Congrats to skaliwag
06-30-2009, 09:13 AM
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First landing (not by me) was on a fairly short grass field with gusty sidewind, so all over the place on the approach and then came down a little hard. So just like any other landing I would do with 1/2a planes...
07-01-2009, 06:28 PM
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WOW! way cool. Keep us posted on the progress; your flying lessons and the plane. As a vote of one I here by direct you to start a build thread on the plane. Heck it is the scale documentation of your model right?
07-01-2009, 09:33 PM
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That's gorgeous looking work! With the covering stretched tight over the whole works, I can see how it would be tremendously strong and light. Plus MG rounds will pass right through it without doing any harm.
Do you have a helmut [with a spike] to wear yet?
Do you have a helmut [with a spike] to wear yet?
07-01-2009, 10:55 PM
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I must add my congratulations as well. You are to be commended!
I have to ask, What kind of bearings are used in the rudder and elevator?
Robert
I have to ask, What kind of bearings are used in the rudder and elevator?
Robert
07-02-2009, 01:09 AM
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Was zum Teufel? (German for "What the Fokkker?") Is that what I think it is? Are you going to change your last name to Immelmann?
Very nice! What a dream come true it would be to fly in an open cockpit.
Very nice! What a dream come true it would be to fly in an open cockpit.
07-02-2009, 07:01 AM
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OK Steve, time to tell the boys what engine you're using.
Very nice work! I see nice wooden jigs and building tables so that's where the carpentry expertise comes in.
Very nice work! I see nice wooden jigs and building tables so that's where the carpentry expertise comes in.
07-02-2009, 10:18 PM
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To All ... Thanks again for the support and kind words.. Life is good.
Brian..
See pic for gun.. It's made from a piece of 4" Schedule 120 PVC pipe and .025 Alum sheet. I think the guy now has one that has a trigger mechanism that torches a measured charge of butane.
Steve E.
Better not do a thread... Way off topic... We'll just keep progress under the radar here. I'll let all know when a milestone passes. I don't expect to be flying until next fall.
CP.. I have the word out for a helmet. One antique dealer I know says he saw on in a 'Junk" store on the waterfront in Seattle last year down by the ferries.
Bipe
You are right ... It is a Fokker E111. 3/4 scale . I hoping to dress it up as the one that was captured on April 8th 1916. Airplane # 210/16 work # 509. Plenty of info on the web about this particular airplane. It is the only "Real" one left in existence.
My new name is .. Oberleutnant Siegfreid von Langsamerflieger.
DB..
I think I am going with the 998cc V Twin Briggs Vangaurd. Valley engineering puts out a package of the motor/ 1:1.8 re-drive/ prop for $5K
Couldn't have done it with out wooden Jigs. I think I have more time thinking about how to and making jigs and fixtures than actual building.
Brian..
See pic for gun.. It's made from a piece of 4" Schedule 120 PVC pipe and .025 Alum sheet. I think the guy now has one that has a trigger mechanism that torches a measured charge of butane.
Steve E.
Better not do a thread... Way off topic... We'll just keep progress under the radar here. I'll let all know when a milestone passes. I don't expect to be flying until next fall.
CP.. I have the word out for a helmet. One antique dealer I know says he saw on in a 'Junk" store on the waterfront in Seattle last year down by the ferries.
Bipe
You are right ... It is a Fokker E111. 3/4 scale . I hoping to dress it up as the one that was captured on April 8th 1916. Airplane # 210/16 work # 509. Plenty of info on the web about this particular airplane. It is the only "Real" one left in existence.
My new name is .. Oberleutnant Siegfreid von Langsamerflieger.
DB..
I think I am going with the 998cc V Twin Briggs Vangaurd. Valley engineering puts out a package of the motor/ 1:1.8 re-drive/ prop for $5K
Couldn't have done it with out wooden Jigs. I think I have more time thinking about how to and making jigs and fixtures than actual building.
02-10-2010, 02:27 AM
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Havn't done much to the Fokker lately... Too darn cold in the workshop and other things have stole my spare time. But the good news is that I have bought a Cessna 152 N757AY. The bad news is it is stuck in Burlington, INDIANA ( BMG ). Any locals wanting to talk to me about getting my new bird to (usually sunny) California please feel free to give me a jingle.
02-10-2010, 06:51 AM
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RE: Congrats to skaliwag
Congratulations, Steve. That's gonna be a heck of a x-country this time of year. My biennial is long overdue and the rust is thick. Otherwise I'd be glad to help.