RE: DeHavilland Mosquito 81
More on the NZ Mosquito remaiden flight. http://www.mosquitorestoration.com/index.shtml
Posted on: 9/8/2012 12:17 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: DeHavilland Mosquito 81
Lots of great information here, hope the links transfer and work OK . http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/photos/photo-gallery-de-havilland-mosquito/14026/ http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/news/restored-mosquito-to-fly-september2012/1506052/ http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/news/glyn-powell-building-mosquito/1449905/ Andy Hosking, Paul Levitt and Avspecs owner Warren Denholm can't wait to see the old bird fly. > Warren Denholm and his team at Avspecs have been restoring the de Havilland Mosquito for the last seven years > Kellie Blizard > > Warren Denholm's massive aviation workshop in Ardmore is a bloke's paradise. The sun is streaming in on this late winter's day, bouncing off the tip of the jewel in the hangar, the wooden Mosquito warbird. > > Here at Avspecs in Ardmore <http://www.warbirdrestoration.co.nz> there's a sense of anticipation and general busyness. Around a dozen men in blue overalls attend to various bits of planes, brows furrowed, all seeming to be in their own little worlds, but all working as a team. > > The World War II de Havilland Mosquito, the most mysterious of planes, has been here since January 2005. It was entrusted to this award-winning specialist plane restorer by American warbird collector Jerry Yagen, who has dozens of warbirds in his Military Aviation Museum at Virginia Beach in the US. > > Denholm's team had already restored a P40 Kittyhawk for Yagen, and the American was weighing up assigning them another. Denholm, meanwhile, had become fascinated by the work of local craftsman Glyn Powell <http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/news/glyn-powell-building-mosquito/1449905/> . He'd seen the Mosquito moulds Powell had built for the airframe of a display Mosquito in a Canadian museum ... and began to dream of restoring a flight-capable Mosquito. > > Powell pointed them towards a "project plane" he knew of in Canada. Yagen agreed to buy it. The plane's metalwork was good but it needed a new wooden airframe and wings, which is where Powell's skills came in. Avspecs began overhauling the metal and mechanical components. > > In wartime, these innovative flying machines came out of huge factories. Around 6000 Mosquitoes rolled off the British production line, others were built in Canada and Australia. Around 80 ended up in New Zealand, and were used by the RNZAF. > > The plane - known as the "wooden wonder" - first flew in November 1940, and was far faster than the Spitfire, meaning bombing missions were dramatically shortened, lessening the risk to pilots. > Photos > Photo Gallery: De Havilland Mosquito <http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/photos/photo-gallery-de-havilland-mosquito/14026/> > <http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/photos/photo-gallery-de-havilland-mosquito/14026/> > Warren Denholm and his team at Avspecs have been restoring a de Havilland Mosquito for the last seven years. It will fly on September 29. > > > The unarmed bomber carried two crew in its tiny cockpit and Denholm, 52, who is rather too tall for this demonstration, hops in to show us how confined they would have been during missions of around five hours. In six weeks a Kiwi pilot will be sitting in this seat, when the Mosquito that Avspecs has restored will be the first to fly in 17 years. There are others on display around the world, but none flying. Yagen will be here at Ardmore that day, September 29. > > "You can't help but be apprehensive when you think about the thousands and thousands of bits that are in there," says Denholm. "We've had plenty of time to get it all right ... You go through a methodical process to get it ready. > > "When this thing flies it will put an end to the doubters who thought it couldn't be done." > > Unlike Spitfires, there isn't a restoration industry around Mosquitoes. That means there are plenty of spare parts lying around in hangars, garages and workshops, and they're relatively cheap. The flipside is the need to search for old plans, books and manuals to work out how to do the restoration. > > For Avspecs employees Paul Levitt, 34, and Andy Hosking, 44, who have spent their past seven working years full-time on the project, it's been a challenge. Many others have been involved in specific parts of the restoration, such as its wiring. With no earth return to the airframe like in metal aeroplanes, the wiring system is complicated. > WHO WILL FLY IT? > For the pilot chosen to fly a piece of aviation history on the day, it's being described as a "huge thrill". > > Two people have been assigned the job - Keith Skilling, 65, from Tauranga and 57-year-old Dave Phillips, from Clevedon. Neither yet knows who will get the first public flight. Skilling is an ex-RNZAF pilot who served with the Air Force for 12 years, then Air NZ for 34. The retired pilot has tested a lot of warbirds for Denholm and is confident the plane will be good to go. "It's exciting and a little nerve-wracking at the same