Profile Fortress
11-20-2011, 10:49 AM
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Building a profile B-17. Have four OS.15s installed. Each nacelle has a 3oz tank and a mini servo. The fuselage has a arrow shaft running down the center to make the fuselage stiffer. All the radio stuff will be in the wing...thought about placing the rudder and elevator servos in front of the stab but disregarded the idea because of CG worries. Was originally designed to be a hovering bomber...but I really doubt it is capable of that. Wing span is 70 inches. Hopefully it will be a fun flyer.
The model is currently in Georgia and I'm in Bahrain. Hope to have it ready to fly next summer. Mostly just sanding and covering now. Will be OD color scheme, 100th Bomb Group. More later.
Keith
The model is currently in Georgia and I'm in Bahrain. Hope to have it ready to fly next summer. Mostly just sanding and covering now. Will be OD color scheme, 100th Bomb Group. More later.
Keith
11-20-2011, 02:05 PM
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RE: Profile Fortress
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Building a profile B-17. Have four OS.15s installed. Each nacelle has a 3oz tank and a mini servo. The fuselage has a arrow shaft running down the center to make the fuselage stiffer. All the radio stuff will be in the wing...thought about placing the rudder and elevator servos in front of the stab but disregarded the idea because of CG worries. Was originally designed to be a hovering bomber...but I really doubt it is capable of that. Wing span is 70 inches. Hopefully it will be a fun flyer.
The model is currently in Georgia and I'm in Bahrain. Hope to have it ready to fly next summer. Mostly just sanding and covering now. Will be OD color scheme, 100th Bomb Group. More later.
Keith
Building a profile B-17. Have four OS.15s installed. Each nacelle has a 3oz tank and a mini servo. The fuselage has a arrow shaft running down the center to make the fuselage stiffer. All the radio stuff will be in the wing...thought about placing the rudder and elevator servos in front of the stab but disregarded the idea because of CG worries. Was originally designed to be a hovering bomber...but I really doubt it is capable of that. Wing span is 70 inches. Hopefully it will be a fun flyer.
The model is currently in Georgia and I'm in Bahrain. Hope to have it ready to fly next summer. Mostly just sanding and covering now. Will be OD color scheme, 100th Bomb Group. More later.
Keith
i love scratch built muti's the one thing that has saved me when flying mullti's is a huge rudder....incase a few engines die it will save your plane
one thing you may want to do is sheet your tail end, i didnt do it on a scratch built of mine and it flutters at high speed...wish i had
