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Electric Stunt => Gettin all AMP'ed up! => Topic started by: Randy Powell on July 21, 2014, 08:29:33 PM
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OK, so it's finally done. Mostly. I put it all together and discovered an assembly problem that I'll fix before I fly it. But I didn't have the energy tonight so I took these pictures and I'll break it down later and fix my assembly issue.
Details:
About 690 square inches.
Heavier than I wanted at 63oz ready to fly.
E-flight 32 motor
Zippy 2700mah battery
Castle Creations Ice Lite 75
Hubin FM-9 timer
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Definitely a U name it. Looks good Randy
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Randy,
Very cool. I like the lines and colors.
James
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SO! COOL!!
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Randy Vary cool as always y1
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Congrats on the completion Randy, looks awesome! As long as you've got enough grunt I'd think you should be just fine with that wing area/weight ratio. It'll be interesting to hear how it performs. Can we get some more views and detail shots?
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Absolutely outstanding!
Send me a set of plans. ;D
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Out standing Randy. I love the lines and the color scheme really set it off. Hope it flies better than you expect.
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Very cool shape, should look awesome doing the tricks - Way to Go!
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This was some of the best woodworking I've done. Shame the finish is only mediocre, but it should fly OK. We'll see shortly. I'll post a couple of detail shots for Wayne in the construction thread.
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Yo! That new trickster be trippin' daddy'o, like, straight up sub-zero coolness!
(PE**)
EricV
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I hope to see it fly -- do you think you'll make either of the Auburn contests, or the Follies?
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Tim,
I should be at the Auburn contest next month.
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Wow, wow, wow, wow. wow, wow, and wow again! Did I forget to mention... WOW!
Bob Hunt
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:Blush:
b1
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Absolutely Gorgeous!!!
Robert refered to Larry's "U Name It". I think it should be referred to as "U Nailed It"!!!
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I may even try that scheme on one of my next ones, such as the Stunt Machine. D>K
I hope you have a LOT of tape in your inventory Ty! ;D
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Beyootiful, and much lighter than a world champs contender I won't mention. Bring it over to Auburn when it stops raining.
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Howard,
Plan to bring it this weekend if I can get the last details completed.
And use GOOD tape. Not like I did.
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Really outstanding, I love the lines and paintwork.
Very very well done
Tim
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Like Bob said…WOW!
This is the epitome of RCCO (Retro Conceptual Contemporary Original) OK, I made that up but this is way cool…max on the Kudos scale Randy!
Hope it flies good!
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I like it ... a lot!
Dean P.
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Thanks, guys. I'm fixing a problem with the motor mount that cropped up. Not a big deal but it will take a bit of time. Still hope to have it ready to fly this weekend.
Hey, can I design sexy or what?
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Hey, can I design sexy or what?
Yes you can!
... we already knew that :D
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... Hey, can I design sexy or what?
Well, Randy - I just logged on to admire the pictures again. Does that answer it?
have fun,
Dean P.
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Well, Dean, one man's sexy is another man's ugly. I like the design overall (though I have to say I'm sick of looking at it).
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I’ve designed a lot of models along the way, and when I see a design like this I get a bit jealous. I hope the people appreciate the talent it takes to integrate all the elements of style and function that are present in both the airframe design and the graphics of this plane. Very nicely done!
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And I managed to fix my little engineering problem. So, it's now ready to fly, more or less. Not sure the pilot is ready.
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Randy take a Advil you just have TEST Flight nerves, relax and fly it, you'll be ok ,it's going to look so cool in the air #^ #^ #^ #^
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Very, very NICE!!!!!!
Eric Rule
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Larry,
Managed to tweak my neck. Can't turn my head right now. Feels like I pinched a nerve. Test flight may have to wait until next weekend if this darned thing doesn't let go. I'd blame age, but I had these when I was a teenager, too. Sucker hurts like crazy.
Almost forgot, another view for Wayne.
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Randy:
2 or 3 Bud Lights should ease that pain.
mk
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Thanks Randy. I've studied the photos a few different times since you've finished trying to think of how to give compliment and describe this new bird. It's really cool...I'm just at a loss for words after that. Apparently it's too superradicallyfunkyized for my melon to absorb at this time. ;D
Way cool Randy, nice job. y1
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So, went to the doc and it turns out that I have a damaged rotator cuff and that is causing the neck issue. Anti-inflammatory drugs and some rest and I'll live, as it turns out. Can't fly for a bit until it relaxes at bit, but seems I'll be mostly OK.
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It must be from all that sanding and polishing 😎⌛️Give it time ...
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How's the neck Randy? Get'r in the air yet?
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Hello Randy
An Awesome plane and the paint is terrific,can you post a side view and a frontal view picture? I would love to see how you handled the cooling intake.
Juan
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I know of a couple of sites where people would've been whining for PDF or DXF files for plans, for months already y1
(Whine)
LL~
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Funny thing, there aren't really "plans" as such. Oh, I have a side and top view and some details, but I generally draw so I can build it. If someone wanted plans, I'd have to spend some time putting in a lot of details. I draw them to the point that I can build it, but I sort of know what I'm going to do. Say, the nose layout. I didn't really draw much in because I knew what I was going to do.
I've spent some time doing a real set of plans for another plane I designed because I had a have dozen guys that wanted them. Few even turned up built. If a bunch of people decide they want plans for this guy, I'll spend some time drawing them up.
Wayne,
I'm away from home right now, but when I get back I'll take some closeups of the details like the venting in the front (which is extensive - like Swiss cheese) and other stuff like the bottom (which is slightly different from the top).
