Thursday 25 December 2014

Ornithopter

The weather has been bad lately so I thought I'd try something different. It's a FREE BIRD II ornithopter. Flys OK in the lounge room but the space is too restricted. I gave it a few flights outdoors at 6:00am one morning before the wind got up. Only used 40 to 50 turns and got about 10 seconds flight time. Weight is 0.2 ounce. The covering is Solarfilm LITESPAN.






Had a quiet Christmas Day today so I built this before lunch. Tried it in the lounge room. Wow! It flys FAST.  It's a MINI GYMELLO RP. I got the plan from Hip Pocket Aeronautics. Weighs 0.8 ounce. I used a Hobby King prop assembly and Undercarriage  that I had on hand so that made construction easier. Litespan covering.




Friday 5 December 2014

Box Car Chief

Just completed my Box Car Chief.  Weight is 2lb 2.1oz.  OS MAX III .29 



Oops! I forgot the pin striping on the starboard tailplane.
                                                   

Tuesday 2 December 2014

Cheshire Cat

This one from Owen Cameron. 
Let's see the completed model when it's finished, Owen.



Hi John
Just when you thought nothing was happening! My youngest son Damien came to me wanting to gain his modelling badge for scouts, so away we go again and he has started to produce a Cheshire Cat. (That's a cheshire kitten that's grown up). Its 26.5" span and will be powered by an OS10 FSR.




The completed model, weighing 13.5 ozs.  Nice job.