amscat

I think there's two Andys involved here . PanheadAndy and amscat.

PanheadAndy

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Yep Andy,I'm an Andy too.Just to give y'all a short intro I live in El Paso,Texas where I work for the railroad as an engineer.I have 33 years in and 6 more to go before i'll be able to really tear into all the boxes of balsa sticks my wife is so fond of.My WACO is supposed to be here today! I'm thinking the partially built P-51 on my bench now might have to go into a holding pattern so i can start on the biplane.None of the guys i fly with have one and i'd like to be the first.They are all susceptible to getting building fever and what could be better than WACO fever?

Teus

Ok for me Mitch.

Teus

nine o nine

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Amscat Andy, I'm handling the Tee-shirt orders. The only ones possibly not spoken for are a few XLs. I'll post after I mail all the orders in hand whether or not there may be some late availability.....but only XL. Mitch

amscat

Mitch - I'm a medium, so I guess outta luck until the next batch is run. Thanks for trying

amscat

Hi Andy from Andy . I'm in Oakville, Ontario, Canada (near Toronto) and I just retired last year from (too) many years in the computer consulting business. Love '30s airplanes, and the Waco is just such a beautiful example of a plane from that era. (Mind you, I wouldn't turn away a Monocoupe if one appeared at my door!) I'm really surprised that there aren't more Waco kits, plans etc available these days.

lazyace

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a 1/5 th WACO kit just went up for sale on rcu

amscat

Saw that - $300. There's one up here too, but the guy wants $450 cdn for it. A bit steep for my blood.

kestrel0222

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I did in fact order a set of the UMF-3 plans from Vintage R/C and they arrived today. They are on 3 sheets of very nicely drawn plans. All the templates are there, the fuselage formers, wing ribs, etc..... All in all, a very nice set of plans, however, there are some areas of the plans that are just not right! For instance, the lower wing outline near the fuse, where it transitions from the trailing edge to the fuselage. The plans show this area to be round, not tapered (much like the upper wing on the UPF-7). Another area that is not to scale is the landing gear, as presented in the side view, they sweep back way too much. The stabilize is also much too thick, 5/8" thick at the hinge line. Yet another area, the wing fillet is WAY to large!!! These plans DO have some features that are really pretty nice!!!! I was considering building the Vintage R/C version of this plane, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe with a little "fine-tuning", these plans will yield a really nice WACO. I will have to get my drawing board out and start laying thing out.

I am NOT "bashing" these plans, they are really a great piece of work!!!!!! They are hand drawn by someone (Robert Sweitzer - 1971) who obviously has a lot of skill. This skill I know only too well, I was a draftsman back in the early part of my career before CAD came along (that was 33 years ago when I started).

Stickbuilder

Okay, Here is the roster to date.

WACO BROTHERHOOD MEMBERSHIP:

