kimani

Willifrance did you ever get the KC-10 in the air yet or was that a B-747

Willfrance

KC 10 is not flying yet, most of big work is done now, Iam installing receivers and electronic equipements in

In the same time, Iam making some modifications on my A330, and building an other A330 for a friend in Indonesia

I am also designing a 1/16 scale B747-400

kimani

Post some picture of them

Props4ever

Hi Will,

It would be great to see pictures of your 16th scale B747 taking shape even in design stages, , , ,

Wow thats goign to be a monster and one of the biggest rc B747s around!!!!

Sam

cmjets

Hi Friends:

Willfrance, I am thinking in buit up an A330 too. Can yo put more photos of that new A330 ?

Many thanks in advance.



Carlos.
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kimani

Will did you ever get the plane to fly yet I would like you to post some videos if so thanks.

Willfrance

The plane should be on its wheels at the end of March, and maybe flying before summer
I did not post new pics, because time is going so fast, and I got this A330 to finish, mine is also about to be repared, and the KC10 should be the first on the 3 planes to take off
Also, I am not an expert in buiding web pages, and moreover, I need to leave home overseas for my job
I am actualy out of home since beguining of january, I will come back in the beguining of March
That is nice that you ask for updates
Will

kimani

Hi Will I love airliner I just don't know how to build. If I did I would love to build one of those Airbus 330-200.

Eddie P

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Will, is the KC-10 based on the Rauch DC-10 short kit?

Willfrance

yes, All of the model I build are on Norbert's basis, even the AWACS on the base of the B 707
The B 747 will have to be full home made

kimani

Eddie do you still have the DC-10 and have you ever flew it in any of the air shows up north like the KY jets etc.

EddieWeeks

No.. I sold both airplanes... The FedEx plane crashed years ago

and I found a brand new video of the second plane on Youtube..

The FexEx plane was the only Very large scale model that I have seen to have thrust to weight close to 1:1
but it did that by not having many detailes and being stand off scale..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuV7zLDJqIk&NR=1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYEg6...eature=related



Eddie Weeks

kimani

Are there any guys flying the big airliners in the US.

Eddie have you ever heard of TDL Models, I talk to someone from there and was thinking about having him build me a airliner.

Eddie P

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I would not have anyone "build me" an airliner. I'd go ahead, if I were you, and learn how to do it your self! Start with a simple kit like the Eflite airliner or such. There are used ones out there. Then move up on to a simple scratch build made of foam and balsa. Use the search function here on RCU and also RCGroups. There are many, many airliner projects - some simple, some amazingly complex. Start out easy with a kit and move forward. If you don't know how to build, you won't know how to fix, repair or keep a complex RC aircraft airworthy. It would be a prohibitively expensive and much less satisfying venture to do this sort of activity without being able to keep it going under your own direction.

[8D]

EddieWeeks

I could make you a builders kit of all foam... See pic


This along with the CG location and what weight glass to cover the plane with, its just not that hard... Takes time..

Eddie

derrickxp8103

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Eddie....

where you get that blue foam?

Derrick

kimani

Sound good to me I will be getting back with you so I can get started on a A330-200.

EddieWeeks

Here in Baton Rouge.... Some of it is For building docks on the water..... the 3" for the wings is just insulation.

Eddie

kimani

Eddie what plans are you using to build this plane, and what size ,and wieght will it be after it's all said and done.

EddieWeeks

I had good 3 view drawings and 1:72 scale plastic model... that is all...

Dry weight was 50-55 lbs 128 oz of fuel for each engine.. ~62 lbs on takeoff.

Wing was not scale thickness as I only made it 3" thick..

Eddie

kimani

How long have you been working on this project. Do you have any more pictures of the plane?

EddieWeeks

The first plane was built in 1999 with 2 x AMT Pegasus engines. It flew so well I never even bent the gear in the ~3 years I had it..

Then I sold it to Scott Foster.

The Other DC-10 was built around 2000 and I don't know what happen to it.

Eddie
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kimani

Do you have any more of those planes for sell.

EddieWeeks

No.. but I can make one for ~4-5k... airframe only

With what new light weight engines and new materials it would be a lot better.

DavidR

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I used to know a guy named Eddie Weeks..... he used to fly jets with us.

DR