propjobbill

Has anyone built a coroplast control line plane yet either 1/2A or something for a .35 to .40? If you have let me know how it worked out.

Tim Wiltse-RCU

propjobbill,

I have 2 different coroplast c/l planes that I have built. One is the Platter from the Aero Maniac's site. It's a super cool flying disk. My little girl would launch it for me and I could hover it 3 feet off the group and then do loops in it's lenght. The other one is a stunt wing from the Balsa Beaver's site up in Canada. It was also a cool plane. Both had Cox reedies on them. Easy...cheap..FUN!!!

LAter,
Tim

ajcoholic

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Yup! Here are some pics....

AJC

prole

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AJ-

those are really cool.

I have been wanting to try out a 1/2a CL for a while now and have been reading up on it quite a bit. I got a few handles on eBay and a really nice old Carl Goldberg kit but I am afraid to wreck it.

ah, but coroplast, that's the key!!!! i do much better about things that are hard to break, and that would be something fun to do with all those reedies that I have kicking around.
AJ, do you have a drawing or a close up of one of those planes so I might be able to try one out?

thanks

timothy

propjobbill

ajcoholic
Are all four of those planes coroplast, what hind of engine, and what prop size?

ajcoholic

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These planes are all the same, made from one piece of 4mm coro plast and all powered by cox reed valve engines (black widow types - twin bypass, larger stunt tank).

They actually go like snot! A bit fast for teaching the kids, this spring I am going to add a tail to a few to see if they fly a bit more sedate...

But we had a lot of fun. That was last year. One of the kids now has 3 or 4 "real" cl planes including a Nobler, and also flies RC very well. The others are kids I help regul;arly with rubber powered free flight planes.

I am hoping to get more CL action going this summer here in my town.

AJC

PS let me get the drawings dug up, I will post them here....

ajcoholic

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here is a link to some pics, it will take me a bit of time to go through the mags to find the drawings, but you get the idea... SIMPLE!!

AJC

http://www.balsabeavers.ca/Contest%203a%20Racing.htm

propjobbill

ajcoholic
WOW thanks for the site with the pictures, I think I will try one of those
Thanks Bill

Tim Wiltse-RCU

Bill,


The plans are are on the site too in PDF format. Any little reed valve Cox will fly one just fine..if not to fast for some. I used a 6x3 prop on mine sometimes the Cox 5x3 3 blade.




Later,
Tim

ajcoholic

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Tim,
Thanks for the tip I didnt know the plans were there...

Look under the "beginners'" section, propjobbill.

I am actually an honorary Perfect Circle club member, I sent 4 NIB black widows and 4 used ones to the club a few years ago for their kids program. Its a great, cheap way to get kids into the hobby, isnt it!?

AJC

Clean

I keep forgetting to make one of these. I made a platter long ago out of coro. Here's the link for the trainer http://www.balsabeavers.ca/images/Trainer2.pdf

I ought to go downstairs right now and carve some coro.

lwr_

I call this one the "Grin Reaper" because everyone who flies it walks away with a big grin on their face. Frank from "Flying Models" wants me to do an article. He flew it at last years SMALL and loved it. Cox 020 for power.

dennis

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Didn't Larry Renger[designman] publish 2 really neat 1/2A C/L planes in Flying Models about 2 years ago made primairily from coreplast. One was a really neat delta. Dennis