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Need Instruction book for Dynaflite Spitfire 40
Hello all, anyone have a copy or scan of the Instruction book for the Dynaflite Spitfire 40 (funscale) Thanks ron
Posted on: 3/25/2012 10:57 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Who wants to build Lockheed Orion 9
Very true John, The hurricane gear may be a bad choice for exact scale, but at least it is something that has been manufactured for r/c. It is worth looking into. R/C models have many compromises because they have to, not because the designers were unaware of how the full scale was actually built. Very few, and I mean very very few r/c aircraft, even the so called "true scale aircraft" have true-to-scale landing gear, or any other complex part true to scale for that matter. In r/c, scale is always in the eye of the beholder (or builder). No model can ever be true scale. You will always find a dimension off a tad or a detail missed. Very few r/c scale modelers are interested in a museum level of scale. They comprise probably 1% of all builders. Even the National AMA scale masters do not judge on absolute scale but on many factors and considerations. People come to the scale masters every year with the "perfect model" and lose every time because they failed to consider what the judges were looking for. If I put hundreds of hours into designing plans and templates for an Orion, I would desire to see it built by as many interested modelers as possible. For that reason an off-the-shelf retract is a must. Even at that, an off-the-shelf retract system from Robart with all the components would run around $500 for 1/6 scale. I do not wish to design a model that will be respected by a very few highly discriminate people but is so complex it is rejected by hundreds who wished for something manageable. John, I appreciate any input you can give. Your experience and advice is unmatched for full scale aircraft. As a museum operator who wants to build full scale I would expect nothing less bur precision and fidelity from you. Yet, this is r/c, and my design criteria follows that of Don Smith, Nick Ziroli, Wendell Hostetler, Dave Platt, Bob Holman, Jerry Bates and others who are giants in the industry of R/C model aircraft design. I am interested in designing a model of a cool airplane for a [b]popular market[/b]. R/C modeling and design has its own culture and considerations that are unique because of the nature of the industry. Please, keep giving advice, it is highly respected and appreciated, but hopefully this helps you understand why someone would use a less than perfect scale retract.
Posted on: 1/7/2012 4:46 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10896733
RE: Who wants to build Lockheed Orion 9
Hello All, Wow, it has been so long since I viewed this thread. I feel like I have let you all down because I started the thread and kind of crapped out. However, I am just finishing a bachelors degree at my age of 53. It has kept me busy for the last few years along with a full time job and family. I also started a new job at Tolerance Masters as a manufacturing engineer. They have all the major cad and machine support I need for a project like this. Soooo, I am going to be looking into starting the solid modeling on a 1/6 scale. After that I will make the layouts for the laser cutters and compile a bill of materials. Then I have to build the darn thing so that I can make adjustments to the parts and the bill as needed. This is a huge project. I respect the guys who do this full time. It must take a ton of cad and labor hours to produce an kit or ARF that will function well. Obviously there are levels of design. Some r/c plans need 20 years of building experience and a ton of imagination to get a plane made from them. I want to avoid that type of print. What has me really excited is the advice for the landing gear from the hurricane above. That has been one of the biggest things keeping me from this project; where to get off the shelf gear that is close to the Orion configuration. Anyway, thanks to all for putting in posts. I promise to finish this before I go to my grave. I love this plane. Indeed, the wikipedia artical is 90% mine. P.S. I have a photo file archive for this aircraft, plus many of the Altair, that is huge. In addition, it includes most all of the photos that can be had for the Swissaire Orion. If you are interested, I can make a cd rom and mail it to anyone interested for $8. That basically just covers the cost of the disk and priority mail plus a buck for me. Just send me a private email. Ron Jesberg
Posted on: 1/6/2012 1:07 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10895082
RE: WACO YMF
Any one have a 1/5 waco cowl and blisters they want to part with for cheap?
