post some pictures of your pattern plane!!
08-21-2014, 11:00 AM
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07-24-2015, 04:12 AM
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Jon Wold, thats a wicked colour/graphics scheme! So much more refreshing than all the french curves and nauseating multi colours in vogue.
This has a graphic IDEA! Brilliant.
This has a graphic IDEA! Brilliant.
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07-30-2015, 08:12 AM
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I've been reviewing this thread for quite some time (yeah, started at the beginning) and after seeing all these outstanding planes with their long sleek fuselages and thin wings I thought I'd just throw in two more cents' worth.
I'm no kind of pattern flyer - have never competed and the best I've ever done in practice is novice class, and even not great at that level - but I plans-built an old pattern plane from long ago, the 1966 SIG Stratus, and thought I'd just throw it in here for "historical" interest. By today's standards I doubt she'd last even a minute in competition but a guy named Maxey Hester designed & competed with it a long time ago. She's short-coupled, thick-winged and no kind of show plane but she IS an awful lot of fun to fly.
Sorry about the lousy flight shots. Cheapie camera only does so well.
STRATUS, SIG kit #RC4 from 1966
WS - 70", Length-51.5", wing area 720 sq. in., 7.8 lbs
Power is an OS.60SF and she's got a basic 72MHz Futaba 4-ch radio
I'm no kind of pattern flyer - have never competed and the best I've ever done in practice is novice class, and even not great at that level - but I plans-built an old pattern plane from long ago, the 1966 SIG Stratus, and thought I'd just throw it in here for "historical" interest. By today's standards I doubt she'd last even a minute in competition but a guy named Maxey Hester designed & competed with it a long time ago. She's short-coupled, thick-winged and no kind of show plane but she IS an awful lot of fun to fly.
Sorry about the lousy flight shots. Cheapie camera only does so well.
STRATUS, SIG kit #RC4 from 1966
WS - 70", Length-51.5", wing area 720 sq. in., 7.8 lbs
Power is an OS.60SF and she's got a basic 72MHz Futaba 4-ch radio
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07-30-2015, 01:49 PM
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I've been reviewing this thread for quite some time (yeah, started at the beginning) and after seeing all these outstanding planes with their long sleek fuselages and thin wings I thought I'd just throw in two more cents' worth.I'm no kind of pattern flyer - have never competed and the best I've ever done in practice is novice class, and even not great at that level - but I plans-built an old pattern plane from long ago, the 1966 SIG Stratus, and thought I'd just throw it in here for "historical" interest. By today's standards I doubt she'd last even a minute in competition but a guy named Maxey Hester designed & competed with it a long time ago. She's short-coupled, thick-winged and no kind of show plane but she IS an awful lot of fun to fly.Sorry about the lousy flight shots. Cheapie camera only does so well. STRATUS, SIG kit #RC4 from 1966WS - 70", Length-51.5", wing area 720 sq. in., 7.8 lbsPower is an OS.60SF and she's got a basic 72MHz Futaba 4-ch radio
10-28-2015, 02:54 PM
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Hi Claude,
According to the CB website, it looks like the Phoenix comes in a glow version? Do you know who's the designer is, & whether the price is 749.00 Euro plus shipping to US?
Thanks,
Adrian
According to the CB website, it looks like the Phoenix comes in a glow version? Do you know who's the designer is, & whether the price is 749.00 Euro plus shipping to US?
Thanks,
Adrian
10-28-2015, 03:12 PM
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I got the RX installed, the cables organized, the rx battery charged, and some mild rate on all surfaces. This weekend is looking nice for a maiden.
Also I gave it 12 degrees on all surfaces for low rates and 15 for high. Since you've flown(and in part designed) the plane what do think of the rates?
-Sam
Oh and i didnt take the photos, my dad did.
Also I gave it 12 degrees on all surfaces for low rates and 15 for high. Since you've flown(and in part designed) the plane what do think of the rates?
-Sam
Oh and i didnt take the photos, my dad did.
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10-28-2015, 04:58 PM
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I'll set it to 10 degrees before I maiden it. For rudder I have around 20 on low and around 35 on high.
Oh I found a photo of my typhoon(before the crash) that crashed due to a bad battery connection.
It's from phoenix models. Wouldn't recommend it, wasnt very stable, somewhat heavy, and didn't fly very well.
-Sam
Oh I found a photo of my typhoon(before the crash) that crashed due to a bad battery connection.
It's from phoenix models. Wouldn't recommend it, wasnt very stable, somewhat heavy, and didn't fly very well.
-Sam
Last edited by sierra_bravo; 10-28-2015 at 06:38 PM.
10-30-2015, 04:05 AM
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Hi Adrian
I asked Benoit Chauvet about your request.
I'm waiting answer.
Pics of Phoenix glow (yamada) and Gas engines :
Claude
I asked Benoit Chauvet about your request.
I'm waiting answer.
Pics of Phoenix glow (yamada) and Gas engines :
Claude
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10-30-2015, 05:34 PM
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10-31-2015, 08:50 AM
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01-25-2016, 04:40 AM
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Hello
Maiden flights for my new Harmonie. It's an evolution2. Fuse is higher then the others. So I'm very happy with.
Flight lines are very accuracy. Plane is very stable and easy to handle.
Engine YS 175CDI (9% oil, 25 % nitro), propeller APC 20x10.5, weight is 5080 g.
Claude
Maiden flights for my new Harmonie. It's an evolution2. Fuse is higher then the others. So I'm very happy with.
Flight lines are very accuracy. Plane is very stable and easy to handle.
Engine YS 175CDI (9% oil, 25 % nitro), propeller APC 20x10.5, weight is 5080 g.
Claude
Last edited by papaone; 01-26-2016 at 12:06 AM.
01-25-2016, 02:37 PM
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Nice, clean lines Claude. Well done.