Ozflyboi

Hi Guys,

So Spider, I take it that's what I would look like with a goatie, right? LOL

Patti and Co do a really good job with these pilots. I was really excited when I was put in contact with her, knowing that she was also based in Australia.

The CNC machine and moulding technique works very well and this is really how scale replica "look a like" pilots is made possible.

I have to hand it to them as they did an awesome job on both my pilots, considering they had to make new items for both of them such as shoes, epaulettes with gold stripes, David Clark headset and all the other clothing on request.

Another custom request was to have my pilots hands arranged so that left was positioned in a grip for the control column and the right was to clasp the throttle.

In addition to this was Gold Wings badges which I provided a photo and were simply replicated in miniature using this same CAD process. Simply amazing stuff here.

Did I ever show any of you the shoes she replicated for my pilots? Okay so this may not be Cessna related but these are what both my pilots are wearing. We wear the same shoes!

If any of you are interested or considering one of the scale replica pilots just go for it, as once you see the amount of work that goes into them you will appreciate them being displayed in your Cessna/s.

Cheers,
Steve

spidernad

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Righty O Steve, lol.

I'm hoping some day I can scrape upenough bread to have a mold of my head done.

For now I'll have to just trust you to fly my plane.
Probably a better pilot than me anyway.

Also I'm getting a little old now so a Steve pilot figure probably looks better than a Dan pilot anyway. lol

Cheers.

PS. My pilot is wearing your shoes (in black)and headphones too.

mario tavarez14

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Yes I did spidernad , but they respond to me 2 week later telling me that they not taking any order for now , because the wait list is to long , they going to let me know went they star taking order again , then I say forget it about , but I will try one more time , the only problem with me is I don't like to wait

spidernad

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Who does, Mario?lol

Get in touch with Katherine by email. [email protected]

She is very nice. It only took a couple weeks to get these from her.

Remember their time is 14 hours ahead of us so depending when you send the email you might hear back the next day.

They were going through some issues back when you contacted them but now the daughter (Katherine, the mother is Patti) has gotten into the business and they are making a good comeback.
Katherine is taking care of the orders, she told me it's still kind of just a hobby now, not a full fledged business, but they are still producing pretty good.

We don't want to overwhelm them and have them get discouraged and give it all up, so be patient with her and she will make you some amazing pilots.

Tell her you spoke to Dan from USA with the 1/3 civillian pilots.


Dan

mario tavarez14

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Thank you very much spidernad , I will send her a email and try to order 2 of them

spidernad

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No problem Mario,

Good luck with it.

Any questions, just let me know.

style fly

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Hey Dan - ok back to your 1st ? about the lighting , for now im not going to set up the lights- later on after i know it flys well ill do some custom strobes and nave lights- im not even sure how Tommy lights work- but he placed in nice wire....... thank you for the pilot info - there websit is very week..... did you contact them through E-mai? - next here is the offical weigh in on my Cessna- it come in at about 76lbsWITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL- now the max is 77.6lbsfrom AMA rule( - im using a 40oz tank) - also i wanted to ask you did you fit a 50oz in your plane - I could not and Mario says he has a 50oz in his, hmmmm i tried different manufactures and no such luck - so i have a 40oz... here are some more shots

mario tavarez14

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Hey sal yes, I have a 50oz fuel tank in my cessna , I will proof you at the field and fix perfect he be

style fly

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Hey Mario you also have the old engine mount- maybe you have more room then me- but i would like to put your tank to the test and see it it takes 50oz of fuel -

cgcrc

Hi Style Fly;

Just jumping over from the 185 thread. Don't know if this helps or not but I have a 50 ounce tank in the 185 with a 3W 212 b4.
I probably fill to 48 onces and flight time of 10 minutes right now. I have well over half tank left.

Engine is still breaking in and thursty.

If you can't get a 50 ounce in, the 40 ounce may be ok if you are using the DA 150 sized engine.

As you mentioned to check with the fellows that are flying the 182 with a 150 to see what there fuel burn is.

Regards
Randy

spidernad

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Hey Sal,

On the pilot makers, (properlittlepeople.com) they had so many problems with hackers crashing their website in the beginning that they just gave up on it and left it very simple in the end.
It was either spend all their time on a website, with no time left for pilot making or leave the website alone and concentrate on pilot making. I like the second option they chose.

