiling. I wish I had, had my camera with me or I would post a photo here! What a rare piece of history that was. It was in pretty good shape, with only minor damage to one wing tip and some tears in the fabric covering. It still had the twin cylinder gas engine with two wooden contra-rotating props in tact. There's an amazing story that goes with these planes. The model and radio controlled system was designed by a British actor who lived and worked in Hollywood in the 1930's. He was in many films. His hobby was model airplanes. He had been working on an RC unit for hobby purposes, but when war seamed imminent he decided to design a target drone for anti aircraft practice. Reginald Denny's previous versions, the (Radio Plane) RP1 to RP3 failed to win contracts after crashing on their demo flights in 1939. Late in 1939 a new backer was found (Whitney Collins and Harold Powell) and together with Denny The "Radio Plane Company" was formed. A successful demonstration to the Army of RP4 got a big contract and the RP4 became known as the 0Q-1. The 0Q-1 evolved through to the 0Q-17 (company designated as RP18) By this stage the US navy was also buying them for target drone practice by anti aircraft gunners during WW2, under the designation TDD (Target drone Denny) -1, -2, -3 etc. for $600 a pop. 15374 copies of the RP4 through RP18 series were made. Reginald Denny contacted his friend US Army Air Force Captain Ronald Reagan about filming Radio Planes' involvement in the war effort. Reagan's unit, the first motion picture company, dispatched one of its photographers (Private David Conover) to take pictures for "Yank" Magazine on 26 June 1945. One of the girls on the assembly line caught his eye, enough for him to return later and take some more photos and distribute them to his movie studio connections. That girl was Norma Jean Dougherty. After a bit of encouragement she left Radio Plane, started modeling, got into film and changed to her screen name to Marilyn Monroe. Reginald Denny retired from UAVs when the company was sold to Northrop in 1952 to continue with his love of acting, he appeared in over 30 movies, a supporting role in the 1966 version of 'Batman' was his last. He died in England on 16 June 1967. How unusual to find one hanging in an Antique store and not in a museum. It really is part of RC model history, WW2 history and even Hollywood history! Out of the 15,000 or so built only seven are known to exist...maybe eight now!!
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Post by Ersatzjack on Jan 23, 2012 14:22:54 GMT -5
Excellent information. You sure are smart Sir V. ;D
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Jan 23, 2012 19:36:07 GMT -5
When I was at Top Gun all the experienced guys were shocked that I picked a "Touch and Go" as 2 of my maneuvers (Touch is one then Go is the other, I needed to fill my 10 maneuvers list since it is a Basic Trainer, what can I do with it lol.) I scored 8s-10s on my 4 flights with touch and go's!
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Post by sir veilance on Jan 24, 2012 16:06:31 GMT -5
Yep.....Touch and Go's are a perfect maneuver for a BT13. Touch and Go's are one of my favorite things to do with a scale model, especially if it is a taildragger. There is no better way to learn how a model handles than shooting Touch and Go's. It also makes a tank of gas or a battery pack last a lot longer too. In scale events like Top Gun, it is important to do maneuvers that are appropriate for the aircraft you are flying and not do radical stunts that that model can do but it's full sized counterpart would not be capable of. I used to have a 1/4 scale Dornier Do-27, that I used as a towplane. It had flaps as well as fixed leading edge slots and even at over 30 lbs it would slow down to a walk for landings. I was the main towplilot at an aerotow event once and made over 110 aerotows with it in one day. That is 110 takeoffs and landings! It was a real workhorse!! Here is a rather grainy old photo of it that was taken with that stuff....what did they call it...oh yea...film ;D BTW... I saw pictures of the BT13 your Dad built Warbirdguy...he did a nice job!!
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Jan 30, 2012 23:31:57 GMT -5
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Post by Gordak on Jan 31, 2012 22:23:54 GMT -5
that's pretty wild, concidering the engine is not as powerful as one would like, hence a loop attempt could be REALLY unforgiving,
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Jan 31, 2012 23:07:48 GMT -5
My fathers R/C model flys with a little more authority than the full scale but still preforms like a trainer. We were not too concerned about the aluminum sheeting which is REAL aluminum, not flitemetal, monokote, or aluminum tape. It is .008" roof flashing. Since it is actually LIGHTER than a fiberglassed aircraft. All the resin and sheets get heavy fast! Simply he attached the aluminum panels to an American Eagle BT-13 fuse, scratch built foam core wings and stabs. The plane was built on a mix of American Eagle, Pat Massey, and Nor-Cal plans taking the best of all in scale. We have owned a few full scale projects so we have had a soft spot for BT-13s and BT-15s
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Jan 31, 2012 23:18:51 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRbYmLkALTM Here is a modified Top Flite P-47D my dad and I put together. The belly tank saved the aircraft, I hit thr ground on a low pass lol. Skip to 5:15 too see. I am the guy in the blue shirt at the beginning.
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Mar 20, 2012 9:31:11 GMT -5
Just did a first flight Sunday with my 1/4 scale SE5a Electric power!
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Post by Schmozilla on Mar 20, 2012 17:38:25 GMT -5
I tried flying once will a foam Sopwith camel....lets just say that did not go too well....
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Mar 20, 2012 20:38:08 GMT -5
What scale?
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Post by sir veilance on Mar 22, 2012 7:55:39 GMT -5
Scale models, especially war birds fly better and look more realistic when the models are very big. I like flying little "foamies", both WW1 and WW2 models, but they have to fly so fast, that they look like they are flying as fast as an F-15 Speaking of jet's, a modeller friend of mine, who is from Australia, but now lives in Champagne , Illinois just built this!
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Mar 22, 2012 10:46:43 GMT -5
Nice BAE Hawk! We had a balsa build up JN4 Jenny that was only a 2ft wingspan and dear lord.....as you said....F-15 airspeed LOL!
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Mar 30, 2012 22:13:17 GMT -5
We just got a 1/4 scale Sopwith Triplane, pics to come soon. An electric Power 160 and 2, 18.4v 5000 mah batteries. We are in love with electric powered aircraft, first we ditched nitro, then gasoline, now we are plug and play for giant scale!
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Post by Gordak on Apr 5, 2012 12:15:45 GMT -5
That is an amazing model!
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Apr 13, 2012 11:05:20 GMT -5
My girlfriends airplanes, 2 Albatrosses, they are adoreable lol
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Post by warbirdguy1 on Apr 13, 2012 11:10:42 GMT -5
OH I cannot forget! Our Sopwith Pups! ;D
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Post by tinydata on Aug 4, 2012 13:58:59 GMT -5
My Parkzone Corsair in flight- decals for Commander John Thomas Blackburn's "Big Hog" of VF-17
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