Posted on: 12/28/2011 2:59 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10880116
RE: How to clean varnish off a glow engine?
used this type of antifreeze, green glycol, (with phosperous, as suggested) in crock pot. Used it full strength. Engine is grey and looks like crap. Obviously there is different chemical compositions of this antifreeze. Unless someone can get VERY specific, chemical wise, I would avoid this technique. Knowing the brand is no good. The chemicals in specific brands has been constantly in change for the last few years.
Posted on: 10/29/2011 4:43 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Tips & Techniques"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10788533
RE: Soaking an engine in antifreeze in a crock
I tried the pure antifreeze crockpot method as described here. Green antifreeze with the phosphate. Turned my os LA 40 parts dull grey. looks like crap. Unless someone can specifically specify what exact type of antifreeze they are using (chemical composition) I would stay away from this process. Its a crap shoot.
Posted on: 10/28/2011 9:05 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10787527
RE: Who wants to build Lockheed Orion 9
wow, time sure does fly. I have not made any progress on the larger scale model. I am stuck on the retracts, as well as finishing off my college education. College is hard at 52 years old!Free time has been rare. The Orion was the first aircraft with retracts, or at least one of the first. For that reason the retracts are unusual. When retracted, they lay parallel to the spar. You will not find that on any other retract. On deployment they come down 95 degrees and advance forward to place the front of the wheel just forward of the leading edge. I show the Altair layout below, which is identical to the Orion. The retract companies do not make one that does this. I am hesitant to layout a non scale retract position, i.e. like for a AT6 or a staggerwing retract. Anyway, that is just an update on my project that is going nowhere.
Posted on: 6/28/2011 8:34 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10596202
RE: [Awaiting Approval]
I grabbed that kit off fleabay Just received that kit. Really mint. Looks like an early version Pica kit. I am always surprised when I get a kit that has never been unpacked. After handling 100's of kits, you can just tell. One nice thing I have been able to do, I have a large bed scanner at work. I have scanned the plans of most every kit I have handled. I have a nice collecion now. I recently finished my own cad design of an Se5A, and than built it. Turned out nice. The waco I own is a sweet flyer. Nice plane. Sorry I have not chimed in for a long time. Way too many irons in the fire. I also restore vintage motorcycles, and am in the middle of a college degree taking night courses. In any case, I want to invertory all the sheet and stick wood in MSword, and accuratley cad all the die cut parts. Something I have wanted to do for some time. Waco Brother#7 Ronj10
Posted on: 7/1/2010 10:03 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=9838166
RE: How to field test 6 volt receiver packs?
Doh!! I looked in Tower, I must have missed it. Thanks Anyway, Can you simulate a load for a 6 volt pack using a resistor of some sort and a simple everyday volt meter? I could just pick up a resistor at radio shack and put it inline if that is possible. (electricity is not my forte)
Posted on: 11/23/2009 1:58 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=9274736
How to field test 6 volt receiver packs?
I want to start using 5 cell (6 volt) receiver packs. My tower hobbies expanded volt meter that I use for field testing is for 4.8 volt packs. I have not been able to find a solution for testing my 6 volt receiver packs for remaining charge while at the field. Any ideas? Thanks
Posted on: 11/23/2009 1:37 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=9274678
RE: WACO YMF
[quote]ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder What's everyone doing with their Waco projects. This thread is getting real stagnant. Bill, Waco Brother #1 [/quote] Never got around to flying my 1/5 waco last summer. Did however auger in a real nice .60 size golden age racer. That was fun. I had a test pilot from the club lined-up for the maiden flight for my 1/5 waco. He was bummed that I did not get around to flying it. I also have the Phoenix flight sim comming in the mail. I fly so little that I thought it would help. Many people at the club swear by these flight sims. Seems like cheap insurance when you have so much time & money into a model. I am within a month of having a 1/6 Dave Platt waco finished. Gosh, these things are fun to build, this could get addicting. I like the fiberglass parts that came with the early Dave Platt kit. Building the 1/5 with all the mods helped speed up the build on this 1/6 by the experience gained from the 1/5. That's it in a nutshell. I'll put up a pic of the 1/6 when it is done.
