Yesterday the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) museum accepted my model of the Laird Super Solution for ownership and display. The first of the attached photographs shows Ron Twellman, Curator of Collections for the museum accepting the model on behalf of the EAA. Ron is the good looking guy in the green shirt. The other photographs are just more detail shots of the model. The significance of submitting the model to EAA is that the full size aircraft that I used as the source for static documentation is currently part of the display in the museum. While I have no say, I hope that they find a way to display the model and the full sized airplane together. EAA has developed a world class aircraft museum that is a wonderful source for the scale modeler.

The model is scratch built at a scale of 2-1/2" to the foot. This resulted in a wingspan of 52". The cowling was built of fiberglass. The landing gear was formed of fiberglass and carbon fiber strips. The balance of the model was built conventionally of balsa and fabric covering. The finish is latex house paint. The model was originally started over fifteen years ago as a fueled model. As I finished the model last year, I converted it to all electric. As converted, the model was powered by a Himax HC5018-530 outrunner brushless motor with a Castle Creations Phoenix Hv45 ESC and two 3S Lipo's connected in a series. This was all controlled by one of Clancy Arnold's four channel electronic systems. I used only one of the channels in this model. When I purchased the ESC/motor system, I did not realize there was no BEC in the system. This was no problem because I simply incorporated an on board 4.8 volt battery to power Clancy's decoder.

EAA and AMA have been working together for some time to advance and improve their common interests. I am a member of both organizations. This, and the fact that the model was a replication of the full size airplane already on display in the museum, was why EAA decided to accept the model. Needless to say, I am "bursting my buttons".

Jim Fruit
AMA 509
EAA 156608

That's a nice looking plane -- but the picture's awfully small.  Could you post a bigger one?

For planes that only had one full-size instance each, the Solution and the Super Solution sure have spawned a lot of models.

Tim's first rule of software interfaces: if the intended user can't understand the program, it's the program's fault.

And I write software for a good part of my living, so you can believe me.  (Of course, I tick off my colleagues when I quote the above rule, but that's their problem).

Corollary: it's always the confuser's fault.

Just make a picture that fits the file size limit, and the site automatically makes a thumbnail out of it.  For more than one picture click on the "more attachments" link to the right of the "Browse..." button -- you'll get another spot for a file name.  Do that as many times as you need to get all your pictures in.

Jim
Before posting pictures I resize them to 600 x or x 600 to have them fit a standard monitor screen.

The solution to the problem you had trying to post more than one picture.

1.  Enter text.
2.  Click on "Additional Options"
3.  Click on "Browse"
4.  Select picture from your computer.
5.  Click on "(more attachments)"
6.  Select additional picture from your computer.
7.  Repeat steps 5 and 6 as needed up to ten pictures.
8.  Click "Post"

Clancy

What would I do without friends like Tim and Clancy. I thought that I had to resize the pictures to 100 x ... Hopefully the attached will come through more clearly. Apologies for the fumble fingered approach. Still learning.

JHF

Jim
Great pictures!

Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

An Older Dog,
Clancy

GREAT looking model! 

Pat

I especially like the prop - a true cherry on the top of a great shake!!

Will:

It is amazing what one can do with a little carving and some concentric pieces of PVC plumbing pipe.

Jim Fruit

Having seen this model in person at the Nats this year, the EAA folks should be besides themselves at what they are getting.  Jim's craftsmanship is beyond excellent, and the model is just gorgeous.  I'm just glad he wasn't in Sport Scale.

Heartiest congratulations, Jim

Here's one of my pix:

Thanks for the kind words, John. Thank you for the picture also. I don't know why but I had not taken any pictures of the model that showed the instrument panel. If one looks closely in your picture, one can see the slide ports for ventilation of the cockpit. The pilot could open these vents, pulling air from outside of the propeller arc and preventing being asphyxiated. I forget the name of the pilot, but he rolled his airplane up in a ball (sort of like I did at the Nats) in front of the crowd because engine exhaust collected in the cockpit and knocked him out. Everything was an experiment back in those days.

Jim Fruit

That is one beautiful model, wonderful!