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Offline Al Rabe

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Al's new ride
« on: January 13, 2017, 07:17:28 PM »
Al's at it again with a new Bearcat stunt ship under construction.  Hold onto your toy airplanes.

Actually, this molded shell is part of a 10% oversize BBQB Bearcat.  Kyle liked my control line stunt BBQB Bearcat and decided to build a larger one for radio control.  Again, why copy a control line stunt ship?  Well, he liked the airplane and had developed files already for laser cutting kits of laser cut parts for the BBQB which could be enlarged 10% to exactly fit oversize construction.  When he gave up cutting kits for stunt he passed on the completed molds and shells.  You know 10% actually isn't that much larger.  I think it would be possible to pull these oversize shells onto stock BBQB bulkheads.  The basic shape is already molded in.  

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Matt, loved the Greenamyer video.
« Last Edit: January 14, 2017, 07:32:20 PM by Al Rabe »

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2017, 08:54:01 PM »

 Great to hear Al, I really enjoy watching your builds.  y1

 It's quite a ways down the road yet, but what scheme do you have planned for this one?
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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2017, 09:07:37 PM »
Nah ,



 S?P



I hope this things not gunna be Electric ! .  %^@

Comon , whatsa the DeeTails , Looks like its the BIG One ?, maybe . :-\

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2017, 10:30:18 PM »
Al great to see you at the table again!

You should hold a "pick the scheme" contest.  ;D

2 votes for Rare Bear

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2017, 10:42:17 PM »
Straight Navy!

If we competed in the same circles I'd give you a diorama of a radio tech arguing with a pilot (the radio tech would look an awful lot like my dad -- he spent some Quality Time at the end of the deck with an 8mm camera to prove that the antennas were too snapping off because they were hitting the deck).
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The problem with electric is that once you get the smoke generator and sound system installed, the plane is too heavy.

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2017, 11:22:55 PM »
Able Cat.

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2017, 12:14:57 AM »
WHOs Paying For the Paint , Anyway .  S?P

For Blind judges ( as is the Previous apparently ).

Funkey & Groovey . Even ' appropriate ' , even a trace of metallic maybe .

CRIKEY

Its Got a DROP TANK .
Quick, hide the picture .

He can hold us to ransom & string it out for a good six months , >:( of Course , Greenmeyers One Has NARROWER P-63 mainwheels , And Its LIGHTER .  H^^

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2017, 10:39:27 AM »
How about "Miss Smirnoff"??
« Last Edit: January 19, 2017, 01:10:20 PM by Chris Behm »
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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2017, 05:01:40 PM »
Yea, He's gunna havta paint it WHITE , If he sparays it outside again . That looks like a WHITE CAR . Any other colour the Overspay'll show up. Tho the red one looked really cool with the ' blue mist ' finish  .  :## S?P

On a less flipant note , Reg Towell is underway here on one of your Sea Furies . Whichll be good to see ' in the flesh ' . the Aeroplane that is . Think he mightve been saying ' September Pops ' for the colours , but his
latest Beringer derived one is, so maybe its both. Save on costs of the masks, that way . Yellow with red winy things.

lifted the picture from barton .

« Last Edit: January 14, 2017, 06:08:41 PM by Matt Spencer »

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2017, 04:25:40 PM »


the Serials Almost Match .


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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2017, 04:56:47 PM »
Another vote for Rare Bear ...

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2017, 05:36:47 AM »
There can only be one.............. y1

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2017, 03:36:58 PM »
I've found that when building semi-scale stunt ships it works best to use recognizable paint jobs and scale like features like the shape of the vertical fin, wing root and tips. cowling, spinner and canopy.  In my opinion a semi-scale Bearcat, in order to be recognizable as a Bearcat must have at minimum a Navy finish and canopy.  The racing paintjobs shown on these posts are impressive in their own right but omitting a scale canopy would be too much.  A racing canopy removes a major recognition feature.

Al

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2017, 09:49:10 PM »

 Definitely valid and respected points Al, but it sure would be fun to see you do a racer version of your Bearcat. I know a past concern with the idea was the clipped wings. For this C/L purpose I think you could leave the wing full span and just copy the wingtip treatment and paint scheme of whatever subject is chosen. Done to your normal standards the model would still be very recognizable. You pulled off this concept perfectly with Critical Mass, which is still one of the coolest C/L models of all time IMO.  y1
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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2017, 11:47:46 PM »
Hi Al,
Just  thinking how cool this Bearcat would look with retracts! The circuit can be made quite easily if you want one, and the modern electric retracts are simple as well. You could even set the speed of pulling the gear up or make one go in before the other etc. The old idea from a published circuit used a small microphone on the board and as soon as the engine quits, it pops the wheels out. With all of that space inside that nose and fuselage, the same circuit could be used with a small servo to shut off the engine as well, so you don't have to wait for the fuel to run out completely. Just a thought.........and yes, I am volunteering to make this gadget for you! Be well.

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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2017, 09:23:15 PM »
I like Darryl's too.
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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2017, 11:30:02 PM »
I like Darryl's too.

 Cool pic Chris, Pyramid Lake?
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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2017, 05:14:08 PM »

          Maybe this paint job? Is very colorful.
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Re: Al's new ride
« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2017, 10:40:12 PM »
I agree with Al on it needs to be done in Navy scheme. I think it needs to stay the way Al has his paint scheme done. I wouldn't change anything. He is right.....most people recognize the Bearcat in that scheme and color.
  Hey Al.....I sent you a personal message.
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