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General control line discussion => AS TIME GOES BYE => Topic started by: Andy Bush on March 28, 2015, 03:56:35 PM
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After many a year, I'm playing around with getting back into the hobby, mostly because of my son taking an interest.
So I built a bench in the basement and went looking thru old boxes for what I could find. I've been hauling this stuff around since the 60s. I found my engines, everything from Enyas from the Korean War era to 049/020s from the late 50s to Fox and Torpedo engines up to 35s.
I had a temporary revival in the 90s and scratchbuilt a couple of stunt designs...never finished them and they are a little ratty after surviving 20+ years in the basement. One is a Thunderbird built from plans. The other is a bit different. I had taken the family to the Smithsonian Air Museum and was really hooked with the Hughes H-1 racing plane. I drew up my own plans for a semi-scale 48" wingspan model that I wanted to put a Fox 35 in. I never finished the model but I include it here in case you are wondering what it looks like.
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr349/calvin6767/H1.jpg) (http://s498.photobucket.com/user/calvin6767/media/H1.jpg.html)
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr349/calvin6767/Thunderbird.jpg) (http://s498.photobucket.com/user/calvin6767/media/Thunderbird.jpg.html)
Needless to say, I've got some patching and cleaning ahead of me. Maybe I'll get these things into the air after all!!
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The Moon brothers in Dallas also did the Hughes racer in the early 2000's. Might be photos on here some where. That is a sharp looking model. finish it and post more photos. H^^
I'll try to do that!
Making the model in semi-scale was fun. I wanted flaps but the trailing edge isn't straight. Not to worry. I got some RC linkages and found a way to run pushrods to each flap independently...it took a fair amount of experimentation to get what seems to be equal flap travel. The proof will be in the first flight, I imagine!
Andy
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Finish those good looking planes. Loosen up the engines for them and get them in the air. Glad you are back.
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Thanks for sharing these photos of some really unique models...LV em
and share anyothers with us?
Thanks!!
I'm starting a Veco Squaw project. I downloaded a picture of the Veco plans and enlarged them...I think I'm going to make a 1/2A version along with something for my Torpedo 23.
More on that later.
Andy
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The Moon brothers in Dallas also did the Hughes racer in the early 2000's. Might be photos on here some where. That is a sharp looking model. finish it and post more photos. H^^
Thanks for sharing....this "TIME WARP" photo..and it looks like you are pretty much on the road to finishing a very nice model....Always loved that design ans well as that Thunderbird...in black fab!
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Thanks for sharing....this "TIME WARP" photo..and it looks like you are pretty much on the road to finishing a very nice model....Always loved that design ans well as that Thunderbird...in black fab!
The late Tim Dunlop from Portland was a T Bird fan BIG TIME!...Again here is his beautiful model from the mid 60's! Miss his friendship so much.
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Thanks!!
I'm starting a Veco Squaw project. I downloaded a picture of the Veco plans and enlarged them...I think I'm going to make a 1/2A version along with something for my Torpedo 23.
More on that later.
Andy
I know that I am responding a day late and maybe $$$ short but if you go to http://www.hippocketaeronautics.com/ you will find a plan for the Veco Squaw I recently uploaded there. I am returning to modelling and am planning on building one soon to replace the original kit model I had.
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Your Hughes H-1 is nice. There was an exact replica built here in nearby Cottage Grove, OR by Jim Wright. I visited his hangar several times to check the construction progress and to visit with Jim.
I didn't see the test flights, but he routinely flew up and down the I-5 here to burn off his test hours.
Sadly, the plane crashed near Yellowstone Park on return from the Oskosh fly-in. The plane was destroyed and Jim was killed.
I took this picture when the plane visited our Eugene, OR airport.
Floyd