Wow! Beautiful job on the Coastie Herk. Much as I hate to admit it, (being ex- Air Force and all) I think that the Coast Guard has the prettiest color scheme ever.

And regarding picture #4 that runover posted, I had no idea that Herks were certified for aerobatics!
Randy

Mark, what 130 kit are you building. At 11 feet, that's bordering full size.

Hey King Air;
I have a set of the Palmer Plans for the 131 inch C-130. It is NOT a kit. I am cutting all the wood from scratch according to plans and building from there. This model is 131 and about 95 (or so) inches long and top of tail is 38 inches off the ground. Suggested engines are 4 MVVS 49cc, with rear exhaust to make it appear like full sized. Engines are entirely enclosed in cowling. I don't know if that size will be large enough so am leaving that option open until later. I believe MVVS makes a 52, also, and all MVVS engines can be rear exhausted.
I will design my model after the Blackbird I worked on in Germany for five years. See attached picture. It will have the Fulton Recovery system on it (whiskers and rope guide cables) but that part will not be functional. I do intend to make both the ramp and door functional, retracable landing gears, etc. I have had thoughts of providing for the option of installing JATO (Jet Assisted Take Off) just as our full sized aircraft had.
Loved this airplane when I was in the 7th Special Operations Sq. Hope I answered your questions, or if not, you can reach me at [email protected].
Mark

oops, try again. Click on image upload below. Loads real fast.

C130Nut, I made a remveable panel around windows, used a reversed
Springair nose gear "bellymount" with Robart strut. still working on
gear doors. Mike

If you look close, you can see the line around windows

WOW i bet the pilot of that Herkie didnt know a cam was trained on him. AWSOME pic of the inverted herkybird



Pete

Mharris, thanks forthe pic.... that is the idea that I need to go with! What type of paint and method did you use to paint the CG C130?
Great panit job!!!!

Rc130nut, The paint is PPG singel stage , Glad the pic.helped
if you need any more, let me know. Mike

PPG Paint... isn't that the kind where you have to have very special ventilation requirements?
I am going to mark my hatch tomorrow night and try to cut it this weekend. Do you have any pictures of the plane with the hatch off. I am looking for how you have the interior lined to hold and support the hatch and structure.

Rc130nut, Yes, paint is harmful to breath.

You know, I looked at the Palmer plans and the door mechanism is fairly simple. Are you following are paricular plan or concept?

Rc130nut, I have not seen his plans. but i sure could use some
help on the nose gear doors, thats about all ihave left. Mike

I will try to scan or photocopy the plan this weekend and post them monday. My home computer is really SLOW!!!! I will do it for you...
Bill R.

Since we now have a Coast Guard Herk on the thread, thought I'd post this pic I just ran across. It's one of my former students who is now stationed at Elizabeth City, N.C. with his Herk, which, by the way, is full scale!
Randy

mharris, I'm speach less! Very nice job, good luck and let us know how it all works out.

Thanks,

Gunny

Thanks Gunny, Mike

Nice job on the cockpit. BTW,, the 4 Horsemen were a 1950+ vintage A Model C130 that did do aerobatics. Rolls are possible with 1 G. Now don't ask me how I know that.. . The 4 Horsemen did loops and what was cool was the 2 engine out on one side high speed pass over the field.

Glad ya'll are making good progress on the Herks. I have a 7 Meg video of take off on mine and have not been able to edit or forward. I will check my server to see if it can be uploaded to a web page for ya'll (southern talk.) My daughter is a commercial designer for web pages,, perhaps I can get her to help on her next home vist.

Are they any taxi movies yet? Jim

Are they any taxi movies yet? Jim
===I'm still in a weather hold. Didn't get above 22 deg. here today, still got about 5 inches of snow on the runway.
Randy

Well, I guess it's time to see some Herks with skis! Don't they fly them to the Antartic and Alaska with skis?

Ok all you C-130 pilots in this forum. Does anyone have experience with the Aero Fly Professional (AFP) simulator and the C-130 on the expansion pack? I already have RF G2 and I am considering getting AFP just for the C-130. I appreciate whatever anyone can tell me about their experience as I would feel better before dumping about $150 just to buy a simulator for one plane. By the way, what's the latest word on a C-130 gathering this spring/summer?

Thanks!

Here is a couple of pics i found while looking around in the RCU galleries of an nice looking herc under construction.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/gallery/ga...memberId=37580

Grinder.

Mharris.... can you email me a fax number or snail mail address to send you the pics? I am having trouble getting in file format.
Bill R

Those are awesome! I like the ramp.

I have a question on the ramp. What mechanism or servo for that matter would you put in to pull that much weight up with so little leverage? I know the ramp would be light, but the mechanism and its strength seem to cause brain to hurt. The weather is cold (reletive to Mississippi), wet, and nasty so I am not building. But cycling my batteries works really well during the down time. We are having an airplane auction here this weekend, so I wil try to work a little on the side.
Bill R.

On the Palmer Plans he calls for JR #507 servo to be used on the loading ramp. This servo will move the upper and lower door at the same time.

grinder.