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Joined: 4/10/2002 From: Ledyard,
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Woo boy, this thread should get quite a bit of play since so many of us brew our own!
Below are a a few of mine. The Hellcat is 1/12th + 10% with an Irvine .25 in the nose. The Hurricane is 1/12th + 5% with an OS.25FX in the nose. The SPADs are my own concoction called "Slayers" based on the Derilict/Dogfighter with 5/8" tall oak spars in all 2mm wings with taped-on 4mm ailerons.
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Joined: 2/24/2002 From: Bellingham, WA, USA Status: offline
Nice stuff guys. here are a few more of mine. The first I call a GremFloy, Gremlin wing with a Battle Floyd type fuse. Next is a Small flying wing version of a QHOR, it was a little heavy for the wing area. My Faltcat was an experiment using 1/2" coro for a profile fuse. Last my 82"Ws B-2 With an OS 46 on it (not Exactly a combat plane)
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HEY WOLVERINE! Nice looking B2! Have you flown any combat with it yet? Here's a look at my BEAUTIFUL 1/2A jobs! I'll throw in a shot of my SSC too, just to strike fear in everyones' heart !
Long before I was approached to produce kits, the AVENGER was a home brew machine. It started out with Lexan and Foam from Home Depot, Coro and Basswood from Hobby Lobby, and spruce and spring steel from my local hobby store.
Then a combat buddy stumbled on to G10 at a local scrap yard and away we went.
The first AVENGER I build was done with a borrowed foam bow, a battery charger, and a dremel tool. They weren’t pretty but eventually they worked.
Fortunately, I have a great girl that gets power tools for me on special occasions. The scroll saw and belt sander sure make life a lot easier.
I’ve put together a history on the evolution of my design here:
This may be helpful for folks setting out to design a new killer combat machine. I’ve made a lot of mistakes along the way and tried lots of things that didn’t work. Perhaps, you can learn from those mistakes. This should make getting to a great flying machine a shorter process.
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Joined: 2/5/2003 From: Aurora,
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Gunfighter, what's your setup on your Smack, I have a Smack 2 wing needing a new fuse, I have a flat bat available, I need measurements, how does it fly with a .15??. As for everybody else, nice looking planes. Joe
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Joe - I use an all flying tail on mine. The fuse is 19" from front of bat (firewall) to the hinge point on the elevator. It's VERY short coupled! I use a bladder inside the fuse placed in a plastic sleeve used for carrying golf clubs. Full size (64" smack wing, all blue foam with 3 - 1/8" fiberglass rods for spars. 3 - Hitec 311 servo's and 750 MaH NiMh AAA pack. LA .15 up front. Right at 41 - 42 oz. VERY fast! Very close to the falcon with a bladder, but the flying tail does make it pretty touchy on the elevator. CG = 3 1/2" from LE. Hope this helps!
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Joined: 2/24/2002 From: Bellingham, WA, USA Status: offline
Here is the latest Version of the Wolverine, Went for tip fins, Profile fuse strapped to the wing with rubber bands to allow some give but not break on a hard hit, Tested the theory today and it works well. Also trying a bladder tank, not sure its worth the hassle.
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smack wing, all blue foam with 3 - 1/8"