NEW Seagull Cessna 337 Oscar Duece

[TwistedGrin]

IMG_3324.JPGIMG_3332.JPGIMG_3329.JPGIMG_3330.JPG The oddball nose gear steering servo placement is the only real detractive on this aircraft as the servo is mid-center fuselage under the cockpit floor. This requires a long control rod forward into the motor mount for the nose wheel which is prone to bending and prevents full movement due to the odd angle when full right input is required. Additionally the long nose wheel steering control rod is in competition for space of the tandem flight batteries. I am able to place the batteries in the forward bay but they must be placed as far rearward as possible to achieve the appropriate COG. The batteries are angled together towards aft and can't go back any further as they hit my ESC's mounted on flat on each side of the electronics bay tray. This is not optimal but it all works for access and COG.

TwistedGrin

[TwistedGrin]

Posting some activity of my electric set up Cessna 336 02 from earlier this year and club member gasser set up:
08-24-2020 Maiden Take off: https://youtu.be/G1clfdx1zK4
08-24-2020 Maiden flight and landing: https://youtu.be/dYcDiP6_Rjw
08-28-2020 Flight: https://youtu.be/WyvFZYwaj28
03-22-2020 Bob Mueller gasser flight: https://youtu.be/G9FkgVGZ5sM

Set up:
E-flite Power 52's
Dual 5s 35c 5200mAh LiPo (EC5)
Dual 80amp ESC's
6.0v 2300mAh receiver battery
14x7x3 MAS tractor/pusher props
Hitec HS -645MG servo's
Hitec HS-225MG servo's
Mpi receiver power switch
Electro Dynamics "One Click" 3 servo wing wire connectors
14.4lbs All Up Weight
COG 80mm from main wing leading edge

Motor Wattage readings: Both motors require connected in order for the RX to engage throttle....
100% Throttle:
72.17Ap
1406.5Wp per motor
0.071Ah
1.4Wh

[TwistedGrin]

Sunday 10-25-2020 .....Assembled the Cessna 02 at the field for it's 7th flight of 2020 before the Texas wet winter cold drizzle set up just an hour later. Toggled my Hobby Eagle A3L to stabilizer Armed position. The aircraft took off with a little bit of wing rock...not too violent. I did notice some waggle and wing rocking in flight that was not present the last time I flew it with stabilizer. Landing at six minutes just doing normal pattern runway passes...I noticed that my DX8 Stabilizer Gain Knob was set to zero....so that explains the not so smooth flight. The stabilizer was on ZERO GAIN. At least the take off was not so violent as I used all of our runway to take off with a very long and shallow rotation......I think this is the best strategy for my bird. Next time I will not be so apprehensive and....will have the stabilizer engaged with the proper gain for conditions.

At least another successful flight and landing is in the log book

TwistedGrin

[WAYNE888]

the end of November came fast this year......it arrived today. Fed ex emailed me yesterday, it would be here Thursday....new email today.... SUPRISE!! and we need a signature...…. well it is here.....all intact and it looks pretty nice

[WAYNE888]

A month to go from Texas to Florida.
Ya maybe wanna check out Gator RC. Same price and in stock.
https://www.gator-rc.com/seagull-ces...ymaster-sea146

ahh yes.....but VQ has my funds

[OV10]

VQ told me, late November at my door

A month to go from Texas to Florida.
Ya maybe wanna check out Gator RC. Same price and in stock.
https://www.gator-rc.com/seagull-ces...ymaster-sea146

[WAYNE888]

VQ told me, late November at my door

[WAYNE888]

hard to wait!

Yeah it is hahahaha

[Hardway]

hard to wait!

[WAYNE888]

Must be coming by camel.... I will have the retracts before the plane at this rate.

:D

[WAYNE888]

Retracts linked here :)

https://www.radicalrc.com/category/Retracts-372

thanks again man.....ordering a set in just a while

[WAYNE888]

no box yet....cannot be a whole lot longer.....meanwhile....I ordered Motivation..... A pair of .32 Rimfires and Castle Edge HD 60A ESCs.....Coming from Tower. Nice torquey motors....2.81hp total for the pair. That should move this plane right along nicely
Normally don"t use a BEC, and I won't this time. I like Castle stuff, and the price was right. I can just cut the one red lead I am pretty surej. The 60A, because it allows me to bump it up to .,46 Rimfires...cannot imagine almost 3hp will not be enough, but I like the option.
I am ordering the Retracts from Radical tonight after work.....but I may fly it fixed gear awhile first. They take a few months for Radical to make them anyway.

[rampage]

Seagull/VQ totally copied me.

I just finished this in July because there were no O-2's on the market!



Isn't that how it always works, though? I'll probably end up with the VQ too. Just because.

[WAYNE888]

Retracts linked here :)

https://www.radicalrc.com/category/Retracts-372

good call.....they will require surgical skills to install, but they look good . I like the Red Bull 337 vid they attached

[Terminater007]

Retracts linked here :)

https://www.radicalrc.com/category/Retracts-372

[WAYNE888]

There is a retract kit already available for the Seagull ARF.

I just went back and checked VQ....no retracts are offered for this aircraft

[handyman220]

I’d like one of them with retracts. I know it would be difficult but not impossible

There is a retract kit already available for the Seagull ARF.

[Patrnflyr]

I’d like one of them with retracts. I know it would be difficult but not impossible

[BRGT350]

I'm waiting on a nice 1400 to 1500mm version too. I'd like a nice foam model similar to the old FMS 1400mm Cessna 182.

Every time there is a new announcement coming from Horizon or Motion, I hope that it will be a 337/O-2. No luck so far.

[WAYNE888]

I am redoing a Phoenix A26, as an A26K....They terrorized the Ho Chi Minh trail at night, 609th primarily in Laos. Oscar Deuce was also painted for night, and would do the forward spotting for the 26s.
The Phoenix is 1/9.5 ....Thinking this may be close enough that they'll look good side by side at the field. ,
38 foot wingspan is about what?? 1/6.5 1/7th??. …..damnit. Well ….. park it by the F7F..... :) Think our club calls for 80" to qualify for the Giant scale events.....less for biplanes.