Hobby Shack Little Gasser
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OK, I'm going over to the dark side this year. I came across a couple of very old kits and they are both 1/2A planes. They call for .049 up to the .10. I decided to go electric!!!! I know, don't rub it in, I won't travel too far into the dark side but I would like to have something I can take to the park or the golf course and fly so this is my first try. I am making up templates and may or may not build the original kit? The plans are now saved but due to sun or just old age they were falling apart when I tried to open them. I have them all taped up and will be going to Kinko's for a new set to build on. I will build the plane and see what it takes to make this a nice little park flyer, I will be building as light as I can and making some small mods for the electric motor. Sometime down the road if anyone wants to build one too let me know. It looks like a very easy build. The motor and control cost more then the .061 that was on sale for only 40 bucks but I figured some guy out golfing would freak out if I was flying a noise machine over his head. Don't want anyone to blame me for missing that putt!!
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Looks like a very cute and neat little airplane. Templates would be greatly appreciated. Found a thread here on electrifying it. He even added floats. Anyways, will be watching closely.
Here is the link to the site I mentioned earlier.
[link=http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11481]Lil' Gasser thread at Wattflyer[/link]
Here is the link to the site I mentioned earlier.
[link=http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11481]Lil' Gasser thread at Wattflyer[/link]
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Thank you very much for that thread. I had to sign up to Watt Flyer while I was looking for information on this plane, didn't find that thread. I bought the KMS 2212/09 for this plane?? I don't have a clue but from what I read this should do it. I will be using three ch. just rudder and elevator. I want to keep the flat bpottom wing because I want to do a lot more of that glid thing then powered flight, just get it up there and coast around. The templates are easy but I will have to get copies of the plans for anyone wanting to try building this plane, the instructions are on the plans, very old school. I'm going as stock as I can and keeping it as light as I can make it. When I get going with the build just PM me for plans and templates, I will have to charge for the copies and postage so after I get my stuff I will know exactly how much that will be. I think it's a cooler looking plane in the stock mode too. The LG is very soft so making it should be very easy.
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Trust me, I'm not leaving, just giving these little planes a try. I can walk down the street and be on the golf course or go over to the park in a few minutes. Plus I have enough room in my shop for a little plane, I ran out of room and couldn't do any of the builds I wanted to this year. Just something different to try, keeps the gray mater flowing.
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Yea,the main gripe I have with nitro is the dreaded cleanup. I sure do get tired of that !! I bought my 2 grandsons a couple of the " Air- Hogs. They weren't interested, but I wore out both of them. I must admit, they were a blast to fly & NO cleanup !!! Still ,I love the smell of the nitro burning & the sound!
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Well, tonight I had nothing to do so I decided to pop out the parts on this kit and at least get the templates drawn out. I forgot what a pain the good old days could be. The dies were sharp but the cutter operator didn't pad the back of his press so they didn't cut all the way through, fresh exacto blades were needed to hand cut the parts. That part is finished but my fine line ink pen was dry so the drawing of the parts will have to wait. Minor details!!
I don't mind the smell of burnt castor or gas at the field but even after washing, my clothing still has that after glow.[pun intended] Clean up and smell has nothing to do with this little build. I just had these two old kits for 1/2A and nothing better to do. I wanted to give electric a try so here it is. My grand son has gone through 4 of the air hogs that I know of. At 2.5 years old he blew my mind the first time I saw him fly his heli in my living room. I was expecting nothing but crashes into the over head fans but the kid can really fly them. Mind blowing!!! Now I need to find a Kinko's in my area to get the plans copied too.
I don't mind the smell of burnt castor or gas at the field but even after washing, my clothing still has that after glow.[pun intended] Clean up and smell has nothing to do with this little build. I just had these two old kits for 1/2A and nothing better to do. I wanted to give electric a try so here it is. My grand son has gone through 4 of the air hogs that I know of. At 2.5 years old he blew my mind the first time I saw him fly his heli in my living room. I was expecting nothing but crashes into the over head fans but the kid can really fly them. Mind blowing!!! Now I need to find a Kinko's in my area to get the plans copied too.
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Is it possible to get a copy of the plans. Im wanting to build a park flyer. Thanks,
John Smith
Is it possible to get a copy of the plans. Im wanting to build a park flyer. Thanks,
John Smith
PM me with your address and I will send you everything you need.
Gene
I'm sure I have everything in the shop? Well, almost sure.
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Thanks Gene.
I built two little gassers in the 70's. Used a cox medallian with the hiscott throttle. They flew great. I had a sealed kit saved for later, it dissapered.
It would be great to get the plans and templates that you have. I will gladly send you back a good copy..
I have a few old time 1/2A plans. Are you interested in anything?
Thanks so much. Will PM.
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I built two little gassers in the 70's. Used a cox medallian with the hiscott throttle. They flew great. I had a sealed kit saved for later, it dissapered.
It would be great to get the plans and templates that you have. I will gladly send you back a good copy..
I have a few old time 1/2A plans. Are you interested in anything?
Thanks so much. Will PM.
John Smith
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I got the plans. Thanks. Remember. if you want a copy, or a copy of any kit I have, just let me know. I will enjoy building it.
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I got the plans. Thanks. Remember. if you want a copy, or a copy of any kit I have, just let me know. I will enjoy building it.
John Smith
I got the plans. Thanks. Remember. if you want a copy, or a copy of any kit I have, just let me know. I will enjoy building it.
John Smith
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Thanks for the offer. I have builds lined up waiting for me to get to. I just started one this week and have two more behind this one. I'm thinking I have about a years worth of builds at the very least. Just so many planes I want and so little time to get to them. I was in a building funk this year for a long time, I hope I don't fall into the dumps again for a while. ARFs were starting to look good to me!! Can't let that happen to me!! I also have guys at the field wanting me to build several kits for them. I had to decline, I really needed to start building for myself again.
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Does anyone still have plans for this plane? This was the first plane I built back in 1970s. Since I tended to build heavy dad thought I should put a tee dee 051 in it. I did and it was a quick little plane.
i also learned to fix planes after re kitting processes at the field
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i also learned to fix planes after re kitting processes at the field
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Sorry, I had the plans and templates for the plane for a while and someone else asked me for them so I sent them off. The plans were pretty brittle so I couldn't have a copy made. If you go onto the wattflyer site there was a young lady that had built a couple of them. I lost mine after a hard landing and missed the fact that the wings LE was broken and the wing folded on the next flight. Really a fun little plane and was a perfect conversion to electric three channel.