time but these guys are experts at restoring warbirds. I have no qualms about their ability." > > "Any pilot would crawl over broken glass for the opportunity to fly this plane," adds Phillips. "It will be a career highlight for me." > > Denholm says it's impossible to get familiar with flying the plane anywhere else. "When you get in it and start flying it will be the first time you've ever been in one. So that's kind of a challenge, but these guys are as good as anybody anywhere in the world, if not better. > > "As long as everything goes okay they won't have to have superhuman ability, they will just have to do what they do naturally." > > Denholm's job is to make sure nothing goes wrong so the pilot won't have to do anything "special". He'll sit in the navigator seat behind the pilot for the test flights. "Some of the controls are a bit hard for the pilot to reach so the navigator does it. During the test flights someone will go in the plane and help with a few things from the back so the pilot can just concentrate on steering it," he says. > > He admits it will be sad to see the plane fly the coop after its eight years of taking up space in the hangar. "We end up with a big picture on the wall and that's all," he says. > > He hopes the space will be filled before long, and would love to do another Mosquito. This one was in bad shape when they got it and its airframe had to be rebuilt by Powell, the master craftsman who featured in The Aucklander in July <http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/news/glyn-powell-building-mosquito/1449905/> . That part took nearly three years. > > "We have learnt so much about them it would be a shame not to do another one. If you have a really good one from a museum that is all complete, you could turn it around fairly quickly." > > Denholm has just returned from a project-scouting trip to the US, and also attended the AirVenture show in Oshkosh <http://www.airventure.org/news/2012/120729_2012-aircraft-award-winners.html> , Wisconsin. Avspecs won the Reserve Grand Champion World War II award, the Gold Wrench, for its work on a Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk owned by Texas oil baron Rod Lewis. It's the fifth award the company has won at the show and recognition of the three-and-a-half years spent on restoring the plane from October 2007 to Easter 2011. Awards are part of the recognition his business needs internationally, and could help it pick up another overseas contract. That, in turn, keeps his clever and dedicated team of engineers and aviation mechanics busy. > > "I like to have three planes on the go at any one time so you don't have all your eggs in one basket," he says. "World War II airplanes are not high on anybody's family priorities so, if the squeeze comes on and money gets tight, that's the first thing that gets cut from the budget." > > Restoring a plane like this can cost anything from US$1.5 million to $3 million ($1.8 million to $3.69 million). > > THE TRIP HOME > Then there's the not-too-small task of getting this Mosquito back to its owner, the logistics for which are challenging. > > "We're working on the various options to get it back to the US. The wing is one piece and it's 54 feet [16m] from tip to tip and quite wide as well, so to get it on a boat it would have to go on a roll-on, roll-off ship. > > "Shipping is not great. It takes about three months and who knows where it will get offloaded and onloaded. You don't want a precious piece of wooden aeroplane sitting on the dock somewhere in Guatemala." > > Would the logical option be to fly it? > > "It wears it out. It would be 75 hours of flying, so it's probably not an option," says Denholm, who admits he quite likes the idea of flying the old plane across the Pacific. > > "It would be a good adventure and you could track it round and show it off along the way. With the right sponsor we could do that. Perhaps Owen Glenn could offer," he laughs. > > They're also considering sending it in a cargo plane so it wouldn't have to be offloaded anywhere and would reach the US quicker. "You still have to take it apart to fit it in to a cargo plane, but that would be okay." > > It seems heartbreaking to take apart something that's taken so long to put back together, but Denholm says only the wings would be dismantled. > > Right now those wings and the rest of the plane are being painted in the markings of RNZAF 487 Squadron, the squadron that destroyed Gestapo prison in 1944. > > "We want it to be significant to Kiwis as well, and that builds up interest," says Denholm. The engines in the plane are ex-RNZAF, further adding to the Kiwi touch. > > On September 29, 30 Kiwis involved in flying, navigating or as ground crew for the Mosquito will attend a dinner at Ardmore. > > "They've all got great stories, but I tend to concentrate on what it was like being that particular aeroplane because it was so unusual, being made of wood," says Denholm. > > If they take a look inside the cockpit they will also see an original 1948 leather pilot's seat that Yagen bought on e-Bay. "It's actually not very comfortable, but it's never been used. The seller had two of them and wanted US$300 but he talked him down." > > It's still in its original