Posted on: 1/9/2009 8:04 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8337538
RE: Check out my beaver
LOL[:)]
Posted on: 10/28/2008 11:14 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8092408
RE: WACO YMF
Anyone have a set of pica 1/6 waco decals that they do not need?
Posted on: 10/21/2008 2:07 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8070447
RE: WACO YMF
Does anyone have a pdf file of the instruction booklet for the Dave Platt or Pica 1/6 Waco?
Posted on: 10/15/2008 2:26 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8051595
RE: Monocote or ultracote??
I have used both extensively. I have been using monkote since the 1970's and ultracote (oracover) since it came out from goldberg in 1980's. Monokote has more colors and distributers plus more trim sheets and paints to go with it. Ultacote is easier to use. I primarily use it for the wrinkle problem. Monokote is horrible for wrinkles and gas bubbles (I use a paper tiger to get rid of the bubbles). I have to reshrink my monokote planes continually. My ultacote planes I touch up a few wrinkles in the spring and it is good for the whole season. The only time I use monokote now is because I need a color that I really want, which is about half the time. Oh, and Utracote is like magic around curves. And if you want to strip a plane, and I do because I keep my planes a long time and recover them after a few years, the Ultracote comes off much better than the Monokote.
Posted on: 5/15/2008 12:16 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Questions and Answers"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=7499388
RE: First Scratch build
FYI Wing core only applies to foam wings. The wing in question is a build up. For build up wings the term is "cord". Anyway, that is a sweet looking scratch build. How did you determine that you have enough rudder area? Experience?, or do you have a formula for 3d? Just wondering. Nice plane, put a pic up when you have it finished.
Posted on: 2/28/2008 7:59 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=7149413
RE: Who wants to build Lockheed Orion 9
[b]UPDATE 12/26/07[/b] Because of the interest of a fellow who wanted the 1/9 scale (.30-40 size - 57" span), I went and made CAD prints of that design and now am able to offer scratch builder prints with all the templates of that model. It is (2) sheets 24" x 72". I made the design scale except for the airfoil. Below is a sample of sheet 2. Cost for these plans is negotiable at this point. Please consider that Copies cost $6.00, mailing tube $2.75 and shipping is $7.00 in lower 48. What is my time and gas worth to get copies made and mail them out, plus what is the work in my drawing worth? Make me a fair offer. I am going to start on a larger scale next. I have to consider what size most people might actually build. Whereas true scale builders also like big planes, they only represent about 10% of flyers (no offence). A 1/6 scale would need a gasser or a 180 4-cycle. Not alot of flyers into that kinda stuff for obvious reasons (time plus $$$). The most difficult aspect of this project is finding a off-the shelf retract. This plane had whopper wheels that came down from center wing to align forward of the leading edge ( a 1/6 scale would have a 6" dia wheel with a retract costing around 400.00 - kinda scary). Kinda tough to figure that out. I am working on it.
Posted on: 1/16/2008 9:08 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=6808934
RE: What planes good choice for G-38
Although I have not flown it yet my Pica 1/5 Waco has a G38 in it. I did alot of research into this. Many people have flown this plane with a G35 up to a G50! One guy who flew it alot with a G26 said it was marginal. So I would think the G38 is a good fit.
Posted on: 11/27/2007 9:26 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=6680245
RE: FunAero SE5a
I have this kit, although I have not started it. I have built many kits over the past 40 years and I can tell you that this is a nice kit just by going through it. Good instructions, plans, hardware, and really sweet laser cut parts.
Posted on: 11/27/2007 9:21 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=6680234
RE: futaba fp-s48 servo
1. gears are nylon and composite. They do not get brittle.