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Funny thing, there aren't really "plans" as such. Oh, I have a side and top view and some details, but I generally draw so I can build it. If someone wanted plans, I'd have to spend some time putting in a lot of details.
I suspected that might be the case - and I'm all for doing it "your way".
Frequently, people get great results picking proportions and constructions methods that are known to work - and adding some personal touches in the esthetics department. I'm pretty sure that a person who can build and finish (which probably excludes me :) ) could approximate this, combining features from a couple of existing plans and adding some styling.
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Well, I did draw plans. More or less. Just not a lot of detail. Enough to make templates. Fun stuff.
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Just a note. I talked to Pat Johnston and he may be willing to draw up some CAD plans for this toad. I will work with him over the winter and we'll see what we see.
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Well, I've flown it. In spite of the rather snide comment from my "friends", it seemed to fly pretty well. Few trim issues that still need working out, but OK so far. It's flown in it's first contest and has 5 whole flights on it.
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Ooookay fella, I'l never post another picture of anything I build on here again!!!! You have just set the bar waaaaayyy too high for this old cobbler! That thing is simply brilliant! Supe nice, Randy, super nice. You've done an extraordinary job on it. (And that weight for that wing area should be just fine.) H^^ H^^ H^^
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Great to hear Randy, and also great to hear that you've apparently shaken the neck issue and are back at it. Please keep us posted as you work the few bugs out of this one. D>K
Does anyone have photos from the contest? ;D
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Well, it's about 4 hours after the contest finished. We had some extra hassles, because we had to move the shed off the pavement and onto the (crappy) grass area. The RubberMaid type shed doesn't want to stay together.
But anyway, I got to see Randy's new dawg, watch it fly, and listen to the comments. Most seemed to think it didn't show up very well, and it was a very clear and sunny day (believe it!). My own comment was that "Larry Scarinzi would love it, and somebody should send him some pictures." It's "unique", for certain.
I did not mosey over to watch from upwind, but it looked to me like Randy flew some pretty decent tricks with it. We'd like to see him out working with it some more, before Winter sets in again. It was pretty amazing that he got it working as well as it did in so few flights, with a new design, new power system, etc. GOOD ON YA, RANDY! y1 Steve
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wish I could have been there for the debut,, glad its promising Randy,, now,, watch the bottom of the hourglass ok?,,
no repeats from the green lollipop
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Most seemed to think it didn't show up very well, and it was a very clear and sunny day (believe it!).
I watched Randy's second official. I had no trouble seeing the plane, and I thought it looked good in the air.
Maybe you're used to looking for the rudder?
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Randy,
In all honesty, your model has to be the finest looking model I've seen, since I've been back with CL.
You mentioned plans?
I'll be looking forward to that.
Congratulations on this fine model. H^^
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Thanks, guys. On the not showing up comment. Well, from the perspective of the pilot, it looks like you're flying a ruler. Very easy to see turns and such. Looks very sharp in turns (even when the turns aren't all that sharp). But it does scream mistakes. Pretty easy to see deviations from the correct flight path. Sort of interesting to fly. It's growing on me from a pilots perspective. Some just said it was a "weird" design and asked if I was doing drugs when I designed it (no, by the way). But I do have an odd sense of style, I guess.
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Somewhere in this site is a discussion regarding planes with all-swoopy lines vs. planes with lots of rule-straight lines. The consensus can be boiled down to:
Curvists: "Swoopy curves make your flight look better by hiding all those little unavoidable errors. They make your whole flight look smooth. Lots of straight lines magnify them and reduce your flight score."
Straightists: "Rule-straight lines enhance all the straight lines in your pattern, and really make them pop for the judges. This makes your whole flight look more precise. Swoopy curves mush everything together and reduce your flight score."
For a visual summary, place pictures of Dick Mathis's "Chizzler" and Bob Hunt's "Genesis" together, and meditate upon them.
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As you note, Tim, it's a matter or perspective. I've done both types and haven't noticed much in the way of one shape or another having as much effect, one way or the other. Flying well seems to trump both.
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As you note, Tim, it's a matter or perspective. I've done both types and haven't noticed much in the way of one shape or another having as much effect, one way or the other. Flying well seems to trump both.
I could see it making a few points difference one way or another if you were particularly good at precision or at "swoopy", but not to the point where I'm going to go build a plane just for that reason.
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Tim wrote: "For a visual summary, place pictures of Dick Mathis's "Chizzler" and Bob Hunt's "Genesis" together, and meditate upon them."
I've always thought that the Genesis should have been painted to look like a Barracuda (the fish), while the Chizler is a natural for the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile paint scheme... LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ %^@
Bob Hunt
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I've always thought that the Genesis should have been painted to look like a Barracuda (the fish),
Eh, another Mopar detractor.
Personally, I want a stunt plane that's styled off of the Edsel.
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>>Personally, I want a stunt plane that's styled off of the Edsel.<<
Knowing you, Tim, I'm somehow not surprised.
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>>Personally, I want a stunt plane that's styled off of the Edsel.<<
Knowing you, Tim, I'm somehow not surprised.
And I want everyone here to know that Randy's planes look perfectly normal to me!
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Eh, another Mopar detractor.
Personally, I want a stunt plane that's styled off of the Edsel.
isnt that what your Waix was? more or less,, kinda the Edsel of the stunt circles anyway,,
( hey for the record it was kinda cute though)
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". . . the Chizler is a natural for the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile paint scheme . . . "
Bob Hunt
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Hot Dog, someone finally said it! #^ #^ #^
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>>And I want everyone here to know that Randy's planes look perfectly normal to me!<<
Not sure how I feel about that. But, as Tim is a perfectly fine judging partner, I will say: "Thanks".