They call this an airplane?

Mark Boesen Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:22 pm

So jr. comes home from the hobby shop (Hobbytown) with this....

GallopingGhostler Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:50 pm

Odd but true, it is an indoor flyer. Drag plates are to keep flight speed down for indoor flying.
Seems strange but true .... Happy New Year

navion34 Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:32 pm

what can I see ?

I stop drinking wine, only water now...

yes indoor model, a lot of drag...

Mark Boesen Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:52 pm

lol, i know, its just kinda funny, when Ian mentions profiles and the kid shows up with this...not real scale like!

It's 17f and i'm home today, too cold and too tired to play disc golf, i'm suppose to be cleaning up the workshop so i can get some building/repairing done.

Marleysky Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:34 pm

Looks like some one blended " having fun with foam" and the art of origami together!! http://www.paperfolding.com/. Nothing wrong with that, looks like indoor fun when it's too cold or windy to fly outside. Airplane

getback Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:54 pm

Well hear is you power plant //

Sorry seen that Aurora on your track table and just found this in a pile the other nite KB- Aurora 049 . Eric Very Happy

**RknRusty** Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:12 pm

That's a beauty, Eric.
So, Mark, how's it fly? Looking at my plastic Wright Flyer I'd swear it couldn't fly. Even after figuring out which end is front. But it does very well.

Rusty

ian1954 Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:00 pm

It is a mutated profile! I knew it would happen!

Slabby sides have started sprouting more slabby bits and they have carbuncled.

Keep it away from your other planes! It may be infectious! Smoking

Mark Boesen Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:05 pm

lol, i tend to agree with you on this one, but they do fly so nice.

However all is not lost with the current generation...here's jr's built from scratch, using scaled up (rubberband powered) Me-109 plans. I'm pretty impressed, this is his third build and other then a few questions answered, done by himself.

GallopingGhostler Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:20 pm

Kudos to Junior, nice build. Fireworks

Mark Boesen Tue Dec 30, 2014 10:10 pm

thanks, he's just about got the retracts adjusted out, i'm looking forward to seeing it complete.

GallopingGhostler Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:22 pm

ian1954 wrote:It is a mutated profile! I knew it would happen! Slabby sides have started sprouting more slabby bits and they have carbuncled. Keep it away from your other planes! It may be infectious!

I hope I don't sound sacrilegious to some. Can't be any worse than my Estes Cox .049 Star Wars Y-Wing Fighter. With only a 9.5 inch (241 mm) wingspan and pusher prop and 2 oz lead nose counterweight, one would wonder how it should fly. Happy New Year

I do intend sometime future to build it, but it certainly won't be able to do more than round and round. Devil

If I were to modify it by putting say a Sure Start engine in the nose with nose spinner, it would probably do more justice. Tired w/ Coffee Read

getback Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:50 am

Junior now that's what I am talking about bounce

Nice

Eric

sdjjadk Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:54 pm

Mark Boesen wrote:So jr. comes home from the hobby shop (Hobbytown) with this....

That type of plane is used for Indoor F3A Precision Aerobatics Competition. I have built and flown those types of "Foamies" in the past for Fun Fly and 3D use and they actually fly like a dream!

Shawn

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