Author Topic: CL Scale, @ NATs Sat 7/14 (Read 1976 times)

Dennis Adamisin · « **on:** July 15, 2012, 06:46:28 AM »

Dropped in for a visit, sharing some of what I saw there...

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2012, 06:49:03 AM »

..and some more.

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2012, 06:50:53 AM »

..and some more again...

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #3 on:** July 15, 2012, 06:54:30 AM »

...finally the last batch.

Dennis Holler · « **Reply #4 on:** July 15, 2012, 07:36:43 AM »

Great pic's, thanks!!! wish I could be there!

john e. holliday · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2012, 02:32:47 PM »

Thanks for the pics. Looks like a big variety of aircraft.

Will Hinton · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2012, 05:09:51 PM »

a really neat thing happened today at the scale finals.
The Mustang you see in Denny's post above was up for his last qualifying flight when the engine quit on him. His gear was UP, of course, and we started yelling "Gear down, gear down!" He didn't have all that much altitude but he hit the switch and as soon, and I mean the very split second the gear locked down the wheels started rolling!!! Wow, what a sight!!
Burton Brokaw, ya done great! For him to not only get that gear down, but to keep the ship descending smoothly to the landing was awesome. (He showed his airlines experience, for sure.)

Clancy Arnold · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2012, 08:08:21 PM »

Dennis
Thanks for taking the pictures. The one of my Taube on it's taxi lap is interesting as the smoke is hiding some of the plane.

The model is on 65 Ft. lines but looks much closer because of the 88 inch WS of the model. The wheels are 5 inch dia.
Clancy

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2012, 08:42:03 PM »

Quote from: Clancy Arnold on July 15, 2012, 08:08:21 PM

Dennis
Thanks for taking the pictures. The one of my Taube on it's taxi lap is interesting as the smoke is hiding some of the plane.

The model is on 65 Ft. lines but looks much closer because of the 88 inch WS of the model. The wheels are 5 inch dia.
Clancy

Thanks Clancy

I was trying to get it in flight - and doing a terrible job. When you taxied up it was just so easy. I think that is the best of the pix I posted - the Taube looks great and you are very far away....

JUST TEASING, my friend!

wwwarbird · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2012, 09:02:48 PM »

Thanks for the pics Dennis!

Mike Lauerman · « **Reply #10 on:** July 16, 2012, 11:41:12 AM »

What plane did John Brodak model? Any pics??

Will Hinton · « **Reply #11 on:** July 16, 2012, 03:08:46 PM »

John flew and won with his old faithful Shoestring. He says he's now retiring it, it'll hang on the wall. He also got the highest static score trophy for his class.

Mike Lauerman · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2012, 08:07:45 PM »

Thanks, Will.

Douglas Ames · « **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2012, 07:47:57 AM »

That profile Stuka is awesome!

Avaiojet · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2012, 09:30:24 AM »

WOW! They are all nice.

It appears, in some of the photos, that a few of the models have working ailerons. One up one down. This I don't understand?

Charles

john e. holliday · « **Reply #15 on:** July 17, 2012, 10:37:22 AM »

As they will not be doing aerobatics, it is to get the wings to fly level in level flight. Some people use them as an option during flight like the real planes do sometimes to wave at the crowd.

Avaiojet · « **Reply #16 on:** July 17, 2012, 12:15:09 PM »

Quote from: john e. holliday on July 17, 2012, 10:37:22 AM

As they will not be doing aerobatics, it is to get the wings to fly level in level flight. Some people use them as an option during flight like the real planes do sometimes to wave at the crowd.

John,

Interesting. You would only need one working for that.

Charles

Will Hinton · « **Reply #17 on:** July 17, 2012, 12:47:18 PM »

"Interesting. You would only need one working for that."

Not if I'm judging - I'm gonna look for both before I give total points for an operation.

John Rist · « **Reply #18 on:** July 18, 2012, 01:19:50 AM »

Quote from: john e. holliday on July 17, 2012, 10:37:22 AM

As they will not be doing aerobatics, it is to get the wings to fly level in level flight. Some people use them as an option during flight like the real planes do sometimes to wave at the crowd.

