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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #100 on: April 06, 2013, 08:34:25 AM »
How about the original "Songbird" (Cessna UC 78?) from the old Sky King series?

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #101 on: April 16, 2013, 07:40:46 PM »
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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #102 on: April 16, 2013, 08:29:28 PM »
The general lines of the Dornier arnt bad actually . a coward would put a OS10 or cox .o49 driveing the rear prop through a Extn. shaft . or someone less rash .

Rear engine up around the wing'd help .Need a bit of ducting , could be a bit awkward . ;D



Have a twin 19 / 25 one of these elongated , Er drawn up .

This one looks intresting too , on paper .



apparently it was designed so that the pilot wouldnt catch a chill . ;D



http://alain.vassel.pagesperso-orange.fr/savoia.htm wonders of modern tecnology .
fresh water definately preferable . ( they work fine on grass , perhaps .

though may be a bit FRAGILE .  >:(



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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #103 on: July 09, 2013, 01:32:57 AM »
Dont useually look this strained , thisis been on the backburner for FOUR YEARS . ands gunna needa THIRD Fuse , as thats soft & shippers Fed First.
FUDGE .



Thats the 78 in span , couple of ST 21 / whatevers likely , or OS 35S , or , Er , Como , or . .  n~ Then , Theres the COLOUR .  LL~ %^@ H^^

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #104 on: August 04, 2013, 12:37:49 PM »
No one has suggested the Fairchild A-10 :"Warthog".  Large wing area and the real one is highly maneuverable. It would be difficult fitting glo engines with props to those jet engine nacelles.

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #105 on: August 04, 2013, 05:50:11 PM »
I'm partial to Lew McFarland's P-38.  #^
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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #106 on: August 11, 2013, 12:37:00 AM »
Wes,I like that one too.Was it more for scale or did it do a nice pattern?Tom Dixon had a set of plans at the Nats and it sure did look tempting as an Electric stunt project.Trax
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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #107 on: August 14, 2013, 01:37:18 PM »
Matt's planes are ever interesting. He doesn't back off, when it comes to trying things out.

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #108 on: November 19, 2013, 06:27:50 PM »
It might prove a little fragile, but I like the DeHavelline Dragon Rapide. Twin engine biplane. Looks like a dragonfly.  

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #109 on: November 06, 2020, 07:43:55 PM »
probably an ME-110

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #110 on: November 06, 2020, 07:56:57 PM »
I do like the A-10, and I'm collecting data and 3 views for it as one of my next projects. I'm thinking electric for this one, retracts should be an option as well.
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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #111 on: November 06, 2020, 10:58:39 PM »
I do like the A-10, and I'm collecting data and 3 views for it as one of my next projects. I'm thinking electric for this one, retracts should be an option as well.

Hi John,

It is good to see that you and Bart have resurrected this thread.  Indeed, the A-10 would be an interesting project for a twin stunt ship.  It would certainly have a "striking" appearance.  However, I think it will present some insurmountable challenges to get a truly good performing stunt ship.  The basic configuration, though well configured for the mission of the A-10, really does not work well for CL semi-scale stunt.  The engines are in the back.  So that is  problem with weight distribution for a CL stunt ship.  There will need to be a lot of weight in the nose or an extra non-scale length of the nose and still use a lot of extra dead weight in the nose to get the thing to balance.  The A-10 gets away with this by mounting a canon in its nose the size of a Volkswagen.

More later.

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #112 on: November 07, 2020, 09:07:18 AM »
Ducted fans in back...battery and electronics up front. Mmmmm.
Maybe those fans won't be so heavy. I have no experience with fans, electrickery, so I'm sure I humbly mentioned what y'all have already considered.

Oh, and I'm a sucker for the DH Mosquito/Comet.

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #113 on: November 07, 2020, 10:12:42 AM »
Thanks for the comments, Keith and Jim.

There are several "problems" to solve with the Wart Hog. I think they can be worked out and at least it may be fun, and interesting to try.

Keith mentions the big one, those engines mounted behind the wing. They are the reason I figure E-Power will be the best way to go. Figuring out how to balance the airframe without too much dead weight ballast is a challenge.