#1 stickbuilder
#2 Hughes500
#3 Jim Henley
#4 mmattockx
#5 CTflyboy
#6 michaelj2k
#7 Ronj10
#8 gwulle
#9 jim schroer
#10 Skinny Bob
#11 Bart5495
#12 Pimmnz
#13 HarryJ
No. 14 Old Git
#15 ChrisMH
#16 Nerevar
#17 Ricatic
#18 Clay H.
#19 Tripp2Loo
#20 KHodges
#21 Bill Hogue (WACO One)
#22 Mangolo (Waldo)
#23 av8ter
#24 yel914 (Rick)
#25 damifino
#26 skylarkmk1
#27 Jacque
#28 Edwin
#29 AROPLANE
#30 WacoNut (Anthony)
#31 BQuartucy (Bob Q)
#32 AERORON
#33 funkymusic
#34 Live Wire (Larry)
#35 obo (Bob)
#36 Jackk36 (Jack)
#37 fatherrooster (Jim)
#38 Ilikebipes
#39 Kestrel0222
#40 CROWMAN17 (Marc)
#41 redcesar
#42 S. Christensen (Scott)
#43 Bill Deidrich
#44 Mike Barbee
#45 mrdhud (Dan Hudson)
#46 SoCalSal
#47 Todd (NightStalker)
#48 argon (Bob Gonzalez)
#49 mango 12 (Scott)
#50 skyjet 1
#51 ZIG
#52 Didg
#53 MarvinE255 (DOC)
#54 Joe Norris (Full Scale WACO Pilot)
#55 vasek
#56 SuperCub Man (Jim)
#57 Black Drape (Ron)
#58 aminiet (Angel Minet)
#59 Snowball
#60 doc zinger
#61 jagnweiner (Scott)
#62 Meesh (Bob)
#63 BigBoy99 (Bernie)
#64 stifts (Steve)
#65 RCWalker (Wallace)
#66 Mobyal
#67 lazyace
#68 bladerunner1955 (Don)
#69 trlambsr
#70 Big Bird (Ken)
#71 Tony V (Tony)
#72 red 1
#73 412t1 (Sean)
#74 Mr Lucky (Ben Warner)
#75 RICKSTUBBZ (Rick Stubblefield)
#76 ffdg (Fred)
#77 tomcraig
#78 Michou41a Michel
#79 Watzscale (Dick Watz)
#80 Devens
#81 msilvestro (Mark)
#82 Cheechukranch (Lewis)
#83 kruzin55 (Chris)
#84 lynchr (Ron)
#85 airplanegeek
#86 TexasSkyPilot
#87 Garthwood (Charles)
#88 RCBOATMANIAC (Dave)
#89 Thomas B
#90 George Werber
#91 frequent flyer (Don)
#92 adamiani Alex
#93 Kvlasblom
#94 geertdewit (Geert)
#95 Wobble Wing (Bud Halverson)
#96 Joe Gulik
#97 T.L.A.R.eng
#98 kurrikan
#99 Nathan King
#100 nine o nine (Mitch Epstein)
#101 dsquire (Don)
#102 Mr. WACO (Charlie Nelson)
#103 Ken Acosta
#104 denoferth (Dennis)
#105 germrb (Bob Germaine)
#106 J.D. Ramsay
#107 ccrebidoux (Chris)
#108 LarryN (Larry)
#109 X3heimmr (Marty Heim)
#110 Lou Melancon
#111 BEARMX (Barry Waters)
#112 Sir Crashalot (Bob J)
#113 RPSBLS (Bob)
#114 Squeakalong (No name given)
#115 Uminchu (Dave)
#116 Avaiojet (Charles)
#117 Mud Duck (Shaun)
#118 XTRA230 (Rob)
#119 3drc tim
#120 Cubman
#121 Ekim (Mike)
#122 tom czenthe (Mr. Tom)
#123 curt switzer (Mr. Curt)
#124 bbogart (Bruce)
#125 skypup50
#126 RCplanman
#127 froghair1
#128 lrayj (Lonnie)
#129 codiddley
#130 king arthur 1953 (Ron)
#131 sdstick06 (Shawn)
#132 hopkimf (Michael Hopkins)
#133 Cricklewood (Chris Kerrigan)
#134 montiu
#135 carbunkle
#136 Wolfinwisc
#137 mamoose124 (Mike)
#138 pbunster (Paul)
#139 Paul of the North (Paul)
#140 eagledancer (Todd Bixby)
#141 Cottco RC
#142 Neil K (Neil Kilchriste)
#143 Aerowoof
#144 Phlip (Phil Duncan)
#145 flyinjay (Mark)
#146 Cursor (Rick Allison)
#147 Teus
#148 Steve Percifield
#149 rootsgroup
#150 johnboy151A (John Shrick)
#151 georgewaldrop (George Waldrop)
#152 rkflyingboats (Bob)
#153 reyn3545 (Mike Reynolds)
#154 PanHeadAndy
#155 Amscat (Andy)
#156 Skipb (Skip)
#157 Dirtydingus (Jim)
#158 cdbarker (Carl Barker)

#200 GEORGE QUINN (posthumous Brother)

WACO Sisterhood Roster:

S-1 Janelle (Lady Stickbuilder)
S-2 Sissy Nightstalker
S-3 Barb Barbee
S-4 LadyMango (Lynda)
S-5 BUMBLE GEE BEE (Gabi)
S-6 Sue Watz
S-7 Joanie Allison (Lady Cursor)
S-8 Lady RCBOATMANIAC (Christine)

Bill, AMA 4720
WACO Brotherhood #1

amscat

Too many Andys today Guess this got lost in the shuffle:

I'd be honoured if you include mein the Waco Brotherhood as well! Now that I have one Waco nearing completion and the next one already planned there's no need to just browse.

reyn3545

I forgot to update my signature!

