92.5" Piper L-4 Grasshopper
08-03-2014, 03:48 AM
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As you can see here, Grasshopper, is the best training warbird. This one is the first my father´s gas airplane. For the his first flight I used cabel teacher- pupil. And this dusk patrol was very good and calm.
Last edited by Prekin; 08-03-2014 at 03:50 AM.
08-03-2014, 08:31 AM
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The couple of trio bazookas is almost done. I used some plastic tubes and cut them. Length of one scale bazooka is 300 mm (11.81 inch) and diameter 12 mm (0.47 inch). The base desk I made from piece of plywood. Base desk will be attach to the wing brace by fours screws. Each bazooka I´ll paste and lock by two ties.
08-03-2014, 07:28 PM
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Hey Prekin,
Just getting caught up here. Great pics and video !!
Oh man, flying with your father !! That's awesome. I'll never forget time spent with my father and those quiet moments that seemed so simple at the time but I knew they would be forever special.
Congrats on a great project and a terrific way to share a special bond.
Joe
Just getting caught up here. Great pics and video !!
Oh man, flying with your father !! That's awesome. I'll never forget time spent with my father and those quiet moments that seemed so simple at the time but I knew they would be forever special.
Congrats on a great project and a terrific way to share a special bond.
Joe
08-03-2014, 11:46 PM
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That article about the bazookas is impressive i can't imagine the size of the brass needed to fly an unarmored aircraft into the bazookas effective range to take out a tank knowing full well the rifles and automatic weapons on the ground could hit and kill at that range
I have an L-4 as well i have a gemini 120 mounted on i love flying it very scale flight it's a nice break from all my other fast aerobatic stuff
I have an L-4 as well i have a gemini 120 mounted on i love flying it very scale flight it's a nice break from all my other fast aerobatic stuff
08-04-2014, 07:37 AM
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Yes Joe, that´s awesome moment! But changed the roles between us. Other people are use to see fathers in teacher´s role. But I´m very happy, that he past his first flight, I´m looking forward to my father´s first solo. I believe, that won´t be problem with L-4.
airplanenut1, I think that man, who attacked some enemy with L-4 is bigger hero than someone in P-47. I think that L-4 was much easier target than P-47 or P-38.
But I´m very happy, that he past his first flight, I´m looking forward to my father´s first solo. I believe, that won´t be problem with L-4.airplanenut1, I think that man, who attacked some enemy with L-4 is bigger hero than someone in P-47. I think that L-4 was much easier target than P-47 or P-38.
08-30-2014, 09:04 AM
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Finally I saw my Grasshopper with scale bazookas in the air. Unfotunately I forgot camera at home, so I have only some picture from my phone. Finally my father said, that this big airplane flies much better than some "foam" airplane as FunCub. He made next three flights and Grasshopper is still undamaged, but for all case we still use double control.
10-12-2014, 08:50 AM
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When I was flying my Grasshopper today, I heard some strange sound during low flyby. I decided to land. I tried to find a source of the strange sound and I noted, that a one wheel is too free. When I removed the central cover on the wheel I saw, that the nut in the middle is in the dust which came from the plastic central part of the wheel. The steel nut was someting as brush for this part of the landing gear.
So if you have this CMP/ HK Piper, check the wheels.
Now I´m going to make a new center.
In the other pictures you can see my Eagle Renegade after one of the flights. It looks like a plane which was for a long time in hangar, but the reality is little bit different. There were a lot of cobwebs in the air and on the ground.
So if you have this CMP/ HK Piper, check the wheels.
Now I´m going to make a new center.
In the other pictures you can see my Eagle Renegade after one of the flights. It looks like a plane which was for a long time in hangar, but the reality is little bit different. There were a lot of cobwebs in the air and on the ground.