I have working rudder and ailerons on my Extra 300S. To add to realism of flight I had planned, at take off, to taxi in front of the judges - stop - preflight with a waggle of the rudder and ailerons - and then a slow rool away into a smooth take off. Never have daired to move them in flight.

Trostle · « **Reply #19 on:** July 18, 2012, 08:15:05 AM »

I had a scale model that had operating ailerons and rudder. These moved with the control stick and rudder pedals in the cockpit. For display, they were free to operate left and right airlerons and left and right rudder. For flight, the linkage was connected to the throttle control so that for full throttle, there was only slight right rudder and slight right airleron. Then as the speed was reduced, the right aileron and right rudder were increased. In acuality, it was more trouble than it was worth, but it was an interesting exercise. It was "difficult" for the flight judges to see this movement and I do not know if I ever got any extra credit on my flight score though it was listed as one of my six flight options. Though it was explained in my presentation, I do not know if any credit was ever given for the static score in the several contests this model was flown..

Keith

Tom Niebuhr · « **Reply #20 on:** July 18, 2012, 09:06:27 AM »

In days past scale was very well attened not only at the Nats but also at many local contests.

It is great to see a growing number of scale airplanes at the Nats. While scale seems to be flown in only small pockets in the country,hopefully interest will grow. Uncle Mikey has helped with the 1/2A twin event. Although I have never particpated in scale events, I am appreciating the achievments more and more.

Michael Boucher · « **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2012, 11:33:25 AM »

Great pictures, thanks for posting! Any information on the Gloster Gladiator or Stuka profile models? Thanks again, Mike

chuck snyder · « **Reply #22 on:** July 20, 2012, 06:15:38 AM »

I talked tp Chris Brownhill about the Gladiator; it is a kit bashed Flying Fool.

Michael Boucher · « **Reply #23 on:** July 20, 2012, 08:04:57 AM »

Thank you, Chuck

Will Hinton · « **Reply #24 on:** July 20, 2012, 09:22:57 AM »

Chris' Gladiator probably handled the wind better than anything out there. Even with it's short coupled make-up, it flew nearly flawlessly. Looped from level flight, the landings were not squirrely, just stable as all get out every where.
Very impressive.

Clancy Arnold · « **Reply #25 on:** July 25, 2012, 05:15:18 PM »

Charles
My Taube has throttle, Wing warp and rudders all controlled by my U/Tronics Control system. The wing warp is used to level the wings in flight and to do a wing wave as an optional maneuver. The rudders control the line tension. The winds at Muncie give the Taube fits and this year I had to use full right rudders and right wing warp to save the model on more than one lap. When you are selecting a model for scale competition consider the flight options available that meet the ability of the airplane modeled.
Clancy

Robert Zambelli · « **Reply #26 on:** August 05, 2012, 08:03:54 PM »

John Brodak's tireless effort on the Shoestring really paid off.
He was awarded top static score, Grand Champion and Grand National Champion.

Those exhausts are functional!

Bob Z.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #27 on:** August 06, 2012, 11:04:07 AM »

After reading about John's history in CLW, I can see why he is such a competitive scale modeler. Congrats to John on his awards.

Dennis Saydak · « **Reply #28 on:** August 06, 2012, 04:01:36 PM »

Quote from: chuck snyder on July 20, 2012, 06:15:38 AM

I talked tp Chris Brownhill about the Gladiator; it is a kit bashed Flying Fool.

The Flying Fool was a full bodied design with a much smaller bottom wing. Chris sure must have done a lot of bashing to create a Gladiator from that design. In any event, it sure is a lovely model. It's great to see this amount of interest in flying scale C/L models.

Mike Keville · « **Reply #29 on:** August 06, 2012, 04:23:56 PM »

Looks more like a kit-bashed "38 Special" than a "Flying Fool".

Robert Zambelli · « **Reply #30 on:** August 08, 2012, 10:20:04 AM »

When I was there, I was told that it is a 38 Special.
Bob Z.

Michael Boucher · « **Reply #31 on:** August 08, 2012, 01:10:14 PM »

A 38 Special would make more sense.