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grimlins - 12/2/2007 11:16:09 PM   
straitnate14


 

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Status: offline 		does anyone els fly these anymore? our club is still very much into them and i was woundering if anyone els is the same

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RE: grimlins - 12/3/2007 3:18:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Wow, nice looking planes...are they kits/arfs or what?

Looks like a SPAD plane called a Sickle that I've built and flown, but I have to admit that I've not heard of "Grimlin" before. Any details you can provide would be appreciated.

Smooth

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RE: grimlins - 12/3/2007 4:37:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		Grimlin = Gremlin

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RE: grimlins - 12/3/2007 2:16:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Sickle is basically a SPAD version of the Gremlin... (the Gremlin pre-dates the Sickle, and I'd have to check, but I think the Sickle designer was trying to make a SPAD Gremlin.

As for anyone else flying them, for a while there were several clubs in Mass and CT flying them. I don't know if they still are, I've lost track of what's going on in that neck of the woods. Maybe someone from up there can fill in an update.


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RE: grimlins - 12/3/2007 5:46:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Our club still has several members, including me, that fly these just for fun. We used to combat a lot, but now we just enjoy flying them for "stress relief". I alway had trouble with the Gremlin tip stalling and spinning in a high "g" turn. I built one with the aft fuselage extended 4 inches and the nose lengthened about an inch. I put tip plates on the wing tips and solved the stall/spin issue. C.G. is critical, for those who haven't built one yet!

Paul

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RE: grimlins - 12/3/2007 8:31:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have one that I still fly pretty frequently. I have a buddy who has one too and we like to meet up for some combat now and again. It is an incredibly versatile plane and very easy to build and repair. I have a Novel .25 AME in mine and she SCREAMS. Love doing high speed passes right off the deck. I want to try her out on the snow this year. Anyone interested in tearing it up in the southeast massachusetts area, let me know!

-Sean

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RE: grimlins - 12/3/2007 9:38:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		The perfect plane for figure 8 pylon racing with streamers. LOL

Fun, cheap and in a headon impact it disappers into a cloud of white foam.

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RE: grimlins - 12/4/2007 7:09:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		The spad site's sickle plan is not working or something . however if you google "gremlin rc plane plan" you can get a PDF download of the original

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RE: grimlins - 12/5/2007 1:41:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Guys we still use Gremlins for combat in (chicago)Palosrc club. We had at least 20 in use this past year. Its a cheap plane and easy to build. I hope to build at least 6 more for next season. I prefer to sheet and vacume bag the wing. I Love the sound of a good Mid-Air.

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RE: grimlins - 12/5/2007 3:55:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		we have 13 right now it's just hard to get everyone out at the same time yet alone 4 or 5 lol the army one is mine and the rest are other club members that are new to flying and wanting to get into combat with us. we went at it hard last spring but we had a string of midairs that grounded pretty much everyone and it never took back off like it was until now i'v had 3 myself one with a glass wing that made for a spectacular mid-air and two covered in tape glass flew good but it makes the planes to brittle

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RE: grimlins - 12/5/2007 3:57:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		oh ya our club has a rule where you fly them with LA 40's so there all equal

rcplanes711 you outta come down to bloomington some time for a gremlin smack down

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RE: grimlins - 12/5/2007 5:01:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have the plans but they are a little hard to read.

How long do you make your downspout fuse?

I have built a few spads and have a set of white foam wings for this plane. I just got some brown downspout so I think I'll whip one of these out this winter. My ancient FP 40 with a moose can mufler out to work just fine

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RE: grimlins - 12/5/2007 11:31:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm having a hard time finding down spouts here in chicago. Where are you guys finding yours?

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RE: grimlins - 12/6/2007 1:26:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		our club (checkerboard/miller meadow) in chicago has a couple around.. we used to use them for combat before the battle axe.. super fun to fly.. I picked up mine from a guy on ebay.. I don't know if he has any ads up right now, but his website is http://www.engine-display.com/products/model-aircraft.htm. He sells them cheap, somewhere around $40-50 if I recall.. They are durable with coroplast wings.. And fast and fun to fly.. Here's mine.. I modified up from the original plans with a larger fuel tank and an externalized throttle servo.. I call it the "Dark Shark."

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RE: grimlins - 12/7/2007 4:35:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		If you can't find gutter pipe or just want to save weight make a coro fuse.

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