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Building Tips and technical articles. => Building techniques => Topic started by: builditright on May 10, 2012, 01:24:03 AM
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Okay guys we've come up with a NEW aerobatic basic trainer that will hopefully be a good flying, durable and beginner friendly trainer. Now to see just how beginner friendly it will be I am having my 13 year old son Jesse build it. While Jesse has the ability to build some pretty complicated Lego's, the kicker here is that Jesse has never built a flyable model airplane.
This model is 100% laser cut and features a builtup profile fuselage with a foam wing (cut by John Duncan)
and will be able to be built as a take apart or as a one piece model. Also has an adjustable L.O. guide and externally mounted bellcrank and wingtip weight.
The specs are:
Wing Span 46.25"
Wing Area 456.267 sq.in.
Length 33"
Engine .35-.40
This model was originally designed by Eliott Scott which was modified to what became the SAKITUMI.
Eliott originally called this the BOS. Since I have completely modified Eliott's BOS (or pre-SAKITUMI) and also made it as a take apart, I am calling this the BOS-II and for anyone that is interested we will be offering this as a kit in the future, so let's hope for this one to be a success...
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Very cool! Will this kit be available for general consumption?
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Very cool! Will this kit be available for general consumption?
Yes it will but once Jesse gets it built and we have it test flown. y1
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AWESOME build Jesse! y1
Keep up the great work!
"Tight Lines!" H^^
Wes
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Great craftsmanship worthy of an Umland. But I don't understand the need for such complexity on a beginners trainer...
Ward-O
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Looks like the student has been paying attention or is listening. Let us know when a kit will be available. I was building stick and tissue when I about 7 or 8. H^^
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Great work Jesse, let me know when your ready to fly it.
:o :o Gene
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Great job Jesse cant Waite to see it done and flying#^
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GREAT job Jesse. Keep at it, make it as accurate as you can. I am sure you will succeed! CLP** AP^
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Lookin' good Jesse, keep us posted as things progress! y1
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More on the BOS-II progress
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Um, what part are we looking at in pictures 62 thru 73?
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Um, what part are we looking at in pictures 62 thru 73?
You're looking at the Sub Spar.
Hang in there Wayne we'll get to the rest of it... ;)
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here's a little more progress
Jesse's getting closer
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Okay he still needs to do some sanding, shaping and glue a few things
but as you can see he's almost there..
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Wow GREAT JOB Jesse!
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A take apart airplane,easy to repair. Thought it interesting no one commented on it.
Dennis
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Continue the great work.
Allen Brickhaus
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Looking Great Jesse!!! Keep up the good work!!
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Very good pictures!
Much nostalgic for me, since I remember of my older sun with the age of 12, building his first CL plane in 1992. :D
It was a Manicaca 2 (kit of Mobral, of Brazil) with a CB .25 (a good Brazilian engine of that time).
Congratulations.
Luiz
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OKay guys,
Jesse brushed on and sanded the primer coat and I helped by doing the covering and most of the spray painting but
he did actually do some of that also, so let's jump ahead and show you Jesse's finished prototype.
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More on the finished prototype.
I am told that Rustoleum takes about a week for the paint to fully cure to be fuel proof , so
flight reports will have to wait a little but should be in about a week.
Thanks for looking and I hope you all enjoyed following my son's first flyable model airplane as much as I have supervising him.
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Looking good! I am sure you can't wait to fly her. What a fantastic job, I will be waiting for the flight report.
Russ Main
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That is awesome and I love the paint scheme. What is the covering or do I have to go back and read from page one? This might be the thing that gets my grandson back on the handle. Just to have someone to fly my planes also. H^^
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Looks great! Congrats Jesse! (PE**)
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That is awesome and I love the paint scheme. What is the covering or do I have to go back and read from page one? This might be the thing that gets my grandson back on the handle. Just to have someone to fly my planes also. H^^
Green Apple Ultracoat
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Black Rustoleum fuse, rudder and tips
Black vinyl for the graphics
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Hi Walter
Jesse is a chip off the old block he's doing great work.Jesse keep up the good work hope to see more of your work soon on stunt hanger.
John
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Just bumping up
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Hey Walt do you have any of these kits in stock? How much at they?
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Just bumping up
Walter,
I'm glad you brought this Thread back.
What an outstanding model and a Thread that blows all others away! H^^
Really nice work!
Charles
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Hi, Have you offered this one for sale at any point? Thanks, Michael
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Great craftsmanship worthy of an Umland. But I don't understand the need for such complexity on a beginners trainer...
Ward-O
That is my feeling. What made planes like the Ringmaster and the Magician virtually timeless, is their simplicity and ease of assembly. And of course they flew good once you built them. That said, more stunt ships is better then less!!
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That's a really good looking first model plane! You did a wonderfull job building it too....Gene #^ Even though I just saw thre original post date n~