A7Bldr

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A buddy and I have started one of these. I just don't see how this thing is going to weigh 20 lbs. when completed!
I have a pair of 70's for it and hoped to use them.......but at less than 20#.
Does it take a ton of nose weight?

Jim

jaka

Hi!
20lbs..thats around 9,5-10kg! Way ,way too much for a 81" (206cm) Mosquito.
Brian Taylor recommends himself .40-.50 four strokes in the 81" version.

One modeler over here in Sweden built and flew the smaller 71" Mossie in a scale competition in Canada ("stand off scale" ) a number of years ago and he had his powered by .25 two stroke engines.

Personally I would estimate a ready to fly weight of around 5-6,5 kg ( 9-13lbs) for the 81" Mosquito powered by OS .48 -OS .56 engines

ghost flyer

I got some drawings from Robart. One is the parts drawing from the discontinued Brian Taylor Mosquito. The other two are the dimensional and parts drawings for the DC3. We might compare them and see if they will work for the Mosquito. The ones from http://www.unitracts.co.uk/ are 250 pounds sterling for the mechanical complete set and 320 pounds sterling for the pneumatic complete set. When I convert into US dollars it looks very painful. I may email Robart again and see if they still have the dimesnional drawing also. The Robart ones that are discontinued look very nice. They have shock absorbing struts and look very well made. I will try and find out how many of the parts are avaliable. I will also see if maybe they will stamp out a limited run if enough of us are interested. Let you know what I find out.

I found these Air retracts from Century Jet retracts $350.00: http://centuryjet.com/product_info.php/products_id/298


Ghost Flyer

ghost flyer

POST MORE PICURES OF YOUR BUILD PLEASE

LA7flier

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GOOD LUCK!!!!All three of mine that I built and flew (all 81 inch wings) weighed at least 20 pounds....lots of nose weight will be needed. I glassed the plane and used functional retracts (probably a pound a piece), functional flaps and a non-retractable tailwheel. The Mosquito has a very long tail moment and is probably over-designed. As to the flight characteristics....the plane flies fine at 20 plus pounds as long as the power is there. If people can build it at half that weight...great!....they are far better builders than I.....

cineas

many videos of the mosquito, you are here

http://worldtv.com/cineas_-_tv/

cineas

ghost flyer

Never saw any Mosquitos on the link above. It is a total waste of time. Should have just said you had some airplane stuff to show. Doesn't really belong here. It may have confused him when the one guy showed photos of a DC 3. So we are all on the same field here is the Mosquito from the USAF Museum.

Duplicator41

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Robart made a custom set of retracts for the 81" Mossie, excellent quality. Cost was around $400.00.

Cheers,

jamie_duff

The Unitracts ones are the best units for the 81" Mossie in current production, and follow the scale geometry. I do appreciate though that when converted to USD it comes to more than the average person would like to pay... That said since the GBP has nose dived this is a good time to get them if you live outside the UK.

Still, if you want the wheel down in the correct position and up in the correct position then the scale geometry is the only way to go. The retracts are on the plan though too and can be built using hand tools

I'm just about finished building the tailwheel unit shown on the plans for mine and will build the mains when my metal work area is free (full of bits for my fullsize aeroplane at the moment).

Mine will be electric powered as it's the only way to get reliability and scale sized 3 bladers on. It also means less dead weight in fuel proofing and no CofG shift as fuel burns off. I never did agree with anyone telling me single cylinder IC engines sounded anything like a fullsize V12 anyway so I've never looked back since my first electric model a year ago. Obviously there are no problems with synchronising a twin either!

ghost flyer

Thanks for the info, maybe I will look into building my own. The Office manager's brother gave me a little Austrian made Unimat lathe so now I have a machine at home.

By the way the support Robart Manufacturing has given me has definately unsurpassed. They have mailed me drawings and any information they can. I have never seen support like this to support a customer. GOOD JOB

Ghost Flyer

LA7flier

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Can anybody tell me where a pair of spinners can be had for the 81 inch wing Mossie? I thought Gene Barton used to provide them but am not sure anymore...

A7Bldr

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I'd start here: https://shop.traplet.com/browse.aspx?c=4538

Jim

ghost flyer

FLASH

ASM has a Mosquito ARF and there are retracts avaliable. VQ and Hobby people will be carrying them.

http://www.vqwarbirds.com/products/a...mmosquito.html

A7Bldr

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Here's how our build is progressing. The fuse has been glassed and some primer applied. The other parts are getting close to glassed, but the nacelles are being built first. Its coming out pretty light weight so far. Its challenging, but rewarding building.
I still plan to use 2 OS 70 4-strokers.
Not sure what gear to use yet......
Jim