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Post by Burkeomatic on Jun 15, 2022 0:43:41 GMT
Or do you have more stuff to build than you possibly can get to in a timely fashion? I am currently building bwarz P-36, and a JTA Yak, as well as my mig. I am also about 90% on my Xuav clouds, i just have some little stuff like installing a flight controller on that. On deck, I have my FABU, and in the mail I have the airloader and the white shark. I was tempted to buy that eachine seal with FPV gear for $140, but I didn't. I'm not buying anything else for a while. What do you all have coming up. Keep in mind, i don't really have a build season, actually winter is a great time to go fly here, it is usually 50-70 degrees. If any time is a build season, it is now with wall to wall 100 degree days. |
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Post by bwarz on Jun 16, 2022 18:35:22 GMT
If I only had time! But too much on my to-do list is my modus operandi! The last few weeks I've been so burnt out by by normal 10P-2A build time, but last night I finally got to start the repairs on my P36
But... here goes....
STILL needed to complete: FT Mini Corsair gen 1 (all FB work done, needs posterboard and all electronics) FT Mini P51 built as a razorback P51B (needs canopy, power pod, and paint) Grifflyer Mini BF109 (needs canopy, power pod, and paint) MiniacRC Mini P40E (needs canopy, power pod, and paint)
Second build of my MS BF109 that was destined for Swiss livery (still needs skins, wing done)
On FB waiting to cut out and build: 2xFT Mini Scout 2xFT Simple cub Ratcheeroo Kadet 13th Squadron P61
On the drawing board / early alpha build: MS P40E
Some FT Aura setup to check on an FT Explorer and FT Simple Cub (still from FF21!)
And a want of my 12yrold - a special for FF22 - he wants to have a semi truck with tanker trailer fly (running out of time on this one) |
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jun 17, 2022 0:02:37 GMT
If I only had time! But too much on my to-do list is my modus operandi! The last few weeks I've been so burnt out by by normal 10P-2A build time, but last night I finally got to start the repairs on my P36
But... here goes....
STILL needed to complete: FT Mini Corsair gen 1 (all FB work done, needs posterboard and all electronics) FT Mini P51 built as a razorback P51B (needs canopy, power pod, and paint) Grifflyer Mini BF109 (needs canopy, power pod, and paint) MiniacRC Mini P40E (needs canopy, power pod, and paint)
Second build of my MS BF109 that was destined for Swiss livery (still needs skins, wing done)
On FB waiting to cut out and build: 2xFT Mini Scout 2xFT Simple cub Ratcheeroo Kadet 13th Squadron P61
On the drawing board / early alpha build: MS P40E
Some FT Aura setup to check on an FT Explorer and FT Simple Cub (still from FF21!)
And a want of my 12yrold - a special for FF22 - he wants to have a semi truck with tanker trailer fly (running out of time on this one) @ratcheroo Kadet flies good, I actually found some of the remains of it, the wheels and motor that is, and a chunk of the wing. It looked like it had been intentionally pulled apart and flung. Probably just being paranoid, and most of it is in the tree tops of a mesquite thicket and some natural event decomposed/relocated most of the foam. I have been thinking of building that black widow too. I used to be more into liking scale stuff, but now I am kind of getting to where I like experimenting, and building my own stuff and figuring things out like that, as well as toying with electronics on the planes. The semi truck is a cool idea. I am just logistically how you would make it look like a semitruck, and not just a truck with wings... although this is cool. You could make the Cab like this, and the "tank" a windsock dragging behind it.  Oh, just for fun.  |
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Post by bwarz on Jun 17, 2022 2:32:19 GMT
If I only had time! But too much on my to-do list is my modus operandi! The last few weeks I've been so burnt out by by normal 10P-2A build time, but last night I finally got to start the repairs on my P36
But... here goes....
STILL needed to complete: FT Mini Corsair gen 1 (all FB work done, needs posterboard and all electronics) FT Mini P51 built as a razorback P51B (needs canopy, power pod, and paint) Grifflyer Mini BF109 (needs canopy, power pod, and paint) MiniacRC Mini P40E (needs canopy, power pod, and paint)
Second build of my MS BF109 that was destined for Swiss livery (still needs skins, wing done)
On FB waiting to cut out and build: 2xFT Mini Scout 2xFT Simple cub Ratcheeroo Kadet 13th Squadron P61
On the drawing board / early alpha build: MS P40E
Some FT Aura setup to check on an FT Explorer and FT Simple Cub (still from FF21!)
And a want of my 12yrold - a special for FF22 - he wants to have a semi truck with tanker trailer fly (running out of time on this one) @ratcheroo Kadet flies good, I actually found some of the remains of it, the wheels and motor that is, and a chunk of the wing. It looked like it had been intentionally pulled apart and flung. Probably just being paranoid, and most of it is in the tree tops of a mesquite thicket and some natural event decomposed/relocated most of the foam. I have been thinking of building that black widow too. I used to be more into liking scale stuff, but now I am kind of getting to where I like experimenting, and building my own stuff and figuring things out like that, as well as toying with electronics on the planes. The semi truck is a cool idea. I am just logistically how you would make it look like a semitruck, and not just a truck with wings... although this is cool. You could make the Cab like this, and the "tank" a windsock dragging behind it. Oh, just for fun. LOL that flying rig is awesome! The windsock idea is cool, but I've already started down the road of a 4' long "fuselage" with a rigid connection between cab and trailer. Having the trailer turn instead of having twin rudders might actually be a fun go if we decide to build another. I have a feeling it will simply look like (like you said) a truck with wings. The goal is to have them coming out at about the 5th wheel with a twin rudder/vert to sit in the airflow from twin props.
