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Forum: Seaplanes
12-05-2013, 08:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 850
Posted By Otter Guy

ive never figured out how to post a picture, but...

ive never figured out how to post a picture, but i have a semi custom set up on a goldberg cub with the matching floats. i bought a pull pull cable kit, made a second rudder, and some pulleys out of...
Forum: Airplanes - Full Scale
05-11-2013, 08:08 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,994
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: V12 500Hp diesel aero engine-video

with conventional piston and even turbine aircraft engines we pre heat them at temps anywhere around or below zero anyway. i bet this thing would start easier than a cold soaked lycoming.
Forum: Questions and Answers
05-10-2013, 07:10 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 857
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Help me identify this retract

you could jb weld it and then sew up a safety net with some lockwire
Forum: Questions and Answers
05-10-2013, 06:03 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 630
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Air Speed

you could maybe use a vane triggering a microswitch. im not very familiar with all the sensor options but you could have the switch trigger some kind of goofy sensor and it could call out "leprechon"...
Forum: Questions and Answers
05-05-2013, 06:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 682
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Saito

its all blowby. actually quite effective. i made a catch can on a model with a .56 and it catchs nearly an ounce for a 10 ounce tank of fuel. its not pure oil either, its actually quite a corrosive...
Forum: Aerodynamics
05-05-2013, 06:11 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,851
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: how does steerable nose wheel affect aerodynamics?

you have a nice sounding setup for an experiment. set up a mix to turn off your rudder and have the nosewheel remain active, see how it goes. a few mistakes hig of course
Forum: Seaplanes
05-02-2013, 01:38 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 791
Posted By Otter Guy

great planes/goldberg floats

has anyone else built both goldberg and great planes floats? really too bad goldberg isn't making floats anymore. i couldn't believe in 08 i had lazer cut goldbergs, and i got later model great...
Forum: Seaplanes
05-02-2013, 01:34 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 968
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: 8' Otter scratch build

did it get cut off? its on my plan.
Forum: Seaplanes
05-02-2013, 01:29 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 719
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: wing loading

might not have the same vertical performance, but if you get the float angles tuned in it should go, just dont force it off the water, itll go when its ready. once in the air floats make enough lift...
Forum: Gas Engines
03-30-2013, 01:21 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,079
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Need Help . Do you know what engine this is???

nice lookin lockwire job
Forum: Seaplanes
03-24-2013, 12:18 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 968
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: 8' Otter scratch build

I did the 6'. fly's decently enough, but its kind of a pile of **** lol. its not a very scale cross section for the fuse and some of the material choices aren't really adequite, like balsa spars.. if...
Forum: Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft
03-15-2013, 01:33 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,630
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: P38 ziroli Twinsync problem or...

try being smoother on the throttle.
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-15-2013, 01:26 AM
Replies: 98
Views: 11,806
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Spiral slip Stream is it real ?

on thing a stator does is trade air velocity for pressure using divergent ducts. a side effect of slowing the flow of a fluid in a smooth section is a drastic reduction in turbulence, which would...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-11-2013, 01:26 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 11,806
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Spiral slip Stream is it real ?

You are correct with the example of the gyro. The same thing happens with floats as you come on step as well. Ive flown a certain 172 that really needed a ventral fin, you needed full rudder just to...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-11-2013, 12:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,627
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Slab vs Tapered Elevator

when those zodiaks where new i bet the flutter wasn't much of a problem, but as it got older and the controls get a little worn theres some room for them to flutter given the right bump. In my...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-07-2013, 03:57 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 11,806
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Spiral slip Stream is it real ?

The spiral is in fact real. full scale, as well as scale aircraft use thrust angles as well as crooked verticle stabalizers to trim it's effects out. as was mentioned about residue on the aircrafts,...
Forum: Seaplanes
03-03-2013, 04:55 PM
Replies: 394
Views: 138,342
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Show us your Beaver!

nice machine sir. I notice your pic of the takeoff, your dragging the heals real hard and "pulling it off". with the flaps out like you have, try just enough back pressure to keep it from digging but...
Forum: Seaplanes
02-26-2013, 06:54 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,706
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: 6' Beaver build

did you get flaps and flaperons worked in there? looks like its time to kick her out in the snow bank till the ice goes out! hope to see some flight pics when the time comes
Forum: Seaplanes
02-14-2013, 08:00 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,706
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: 6' Beaver build

2 blade beavers are hotter than 3 bladers! louder, but the old couterweight or hydromatic props have some serious class. plus they pull a little harder! lookin really really good sir! love the float...
Forum: Gas Engines
10-17-2012, 03:18 PM
Replies: 217
Views: 28,846
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Saito FG57 Fourstroke

its common practice in the full scale world to glue down the plug leads, and other undercowl wires and cables, with a good high temp silicone. right onto cylinder fins or whatever. does a pretty good...
Forum: Seaplanes
10-15-2012, 08:04 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,897
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Tigermoth on Floats with NO rudder

Beavers are sweet. ive only seen the unionville 6', and its not the best. very heavy and not very strong. could be modified easily enough. stronger spars and take some beef out of the nose...
Forum: Seaplanes
10-14-2012, 08:56 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,897
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Tigermoth on Floats with NO rudder

i have a golberg cub, and a 6' beaver. life was, and would be impossible without water rudders. also step taxiing is a little risky. when i see most guys doing it they aren't truely on the step like...
Forum: Seaplanes
05-30-2012, 08:12 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,575
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: canoe

did you notice much difference in the way it flies? with a real boat haul i think the general rule is cut your load by double the external load.
Forum: Seaplanes
03-13-2012, 08:05 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,455
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Floated ElectroStik?

if flaperon is all it takes you got it made, especially the higher performing aircraft on floats, lifters like the beaver and the otter, and rockets like caravan, beech 18, even 185's, all need the...
Forum: Seaplanes
02-27-2012, 10:33 AM
Replies: 394
Views: 138,342
Posted By Otter Guy

RE: Show us your Beaver!

do the wheels retract? or just removable?
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