anyone know if Walt Moucha is still in business or who cuts his kits ?? I can't find any info where to buy his kits,,

a link would be nice !!

thanks !!
Jim

I could be wrong.....but I don't think he's still in the business.
Which plane are you looking for? I imagine that someone here has the plans....then you can start looking for a cutter.

I have his flybaby in the box.

FA[8D]

I have his Miss Las Angeles, I need to build a new wing so I would like to get a Wing Kit so I will get the landing gear Wire pebent..

Jim

Walt Moucha lives in Fort pierce Fl. I think he just has a plan service now . I don't have a phone no.

OK thanks !!

Jim

Jim ,you may want to post this question in the giant scale forum.If I remember correctly he was just in the (winter or fall addition) of the IMAA giant scale magazine.Showed hiw with a 15' flybaby plane on floats.
stefanP

OK thanks !!

Jim

do you have his most recent flybaby? The large one? I'm trying to get his website no one knows!! What did you pay? Something happened with Mr. Moucha and Balsa USA. I asked them for his website the response i got was, Absolutely not!!!! It read just that way. Thanks mr. charles scott, [email protected]

in response to fokkerace i missed spelled my email address [email protected]

""Something happened with Mr. Moucha and Balsa USA. I asked them for his website the response i got was, Absolutely not!!!! It read just that way""

after dealing with Mr Moucha myself I'm not surprised with that,,

but my plane is the most beautiful plane I have ever seen !!

Hello Wasp.

I've got a Bridi kit of a Miss Los Angeles... You did a great job on your Walt Moucha, and I have to ask... how did you get that great gold leaf effect (as well as the outline) on the numbers. Looks great!

Bob

well I didn't build this plane, I bought it with only 1 flight on it from a club member,,

the Gold Leaf was made at a Sign and Banner shop,, because you need smaller lettering you may be able to do it on a Home Computer, but you will have to buy the Gold Leaf..

Jim

OK, thanks. I'll look for some gold leaf (or should that be a faux gold leaf film)??

Didn't mean to get this off-topic. Thanks for the information.

And, has anyone solved the 'Walt Moucha' mystery yet?

Bob

""or should that be a faux gold leaf film?? ""

I don't know what it's called, I only know you can do it on a home computer..

Jim

LaserCut U.S.A. is cutting short kits of walts plans. 1-772-460-6436

stefanP

Questions for Wasp:

A guy in my local RC club recently went to Florida and came back with an old Miss Los Angeles he bought from some guy named Walt. I have been given the task of fixing it up so it flies. I have no information about this plane other than what google turns up which isn't much. I was able to find out that the balance point is 5.75" back from the leading edge.

I'm going to put a ASP 1.08 engine on it. How much right thrust and down thrust should I use ?

Also is there anything about the flying characteristics of this plane that I should know before it takes off ?

""I was able to find out that the balance point is 5.75""

umlaut,,

(so we are talking about the 73 inch span plane) at 5.75 I don't know why the balance is so far back, I say that because that plane is so long !!, where did you get that info ??
I balanced mine at 4" & 1/4 because "as I was told" many and most planes of this size are balanced about there, I only flew mine once but to me the Balance seemed OK at 4 & 1/4,,

mine weighed around 15 & 1/2 pounds and had a G38 in it and I needed to put my battery way up front to balance it at 4 & 1/4, but then again mine could have been built Tail Heavy ??????

as for the 108, I myself would think you would need more power, specially if the weight gets up around 14 pounds, but there is a guy on RCU that has one with a 120 4S in his and he is happy,,, so,,

the first thing you need to do is add Shear Webbing, I had a problem with wing flex, it flexed on the ground so I know it flexed in the air !!

in the air,,
in the air if flew rather well, meaning it was not that sensitive at all, and the faster it flew the more stable it became, but if ether wing dropped a bit the plane would just want to go in that direction, meaning if the Right Wing dipped a bit the plane would want to veer down to the right, I contributed this problem to the Wing Flex, yet this problem was not so bad that I couldn't stay on top of it,, other than that the plane flew fine,,
I did get to ask Walt Moucha on the phone about this problem and his answer was "well it is an old Racing Design you know, and that is what the sticks are for",,

Engine Thrust Angle,,
now this is where I had a problem, my plane didn't have any Thrust Angle in the Engine, and as I found when I was coming down to land and the plane was off the Throttle and just some 5ft off the ground and slowing the plane would veer Left, after researching this on the net I found this is a long known problem with planes without Engine Thrust,,
I don't know a lot about Engine Thrust Lines but the planes I have owned from 60 inch span to 82 inch span had 2 to 2 & 1/2 degrees of Thrust,,

anyway because mine veered off to the left when landing I hit the high grass, I now have to build a new wing and a new Engine Wall errrrrrr

I hope this helps !!
Jim

Wow that was fast. Yes that helps a lot. I got the 5.75" from www.members.shaw.ca/mcdougall.imports . He said that's what the plans show although he put his at 4.75. He's got some pictures on his website. It's really fantastic looking. He's got a Saito 180 in it.

I noticed the wing was quite flexible. Right now I'm just going to snug up the struts and take it easy because the wing is already covered. If it looks like a real big problem I'll add the webbing.
Thankyou.

I had one of Walt's model called a Novi. Great plane , it had a 55 in ws.Good flying plane.-Smitty