For orders, just contact [email protected] , tell her you're a friend of Dan from USA, I told her you and Mario might contact her for pilots.
Let her know what you're looking for and she will tell you what she has and can email pics to you if you want.
They can also make a mold of your head if you want a pilot that looks just like you.
That will probably take longer but would be unbelievable in the end and worth the wait.
I think the mold process is several hundred dollars extra, but once they have it in there program they can make any scale size head of you and as many as you want, you only have to pay for the design part once.
I just got what they had in stock for a faster cheaper option. I told her what clothes I was interested in and she made them. The shoes they had in stock already and they painted them to match the clothes.
They even made a pattern for the baseball cap I wanted so now they have a pattern for caps ready to go.

As for your planes weight,

In the AMA there are two categories for non-turbine powered LARGE MODEL AIRPLANES (LMA).

LMA-1 are all non-turbine powered model airplanes weighing 55 pounds (25
kilograms) to 77.2 pounds (35 kilograms), with fuel, ready to fly.

LMA-2 are all non-turbine powered model airplanes weighing 77.3 pounds (35
kilogram) to 125 pounds (56.7 kilogram) with fuel, ready to fly.

So if a plane weighs more than 77.2 pounds then it can fly in the LMA-2 category and weigh up to 125 pounds.
I'm pretty sure you can keep yours in the LMA-1 category.

Also, I haven't gotten to the tank step yet, but like Randy said, he has half a tank left after a 10 minute flight. I think you'll be fine even if you use a 40oz.


Dan

Ozflyboi

Hi Guys,

I noticed you were discussing the situation with the fuel tank.

I am running the stock 1500CC Dubro tank that Tommy provided me with the kit. I would say that I have one of the original engine mounts and there is no problem fitting this tank inside it.

With the DA150 I am getting very generous flight times of up to 18 minutes. I usually only fly up to 10 minutes at a time and still have a fair amount of fuel remaining.

I would not think there is huge difference in flight time between these two fuel tanks.

Steve

Mr DJ

Sal, my Brother...

Super Mario's bird has a 50oz tank - that's what I put in it when I built it

Mr DJ

spidernad

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My Cessna actually came with a 3000cc (101oz) tank from Tommy. lol I could fly all day with that, but there's no way I'll use it.

spidernad

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Got the elevator servo installed and the linkage finished.
Also the trim tab linkage.

Maybe by the time I'm finished with the airframe the engine will finally be available!

style fly

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Hey Dan , Tommy sent me a big gas tank as well (101oz) - I gave to my turbine friend... next i have to say you have exqusute build technic's-nice to see- I too used washers over the ball joints as a pre-caution- My 3D friends tought me that trick- keep the photos coming-also take photos of your steps with the nav and landing light set up.... thanks

spidernad

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Thanks Sal,

I used to build engines for HPD (Honda Performance Development) for the Indy Car series so that experience now goes toward model building. lol

I saw the washer trick on a build thread a while ago so I know these threads help people. Thats why I'm posting, paying it forward.
The guy called it the obligatory safety washer. It's sort of expected on giant planes and if you have a plane inspected for AMA waiver they would probably want to see that sort of stuff.
I started using that when I built the 50% Edge.

On the lights, I might hook a reciever controlled switch to turn on the nav lights and another for the landing lights.
I saw someone with strobes on the wing tips like the real planes have, I like that idea but have to look into where he got them from.

Dan

Adrian_CH

Hy Spidernad,

for the Lightcontrol i have a Light Modul from InnoSky.Its cheep and works perfect.

www.innosky.ch


Adrian

Adrian_CH

I can send you also a Video from the small Cessna 3Meter with the Lights

spidernad

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Are you the one with the strobes in the video too?

Adrian_CH

yes with the Strobe,but i dont now how i can upload the video

Adrian

spidernad

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Is it on YouTube already?

Adrian_CH

i will the videos upload to youtube now


Adrian

spidernad

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OK, Then just post the link.

Adrian_CH

You can see it on YouTube,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5IgLxXLwfQ

CessnaAdrian