old box with the original tag hanging from it. Finds like this have excited people like Hosking, the "details man" for the project. "Andy is fantastic on the detail. Look at the cockpit, it's perfect," says Denholm. "He's one of two guys who have worked almost completely full-time on it, others are brought in for specialist parts. They've got amazing skills and ability to work things out with no history to go on. > > "They've done a fantastic job of finding stuff and putting it altogether." > > Levitt, originally from the UK, says the most challenging part for him was the hydraulic system. "It was huge; I spent a year just making pipes. You just have to break it down, you have pipes part 'A' and 'C' and you make the pipe in the middle." > > He dumbs it down to explain it, but he had only drawings and the service manual for the plane to work from. A hydraulic system for a Mosquito isn't something you can buy on the internet. "It's been really interesting and when it flies, it's going to be a huge day. The whole world is looking at this." > > He's worked as a vintage aircraft restorer for 15 years, and loves working at Ardmore. > > "Compared to the UK there is a really good 'make it happen' attitude over here," he says. > > And it will happen soon. > > "I'm a bit nervous, considering I have worked on a number of important parts," he says. > > Denholm, however, exudes confidence. > > "It's kind of like going on the stage and being given the script. At the beginning you are sort of terrified that you are not going to be able to remember it, but when you step out on the stage somehow or other you know the lines." > > The dress rehearsals, when the plane undergoes full aviation checks, take place next month ahead of the public open day. Denholm's wife, Shona, and their boys, aged 10 and 13, will be there, it being part of the boys' lives since they were very young. > > None of it has been a chore to Denholm, who set up Avspecs in 1997 after starting to restore old planes in 1986. "As soon as you put the word 'job' into it, it becomes a job. But if you can find something that you're passionate about, and you used to do as a hobby, and you can make a business and a living out of it, well, that's just great, and that's what I've done." > > Good job. > > FLYPAST THRILLS > The Mosquito will fly again in a full day of aviation entertainment featuring World War II fighters, military jets, aerobatics and the Harvard display team. There will also be military vehicles and classic British cars on display. > WHAT De Havilland Mosquito Launch Spectacular > WHEN From 10am, Saturday, September 29 (Weather date, September 30). Mosquito flies at 10.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm > WHERE Ardmore Airport, Lot 59, Kittyhawk Lane, Papakura > HOW MUCH Adults $25; Under 15 $10; Family of four $50 from ticketek.co.nz <http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=MOSQUITO12#.UCwJtaCi18E> > WEBSITE www.warbirdrestoration.co.nz <http://www.warbirdrestoration.co.nz> > Avspecs on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/Avspecs> > > > The Mosquito will fly at Ardmore on September 29, 2012. > > Share on email <http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/news/restored-mosquito-to-fly-september2012/1506052/> Share on facebook <http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/news/restored-mosquito-to-fly-september2012/1506052/> Share on twitter <http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/news/restored-mosquito-to-fly-september2012/1506052/> > Related > > a.. Rare warbird gets closer to flight <http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/news/mosquito-warbird-restoration-nears-end/1234388/> > b.. Mosquito man still buzzing over project <http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/news/glyn-powell-building-mosquito/1449905/> > c.. Auckland business taking off restoring warplanes <http://m.theaucklander.co.nz/news/avspecs-warbirds-restoration-ardmore/1169885/>
Posted on: 8/25/2012 1:43 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: DeHavilland Mosquito 81
Sorry I do not know any more. I am sure there will be heaps more pics when it is ground tested and then eventually takes to the air, I will post any pics when I receive them. Alternatively you could ask a question on the photo blog site, I am sure some of the guys there would have that knowledge. Cheers david
Posted on: 8/9/2012 9:45 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: DeHavilland Mosquito 81
Latest pictures from the NZ Mosquito build. http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Airshows&action=display&thread=16707&page=4
Posted on: 8/9/2012 11:48 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: DeHavilland Mosquito 81
If I learn any more or come across any further videos of the Mosquito, I will let you know. cheers David
Posted on: 7/11/2012 3:33 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: DeHavilland Mosquito 81
