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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Combat => Topic started by: dankar on August 14, 2011, 01:39:05 PM
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I have two kits of this and both semi complete. One was missing ribs but made new ones. Cut some new spars and in process of making L/E straight. Both were bowed but wood was in good shape. If my plan doesn't work I have several L/E like the VooDoo and go from there. I have four Johnson C/S and have run all of them. I will run them on low pressure bladder and run restrictor. I made two piece restrictors so I could increase the volume of air easily. I also have my original Veco C/S from early 60's. It has good compression and runs fine.
I have played with these long enough and time to build them. Might even silk one of them. Nice thing they stack easy and take very little room. I haven't seen any Johnson Powered combat ship since Hi-School. I put a J C/S in a Ringmaster for fun and it was quick. Engine ran very smooth and powerful. It drank some fuel big time.
This is a treat to myself as I have wanted to do this for a long time. I was going to do VooDoo's but C/Cat has 20% more wing area and thicker wing. Back in the day we used pressure and Veco tanks. Bladder in a tube inside wing gives bigger fuel cap. and more reliable setting. A few years back got a bunch of OS .10 nva's remote. Anyway just for fun. o2oP j1
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Back in the day I built the Combat Cats. One was powered the K&B 1962 .35. Crankshaft did not last long doing combat maneuvers. Second one had Fox Combat Special. Never got to fly a match with them as I destroyed both horsing around. By then the double VooDoo kits were out on the shelves. The Cats were fast for their size. H^^
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One suggestion: Center the motor mount in the wing vertically; cutting the notch into the LE to clear the lower beam is just asking for trouble.
I loved the way CCs flew, with that thick wing. It and the Equalizer were my favorite combat planes, for the same reason. Nice thick stunt-type airfoils, generous wing area for the era. they turned really tight. You'll have lots of fun with them.
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Mine were box stock as so many of my planes. But, what did I know back then. I was a kid fresh off the farm. H^^
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so was my first one...after it folded the wings I quit notching that LE.
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Back in the day we did not have carbon veil or glass to add strenght. I may make one stock and other look like the Cat but built like a Voodoo around engine bearers. just got some check valves/ t- fittings/bladder material. Just about ready to build. Should be fun.
Dan