tweedy

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Here are some photos of My latest Goldberg ½ A Skylane, it is covered with eski silk with base coats of Sig Nitrate, and finished with Sig Butyrate. I have been experimenting with T-shirt transfers for the graphics and it shows some promise. The plane is powered with a E-Flite 350 outrunner and a 1500 2 cell Lipo pack. First flight is yet to be made.. The ½A Skylane was my first radio control model back in 69 or 70 with Cox 051 for power and a citizenship single channel escapement rig. I crashed it on the first flight and rebuilt it with a world engines Digit Midget single channel digital proportional rig, and had several successful flights with that configuration. I have sense built 2 62” skylanes and have another under construction.

rainedave

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Absolutely beautiful, tweedy! I don't care what anyone says, there's just no substitute for silk and dope. Nothing comes close to the look. What I can't understand is why so many people think iron-on plastic film is easier to use. It's not. And it never looks anywhere near as good. You have a great model there. Keep us posted on the first flights.

tweedy

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Thanks for the kind comments I agree that nothing looks like a silk and dope finish but now days I am glad to see someone just build a model with all the ARF stuff out there I was in Hobby People the other day and with the exception of a 2X4 Glider and some Guillow's and peck rubber stuff they did not have a single kit in the store no wonder we are raising a generation of kids that can't even read a tape measure

rainedave

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I apologize for sounding overly critical of plastic film. I use iron-on fabric on some models, myself. I just get enthusiastic when I see people taking the little extra bit of time to use superior materials like that. I also understand that some people have to avoid dope for health reasons. We're all doing this for fun, but, still, I think a person should be commended for keeping a dying art alive.

Sneasle

Love the pics, great dope job.

One thing though, Is that a fake cox cylinder in the front of it? There is no way that eflite has started making their outrunners as look alikes for cox engines..........

g-rock

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Tweedy,
Excellent craftsmanship! I bow to a master.
Gene

tweedy

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It would not look like a 1/2 A Skylane without a Cox Cylinder

WINANS

Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing those shots.

Scott

NorfolkSouthern

The fake cylinder looks a little tacky in my opinion. When looking at a model, I prefer that all the attached parts have a purpose, and a dummy engine does nothing for aerodynamics and adds unnecessary weight. Take out the .049 "look alike" cylinder, and you'll still have just as much 1/2A Cessna as you did with it, and it'll look more realistic in flight too. The paint job and workmanship are excellent otherwise.

NorfolkSouthern

rainedave

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NorfolkSouthern, when I think of this plane, I think of the original box art which showed the Cox engine poking up through the cowling. I have to agree that it's just an integral part of the overall design.

hogflyer

tweedy,

Great job. Did you spray or brush the colors on? Also how did you do the aileron/flap/door outlines?

I like the Cox cylinder on it - keeps with the heritage of the original.

Hogflyer

Sneasle

oh ya, i like the cylinder as well. it does make it look cool.

tweedy

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I used a fine line inking pen for the ailerons and flap outlines between coats of nitrite. the graphics on the fuselage were neather brushed or sprayed I Drew them using DeltaCad following the artwork on the plans and printed them out on T-shirt transfer paper you can get at Staples or Office Depot. I ironed the silk on using the transfer sandwiched between the silk and the fuselage It was purely a experimental process but it shows promise an seems to take the dope OK if you notice I got the Cessna roundels on the rudder slanted the wrong way. I think the Cylinder stays, it was my intent to make it look like a Goldberg 1/2 a Skylane if I wanted it to look scale I would have fattend the fuselage and painted it repositioned the Stab, maby sheeted the wings and stab etc.etc.

BobHH

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Beautiful model! I love the silk and dope. Did you have any issues with the silk not shrinking using the nitrate? I use nitrate for wood sufaces to keep from warping but Butyrate for silk. Maybe I will try nitrate next time.

BTW, I think it would fly better with the electric motor removed and a REAL Cox engine installed!!!! Ha!

Bob Harris

tweedy

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nitrite does not shrink as powerfully that is part of the reason I finished with a few coats of butyrate the other is as you suggested behind the e-flite mount is a firewall with blind nuts installed ready for a cox if the electric does not work out and I wanted a fuel proof finish just in case.

tweedy

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a photo of the latest

Andrew

Privateer ??

jetpack

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Is there plans and templates available for the Cessna? What weight or brand of silk is that? Very nice!

tweedy

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Andrew

yep the Super 15 60" Span copyright 1960 am scratch building using the kit parts as templates

Andrew

See the offer in [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_3460321/anchors_3460321/mpage_1/key_skylane/anchor/tm.htm#3460321]this thread [/link] by Skylane42.

He also has a [link=http://members.aol.com/skylane42/index.html]website[/link] where the plans are available as a FTP download. Check the second FTP link about 1/3 down the page: FTP for Controlline Stuff. The plans are in a zip file. He has drawn a flat plate stab, but with the outline, a ribbed stab would be easy enough to cobble up.

tweedy

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ya I forgot he has plans that are a pretty close replca the main differance is the sheet stab

Bipe Flyer

I love it! Craftsmansip, covering and the dummy cylinder too.

skylane42

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If my mind isn`t too far gone.. the Skylane 42 did not have a full engine cowl, it used an open bay type installation.

tweedy

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yes but then I would not have had a place to mount the dummy Cox cylinder I guess I could have mounted it directly to the outrunner electric motor but I think that might cause some vibration problems I could get around the vibration problems by not having any cowl at all and mounting seven cylinders around the outrunner but I don't recall seeing many Skylanes with WWI rotary engines on them either