Sorry I don't but the Mosquito is going to a customer in the US so it could even have US markings, as the US flew some Mosquito's in Europe during WW2( as I saw in a old film clip on a Mosquito doco on TV recently) There appeared to be more metal in the replica Mosquito than I was expecting to see, have some wooden parts been replaced by metal for longevity or some thing????? I know from visiting the Tiger Moth remanufactoring factorty at Mandeville near Gore (New Zealand), that glued joints in planes have a finite hour life and then have to be replaced, giving Mandeville a continuous stream of work, I presume a Mosquito would have the same conditions applied to its wooden construction????? Cheers David
Posted on: 7/11/2012 1:00 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: DeHavilland Mosquito 81
Another new mosquito!!!!!!!!!!!! http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Airshows&action=display&thread=16707&page=1CTRL + Click to follow link http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Airshows&action=display&thread=16707&page=1
Posted on: 7/10/2012 11:20 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Yak 3's practice day Vid Wanaka 2012
Any of the 3 days is a great day at Warbirds over Wanaka, you can't hear the commentator over the sound of the engines anyway!!!!!!
Posted on: 4/28/2012 1:14 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Yak 3's practice day Vid Wanaka 2012
Hi, pretty sure they are not restored Yak 3s, but new ones just off the production line. The commentator at the air show said something about how the original jigs were found in the Yak factory and they just started up production again. However there are no original engines available anymore, hence the Allisons. I was also told that the blue tailed Yak 3 has just been finished and Warbirds of Wanaka 2012 was its first airshow????
Posted on: 4/26/2012 8:05 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Car battery charger as power supply
Yes a 12 volt car battery will give a 'smooth' supply of power, and can be recharged by the 12 volt battery charger. However I was wondering if I could save a few $s by bypassing the car battery. I can't. Thanks David
Posted on: 2/25/2012 9:36 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
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RE: Car battery charger as power supply
Thank you, I suspected that, but I was holding on to the tenous hope that the lipo chargers internals may have 'smoothed' things out. Thanks David
Posted on: 2/24/2012 10:32 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
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Car battery charger as power supply
Am I able to use my 12 volt car battery charger as the 12 volt supply for my lipo battery charger? The car battery charger is able to supply a high amperage but the 12 volts output could be ‘dirty power’ as all that is done to the output from the transformer is rectify it to DC, there is no voltage stabilization at all. The actual voltage coming from the transformer is 14 to 15 volts DC. Thank you for your assistance.
Posted on: 2/24/2012 8:27 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
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RE: spektrum DX6i battery question
I use similar enloop AA nickel hydride rechargable batteries, definitely the way to go in the DX6i.
Posted on: 1/18/2012 12:25 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: Amazing V12 engine
Sorry Captinjohn, can't help you on that one. Cheers David
Posted on: 12/26/2011 5:09 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: Amazing V12 engine
Had no problems, tested the link several times. May be something in/with your computer set up???????????????? Cheers David
Posted on: 12/26/2011 3:05 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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Amazing V12 engine
Amazing V12 engine. http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/ phenomenal effort - 1220 hours of work !!!!!! @ 24 hours per day that's pretty much 51 days non stop working @ 8 hours per day it's 153 days work !!!
Posted on: 12/25/2011 4:43 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: Is RealFlight 6.0 worth the upgrade purchase?
<![if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]><![if gte mso 9]> <![endif]><![if gte mso 10]><![endif]> Yes I think things have just steadily progressed in the R/C simulator world. Where there may be only seemingly minor advances version to version, if you go back a few versions as I did with some kids at school recently, it really is quite a shock at the advances made and what we accept as the normal now. ( I am talking flight physics here not all the fancy stuff they put into the programs) Cheers David ‘I normally run Real Flight on the computer in my studio, but I recently reloaded version 3.5 onto my now rather elderly laptop to take along to a class of 9 to 11 year olds I was relief teaching for few days, that were studying ‘Flight’. (my elderly laptop will only run Real Flight version 3.5, not enough of anything in it to operate later versions ) The flight characteristics (flying physics) of version 3.5 were very rudimentary compared to the version 5.5, which was the latest version of real Flight I had at the time. ‘
Posted on: 12/19/2011 6:13 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Flight Simulator Software"
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RE: Is RealFlight 6.0 worth the upgrade purchase?