Stickbuilder

NEW BROTHER ALERT !!!!

Welcome Andy (amscat). I didn't ignore you, but I was not here. I am still
somewhat gainfully employed, and occasionally the boss wants me at work.

We hope you enjoy your membership in the Brotherhood.

Bill, Waco Brother #1

Stickbuilder

Just order the plans (and templates) from the AMA and cut your own kit.

Bill, Waco Brother #1

amscat

Thanks Bill - yeah scratch-build was myintention for the 1/5 scale which I'll start after my 1/6 scale is done.

What I meant was that I am surprised that Pica & Pica/Cox were really the only ones to market a Waco kit. With the Super (?) being built and flowntoday you'd think there'd be more of a demand for another kit. Mind you, a Waco won't hover very well, so it doesn't appeal to everyone I guess.

reyn3545

I think there are some simple control surface adjustments to a "scale" waco that could be made to make it more appealing to the masses, but then it wouldn't be a Waco, would it?

skipb

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I too would like to join the Waco Brotherhood. I am currently flying a 1/5th scale powered by an OS 160 twin. I would like to purchase a tee shirt, size xl.

Thank you in advance,

Skipb
AMA 3079

reyn3545

I'll let Bill handle the formal WB initiation ceremony... but welcome to RCU also! What part of SC do you live in?

Cricklewood

Mitch,

I ordered two large T-shirts to help get to the minimum order but would be willing to give up one of them if someone else wants it.

Thanks,

Chris
WB #133

skipb

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In reply to WB #153 I live in Murrells Inlet, SC; this is a "quiet little dring town with aq fishing problem" located 15 miles south of Myrtle Beach.

Skipb

reyn3545

Sounds like a great place to live. I make a trip out to Holden Beach (North of Myrtle) every year after Labor Day for a golf weekend. Beautiful part of the planet.

johnboy151a

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Hay Skipb, how do you like the FT-160 on the Plane?
John

skipb

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John-

The Waco flies great with the 160, swinging 18x6 prop takeoffs are at approx 1/2 throttle and flight is just very scale-like. The extra power allows for big graceful maneuvers and is just a blast. IMHO it is a very nice reliable setup. I also have an onboard glow assist so thafter choking and pulling through two times the 160 comes to life and sounds are out of this world, ya got to try one.

Skipb

airplanegeek

well,

Made another step in the right direction on the Waco project. Bought a lightly used saito 150. Ran it today on the test stand and whooo. .. she's an animial! I really had my head set on the radial 170, but when push came to shoove I chose the simpler more affordable single cylinder. I also bought the 150 motor because I had it in my mind that I would convert it to gas. But, for now I think that i will stay glow. If per chance anyone has done a conversion with success please let me know I would love to talk about it with you.

Jim Henley

I have been trying to figure out how to build "scale like" cuffs at the top of the landing gear. I know I do not want to attach to either the fuse or landing gear legs as I need to allow for "flex" since my landings are not always "Greased on". After trying to mold them from foam, and carve them from solid blocks, I think I found the answer.
I used 1/32nd sheet soaked with window cleaner and formed it around a large dowl. Once I had the wood where it would curve, I pinned it between the landing gear leg and fuse. After that dried, I carved a small block to form the front. Once I got that glued and rough shaped I worked on the taper on the rear of the cuff, which I left open so I can get the cuff around the landing gear leg. I will attach these to the leg and blend them in once the fuse is covered and primed. My thought is leave a small gap between the cuff and fuse, to allow for flex and make the permanent mount to the landing gear leg.