It was just kindof a funny thing to try, so we'll see where it goes.
I like the idea of experimentation eventually, but I think there's a few WW2 airplanes yet to be designed  |
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jun 17, 2022 2:42:12 GMT
@ratcheroo Kadet flies good, I actually found some of the remains of it, the wheels and motor that is, and a chunk of the wing. It looked like it had been intentionally pulled apart and flung. Probably just being paranoid, and most of it is in the tree tops of a mesquite thicket and some natural event decomposed/relocated most of the foam. I have been thinking of building that black widow too. I used to be more into liking scale stuff, but now I am kind of getting to where I like experimenting, and building my own stuff and figuring things out like that, as well as toying with electronics on the planes. The semi truck is a cool idea. I am just logistically how you would make it look like a semitruck, and not just a truck with wings... although this is cool. You could make the Cab like this, and the "tank" a windsock dragging behind it. Oh, just for fun. LOL that flying rig is awesome! The windsock idea is cool, but I've already started down the road of a 4' long "fuselage" with a rigid connection between cab and trailer. Having the trailer turn instead of having twin rudders might actually be a fun go if we decide to build another. I have a feeling it will simply look like (like you said) a truck with wings. The goal is to have them coming out at about the 5th wheel with a twin rudder/vert to sit in the airflow from twin props.
It was just kindof a funny thing to try, so we'll see where it goes.
I like the idea of experimentation eventually, but I think there's a few WW2 airplanes yet to be designed  Yeah, I was also thinking a piece of foam rolled in a circle would work well for a tank. Back in 2015 when I started getting back into things, I made a smooth airfoil round fuselage glider before it was cool to mold foam like that. WW2 planes that need built? I think my next one will be the shinden, although I bet it will be tough to make fly due to the thrust line and the wings, it would either require a boatload of down thrust, or me to do something with the canard to counteract the downward moment that would be created by having the thrust line so close to the wing and so much above it. Although, if you are an Ace Combat fan, there is always the shinden II  although, if I were ever in a place to build a true monster, (in reality it would probably be a B-36) but there is always this airborne carrier, the arsenal bird, which I blew out of the sky with my modded F18.  |
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Post by bwarz on Jun 17, 2022 21:11:34 GMT
reminds me a little bit of this thing (which incidentally is also on my to-do-someday list)
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Post by droneflyer200 on Jul 3, 2022 20:47:34 GMT
Well when I start building again I want to take a stab at some multi-engine planes first on the list is a B-25 Mitchel or a Bronco years ago I built a Shrike commander perhaps as well I also Have plans for a Lancaster and a B-24. I also want to build some more motor gliders I have plans for the Gentile Lady and the Wanderer 72 perhaps build them as motor gliders.
I want to get into cutting foam blocks and boards with a hot wire setup.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Aug 17, 2022 3:59:39 GMT
Ok, I am at a crossroads, I want to get more into DTFB again as I am inching toward the end of the P-36, but I don't know what I want my next plane to be. I could either do the FABU, which I have drawn out, or there are a couple of other projects I would want to get to. I have a SU34 partially drawn out, with plans to have it be about a 5 foot long twin 70mm edf and a complete monster, and in reality, I will probably have to do this after the FABU, but I have really been thinking of something simple. So I have this idea kicking around in my head to build a kind of portable, easy to fly, easy to build, beginner plane. Twin motor, and can grow with you into FPV. I am thinking along these lines. I have always liked the killer whale, and I had actually bought one, but the seller backed out on me. Then there are several iterations of the twinstar, which is a good basis for things, and I like those too and especially this super excellent seaplane version I found, and of course, you have to love the C-123 provider. Lame name, but I dig the mini C-130 thing it has going on. Plus, I have spent time on a couple, not in the air, but training for ops on a C-130, and I still remember the smell of them.    |
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Post by Mr NCT on Aug 17, 2022 11:36:33 GMT
C-130 is on my list, too.
C-130 rollin' down the strip
Airborne daddy gonna take a trip......
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Post by Burkeomatic on Aug 17, 2022 14:57:25 GMT
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Post by ratcheeroo on Aug 17, 2022 15:03:53 GMT
Got it. like it. Thanks Buddy
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Post by Mr NCT on Aug 17, 2022 15:18:21 GMT
That may get me into printing a plane. How tough is it to print with LW-PLA? |
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Post by Burkeomatic on Aug 17, 2022 16:33:44 GMT
That may get me into printing a plane. How tough is it to print with LW-PLA? Not tough once you get your settings right. There are tutorials where they show you how to set it up. Of course, you know I didn't follow those and learned the hard way instead. I think it prints better than PLA once you get it going, but for 50 bucks a roll, it had better be quality stuff, right. Also, polymaker has lw pla that is non foaming, and is lighter than pla, but heavier than the foaming pla, and you can just use the standard pla settings, so it is an option too if you don't want to learn how to print with the foaming lw pla. |
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Post by bwarz on Aug 18, 2022 2:03:39 GMT
I'm diggin' the C123 - that crazy swoop up in the back would be a fun challenge to 'normal' (for me anyways) designs
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Post by bwarz on Aug 18, 2022 2:08:14 GMT
I'm finally finding a few spare moments where I've got he mental energy to build again. I haven't really built much of anything since March or April. I did get a mini scout built for my son at FF, but that 2 hours doesn't really count lol. I had big plans to do a P40, I got some skin beta patterns onto paper and I finally tonight (3 months after printing them) have cut them out and dry-fitted them. They're the ones at the cowl with the reverse curves to them. One fits pretty well except for a little more length. The sides look pretty good as well. The 'middle' one is gonna need some work. Now lets see if I can get it fixed before January!
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