Li'l Jumpin Bean

Ivanhoe Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:23 am

Hey, I finally got my Li'l Jumpin Bean finished!

Looking outside at the snow, it will be a while before I get to fly it!

Wilf

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**Cribbs74** Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:51 am

Hey, hey, hey!

Looking good Ivan! Snow you say? Sounds like a softer landing surface! Of course launching would be a tad tricky...... Good job.

nitroairplane Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:51 am

Very nice and you are lucky to have snow cheers

Ivanhoe Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:36 am

nitroairplane wrote:Very nice and you are lucky to have snow

Thanks Indra, but no, we aint lucky to have snow! We live right out in the wilds, and our roads don't get gritted, we have to wait for our friendly neighbourhood farmers to clear the local roads so that we can get up to the main road which IS gritted (Sometimes!)
Last year we couldn't even get down our drive till our neighbour turned up with his tractor and snowplow.

No we REALLY don't want any more snow!

Wilf

nitroairplane Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:39 am

I will trade!
We had some sun and no snow.

Ivanhoe Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:58 am

nitroairplane wrote:I will trade!
We had some sun and no snow.

Sun? what's "Sun"? Not something we normally see here!

nitroairplane Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:01 am

Ivanhoe wrote:
nitroairplane wrote:I will trade!
We had some sun and no snow.

Sun? what's "Sun"? Not something we normally see here!

lol also do you know if it's snowing down south?
I will be spending Christmas in Cork.

Ivanhoe Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:21 am

nitroairplane wrote:
Ivanhoe wrote:
nitroairplane wrote:I will trade!
We had some sun and no snow.

Sun? what's "Sun"? Not something we normally see here!

lol also do you know if it's snowing down south?
I will be spending Christmas in Cork.

I don't know, but the answer is "Probably"!

nitroairplane Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:27 am

Yes we will hopefully have a white Christmas for the first time in years.

**RknRusty** Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:24 pm

Beautiful, and it has a real firewall and motor mount. Unlike mine which came with a POS nylon mount. It's now modified though. It's a wonderful flyer. You'll want to get a stunt tank on it so you can do loops and aerobatics.

Ivanhoe Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:01 pm

RknRusty wrote:Beautiful, and it has a real firewall and motor mount. Unlike mine which came with a POS nylon mount. It's now modified though. It's a wonderful flyer. You'll want to get a stunt tank on it so you can do loops and aerobatics.

Yes, the modern kit comes with a plastic mount, mine was scratch-built from the original Carl Goldberg plan, so has the original type mount
Wilf

PV Pilot Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:05 pm

Very nice lil Bean Wilf.

Add skis,,for the tundra/flying alaska landings.

Now that's something I never seen anyone do. a C/L on skis.

nitroairplane Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:08 pm

PV Pilot wrote:Very nice lil Bean Wilf.

Add skis,,for the tundra/flying alaska landings.

Now that's something I never seen anyone do. a C/L on skis.

Thats a good idea.
Imagine a CL float plane though lol!

stand in the water and fly.

PV Pilot Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:09 pm

nitroairplane wrote:
PV Pilot wrote:Very nice lil Bean Wilf.

Add skis,,for the tundra/flying alaska landings.

Now that's something I never seen anyone do. a C/L on skis.

Thats a good idea.
Imagine a CL float plane though stand in the water and fly.

That would have to be a big bore unit. 3 circles till you got up enough speed with those tiller rudders holding you to the outside.

microflitedude Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:10 pm

nitroairplane wrote:
PV Pilot wrote:Very nice lil Bean Wilf.

Add skis,,for the tundra/flying alaska landings.

Now that's something I never seen anyone do. a C/L on skis.

Thats a good idea.
Imagine a CL float plane though stand in the water and fly.

My older friend used to do that. He said it was loads of fun.

nitroairplane Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:11 pm

I bet and the waves could act as ramps for take off lol!

Ivanhoe Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:04 pm

PV Pilot wrote:Very nice lil Bean Wilf.

Add skis,,for the tundra/flying alaska landings.

Now that's something I never seen anyone do. a C/L on skis.

I used to fly a scale Supermarine S6B (Racing seaplane) with a 3.5 cc diesel which would take off and land beautifully on grass, but the floats on that plane are pretty massive, never actually flew it off water, though I would have loved to, but you'd need a pool about 200' across and six inches deep! that would work on snow too!

nitroairplane Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:07 pm

Was not the plane that led to the spitfire?
I can fly off sea if I need to when in Ireland.

Ivanhoe Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:14 am

nitroairplane wrote:Was not the plane that led to the spitfire?
I can fly off sea if I need to when in Ireland.

Yes, designed by R. J. Mitchell, who went on to design the Spitfire. The S6B won the Schneider Trophy outright for Britain in 1931.

I would wish you luck flying off the sea here at the moment! They have just recorded the highest wave ever seen in Irish waters, off the coast of Donegal up here, 70' + !

Wilf

nitroairplane Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:40 am

I doubt I will be flying off the sea this year.
But surfing Huh...

**RknRusty** Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:56 am

microflitedude wrote:Thats a good idea.
Imagine a CL float plane though stand in the water and fly.
My older friend used to do that. He said it was loads of fun.

In the first week of my Stuntman23's life, my son splashed it in the ocean. We were flying on 50' lines at low tide over the smooth packed sand, probably a horrible idea for the engines. Our airport was disappearing as the tide came in and 1/4 lap was wet.

**RknRusty** Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:41 am

Hey Ivanhoe, here's a quick clip of my Bean. You can hear the Black Widow straining to pull it through some of the maneuvers. I'm using a 6x3 prop which makes aerobatics much more durable but requires more power. I'm going to find a way to get a Medallion on this plane, which should really perk it up.

https://youtu.be/CMecNoI_fMA?hd=1

I hope the snow melts early for you. Li'l Jumpin Bean 662505

Ivanhoe Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:34 am

RknRusty wrote:Hey Ivanhoe, here's a quick clip of my Bean. You can hear the Black Widow straining to pull it through some of the maneuvers. I'm using a 6x3 prop which makes aerobatics much more durable but requires more power. I'm going to find a way to get a Medallion on this plane, which should really perk it up.

https://youtu.be/CMecNoI_fMA?hd=1

I hope the snow melts early for you.

Good video, Rusty, see what you mean about the engine straining, but doesn't the streamer you're towing add considerably to the drag and increase the strain?

Wilf

**RknRusty** Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:16 pm

I can't tell any difference with or without the streamer, it doesn't slow it like I expected. I cut a narrow 2' long strip of red gift-bag stuffing tissue, not a 6' long crepe paper one like the combat guys. It doesn't soak up oil like crepe paper does either. It makes it easier to see on the videos and I mostly use it because it looks cool.

nitroairplane Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:51 pm

But they also make the plane easier to see orientation wise I used them on my micro stik for that reason.

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