planknheli

anyone know of a twin for .061`s? arf or kit? fun fly or sport, maybe profile?
thanks,
conk

combatpigg

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Pick out a design that has a lot of rudder authority. It really helps to be able to kill both engines on command. Designs that are stretched out and slightly under-powered will have the least amount of trouble when 1 engine quits. A pair of engines on a 2 meter glider would be a good way to give it a try.
I scratch built a DeHavilland Dragon Rapide that flies very well with just 1 engine running as it crabs through the sky. It is basically a bipe glider.
There might be some electric version of this plane out in a size that would work. It would need to weigh less than 40 ozs to have any sport-like performance.

skaliwag

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Pat Tritle has a Rapide ... He may have a kit or plan

http://www.patscustom-models.com/index.html

build light

I vote for the Ace Aerocommander hands down. A really good looking airplane, simple to build large rudder, scale looking without actually being scale, and again a simple build.

Robert

Boomerang1

I have a plan for a Short Skyvan you can have. If you are into fat chicks it's just the plane for you!

If you like em skinny go the Aero Commander. - John.

planknheli

thanks for all the replys, guys. still don`t know what i want to built. these all look like to much of a build for me. i was hoping for something simpler. conk

combatpigg

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Build a 6 foot span glider and hang a couple profile type engine tank mounts off the wing.

planknheli

thats what i was thinking.
thanks combatpigg !

Yuu

Buy a big foam glider at Wally World or K-Mart and hang two engines on the wings. 5 or 6 bucks for a plane... and "go for it".

combatpigg

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Hope you have fun with it!
A 6 foot glider will be spin resistant if only 1 engine is lit. You always want to turn against the engine that is still running. If you use .061s that can be killed reliably, that helps.
The Goldberg Gentle Lady is a horrible build, but this is the size glider I'm suggesting. The Olympic 650 was a great build, but I'm not sure who or if it is available now. It was sold by Airtronics. You could also start out with an arf.
The engine mounts could be profile type made out of 3/8" thick balsa slab and 3/8 x 1/4 maple beams to mount the engine and tank. It sounds like a fun project that should fly shortly after you get started.

BTerry

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Olympic 650 (along with several other Airtronics planes - Q-tee kit or S-tee or Warlock plans anybody?) is now made by Aeroshpere. http://www.aerosphereonline.com/mm5/...ode=Sailplanes

(Aquila and Sagitta 900 kits to follow 'soon" accd to the website)

BTerry

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Another option that might work is Mark Rittinger's Sportwin: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=338941

it is designed around speed 400 electric motors, so the twin .061's would be lighter and more powerful. It is a scratch-built plane, but is very simple (sheeted wing with simple ribs, straightforward box fuselage and engine nacelles, etc).

combatpigg

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The engine pods on that thing are stationed way too far apart unless you are going after some kind of assymetric thrust kind of stunts...

For a glow project, you want to be able to react in time to save the plane if an engine quits...so the closer to the center of the plane you can get the engines the better off you'll be.

Max_Power

I've got a few pairs of twins too. I'd been thinking about getting a foam glider wing and a foam tube a sanding out a sport-scale DC-3 It has or would still look decent with big wing anyway and engines pretty close in. Is beer cooler foam the only nitro resistant one or can the pink and blue stuff handle it too? What is a good source for a large cylinder or square stock of foam? Todd

combatpigg

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Thick slabs of foam are available, but the thickest you commonly see at retail shops is 2 inch. You can ripsaw foam strips and use spray contact glue to make up your own massive blocks.
For a 1/2A project, a single 2 inch thick slice should cover most semi-scale efforts, but a DC3 would probably look better with a pair of blocks glued together You can sandwich a piece of thin ply in the vertical fin area to act as a stiffener between the foam blocks.
None of the foams are really fuel proof and they will absorb it.
The torn paper & thinned white glue technique is supposed to form a nice tight skin [over the foam] that you can paint with dope or 2 part paint [catalysed cure]. Extra layers of paper are used to act as spar caps to strengthen wings spanwise.

av8rsodt

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Milton's, aka Dickeybird, Twin Lizzie II is another good choice. Construction article in Flying Model along with plans that are available.

Brian

planknheli

thanks av8r,
i really like it. whre do you fly?? hobby park,rams,ccrc,triad aeromodelers?
co

av8rsodt

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I have not joined a club yet, but thinking about doing so for this year. Anxious to get flying in Spring / Summer.

Been to Hobby Park, BARKS and CCRCM in High Point. Thinking of visiting RAMS and Triad RC Modelers.

Where do you fly?

Brian

planknheli

triad aeromodelers in lexington, about 2 miles from my house.