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Convair 580/5800 Plans - 1/10/2013 6:01 PM   
explorer2316


 

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From: Shelby Township, MI, USA
Status: offline 		After scouring the internet several time over many months I cannot find plans for a Convair 580 or 5800.

My son currently is a pilot in a 5800 and really want to build this plane.

Anyone know where to get started?

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RE: Convair 580/5800 Plans - 1/10/2013 6:57 PM   
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You can try Kelowna Flightcraft in Kelowna BC. They build the 5800 out of the 580. It is basically fuselage extension both sides of the wing and turbines, plus a million other invisible changes.
KFC hold the type certificates for most Convair passenger series now . and I think they would be helpful; with whatever drawings they have.
I found a set of 240 plans on the net , not sure if they would any help.


http://www.flightcraft.ca/

http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/default.asp

Also try RCScale, the moddeleers and vendors here will help any way they can

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Gregg

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RE: Convair 580/5800 Plans - 1/10/2013 7:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks a bunch! I'll give it a try.

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RE: Convair 580/5800 Plans - 3/10/2013 5:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		Depends on what you want to build it out of and power it with.

I built a scratch foam, wood and fiberglass CV-580 about 13 years ago and then later published a small article on an electric flight web site. Here is the article (keep in mind this is a really old article and there have been a million performance upgrades to electric flying models these days, you can make these giant scale now):
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=294287

If you want to scratch build in the above technique there are a few new books out there detailing how to do it:
http://parkflyerplastics.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29&products_id=644

Don Smith Convair 440:
http://www.precisioncutkits.com/donsmith.htm

A Don Smith build:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8479178/anchors_8479634/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#8479634
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_9725237/anchors_9725237/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#9725237

Carl Bachhuber's 580 (BIG doesn't even begin to describe it... really really really cool....)
http://www.modelairplanenews.com/blog/2012/08/01/carls-colossal-convair-cosmo/
http://www.modelairplanenews-digital.com/man/201211/?pg=114#pg114

Model Airplane News Convair 240/440 plans and discussion (can be modded for 580 with new nacelles and small mods to rudder, etc)
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8152947/tm.htm

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