anyone got pics ?

Assuming you're looking for pictures from the Dayton Dawn Patrol Rendezvous this last weekend . . .

Check out the R/C models posted over on the Aerodrome.com:

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/fl...endezvous.html

Also, more general pictures and stuff leading up and through the DPR:

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/up...us-2007-a.html

A very fun weekend!!!



'til later,

Lee McD

There is a thread under Scale shows on RCScaleBuilder.com

Cliff

Thanks for the link Clifford - forgot all about R/C Scalebuilder - some good pictures there too!

http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/forum/...941&PN=1&TPN=1

Lucky Dog posted some in the Warbird forum. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_64...tm.htm#6416632

WinterHawke, I apologize. I meant to say hey, but only managed a glimpse of you at the impound.

Some of my Dayton Pictures.

Some more pictures.

Yet more pictures.

And finally the last bit.

sorry for the spellig guys dayton

Love that Belgian Nieuport! Was that 1/1 scale or a 7/8th replica?

I don't think any of the Nieuports were full sized..

I have a question why are the kit for the nieuports and other plane not full scale but 3/4 or 7/8? maybe a silly question but I just don't know.


Thanks

Mark

I'm guessing they're smaller for cost savings and/or ease of transport and storage. Most, if not all of these planes are dismantled and hauled to and from the flying events.

Great pictures! Maybe the smaller scale qualifies as experimental light sport aircraft (E-LSA) catagory? (E-LSA includes kit builts under 1,320 lbs, stall below 45 kts, max speed (Vh) 120kts, one or two seaters, etc.). Not an expert but I think the catagory has advantages for manufacturers and lower cost for pilot training. Just a guess. Beautiful planes.

Engines cost a lot. Lycoming IO 360 is around $24000 factory rebuilt, Continental IO 550 is about $30,000 and these are not radials much less rotories and you still cant swing as big a prop as they realy need. Used of course are much cheaper but still at least half. The smaller engines like 0-200, Rotax, and the VW based engines can be flying for $4000 or less. Also the smaller planes use modern construction but look the part, kind of like the BUSA planes.