RCU world tour flight
06-21-2010, 04:44 AM
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RCU world tour flight
I was thinking about this, we have a couple of forums that have a plane they have passed on from pilot to pilot and spanned the globe to fly across it, why doesn't RCU have their own? Instead of some RTF, or ARF, why don't we do this and with style and scratch build our bird to follow their lead instead. We should set this bar above by doing it in traditional materials, ie. balsa and covering, keeping it simple to transfer by remaining electric, and let us have our own version of this bad boy, to show how this is done.
Anybody that's game, let me know, this is going to be a lot of fun!!!
Anybody that's game, let me know, this is going to be a lot of fun!!!
- John.
06-21-2010, 06:40 AM
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RE: RCU world tour flight
It's MIA, so looks like this one has to be resurrected, with a GPS installed so we can track where it's at. I also think, why be stuck with a boring high wing design, might as well do a war bird or something to make it more fun. A larger wingspan is also in order, you can break it down to two sections, as long as the package doesn't exceed 30" the postage is reasonable. Let's start this one with a group build as well, not just one person designing, building it and fronting the gear.
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RE: RCU world tour flight
There's a good reason for keeping the design more "trainer" like. It opens up the flying to a wider group of pilots and greatly reduces the risk of a flying accident. I'm not saying that it has to be a high wing model but making it something that flies at a medium speed and is more happy upright than inverted is going to aid in making it more survivable.
Something with two piece plug on wings as well as a break apart fuselage that "folds" with the servo leads spanning the hinge line would be super sweet. To ensure accuracy some key elements such as the root ribs and fuselage hinge face bulkheads should be made from plywood by only one person as a stacked and drilled project. With these key alignment parts done the root ribs and bulkheads could be sent on to whoever is going to do the wings and fuselage parts secure in the knowledge that the critical interfaces are already ensured. One root set would be glued to the fuselage and the others would be glued to the wing roots This would guarantee that the wing joiner rod would align with the all the parts.
Something with two piece plug on wings as well as a break apart fuselage that "folds" with the servo leads spanning the hinge line would be super sweet. To ensure accuracy some key elements such as the root ribs and fuselage hinge face bulkheads should be made from plywood by only one person as a stacked and drilled project. With these key alignment parts done the root ribs and bulkheads could be sent on to whoever is going to do the wings and fuselage parts secure in the knowledge that the critical interfaces are already ensured. One root set would be glued to the fuselage and the others would be glued to the wing roots This would guarantee that the wing joiner rod would align with the all the parts.
