Pumby Spanish plane.
#1
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Pumby Spanish plane.
I built a high wing of Spanish plans called Pumby. 60" wingspan, balsa and ply. . The plane does not mark engine and the bench comes as for a .35 two strokes glow. I puted a .46 glow on it. His weight was 5 pounds.
The plane dials 4 degrees down trusth and 2 degrees right thrust and was what I encased the engine. I leveled according to the planes but with all the throttle, the plane taked off as if it were very heavy tail, when the throttle was lowered in half, the plane go down, as if it were somewhat heavy nose. Very very unstable, even with little elevator movement, he behaved very nervously. The only thing not attached to the planes, is that for lack of adequate wood at the time, I made the leading edge with wood a 16" thinner than the plane marked, so the edge was a little round and not as sharp as the plane marked , but I think this is not so influential as to have had such an unstable, erratic flight and almost on the verge of the accident. I will be grateful to help me define what may be the mistake I made in building it or what may be the solution to never risk it again with another bad flight. I include plan for consultation.
Thanks in advance for your help.
The plane dials 4 degrees down trusth and 2 degrees right thrust and was what I encased the engine. I leveled according to the planes but with all the throttle, the plane taked off as if it were very heavy tail, when the throttle was lowered in half, the plane go down, as if it were somewhat heavy nose. Very very unstable, even with little elevator movement, he behaved very nervously. The only thing not attached to the planes, is that for lack of adequate wood at the time, I made the leading edge with wood a 16" thinner than the plane marked, so the edge was a little round and not as sharp as the plane marked , but I think this is not so influential as to have had such an unstable, erratic flight and almost on the verge of the accident. I will be grateful to help me define what may be the mistake I made in building it or what may be the solution to never risk it again with another bad flight. I include plan for consultation.
Thanks in advance for your help.
#2
I had a plane that porpoised badly on first flight after a repair and the engine would rev up and slow down with each climb and dive. After getting it on the ground I found the engine mount had broken on one side which caused the engine to angle up a little on power up which caused the plane to climb and the throttle to reduce causing the airplane to dive and the throttle to increase which caused...you see where I'm going. I'm lucky I was able to get her back on the ground without damage.
#3
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Pumby Spanish plane
The engine mount it is OK. I'll add weight to the nose and I'll change engine for smaller one, may be a .40. What do you think about this ?
Last edited by stearman70; 01-11-2020 at 05:56 PM. Reason: To modify the text
#4
The only thing I can see,is on the pdf,the wing appears to be set back a little much from the nose,and the cg as well.This ,on it's own, would make the plane highly reactive.To test this out,make two strips of foam that cap the leading edge and extend it by an inch and 1/2,or so.Really just extend the cord forward.
#5
you could add 2 degrees inclination up to the wing leading edge.This is basically a high wing trainer,with a sporty appearance...so find a Eagle 2 side view,scale it to suit your plane ,and set it up accordingly.
#7
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I see nothing on the original plan that would alarm me. Keep the CG as per plan. I suspect that you simply have too much power. Modern .46 engines have very close power to what the .60 engines had back in the day. Depending on when that airplane was designed that .35 call out could be equivalent to a modern .25. What is the wingspan? A .46 size trainer with a flat bottom airfoil would be around 55"to 60".
#9
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The only thing I can see,is on the pdf,the wing appears to be set back a little much from the nose,and the cg as well.This ,on it's own, would make the plane highly reactive.To test this out,make two strips of foam that cap the leading edge and extend it by an inch and 1/2,or so.Really just extend the cord forward.
Thanks in advance
#10
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Hello. You were right. The engine had too much power. I changed the .46 posse a .40 point and the problem was solved. Thank you and the other colleagues for their feedback.