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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Dick Pacini on November 08, 2009, 11:52:51 AM
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Has anyone ever built a Commodore from Ukie's Plans?
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Dick
I built one of these back in the early 90's,from what I can remember
it flew well,I think it came out at 46 oz's.I would look at the plan, you
may be able to loose some weight in a number of area's.OS FP 35 powered
it with a Magnum 11x4.5 prop cut down to 10.5,this model placed 3rd in
Novice Stunt and got me hooked on C/L Stunt,the two guy's who beat me
have both gone on to be good flyer's! "Two out of three ain't bad"
n~
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Dick
Scanned photo of model, year 1992.
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I'm in the middle of an electric conversion of an old Commodore I built back when it was 1st published in Aeromodeller in the 70's??. I seem to remember it flew a lot better than I could. I remember wood selection was important, weight could creep up very easily with the dummy jet intakes etc.. The canopy was a pain to mould (sp)? as well, I never did find a suitable commercial one to hack at. I think mine weighed around 47oz, flew not unlike a Nobler from what I remember. I've seen a few at various times but never liked any of the paint schemes, to me it only looks "right" with the default scheme used by Claus originally.
TTFN
John.
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I'm pretty sure Wynn Robins had one, maybe he'll see this and let you know. Its a really cool looking airplane
happy flying
Greg
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I have been in contact with Claus, who designed the plane. I am going to the bank tomorrow to order 15 Euro Dollars to send for the plans. He did advise lengthening the rear of the fuselage 2 to 3 CM. He also said the plane was designed for a 40 and I have a new Brodak that will fill the bill.