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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Mar 22, 2018 19:13:39 GMT -5
Look at 00:46 at how much was left over from this model airliner crash:
A real aircraft wreck would be about the same amount of destruction.
Later is the first in-air model disintegration I've seen.
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Post by rjgimp on Mar 24, 2018 3:00:11 GMT -5
WOW!
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 24, 2018 7:54:45 GMT -5
Did like the video.
Always liked the idea of a radio controlled airplane
Crashing it you're out under a $100 to A $1,000.
Went with model rocketry. Was cheaper to lose.
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Mar 24, 2018 12:56:32 GMT -5
What I really, really want, whether with planes or drones, is real-time stereo cameras on board. With the right viewing glasses, you would be sitting in the cockpit and flying it from a pilot's viewpoint (vs. watching from the ground), but without the $75 per hour cost.
The only difference is there would be no "seat feel" and model planes move so quickly compared to full-sized planes that a human would be hard pressed to react fast enough to maintain control. Maybe they could be half-scale and so flimsily built that they would imitate the real thing, yet be allowed because if there was to be a collision with a real plane, the model would disintegrate into nothing more dangerous than a cotton ball. They could be painted in some special color, so other pilots would not mistake them for real planes and do something dangerous trying to avoid a collision.
Some day....
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Post by VanIsleRover on Mar 24, 2018 13:22:40 GMT -5
My Hubby built model planes as a boy in England. He introduced me to the hobby. Hubby and I used to build balsa wood planes, covered with tissue. I still have one or two engines. We used to fly control line. Went to several Fargo, North Dakota contests, camping next to the river. When we had our home and 40 acres in Manitoba, I would mow a flying circle. Son joined Air Cadets. We would help their instructor with the cadets designing and building planes then they would come to our 'flying field' at weekends. It was more fun when we introduced rockets. Folding the parachutes just right! Looked at radio control but the cost was not for us. Still love to watch model planes and helicopters. Love to see the real things in shows and museums. XQU airportwebcams.net/qualicum-beach-airfield-webcam/Comox comoxairforcemuseum.ca/Victoria www.bcam.net/ |
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Post by flyboyut on Mar 27, 2018 21:24:16 GMT -5
I build and fly RC airplanes. Tons of fun. I live in St. George Utah and belong to Remote Possibilities RC Club ---- www.remoterc.com/
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That plane is called a Cloud Dancer. It is a "60" sized plane. It has a 72" wingspan and a Saito 100 4 stroke motor in it. I built it from plans IE cut out all the parts myself. The covering is Monocote - colored in the wing and front of fuselage and clear on the back. It flies great - quite acrobatic.
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This plane was named the "Wonder Plane" by my fellow club members. It is my own design partly. Its based on a Sig Senorita but bigger. The wing is about 60 inches and has large ailerons that also function as flaps if desired. It is primarily a trainer and has a 46 2 stroke engine in it. I also built a set of floats for it so it can fly off water too. It is mainly a trainer plane and used to teach others how to fly. One of the folks on GB who dropped by once to say hi got a chance to fly it and he had never flown an RC plane in his life ----- he did well.
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I probably have about 20 planes in the garage ready to fly and enough wood and crazy ideas to build lots more........
If yo wonder about the cost --- not counting the engine and radio that can be used over and over the costs range from a low of about 20 bucks to around 400 or so for the biggest and fanciest one. Like I said loads of fun and a great hobby----
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Mar 27, 2018 23:39:34 GMT -5
I flew control line in high school, but gave it up as not too exciting. I got private and commercial certificates after my time in USAF, but per-hour costs escalated beyond my means. Ideally a model will come along that will simulate flying to the pilot, but will be affordable.
I just read about Paul Macready who invented the first man-powered airplane in the '70s. Weighed 70 lbs. and made from Saran Wrap and toothpicks in effect. It would have flown more like a real plane than a model due to its size. Put some streaming 3D cameras, a motor and batteries on there, and Bob's your uncle.
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Post by rjgimp on Mar 28, 2018 0:41:15 GMT -5
I like that outside-the-box thinking, CampKohler! lol
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Post by 91Acclaim on Mar 30, 2018 5:39:21 GMT -5
Nice video
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Post by flyboyut on Apr 18, 2018 14:14:19 GMT -5
Flew this one for the first time today. Its a scaled down version of the Cloud Dancer 60. Originally it had a wingspan of 72 inches and used a 100 Saito 4 stroke engine. This is shrunk to a 48 inch wingspan and has a 32 2 stroke engine in it. It flies extremely well and is wildly acrobatic
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Apr 19, 2018 10:29:29 GMT -5
Considering the light construction, how big would it have to be in order to approximate the flight characteristics of, say, a Cessna 150? Of course there is no miniature wind, so let's say the wind is zero.
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Post by flyboyut on May 24, 2018 21:13:25 GMT -5
CampKohler I was out flying again today and flew the '60' sized Cloud Dancer. Had a hoot to put it mildly.... Take off run on that plane is about 15 feet then just point the nose up and it will continue to go straight up until you think its time to stop as its getting hard to see. Then let it down easy in an inverted flat spin.... Then build up some speed and do a snap roll in all three axis. Yeahhahahah what a hoot.
As far as getting a model to fly similar to a full scale (real) plane. Many of our models do just that. Especially the larger ones that have smaller engines. I have flown Piper 150's up to a King Air 300. All are similar but different. The biggest difference between them adn a model is the strength to weight ratio is crazy in a model compared to a real plane. Some of our models will do stunts that we estimate put more than 60-70 G's on the plane. Also the models have a huge engine compared to the weight. It might be similar to putting a R2800 in a 180 and letting it all hang out. Not saying it could be done but the effect would be similar.
For example This engine a .46 cu in displacement one -- www.osengines.com/engines-airplane/osmg0548/index.html -- that I use on a plane with a 60 inch wingspan that weighs about five pounds. That engine puts out 1.63 HP -------- how much does a 150 weigh compared to its engine output.... |
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