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Off the top of your head?
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Off the top of your head?
Have you ever built something from scratch? No plans, no instructions, no kits, no rules? No incidence angles or thrust vectors pre-figured for you?
I have built maybe five that I can remember, only one survives to this day.


Some may recognize it. Wierd throttle/flap engagement, full up gooses the engine and the flaps, neutral is cruise, down drops the flaps and the engines RPM's. Fun to fly.
This one I built from scraps left over from my P-38 build.



Can't claim the Lightning as off the top of my head as I had drawings to go by. But this one actualy flew also. I have no idea what became of it. Crashed, tossed, given away. Wish I still had it.
Rene's plane almost qualifies as "top of my head" as I still had to figure all the angles. Credit to the fellow that put it together, I think scratched but maybe he had something to go by.

If anyone has done an airplane, car, or boat off the top of your head I would love to hear about it. Pictures a plus.
I have built maybe five that I can remember, only one survives to this day.


Some may recognize it. Wierd throttle/flap engagement, full up gooses the engine and the flaps, neutral is cruise, down drops the flaps and the engines RPM's. Fun to fly.
This one I built from scraps left over from my P-38 build.



Can't claim the Lightning as off the top of my head as I had drawings to go by. But this one actualy flew also. I have no idea what became of it. Crashed, tossed, given away. Wish I still had it.
Rene's plane almost qualifies as "top of my head" as I still had to figure all the angles. Credit to the fellow that put it together, I think scratched but maybe he had something to go by.

If anyone has done an airplane, car, or boat off the top of your head I would love to hear about it. Pictures a plus.
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Re: Off the top of your head?
Leave me a few hours, I'll see if I can find it, it's a biplane with corflute coroplas wings I saw it hanging around Somewhere

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Re: Off the top of your head?
davidll1984 wrote:Leave me a few hours, I'll see if I can find it, it's a biplane with corflute coroplas wings I saw it hanging around Somewhere![]()
Thanks David, as you can see i build to a pretty low standard, nobody will be intimidated by what I have pictured here.
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Re: Off the top of your head?
I wouldn’t say they are to a low standard. I really like the looks of the second model you designed.
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Re: Off the top of your head?



The blue plane is motorized with a .15 the other with a .049 The two have some funny story to tell About them The smallest maximum I remember like this yesterday I was with a flight club member In a field with electric lines on one side I demonstrated the capacity of my plane when I had the idea to go under the Line The tail hooking the electric wire has made several turns on the cable So that I thought I had taken out of this spiral, here it is hanging up again For a second time on another cable higher At that moment the two of us started laughing to tears Cause I looked at the other guy, the hand holding the controller with both thumbs up saying I can't do anything





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The story with the blue biplane is that he lost his top wing and continued to fly much better after. and The last flight he made he crashed into a tree and lost the last wing Remaining






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Re: Off the top of your head?
I’m currently designing an fpv delta wing “off the top of my head”
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