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Open Forum / Re: Guillows Basic Trainer II
« Last post by Dan McEntee on April 21, 2024, 10:25:20 AM »
Quote from: Dave_Trible on April 21, 2024, 10:14:22 AM
I have one now I picked up on eBay as a kit a few years ago.   It is still a pretty good trainer.   The problem I have with it is the motor mount block is way too soft.  You can almost pull blind nuts all the way through the wood before ever feeling the engine is very tight.  In it's last ground encounter the engine pulled right out of the mounts.  At some point I'll cut away a hunk of mount block and imbed some hard wood to screw the engine to.  The airplane will mostly take off, fly and land itself if you tied it to a post.  Very easy for a beginner to handle.  I've wanted to have the bigger one but never found a kit.   

Dave

   I think the " bigger one " was often used for entry level carrier and may have what inspired the profile class?? just have a foggy memory of reading that somewhere. I have the 1/2A kit or maybe this one in my collection. I think the plans for these show all the parts and a sample could be built from each. I'll have to check the usual sources for plans.
  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee
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Open Forum / Re: Guillows Basic Trainer II
« Last post by Dave_Trible on April 21, 2024, 10:14:22 AM »
I have one now I picked up on eBay as a kit a few years ago.   It is still a pretty good trainer.   The problem I have with it is the motor mount block is way too soft.  You can almost pull blind nuts all the way through the wood before ever feeling the engine is very tight.  In it's last ground encounter the engine pulled right out of the mounts.  At some point I'll cut away a hunk of mount block and imbed some hard wood to screw the engine to.  The airplane will mostly take off, fly and land itself if you tied it to a post.  Very easy for a beginner to handle.  I've wanted to have the bigger one but never found a kit.   

Dave
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Open Forum / Re: Sig Mfg
« Last post by Dave Nyce on April 21, 2024, 09:25:41 AM »
I just ordered some VPS AM_DROID nitrocellulose adhesive that is supposed to be like Ambroid. It is available from Volareproducts.com for $5 per 50ml squeeze bottle.
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Open Forum / Guillows Basic Trainer II
« Last post by Steve Dwyer on April 21, 2024, 09:20:27 AM »
How many remember the Guillows Basic Trainer II? This was my first model build, I painted it using Testors with one of dad's old trim brushes. I still have the Fox 15. An older guy let me use his U-Reely at the Flying Aires CL flying field in East Greenbush, New York. I have since traveled back to that field which was alongside a grass airstrip airport. Nothing left there now of my flying days, except a school and a housing development. I still can vividly remember that summer evening in 1957 making the first flight...memories. 

Steve
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Open Forum / Re: Control line for kids
« Last post by Dave Nyce on April 21, 2024, 09:14:37 AM »
In our new group, we are starting out with C/L planes. But in previous groups, we also expanded to Estes rockets, water rockets, AMA rubber powered balsa planes, Blurzz rocket cars, pine cars, a giant water balloon slingshot, giant bubbles, and other things of interest to the kids. One objective is to help the kids learn to use their hands, use tools, and understand how to figure out and build things.
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Open Forum / Re: Control line for kids
« Last post by Dave Nyce on April 21, 2024, 09:06:00 AM »
A few crashes make it more exciting. And an accomplishment when you don't crash. An advantage of the 1/2 A planes is their lower cost, higher crash survival, and easy repair.
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Open Forum / Re: Control line for kids
« Last post by Steve Dwyer on April 21, 2024, 08:58:02 AM »
The kids need structure. Years back when my son was in the Cub Scouts, we had a pine wood derby build sessions. Part of the session was showing the boys a sample box of different wood species, using tools and in the end finishing their cars. This was not part of their regular scout meetings but their interest was good with repeated turnout. That was 40 years ago I don't know how kids would respond today? Keep up the good work!

Steve
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Open Forum / Re: Control line for kids
« Last post by Dave Nyce on April 21, 2024, 08:47:33 AM »
The youngest in our current group is 7, the oldest is 17. But in another group, there was a 4 year old who learned to fly, and several 5 year olds.
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Open Forum / Re: Cool YouTube Find Guillow’s B17
« Last post by wwwarbird on April 21, 2024, 01:11:57 AM »
 I came across this a while back and watched it, VERY nicely done model and even more impressive that they finished it with IC power and flew it, very cool!  y1

 ...I'd have to dig back into it but if I recall correctly the same person has other Guillows models done the same way.
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Open Forum / Re: Has anyone built and/or flown a Cleveland Tether Streamliner?
« Last post by Phil Hawkins on April 20, 2024, 09:38:15 PM »
Revisiting this topic...
I recently aquired a kit in excellent condition, I am thinking of scaling it up from 25" WS to 50+" WS.
But with too much going on in my personal life, it might be in hold indefinitely!
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