It appears that the nose length could allow a rather far forward battery mounting position, that may offset the weight of those engines. It should be that the electric motors should weigh less than IC engines and their fuel tanks. One could run pressure, or a fuel pump mounted in the forward fuselage, but the CG would change as the fuel is used.

Retracts, all being forward of the engines may also help with the balance.

I'm not sure about ducted fans. I've never run them, and don't know if they have what it takes for a Stunt ship. I do have an idea, a system borrowed from an RC design.

All these"problems", coupled with the downright super cool, nasty, looks combine to make me want to try.
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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #114 on: November 07, 2020, 03:41:31 PM »
Thanks for the comments, Keith and Jim.

There are several "problems" to solve with the Wart Hog. I think they can be worked out and at least it may be fun, and interesting to try.

Retracts, all being forward of the engines may also help with the balance.

All these"problems", coupled with the downright super cool, nasty, looks combine to make me want to try.


Hi John,  The A-10 will definitely be a challenge for any form of a semi-scale stunt ship.  We mentioned the engines in the back.  With electric fans, at least the batteries can be in the nose to help with the balance.  Then, as the batteries run down, the only weight that is lost is the electrons the fans consume.  To use engines, to use the fuel tank location to solve the balance problem, this solution would only work at some portion of the flight as the fuel is consumed.

You mentioned that the main LG would at least be forward of the fans.  However, the main gear is still located behind the CG.  You could have the gear retract forward, but would do very little to help solve the CG issue.

Sorry for sounding so negative.  If there is a solution to make the A-10 a viable twin stunt ship with the engines in the back, you will be the one to do it.

When  this thread started several years ago, I mentioned I thought there were three twin engine aircraft that would be good candidates for a good looking stunt twin.  One was the deHavilland Hornet.  There is a model of this that was started years ago which is a serious attempt to get a competitive twin stunt ship that looks like the Hornet.   This has great scale like appearance and has the numbers to be a good performing stunter.  There has been some work to get it completed, but I do not know the status.

The second model on my list is the Grumman F7F Tigercat.  This one is hard to get into a CL stunt package with its big radial engines.  Windy Urtnowski did a great job of capturing the look of the Tigercat, and to me was the most attractive of the series of twins that he generated at the end of his competition stunt career.  I had the opportunity to fly Windy's Tigercat at a Muncie Nats one year.  It was a very comfortable airplane to fly and it showed why it was competitive.  I would recommend someone to build it if they could get Windy's plans.

The third model is the Mitsubishi Ki 83.  This was a twin developed in Japan near the end of WW II.  I worked up some sketches some time ago to do a stunt twin that would capture the appearance of the airplane.  I was using the size and dimensions of the Twin Pathfinder.  (John, I know you know a little bit about this airplane.  I flew Gordan's twin and it is just an outstanding stunt ship.)  Unfortunately, because of the configuration of the Ki 83, it does not translate well for a CL stunt ship.  The full size Ki 83 has relatively high aspect ratio wings, a long tail moment and a relatively small horizontal tail.  It also has the large radial engines.  When I tried to get those factors into something on the scale and configuration of a Twin Pathfinder, coupled with those round engine nacelles, it no longer had the appearance of the full scale Ki 83.  The project never went beyond those crude sketches.  One thing that allowed the Tigercat to be made into an attractive twin stunt ship is that the full scale Tigercat had a comparatively low aspect wing and was short coupled (like many US Navy fighter aircraft) which allows a stunt stunt version of the Tigercat to still capture the appearance of the full scale aircraft.

I have some good 3-views of the full scale Ki 83 if anyone is interested.
Keith

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #115 on: November 07, 2020, 04:54:03 PM »
Well, I have a kit on the shelf specifically for "someday" modifying it into an a-10. I wouldn't get fancy, just build it to see what works, and if it does work, then let someone who is a better builder than myself do it up right. But, now I'll loan out my idea if someone else wants to give it a whirl. Sig Twister. Fuselage backwards. Add a rib or two to the wing and relocate it. Hobby King has Dr. Thrust (or used to have them) in 35mm and 50mm fans. (from the little I know, I was going to get a pair of the 50mm) I think the 60+ fan would be too big. I'm sure it would fly, I'm not sure it could do an sort of pattern. Hopefully I'll tell you about it someday or you can tell me about it.

