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Oldtimer Pictures below This plane I picked up from a friend and will be using it for a camera platform. It is a 3 channel Great Planes Oldtimer. The wing is 73 inches (735 sq in surface area). ENGINE: I've got an OS Surpass Four Stroke .52 engine on it and it purrs right along. I'm still in the tweaking stage at this point. I'm running a 11.5 x 6 prop but will be changing to the recommended 11 x 5 soon to see the difference. This thing is a gas miser. Several times I brought it in thinking I would be low on fuel and had more than enough left in the tank. It is handy with the windows in the side of the fuselage. You can contort just a bit and see your fuel level. RADIO: I'm using a Futaba 6 channel 2.4 GHZ FASST radio. I picked up another receiver for this plane. The receiver and battery are velcro'd into place in the HUGE radio compartment. 3 standard servos. Elevator, Rudder, Throttle. I am going to see if I can mix my aileron and rudder so I can control the aileron function with the rudder as well because taxi'ing on the ground is very unsettling to me using the aileron function to steer. WHEELS: I hate my wheels. I messed up the wheel pants that came with this. Flying at my house field, wheel pants aren't really a great idea anyway. The wheels I have on there are scale Biplane wheels I pulled off a biplane I had. I painted the hubs to match the plane. They are too thin for this landing gear. I need some balloon tires for this thing. CAMERA: Originally I had intended to put a camera in the fuselage on the left side of the plane (The clean side). But the four stroke throttle linkage will be preventing that. The camera I ordered is small and I have seen many pictures of people flying with the camera velcro'd to the side of the plane. So that is what I will be doing as well. I want to get the camera forward of the wing for pictures so the wing does not get into the pictures. I can move the battery in the compartment around for weight distribution though the camera does not weigh much. The link to the camera I ordered is HERE FLYING: Its' a 3 channel, so it is a bit different without the ailerons. But this thing can fly nice. It will slow down so much its' almost scary. My first 4 flights were without any wind. The last flight had about a 2 mph wind. I dead sticked it once when I pulled throttle too much (still need to tweak that too). Perfect for a camera platform!!! The OS four stroke will pull this thing vertical for quite awhile before it will stall out. Stalls are gentle. But with the large amount of rudder I have in it, I can kick it over into a nice hammerhead. It takes off in 10 feet at half throttle with no wind!!! Pretty cool. I have to thank my freind Ed as he built the plane. I covered all but the tail and installed the engine/radio, etc. YET TO DO: Change out the wheels. Get a prop hub/spinner. Mount the camera. I'll post photos when I get them. PHOTOS HERE AND HERE Aerial 3 |
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The flying field
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01/27/2008