Comparing Realflight version G2 to Realflight version 6 would be like comapring a Model T to a Mustang.
Posted on: 12/19/2011 9:16 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Flight Simulator Software"
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RE: Lazy Bee's??
Just in the covering stage with my Lazy Bee that I have built from scrach, using the plans obatained off the internet. While not a difficult build, there certainly seemed to be a lot of pieces to assemble!!!! I have built the origional version with the 40'' wing and 3 channel control. From what I read in the blogs on Lazy Bee's, this version will do what I want, flit around the sky like a 'lazy bee' My Lazy Bee is electric powered, it seemed easier than the glow option. I have the motor fitted but have to finally locate the battery, which final location will depend on the CG as I don't want to have to add unnecessary weight when altering the battery position will achieve the same result. I am expecting flight times of up to 20mins and performance better than a .10 glow engine. This will be a long enough and exciting enough flight for me. Unfortunately I have temporarily gone off the building 'boil', something that happens to me from time to time, maybe over the Christmas break I will get back into it again. I am confident that the Lazy Bee will fly really well.
Posted on: 12/16/2011 4:39 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: Is RealFlight 6.0 worth the upgrade purchase?
<![if gte mso 9]> <![endif]><![if gte mso 9]> <![endif]><![if gte mso 10]><![endif]> I am not all that interested in gimmicky features of Real Flight, the reason I updated to version 6 was to get improved flying physics. I believe version 6 is a noticeably improved over version 5.5 in this regard, with the planes acting more like the real thing in flight. I was particularly impressed with the improvements simulating the affect of wind turbulence on the plane. Also in a difficult to describe way, the simulated plane in flight feels more like a real R/C plane. (Possibly the improved flying physics showing up?) I normally run Real Flight on the computer in my studio, but I recently reloaded version 3.5 onto my now rather elderly laptop to take along to a class of 9 to 11 year olds I was relief teaching for few days, that were studying ‘Flight’. (my elderly laptop will only run Real Flight version 3.5, not enough of anything in it to operate later versions ) The flight characteristics (flying physics) of version 3.5 were very rudimentary compared to the version 5.5, which was the latest version of real Flight I had at the time. The simulation of model plane flight has improved immensely with the release of each of the new versions, and in my opinion this is reason enough in itself to keep upgrading to the latest version.
Posted on: 12/10/2011 11:19 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Flight Simulator Software"
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RE: wind indicator? will it work?
This already exists on a giant scale in New Plymouth New Zealand. http://www.newplymouthnz.com/VisitingNewPlymouth/Attractions/PublicSculptures/LenLyeWindWand.htm http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=new+plymouth+wind+wand&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=655&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=87e9TvHELYeiiQLE87SwAw&sqi=2&ved=0CE4QsAQ
Posted on: 11/11/2011 4:07 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Planes/Helis"
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RE: heat index
There is no flying here either because of the temperature, snow showers here today and further snow showers forecast for tomorrow. The temperature struggled up to 5 degrees C (41 F) today, currently 1.5 C (34 F)degrees, windy with occasional snow showers. Probably won't be able to go anywhere tomorrow because of the snow. Snow in southern NZ is not unknown, but is not a frequent event, so nothing is set up for snow. &frac12; inch to one inch of snow and everything just grinds to a halt. It is to cold in my workshop to build, my 2kw portable fan heater is just not up to it today. Fingers crossed for flying later in the week, the snow won’t lie for more than a few hours. Remember it is the middle of our winter, and the winter has just not existed this year until today apart from the shorter days, there has been heaps of great flying days recently, but not today! Cheers David
Posted on: 7/24/2011 12:10 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: RTF autogyro?