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #116 on: November 07, 2020, 07:46:37 PM »
Thanks, Colonel for your helpful and supportive comments.

Quote from Kieth "The third model is the Mitsubishi Ki 83. "

Yes, I've looked at that one several times. You showed me your sketch a few years back. The high aspect wing is a problem. The small tailplane can be enlarged to about 24% and still retain some of its scale looks. I believe that's allowed even in scale competition. You've identified The main stumbling blocks.
 
Still, a great looking plane that would look very good flying the pattern.

David, Ducted fans would look great, but the question is, will they work for PA? How much thrust can one, or a pair generate? Will that be enough, and is the power, similar to prop-driven power?
Need to build a concept model to try to get some answers.

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #117 on: November 08, 2020, 10:20:16 PM »




Thisisone Ilikethlookoff . Sort of a Italian Whirlwindish, maybe . Perhaps .


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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #118 on: November 18, 2020, 02:19:59 PM »
   Gary Nelson built a Mosquito I think a Jack Sheeks design.
 Might have ended up in Tim Wescott's basement. I watched him fly it he said he liked it. I ended up with Gary's "Sky Rocket" a Sheeks design at least I think  it is a Sky Rocket I just dug it out this morning...
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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #119 on: November 19, 2020, 01:59:23 PM »
Hummmmmm!  Now wouldn't a good response to the initial question depend upon how one defines "twin ... engined"??  Here's now my buddy Larry and I see it!!  LL~ LL~ LL~

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #120 on: November 19, 2020, 08:41:27 PM »
I get it...twins with lots of engines. Those are real beauties. Any flight video?

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« Reply #121 on: November 19, 2020, 09:12:23 PM »

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« Reply #122 on: November 20, 2020, 03:22:18 PM »
I get it...twins with lots of engines. Those are real beauties. Any flight video?
Yep!  But it's nothing all that spectacular ...jus' two videos of two B-29's making numerous laps with two pilots scared to death to make any mistakes concluding with two very nice landings each with only one engine of six still running!!   LL~ LL~ LL~

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #123 on: November 20, 2020, 05:46:28 PM »
It looks like this thread has morphed into offshoots of twins with extra engines that might have slightly compromised stunt capabilities.  So here is a twin bomber with an extra pair of engines and another model with two operating engines.

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« Reply #124 on: November 20, 2020, 06:31:40 PM »
Here is a twin with an auxiliary engine.

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« Reply #125 on: November 20, 2020, 06:35:39 PM »
This one could really be done as a legitimate stunt ship and be close to scale.  It would be a lot of fuselage and nacelles for the wing area.  Might be able to squash this into Twin Pathfinder numbers.

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« Reply #126 on: November 20, 2020, 09:02:07 PM »
Did a profile Meteor NF 11 , on a Oriental wing , so 50 span, 57 length .

Came out at 60 Oz , even with a 3/8 x 1/2 vertical bearer h'wood , at the rudder hinge ( fwd of ) .
Was about 7 in. deep at the canopy , so imagine a four & a half foot 6 x 1/2 in plank perpendicular to the wing / lines . And a 60 ft radius line .
Its preferance was ' Straight Ahead ' , so the 15 thou S S lines took a bit of stress , stretchy stretchy , and 1/4 round delay in the Vert. 8 ,
So intersetion ? was at 3/4 loop , where it'd decide to head over your right ear,thus the imediate ' full up ' had it reapear somehow back forward of you .Allowing for the next 1/4 loop delay , grass cutting, etc .

So, the Moral of This Story , is if your building a profile equivilant of a 4 1/4 foot 6 inch plank , you just might need some fairly tough lines . The 18 thou. Laystrate seem pretty good .And 60 Oz. is fine for
the schedule . The 262 is good'n accurate F2B pattern , if your with it and on it with the timing etc . And line tensions good .  LL~


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« Reply #127 on: November 21, 2020, 11:52:08 AM »
The Westland Whirlwind - another twin candidate.  High aspect ratio wing, big engine nacelles, and high horizontal tail position all combine to not fit into a practical semi scale stunt design.  Otherwise, an interesting design.

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #128 on: November 21, 2020, 07:32:46 PM »
Except for the high placement of the horizontal stabilizer I think the OV 10 Bronco would be a goo candidate.

