Iconic Aircraft Aviation Forum

by **Spitfire** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:23 pm

RLN asked me in my welcome thread to post some pictures of the models I make

Well you asked for it and here you go ....... & this is only since I went all electric back in 2002

First electric fixed wing - with a speed 400 motor and nicads - Minibat

First electric helicopter - brushed motor - nicads - Piccolo

Second electric fixed wing - first brushless - with lipolys - Pic400 (converted from speed 400)

First large electric helicopter - Hacker Brushless motor - heading hold gyro - now on lipoly cells - Eolo

Eolo close up - carbon canopy

Eolo Guts

GWS foam Spitfire - converted to brushless and lipoly

GWS Spitfire close up

First attempt at plan building - Barbie!

Trial attempt at a Delta with elevons with a view to building a Vulcan later!!

20 year old airframe converted from a noisy messy OS35 Internal combustion engine to Brushless and Lipoly -
Big Red - Flys much better electric than it ever did IC !!

And Finally here's my latest - a twin brushless electric - DH Comet 88 - Grosvenor House

Another view

And here's the pilot

There you go - that's what keeps me off the streets at night $\:D/$

by **RLN** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:34 pm

Great pics Spitfire. Especially the Comet - absolutely gorgeous. As for the pilot -well, no wonder you stay off the streets =))

by **Saracenman** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:35 pm

the last one - does that model need a little loose-screw adjustment somewhere?

impressive 'squadron' you have there Spitfire - the choppers particularly! i gather they're a nightmare to get the hang of - my mate has a couple and he crashes daily! =))

where do you fly them then? avoid Carn Brea me thinks - a little too breezy!

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by **Mayfly** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:40 pm

good pics - love the pilot photo - have I ever mentioned I have a thing for pilots

by **Saracenman** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:41 pm

you're quite safe Spitfire - the Police have told her to keep her "Thing" chained up

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by **Mayfly** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:42 pm

Saracenman wrote:you're quite safe Spitfire - the Police have told her to keep her "Thing" chained up

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by **Spitfire** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:46 pm

Saracenman wrote:=))

the last one - does that model need a little loose-screw adjustment somewhere?

impressive 'squadron' you have there Spitfire - the choppers particularly! i gather they're a nightmare to get the hang of - my mate has a couple and he crashes daily!

where do you fly them then? avoid Carn Brea me thinks - a little too breezy!

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The choppers are indeed hard work - good setting up is crucial to get any kind of controlled flight.
The little Piccolo which is fixed pitch was a nightmare to fly at first - it needs flat calm - but I did finally get the hang of it B-)

When I got the much bigger Eolo it suddenly got a lot easier - its heavier which actually adds control and stability - collective pitch head with 3 servo swash plate - digital heading hold gyro for stability - beefy brushless motor - and much easier to hover and move around than the little one - its a whole different ball game to fixed wing - but its really just practice and a knack that you get

They are VERY twitchy though - but huge fun to fly in the garden where fixed wing I have to go up on Hayle Towans

by **Saracenman** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:49 pm

i think i understood every third word of that Spitfire =))

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by **RLN** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:55 pm

Saracenman wrote:i think i understood every third word of that Spitfire

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Thicko

by **Spitfire** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:03 pm

RLN wrote:Great pics Spitfire. Especially the Comet - absolutely gorgeous. As for the pilot -well, no wonder you stay off the streets

Yes I'm proud of the Comet too - hasn't flown yet - got a bit of a centre of gravity problem to sort out - battery needs to move further forward than there is room to move it

Twin motors sound nice though

I am actually 'building' a foam ducted fan BAE Red Arrows Hawk at the moment - a new departure with the brushless motor - plenty of oomph though - well impressed - yet to fly that as well.

by **Spitfire** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:57 pm

Saracenman wrote:=))

impressive 'squadron' you have there Spitfire - the choppers particularly! i gather they're a nightmare to get the hang of - my mate has a couple and he crashes daily!

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Thought I might show you how a 'gasser' model helicopter should be flown - the model in question is a T REX 700

Whilst watching this try to think of the control inputs being made and the speed they are done - and which way is up