I am a few weeks ahead of you. I have made the Twirl, a foam autogyro, and it flies really well. There are alot of sites about the Twirl, just Google 'Twirl autogyro' , also put 'Twirl autogyro' in a Youtube search. I had no problems flying mine, however there were a couple of areas I have strengthened on the Twirl from necessity (i.e. they broke) notablty the engine mount as per the plan was not strong enough and the motor came off and went through the blades. 4 blades were chopped up but the Twirl fluttered to the ground undamaged. The blades were easy to replace. The wing strut mount as per the plan was not strong enough and the mount pulled the foam it was attached to away. Again easy to fix. The Twirl would not fly without the wing strut attached as the rotors bent the wing down instead of lifting the autogyro. When you make the blades I suggest you make 16 blades instead of the 8 required, to have spare blades on hand to speed up repairs. The photocopier / printer paper blade reinforcement of the blades sound wierd, but seems to work fine, with no blades failing while flying, all 6 blades I have broken have been through mishaps, learning to land and so on rather than blade structural failure. The big pluses of the Twirl in my eyes are is it is easy to fly, but it is an auto gyro and flies and behaves as such. It also teaches you to keep autogyros reasonably close as with no or very small wings it is VERY easy to become disorientated. In other blogsI have read that it is essentail to build an autogyro as per the plans so rotor angles and so are correct. I am so inpressed with the Twirl that I have ordered a single rotor autogyro profile kit, autogyros are most interesting planes to fly. Plans, discussion and so on: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=450021
Posted on: 6/18/2011 12:29 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: 2.4 reciever linking
They do work fine (although I am only brave enough to use then in smaller foamy planes) And remember that Google is your friend in these type of situations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcAYXmGbTw8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqFCc9wbZ5o
Posted on: 5/20/2011 12:53 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Questions and Answers"
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RE: TX li-po for Futaba 8FG
Check out this site, these LiFe Tx batteries seem to be the answer for powering Txs, they are even charged using your existing Tx charger through the Tx charge port. Delivery is FAST too, my battery took only 4 days to get to NZ!! Don't forget to order the adaport plug along with the battery. (@ the bottom of the list of batteries only a couple of $s) http://aircraft-world.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=129&cat=battery+-+LiFePO4 Cheers David
Posted on: 1/24/2011 4:55 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros"
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RE: Need Help with Goldberg Electra glider! Brushed to Brushless!
I am just on completing a Goldberg Gentle Lady glider which is very similar. I am powering it and using a folding prop. The guys in my club recommended this motor: http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=2128&Product_Name=KD_36-12L_Brushless_Outrunner_1000Kv and a 10x6 prop. On a test mount it drew at full throttle 15 amps with a folding 10 x6 prop on a 3c lipo. It had a tremendous amount of 'pull' bending the 3/8 ply temporary motor mount. The motor and prop combination will definitely pull the glider rapidly up into the air, some guys reckon at about 60 / 70 degrees! Will I be able to control its assent????? you don't have to use full throttle. I will finish fitting the servos and control rods, cover it and then after the batteries arrive, I will be able to tell you how it all works out. (deliveries of the batteries are still about 2 /3 weeks away ex Hong Kong, Hobby King)
Posted on: 4/28/2010 4:15 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: Pic of Nazi Flying Wing - model
Model Horton on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbbs1YlQvc
Posted on: 4/26/2010 4:22 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: ANZAC Day
Particularly sad and poignant ANZAC day in New Zealand with the crash of an Airforce Helicopter on the way to ANZAC commemorations in Wellington . http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10640957
Posted on: 4/26/2010 3:48 AM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Boats"
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Glue Allergy?????
Is it common to become allergic to epoxy glues? Recently after using epoxy glue I have felt nauseous and generally off colour for the next 12-18 hours, even when just using a little bit.of epoxy glue. This never used to be problem, have I change, or has the formula of the epoxy glue changed, or is it all just a coincidence? I don't get the glue on my skin or anything.
Posted on: 4/21/2010 2:55 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Glue Allergy?????
Some very good points. Thank you. I think that the point made that while epoxy fumes don't have an odour, that doesn't make them any less dangerous, is a very significant point. I will try some of the ideas. I had to use a very small amount of epoxy glue yesterday to repair a chip in a flower pot ( don't ask) before her that has to be obeyed discovered my indiscretion. Using gloves still and garage door open still felt nauseous. Pretty sure it is epoxy fumes that are affecting me. Cheers David
Posted on: 4/21/2010 2:35 PM by Author "davidbegg" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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