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« Reply #129 on: November 23, 2020, 03:14:35 PM »
Except for its high aspect ratio wing which does not do very well for CL stunt, the Hughes XF-11 is a neat looking aircraft.  Steve Moon published a credible looking profile several years ago without such a high aspect ratio wing.

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« Reply #130 on: November 23, 2020, 07:19:05 PM »
Like the H1R , the XF-11 was conceived with two wings , long & short . Ive got scale drgs that show both , Though maybe the shorter one was never tried ? .

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« Reply #131 on: November 23, 2020, 07:36:00 PM »
I believe one of these showed up at Muncie a few years back, competing in stunt with two SAITO 40s, counter rotating.

Dehaviland Comet.

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« Reply #132 on: November 24, 2020, 12:42:14 AM »
Like the H1R , the XF-11 was conceived with two wings , long & short . Ive got scale drgs that show both , Though maybe the shorter one was never tried ? .

What you are talking about is an entirely different and earlier Hughes design.  It was an all wood, twin engine, twin boom design, designated the D-2,  powered by PW R-2800 Twin Wasps.  Only provisional drawings of its configuration exist.   Its configuration was similar to the Northrup F-15.  It was a private venture by Hughes for the U.S. Army.  It was flown twice at a remote desert site in California and was destroyed in a hangar fire in 1944.

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« Reply #133 on: November 24, 2020, 01:08:06 AM »
I believe one of these showed up at Muncie a few years back, competing in stunt with two SAITO 40s, counter rotating.

Dehaviland Comet.

Bob Z.

Hi Bob,  I believe the airplane you are talking about that was in Muncie some time ago was a semi scale twin of a French design called a Caudron Typhon.  The model was flown by one of the members of the French team at the World Championships held in Muncie that year just prior to the Nats.  There is a photo of it in the Sep/Oct '04 issue of Stunt News.   This airplane has a configuration very similar to the deHavilland Comet.  The full size Typhon was used as a mail plane.

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« Reply #134 on: November 24, 2020, 09:33:36 PM »


I THOUGHT THIS'D HAPPEN .  ;) >:D

Oh Dear . Yr Right Keith . isa D2 . Were in the P-38 folder . The long wing would be like my P-38 , which was pretty good .Though I think two 25s & 68 span'd better 78 . Lines in proportion .
The booms are a bit fat on the XF 11 , but profiled make life easier .

Be lows a " XF 11 " , must be semi scale .



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« Reply #135 on: November 24, 2020, 09:34:56 PM »
Beringer Caudron Typhoon .



Eres Me de H 88 , Sanding four fings , progress is slow. Much better letting them ' kick off' De Gass fully, anyway. Not so much clogged sandpaper .



Mayve overstepped the mark a bit here . Over 60 Oz seems to be a bit of a wrestle , at times .
Smaller version was nice , sensative , light & steady on the wires . So theres always hope ! ..

Believe it or not , itll thread in through the front door there , If you adjust the seats right .  H^^

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« Reply #136 on: November 25, 2020, 07:11:22 AM »
How about....



Hell, it even has a cool name. :D

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #137 on: November 28, 2020, 09:03:08 AM »
This one could really be done as a legitimate stunt ship and be close to scale.  It would be a lot of fuselage and nacelles for the wing area.  Might be able to squash this into Twin Pathfinder numbers.

Keith

Quite a few choices shown here, late WW-II to late 50's, have high mounted stabilizers for operational reasons such as jet exhaust, bailout clearance, etc.  Since
Thanks, Colonel for your helpful and supportive comments.

Quote from Kieth "The third model is the Mitsubishi Ki 83. "

Yes, I've looked at that one several times. You showed me your sketch a few years back. The high aspect wing is a problem. The small tailplane can be enlarged to about 24% and still retain some of its scale looks. I believe that's allowed even in scale competition. You've identified The main stumbling blocks.
 
Still, a great looking plane that would look very good flying the pattern.

David, Ducted fans would look great, but the question is, will they work for PA? How much thrust can one, or a pair generate? Will that be enough, and is the power, similar to prop-driven power?
Need to build a concept model to try to get some answers.

