How Do You Do Wingtip Smoke???
09-20-2009, 02:24 PM
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How Do You Do Wingtip Smoke???
Help me out here guys I would like to set up wingtip smoke on a 50 cc gas plane. Any ideas or links would be greatly appreciated. thanks skyflyer
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RE: How Do You Do Wingtip Smoke???
I SAW A PICTURE ONLINE OF A GUY WHO USED HEATED ELEMENTS ON HIS WING TIPS. wHEN THE HEATED ELEMENT HIT THE COOL AIR HE GOT WING TIP SMOKE. It looked really good and solid. I THINK HE WAS FLYING AT JOE NALL IF THAT WOULD BE OF ANY HELP. i AM INTRESTED IN SUCH A THING MYSELF AND WHEN i GET MORE RESEARCH ON ITi I WILL POST TO YOU. HOPE SOME OTHER GUY'S HAVE SOME INSIGHT ON HOW IT'S DONE.
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RE: How Do You Do Wingtip Smoke???
I saw a Big Hots in a mag quite a few years ago that had wing tip smoke. They routed a large tube through the fuselage from the muffler to the wing and then teed off to each wing tip. The connection to the wing was able to be disconnected to remove the wing. A servo either restricted or allowed the exhuast to be routed to the wing. It seemed to work pretty good, when flying most of the smoke would come out of the wing tip even though the normal exhaust wasn't restricted. The tubes going through the fuse and wing were wrapped in Nomex to shield the heat from the wing. If i were to do it it might be like that.
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RE: How Do You Do Wingtip Smoke???
there are some pyrotechnics that you can use, but once you "turn them on" they run till burned out. They can make a LOT of smoke, and come in various colors. The tube thru the wing can also work OK if you are careful about materials and heat containment.