Posted on: 11/25/2007 5:28 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=6671931
RE: WACO YMF
Sorry you feel they are crass. I am not at all pleased that you interrupted my advice to someone else. My post was not addressed to you but you sure made it your business to make sure that you knew everything correctly and basically negated everything I had to say. Even that post I quoted. You know the fundamentals but I only have opinions. Your an arrogant piece of work. [quote]ORIGINAL: damifino Thank you Old Git for your input. I stand by responses and offer no apologies for my knowledge of and application of certain processes relating to my profession or hobbies. With all due respect to everyone; there is a vast difference between an opinion and an understanding of fundamentals. I am not splitting hairs here and a review of recent posts reveals the commonality present in most of RONJ10's posts. I, for one, am often put off by his crass remarks. If that is a weakness on my part, well that's just the way it is. In the future I will refrain from responding to the gentleman. [/quote]
Posted on: 6/23/2007 9:00 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=6025496
RE: WACO YMF
[quote]ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder Let's not get into a urinating contest here guys....we all have our opinions, and I hope that we can all learn from each other. You guys are Brothers, so let's back off a few steps, breathe deeply and resume the discourse. I'm not taking sides, I just don't want the Moderators in here. Bill, AMA 4720 WACO Brotherhood #1 [/quote] We have about 50 brothers who hardly ever say anything. After all this I can't say I am not surprised.
Posted on: 6/12/2007 10:42 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5977308
RE: WACO YMF
Well, I do not agree with you, regardless of all your testing. I guess maybe I should be scared or awed by all your experience and knowledge, but I am not. Careful and considerate welding of music wire works fine and maintains adequate properties to do the job. Welding the mount plate on the axel is the only good foolproof solution to a good wheel pant mount other than a heavy set screw into a dimple ground into the axel. That works almost as good, but I have had those spin the pants on me also. That solder and wire thing I have seen fail at some point for just about everyone. If it holds well it is luck, just like you think my efforts are. However, ten years ago I stopped all that solder and wire stuff and went with welds and never have those problems anymore, and don't have axle failures either. I guess we choose to disagree on this one. I hope that is alright, disagreeing. I do not know if either of us is completely right, but I do hope we can all bring our experience and knowledge to this forum without having to fear a small selection of watchdogs who know it all and decide what is absolutly right and wrong.
Posted on: 6/11/2007 7:48 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5972035
RE: WACO YMF
Damifino What you say is absolutly true, but I only agree with the outcome of welding if it is done without due consideration. I explained almost exactly what you said to the welder. I should have mentiopned that in my earlier post, thanks for catching that. A large wire dia with a high voltage deep penatrant weld will do that. If you use small welding wire at the proper current for the job the weld does not go that deep to remove the temper from the gear wire. Your right about the brittling, but that is more of an issue with 5/32 and below axles that get hot enough to get annealed all the way through. This becomes less critical with the larger dia's. However, I have had many 5/32 axle wire planes with my wheel pant plate welded and have never had a gear failure or bend at the weld joint. And I bounce my planes alot. I'm a crappy lander. Music wire can be welded for many applications without losing its properties if the welding is done with due consideration. Anyway, that is my opinion for what it is worth.
Posted on: 6/10/2007 6:23 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5969742
RE: WACO YMF
Khodges, Quote "The wheelpant attachment would be an integral part of whatever I try to come up with, and I would also include the fairings from the pants to the gear legs." This may or may not work for what you want. I used a oval steel plate 1/16 thick and found a guy with a wire welder to lay a bead around the axel and the back side of the oval plate. Its permenant and will not move or break. See my thread#2692 & 2693 for pics to get the general idea. I layed up body putty to fair the oval plate into the leg, but it would be not too much more work to lay up a scale shape. I use 4-40 shcs's through the oval plate into blind nuts inside my whell pants. Pretty strong.
