RCU Forums - View Single Post - Beechcraft Staggerwing
View Single Post
Old 10-30-2002 | 07:27 PM
  #6  
iFLYrc_Vic
My Feedback: (6)
 
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 690
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: Columbia, MD
Default Staggerwing

Moodier:
The plane you have is from the RCM Magazine. I have one that was cut from Sid Morgan plans (same plane and size but different designer). I got an email from a guy who built your plane but did not use the foam wings. He said the plane flew well with an OS 91 four stroke. Unfortunately, he had a flame out and was not able to make it back to the field. The damage is reparable.

I think my plane will come in at about 12-14 lbs finished. This will be a bout 28-30 oz/sq ft wing loading so it will definately not be a floater. The full scale planes were pretty hot (fast) and all the info I have gathered on the models says that they are also fast and tend to fall out of the sky on flame out.

I plan to go with at least a 1.20 four stroke as I have one in my Top Flite Cessna and it is pretty reliable.

The picture shows the paint scheme I plan to use. It is a D17 and mine is a G17. There were only 20 G17 models built so the color choice from full scales in very limited.
Regards,
Vic
Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version

Name:	33075_13229.jpg
Views:	213
Size:	18.2 KB
ID:	20359