Bi-Slob stunts

[John Craig]

Bi-Slob

I have one. It flies very slow with good line tension.  For maximum giggles per once of fuel, what type of stunts should I be trying to do.  I have the super tight loops & hovering what else?

[Avaiojet]

Bi-Slob

I have one. It flies very slow with good line tension.  For maximum giggles per once of fuel, what type of stunts should I be trying to do.  I have the super tight loops & hovering what else?

Balloon brake, Limbo under a stick, flight between two poles, bouncing it off the rudder inverted and last but not least, a mid level flight stop and go. Not to be confused with the tuch n go.

[john e. holliday]

Just let your imagination go.   John Bender did one called a house.  It's  a verticle 8,  square loop bottom with triangle on top.   

[dennis lipsett]

The one that get them is the outside loop from 3 feet right into a hover, then repeat the maneuver. a small 4 leaf clover with the stem downward and recover into a hover is also a show stopper. be fearless after all your not in it and it isn't a whole lot of money and unless you have a flame out in the hover and implode the fuselage up to the wing it isn't catastrophic.
I liked mine but eventually gave it away promising myself to build a lighter one.

[Shug Emery]

A search was called for to see what a Bi-Slob is......WOW)))))) I gotta get one of those. Looks fun. Control Line 3-D flying.
I do have an old .35 waiting for a plane.
Shug

[john e. holliday]

They are a blast to play with.  When I built my first one Jim Lee said not to put too big of a fuel tank in it.   The concentration while hovering and doing loops low to the ground will wear an old man out.  The best show I seen with the Bi-Slob was when Jim Lee and Marvin Denny put on a show in Tulsa one year.   Sad to say no one had a movie camera with them that day.

[Tom Niebuhr]

After I drew the original plans, Dan Banjock and I used to fly 2 up. We had a blast. A few years ago Joe Gilbert, Marvin Denny and I flew 3 up. Lot's of fun.

As to neat maneuvers:
A slow slow wing over. Start with the wind to you back and climb. You can also do this and reverse at the top and come back down to whatever else you want to do. I have also done the letters of the alphabet. Also, back down in a hover, land on the tail flipping back to the landing gear and the take off again. This is rough on the elevator, but is fun.  I've done that in demos. I have done a whole flight without ever completing a lap. How about vertical eights with the tops at 45 degrees?

If you can think something up, you can do it.

John Bender's "House" sounds interesting. This could also be used in a freestyle stunt event.

Since I published the Slob in FM, it has become an international disease!

[Shug Emery]

I could not resist......I could not. Have a Brodack ARF Bi-Slob on the way. Will strap on the OS .35. Don't want to worry about flying it so an ARF will set me free.
Just never have seen a CL plane fly like that and I gotta fell that feeling.
Shug

[John Craig]

After I drew the original plans, Dan Banjock and I used to fly 2 up. We had a blast. A few years ago Joe Gilbert, Marvin Denny and I flew 3 up. Lot's of fun.

Since I published the Slob in FM, it has become an international disease!

My Bi-Slob was built from those plans.  It hung in the garage for 15+ years,  I just started flying it regularly as my flying skills have much improved.  It has more hangar rash that crash damage.

Thank You Tom !

[kenneth cook]

        I really like the slow over the top wingover that the slob does. I bail out as it feels like it will never make it over the top. My son Shawn and Dan Banjock just let them fly over. Really cool to see especially when you pull out inverted on the other side . Ken

[Jim Kraft]

One I have wanted to try is a reverse wingover by doing it against the wind and then doing a 180 at the bottom upwind to come back over the circle the other way. No guts yet.

[john e. holliday]

Ask John B. about my first flight with the Bi-Slob.   Was too fast to get a hover so I did do several reverse wing overs into the wind of the day.   Would not try it with the Candy that I had.

[Shug Emery]

Got the Brodak Bi-Slob put together today. Bit head-scratchy at times as it is hard to see the pictures in the instructions but it all makes sense if you keep placing things together before gluing. Re-did the covering on the tail as it was so loose and bubbly. But I reckon I expected that in a ARF. Took me about 7 hours. Had to trim the nose up a bit to fit the OS .35.
Oh, I beg forgiveness and understanding for not using a Fox.35.
 If someone wants to send me one I'll strap it on the nose....
 Thinking 51' to 55' lines to start. Does that seem about right?
Now c'mon weather......excited about this plane after watching videos of flights. Trippy.
Shug

[john e. holliday]

Line length sounds about right.   Also a low pitched prop.

[Shug Emery]

Line length sounds about right.   Also a low pitched prop.

Got some 10-5s and going to get some 10-4s. Thanks.

[john e. holliday]

Really you should look up Jim Lee in the members list and PM him as he is our local Bi-Slob guy.   I have seen him do things with it that a plane is not supposed to do.

[Shug Emery]

Does one want the Bi-Slob on the tail heavy side?
Thanks for any info.
Shug

[john e. holliday]

Not really.  Really though it should be balanced the way you want to fly.  To tell the truth I've never checked the balance point on mine.  My Brother-in-law made his third control  line flight on my Bi-Slob and loved it.

[John Craig]

I must also confess that I have never checked or been concerned about the CG on my Bi-Slob.  It just flies.

[Shug Emery]

I appreciate the advice guys.
Now...to practice and get bold!

[bob whitney]

how about a 2.4 throttle on a Slob

[KenP51]

how about a 2.4 throttle on a Slob

Sounds fun to me.

Ken