CARF Mephisto debut at Weston Park
06-18-2017, 07:58 AM
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CARF Mephisto debut at Weston Park
CARF had a new Mephisto at the UK Weston Park show. It had only had two flights leading up to arriving in the UK. The guys managed to get another 5 or 6 over the weekend. JetCat P-220Rxi powered.
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06-18-2017, 08:18 AM
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06-18-2017, 11:20 AM
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What's the deal with the wheels sticking out when retracted?
06-18-2017, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by mauryr
What's the deal with the wheels sticking out when retracted?
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06-18-2017, 01:07 PM
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Yes, easier to handle in car/van and protects the underside if the electric gear sticks up.
06-18-2017, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Wilshere
Yes, easier to handle in car/van and protects the underside if the electric gear sticks up.
06-19-2017, 12:12 AM
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Its not like you are going to do this every flight...it's to save an expensive re paint. CARF gear mounts are the best in the business, so they are going to be fine, the nose is carbon either side of the mount rails. The units are strong, I don't expect an issue.
06-19-2017, 03:39 AM
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Whether it was intentional or not, it gives the visual appearance of not being well thought out or engineered correctly. Other than that it's a nice looking sport jet.
06-19-2017, 04:53 AM
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Most people realise its intentional as all three poke down. Actually in flight with your eyes you hardly notice.
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06-19-2017, 12:51 PM
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Perhaps , one day I will tell the story of an Anson pilot ( they were a hack on the V bomber squadrons on the 60s ) . The wheels on the Anson protruded below the engine nacelles even when retracted.
With gear failure, he feathered both props. rotated the blades to horizontal on the starter motors, and did a wheels up , dead stick landing, with the only damage a broken pitot head.( which protruded below the nose.) Think it, the Anson T 19, flew the following day!
I think he got a medal (AFC) for his efforts!
So, perhaps, partly protruding wheels are not a bad idea!
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With gear failure, he feathered both props. rotated the blades to horizontal on the starter motors, and did a wheels up , dead stick landing, with the only damage a broken pitot head.( which protruded below the nose.) Think it, the Anson T 19, flew the following day!
I think he got a medal (AFC) for his efforts!
So, perhaps, partly protruding wheels are not a bad idea!
David.
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06-19-2017, 02:03 PM
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All three landing gear retract forwards and back? Guessing retracting towards the front? That would make a belly landing much less of an event...especially if the wheels were still free to rotate.
06-19-2017, 02:32 PM
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What's the weird-looking small set of wings behind the canopy? Is that some fancy new receiver antenna? Looks like the boomerang antenna for a car phone.
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06-19-2017, 04:50 PM
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That's funny' right there. Need some curb feelers, maybe a set of spinners for the rims...
Seriously-pattern guys stick those on the plane, but I wonder how much difference it makes? Too small for lift-more like something to take out turbulence-like G factor correction on prop planes, perhaps?
Also interesting and counterintuitive to me is the blending of the aft fuse into the stabs-more horizontal surface.
Seriously-pattern guys stick those on the plane, but I wonder how much difference it makes? Too small for lift-more like something to take out turbulence-like G factor correction on prop planes, perhaps?
Also interesting and counterintuitive to me is the blending of the aft fuse into the stabs-more horizontal surface.
06-19-2017, 09:11 PM
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It's called a Canalyzer, the pattern boys fit them (like F1 cars) to energise the airflow before it passes over in our case the rudder, it makes it even more powerful. It bolts on to the canopy, people will fly with and without it and see the difference. Rudder power is huge on the Mephisto.
The gear all retracts forward and the wheels turn.
The gear all retracts forward and the wheels turn.
06-21-2017, 12:35 AM
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Post in error.
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06-21-2017, 01:21 AM
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Got a video when the flap servos worked?
06-21-2017, 01:23 AM
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No. Sorry.
02-19-2018, 06:09 PM
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No. Sorry.
I have a it 210 that I could use in the mephisto. How would that work?
I have been thinking about the Mephisto as my next project
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02-19-2018, 09:25 PM
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If you don't have any ambitions to 3D the plane it'll work fine, otherwise anything less than a 300 sized turbine will be disappointing.
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02-19-2018, 10:10 PM
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That depends what you call 3-D. Hovering, maybe a 210 is limited, but tumbles, spins etc I think it’s better as it’s lighter.
It’s an amazing flying machine, very groovy, smooth and locked. If you look at the Xmas video Dom did of mine on it’s fourth flight, it looks like a relatively nice day. It was not! Bumpy, high winds and rain, Dom’s camera and the model made it look like a normal day.
i have a JetCat 220 Rxi in mine and I dont need full power at any point in a normal flight.
I think you would be very happy with the performance on a 210
It’s an amazing flying machine, very groovy, smooth and locked. If you look at the Xmas video Dom did of mine on it’s fourth flight, it looks like a relatively nice day. It was not! Bumpy, high winds and rain, Dom’s camera and the model made it look like a normal day.
i have a JetCat 220 Rxi in mine and I dont need full power at any point in a normal flight.
I think you would be very happy with the performance on a 210
02-21-2018, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Wilshere
That depends what you call 3-D. Hovering, maybe a 210 is limited, but tumbles, spins etc I think it’s better as it’s lighter.
It’s an amazing flying machine, very groovy, smooth and locked. If you look at the Xmas video Dom did of mine on it’s fourth flight, it looks like a relatively nice day. It was not! Bumpy, high winds and rain, Dom’s camera and the model made it look like a normal day.
i have a JetCat 220 Rxi in mine and I dont need full power at any point in a normal flight.
I think you would be very happy with the performance on a 210
It’s an amazing flying machine, very groovy, smooth and locked. If you look at the Xmas video Dom did of mine on it’s fourth flight, it looks like a relatively nice day. It was not! Bumpy, high winds and rain, Dom’s camera and the model made it look like a normal day.
i have a JetCat 220 Rxi in mine and I dont need full power at any point in a normal flight.
I think you would be very happy with the performance on a 210
I drive a mid size Van. One of the attractions to me is the fact that I can break it down to several parts.
Another question is, is it as easy as some have said to break down and put together at the field?
Where are the wing bolts located to attach the wing to the fuse?
I have a Carf Viper that I have been flying for a while and you have to go in through the wheel well's to secure the wing
Thank you for your input,
Regards, Stan.
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