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Originally posted by EA-6B Geek View Post
That's cool! Always wanted to try one. How did it fly?
Once he had it airborne, it flew pretty well. Here's the link to Hobby King's listing for the Durafly Auto G2:
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Braved our 30 degree heatwave today and maidened the Rochobby Waco on skis. Typical Ohio, no wind at the house, drive 2 miles to the park and its gusting at 10. Flew the Eflite Cub and the Waco once each and went home. Worked on my hovering and slip skills, not cause I wanted to...1 Photo
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Originally posted by Hoomi View PostFor Thursday, while I didn't do the piloting, I flew in the 1929 Ford Tri-Motor, out of Falcon Field in Mesa.
Totally worth a day of PTO and a drive to the Phoenix Metro.
Woody
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Those three big radials were noisy, but not as bad as I expected. I took some video, including full flight videos with both my keychain cameras (plane's vibrations make the video waver a bit, but still viewable), and I hope to have some time to do some video editing this weekend.
The pilot was quite smooth on take-off and landing, which probably isn't surprising considering how much practice he gets (at least 7 of each yesterday afternoon). For an additional $55, I could have ridden in the copilot seat, but I left that for the guy behind me in line, who darn near fell over himself to jump on the offer.
By today's standards, of course, the plane is noisy and slow (IIRC, top speed on a tri-motor was about 100 mph). The cabin is neither pressurized nor climate controlled, though the slow speed and altitude limitations on the old plane allow for large, rectangular windows that are not as practical on modern airliners. Additionally, it almost seems comical by today's standards to think of covering an airplane in corrugated metal, but the plane was fairly strong and capable of handling a reasonable amount of stress. Back in the day, there was a pilot named Harold Johnson, who flew aerobatics in a tri-motor, doing loops, rolls, and spins with it. From what I read, even with a full load, the plane had lower wing-loading than a Cessna 152.
It's wild, too, to look at the plane and see all the control cables running on the outside of the plane. It worked, though. I wonder if anyone in the factory back in the late 1920s ever imagined one of their planes, with a maiden flight in 1929, would be flying passengers 90 years later.
Yes, the Ford Tri-motor is capable of aerobatics at the hands of the right pilot anyway! Harold Johnson looped, spun and snap rolled Ford NC-9610, a 4-AT-B #...
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Been loving the bejeezuz out of my FlightLine Corsair! Maidened the other day, put some more flights in yesterday and plan on more today...
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https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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NIIIICE........actual turbo drive system, very intriguing.:Thinking:
Now I'll be surfin the net looking to see how that is done on a model.:Nerd:
What size was the Wildcat??:Drooling:Warbird Charlie
HSD Skyraider FlightLine OV-10 FMS 1400: P-40B, P-51, F4U, F6F, T-28, P-40E, Pitts, 1700 F4U & F7F, FOX glider Freewing A-6, T-33, P-51 Dynam ME-262, Waco TF Giant P-47; ESM F7F-3 LX PBJ-1 EFL CZ T-28, C-150, 1500 P-51 & FW-190
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I was at that event on Saturday. The OV-10 and P-38 were both electric powered. The OV-10 did not get in the air on Saturday (not sure about yesterday) as it seemed he was having issues with the ESCs. The P-38 was running big Hackers I think, and it flew very nice and scale.
There were a couple turbine powered turbo props. Basically, instead of the turbine powering an impeller, it turns the motor shaft. I have also seen some turbine powered helis that do the same thing (turning a rotor shaft instead of an impeller). Very cool stuff!Pat
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Originally posted by crxmanpat View PostI was at that event on Saturday. The OV-10 and P-38 were both electric powered. The OV-10 did not get in the air on Saturday (not sure about yesterday) as it seemed he was having issues with the ESCs. The P-38 was running big Hackers I think, and it flew very nice and scale.
There were a couple turbine powered turbo props. Basically, instead of the turbine powering an impeller, it turns the motor shaft. I have also seen some turbine powered helis that do the same thing (turning a rotor shaft instead of an impeller). Very cool stuff!
Sorry I missed ya Pat, but had a felling you might have been there. I was only there Saturday. I did my flying before everyone else!
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What was the size of the Wildcat and was it a scratch build??Warbird Charlie
HSD Skyraider FlightLine OV-10 FMS 1400: P-40B, P-51, F4U, F6F, T-28, P-40E, Pitts, 1700 F4U & F7F, FOX glider Freewing A-6, T-33, P-51 Dynam ME-262, Waco TF Giant P-47; ESM F7F-3 LX PBJ-1 EFL CZ T-28, C-150, 1500 P-51 & FW-190
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Originally posted by F22trainer View Post
I stand corrected, I know the Marchetti was definitely turbopropped. Sound was unbelievable!
Sorry I missed ya Pat, but had a felling you might have been there. I was only there Saturday. I did my flying before everyone else!Pat
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Originally posted by crxmanpat View PostI was flying my F-14 and A-10. Wish I had known you were there, would have introduced myself. If by any chance you come to the Electric Fest next weekend, come see me. I'm the Asst CD.
I did fly once with my T-6 later in the day. Violated my rule about ‘dragging it in’ on final and promptly tip stalled it on landing - be just my luck you saw that.
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