RCDENT

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Absolutely gorgeous Cliff! Wish I could see it fly in person and hear the howl of that OPS.

Dewey

CHiatt

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It flew!!!

I went over to Triple Creek R/C Club near Brandon, FL last Saturday for the maiden flight(s). My wife came along to support and photo document the experience and Sam Leonard met me there to assist. Doug Phillips, of TCRCC, was our host and helped me with inital runup.

Initial runup yielded 14,200 rpm on the ground with an 11x7 Zinger (basically a smoothed out tree branch!) with the mixture set to just hit the pipe. The model took two points of up trim and 3 of right aileron trim. I had set three throw rates and flew on the 'middle' one, still a touch 'sporty' for high rates but were fine for the conditions. It didn't take many passes before I did a long slow roll... man that's cool!

I flew four flights and only had issues with the pipe mount. I'll need to repair where the stinger exits the can (braze let go) and make a 'sliding' pipe mount to account for length expansion with heat. I'm fabbing pieces today... Also will reduce mechanical throws and go from there with TX rates and expos (things I never had in 1979!).

I've attached a few pics; Doug helping with assembly and runup, Sam Leonard and me, runup for 1st flight, slow roll!, after landing and the re-created 1979 pose. I have a really short video that I'll try and put up later.



Regards,
Cliff

MMcConville

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Well.....thats just cool!!!!

rv7driver

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Cliff, you have a great looking bootlegger, you got to be very happy!!! Pete

hrrcflyer

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Cliff, I'm glad to see all of your hard work result in such a beautiful plane. Congratulations on your successful maiden, and I hope you have many more enjoyable years flying your Bootlegger.

David

billtulsa

Cliff,

Thats awesome, seeing you and Sam reminds me of when we flew together while in school back in 1980.

Put an APC 11-9 on that thing and watch it go, yea not original but cant see the prop anyway. Performance difference will be unreal.

Got to get my Tipo out, weather broke this week.

Bill C.

KLXMASTER14

Congrats on a successful project! Very gratifying I'm sure.
-Robert

grotto2

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Great to see Sam out again, too.[8D]
-Ron

CHiatt

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Revised pipe mount...

You might remember that I had an issue during initial flights with the pipe mount being a little too 'solid'. The attached pic shows how I repaired the pipe and revised the mount...

Made an aluminum flanged bushing and bonded it to the stinger/can with JB Weld to repair the cracked braze and beef up the end of the pipe.

The pipe mount now has a teflon bushing to allow the stinger to slide as the pipe 'grows' with heat. Grooves are cut into the O.D. of the bushing for JB Weld so it could 'bond' to the clamp.

Worked like a champ on Saturday... when I got in a couple more flights over at TCRCC. Played with props a little, the engine out-ran the pipe with a Rev-Up 11x7-1/4 but seemed about right with a 11x7-1/2 and pulled better in the verticals too. The engine is coming in nicely and the Boot is really honkin'!

Regards,
Cliff

CHiatt

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Bootlegger Redux got a chance to fly with Don Lowe last Friday at RCACF field in Apopka, FL. It was a windy day but still fun, I really enjoyed spending time with Don! Still one of the nicest guys on the planet...

Here's a pic...

Regards,
Cliff

PS; Bootlegger needs softer tires to get it to slow down after landing on pavement...

grotto2

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Don's new pink hairdo really makes it.

I always knew he was a punk at heart.

EscapeFlyer

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WOW!!!!

Very eager to see that video.. Beautiful airplane!

Brian