John

John, for the fans, visit an RC field and try to find some flyers with mid-sized DF planes(36" span or so).  Ducted fans are similar to full-size- they generate high speed and small area so they have problems producing good thrust at relatively low speeds.  All the airliners use almost teeny turbojet cores to drive fans that produce huge volumes of lower speed exhaust to balance low speed thrust  and high speed thrust at high altitudes.  The small electric fans don't produce much thrust at low speeds such as trying to hover vertically.

The high mount stabilizers on many late WW-II through the 1950's were done to balance structural and flight performance- pilot escape or ejection, clearance from the exhaust, landing clearance.

Pardon the weak memory, but one flyer showed up at Brodak's with an F-104 with a scale T-tail stabilator.  It seemed to fly just fine.  The nose was shortened an the tail momemnt lengthened.  I'm pretty sure it took some time balancing stab size, area,  and movement but it was easy to recognize.  Ir didn't place, but then only 3 flyers out of 25-30 DID place. 

The Meteor, DeHavilland Vampire and  Venom, Grumman F9F Panther and others should be able to as well as the F-104.  Just be prepared to build a couple of development planes first.
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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #138 on: November 29, 2020, 11:33:34 AM »
Phil, thanks for the suggestion and insights relative to Ducted Fans. You've helped me realize that my first impression, regarding their use for CL PA, was probably the right one.

I'm planning on attempting the A-10 for Stunt. If nothing else I should learn something from the project.

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« Reply #139 on: November 30, 2020, 05:27:29 PM »
This Gloster F9/37 , sorta a British Me110 , would be one of the more straightforward to keep fairly scale .





Still Prefer the METEOR though .


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« Reply #140 on: November 30, 2020, 05:31:36 PM »
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but one flyer showed up at Brodak's with an F-104 with a scale T-tail stabilator.  It seemed to fly just fine.

NOW YOUVE DONE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Rubber Powered F-104 would have to be pretty good , your comments regarding LENGTH did it . !

Cor , ya could fit a ton of rubber in there .  VD~

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #141 on: December 11, 2020, 04:37:17 AM »
Sort of a twin (Well 2 of them with an extra engine). The Heinkel 111Z Zwilling....




Seeing the interest in the Meteor How about the "Trent Meteor"


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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #142 on: December 11, 2020, 09:47:32 AM »
I'm surprised this Thread was rekindled. But I'm glad it was.

I will build the "Songbird." I'm working on plans now.

Anyone wish to cut my foam wing for the concession to sell the foam wing to others?

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #143 on: December 13, 2020, 01:04:28 PM »
Why stop at two? The B17 has already flown the pattern. Who's going to up the ante with a B36?

In all seriousness, I've pondered this and when I put pen to paper and do the math a Cessna 414/421 seems to work out pretty well. You'd need dihedral to get the vertical CG right but that's passé for semi-scale stunt ships now anyway.
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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #144 on: December 13, 2020, 04:49:56 PM »
Why stop at two? The B17 has already flown the pattern. Who's going to up the ante with a B36?

Heh, heh.
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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #145 on: December 14, 2020, 02:51:17 AM »
Heh, heh.

A "serious" B-36 project for CL Stunt was started on the West Coast in the last several years.  What happened to it.  Does  the "Heh, heh" from Howard mean anything?

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #146 on: December 15, 2020, 06:24:41 PM »
Youd think this was designed for STUNT .  ;D S?P



With all this electricty , youd think EVERYONE would be flying ' Multi's ' .  :(



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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #147 on: December 15, 2020, 08:03:52 PM »
A "serious" B-36 project for CL Stunt was started on the West Coast in the last several years.  What happened to it.  Does  the "Heh, heh" from Howard mean anything?

Keith

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #148 on: December 16, 2020, 05:44:45 AM »
Perhaps these two unauthorized photos of a certain Lost-Foam fixture will prompt the mystery designer to take credit - or perhaps blame - here.

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Re: Twin engine semi-scale stunt model. What's your choice??
« Reply #149 on: December 16, 2020, 09:48:56 AM »
Let us hope that the "mystery designer" will find that six engines will help compensate for the limitations that a high aspect ratio creates for a competitive stunt ship.  Whatever the results, it will be completely and totally impressive.

Keith


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