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Just completed my Tomahawk, fitted with a pair of 35” VMAR floats. I may have to wait until the spring for maiden flight (Canadian winter). This is an electric setup with an E-flite Power 60 brushless motor, 15x8 prop, 80Amp ESC. RTF weight is 10lbs 4oz (4.73Kg).
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Is a rcgf rear exhaust 15 too largeComment
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Two large of an engine will it Mount properlyComment
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Maidened my Traumahawk today!
Finished it up over the winter. Recovered as the full scale I solo’ed in back in the 80’s. The elevator setup was modified: I joined the two pieces with a “U” shaped piece of music wire. Rather than mounting servos in the tail, I used a single servo in the cockpit area. Flexible rod connects it to a bellcrank under the horizontal stab. A pushrod connects that to the elevator horn.
Power is an E-Flite Power 60B; I forget what I used for a prop. Might be a 16x8? At any rate it’s scale size for the model. Used a 6S 4000mah battery. Nothing larger would fit without cutting into things.
The flight went extremely well. The nail-biting happened during the takeoff. It required a surprising amount of runway to get airborne. In fact I was just about to abort when she finally broke ground. It’s a grass field, and quite soft at the moment. It needed very little trim - a bit of right aileron & some down elevator. Deploying flaps caused very little if any pitch change. Landing was with one notch of flapComment
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A couple more photos of CF105's Plane.Attached FilesComment
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Thanks, Creative!
Unfortunately she went in on flight #2. After turning final to land, I got a bit too low and a bit too slow, and got caught in some ground-induced turbulence. Certainly repairable, mostly popped glue joints and a wing tube that would be at home in a Corsair. Some breakage though. Recovery was risky - there was a flock of Canada Geese (aka Cobra Chickens) resting in the field between me and it. Thankfully they flew off as I approached (doubly thankfully they didn’t fly overhead).Comment
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