Posted on: 6/9/2007 9:19 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5966776
RE: WACO YMF
two more pics
Posted on: 6/1/2007 6:35 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5929550
RE: WACO YMF
Warning to scale Waco builders: don’t look at this mod, it will only make you cry, and any whining from you will not change my evil ways. Anyway, my flying leaves a lot to be desired. I was flying my hog the other day (8lbs) and did one of my occasional bouncy landings that slightly bent one of my piano wire gear legs. That incident made me take a closer look at the gear on my Pica Waco. The gear was just hanging out there with little support, and it had plenty of spring and flex in it. I was worried what this wiggly gear would do when this 15 lb bipe took a darn good bounce in the grass (Sure, I could just improve my flying, but I try to fix what is possible). Here are some pics of the (non-scale) cabling on my gear by just using the existing pica gear design. I drilled two small holes in the steel wheel pant plate and just looped a cable through that and around the upper gear leg by the fuselage and crimped the cable in the middle. I was surprised how rigid it is, you can’t move it a bit. Of course, with such rigid gear, now it will bounce even higher, but at least I do not have to worry about the gear flexing and splitting the support blocks inside the fuselage. I might redo it and allow some slack in the cables, I’ll see how this works
Posted on: 6/1/2007 6:34 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5929545
RE: WACO YMF
Well, I have not had much to say because of all the mods I am making to my waco due to the threads of a couple months ago. I am adding cabling to my tail feathers as well as redoing the wing saddle to bring it into alignment with the crutch. I built it per plan without really looking at it at the time (stupid). It is alot of work redoing the wing saddle. The top wing is easy, it was very close to parallel to the crutch already. Just a thin washer to shim it on two upper struts. Oh, and by the way, I aint tearing my plane apart to redo the center spar joints, that is just way too much work. I used alot of epoxy when I did them. I will redo them after it folds up in flight[:)]. My flying skills are low speed flight with the occasional loop and roll. The steel flying wires I am adding on my wings will have to compensate for any weakness in the center wing spar joints. Oh, and I am adding rubber baby buggy bumbers to my wing tips for those low speed take offs when it p-factors into the weeds[:D]. [quote]ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder Ron, Wish you would join in more often. You are a great source of information too. We need all our Brothers to contribute. Good to hear from you. Bill, AMA 4720 WACO Brotherhood #1 [/quote]
Posted on: 5/31/2007 10:47 AM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5925552
RE: WACO YMF
no, I was responding to the off topic thing. I always read the posts, even though much of it does'nt teach me much. But the forum is a good place for people to socialize and feel connected. I just breeze by the conversations and look for the hard info. I'm not much of a conversationalist. [quote]ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder Ron, Do you work for an insurance company? or were you talking about the off topic thing????? I was not referring to you in my post. Bill, AMa 4720 WACO Brotherhood #1 [/quote]
Posted on: 5/30/2007 7:23 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5922923
RE: WACO YMF
Hey, wasn't me. I complained about off topic 75 threads ago. Not since. [quote]ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder Nightstalker... Stickbuilder has been very busy for the past few days, and by the time that we close, the Puter repair geeks have all gone home (or to wherever the geeks go). I have been paying attention at work to what is happening on the thread, but I haven't had much time to respond. Did I see where you posted that you have been called down for posting off topic??? Who dares to do that? This is a Brotherhood, and not some dry insert tab A into slot B thread. Tell them to get a life the next time that happens. I think I know who might be the culprit there. The puter parts are on the way, and I will have to take the tower to the shop to get the new hard drive installed, and the interface hooked up to the old hard drive (so I don't lose everything). Should be done by the first of the week. I'm also fighting with my homeowners and auto insurance company. Seems as though they don't want to do business in Florida any longer. I have never filed a claim against them, but they say that they have too many customers in this state, so they are not going to renew mine. Looks as if they have forgotten what a risk is. Isn't that the premise of an insurance company??? So much for that. Bill, AMA 4720 WACO Brotherhood #1 [/quote]
Posted on: 5/30/2007 5:54 PM by Author "oldflyer123"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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