Thread: Anyone else fly R/C here ?

Originally Posted by trog

Where they the plastic kits or balsa and paper ?
When using the larger .049 control line planes I used to get free fuel . My father was able to source the materials and mixup good size batches for me. So I was able to add an extra fuel tank to the plane and fly ( annoy the neighbors) longer.

It was a design published in an old RCM&E magazine. Originally designed for a .049, I scaled it down for a .020.
The original design was for use with a single channel radio. Push the button once and the rudder moved right. Push the button twice and the rudder moved left.
None of this modern proportional stuff.

Talking of old radio systems, I have a Controlaire Galloping Ghost system here. I should put it on eBay - along with my OS Pulse Jet (never been used).

Originally Posted by p38arover

Talking of old radio systems, I have a Controlaire Galloping Ghost system here. I should put it on eBay - along with my OS Pulse Jet (never been used).

Never been used!

They were a nice thing. The last one I saw was in a control line model made out of sheet steel.
Bit of an effort on a bike pump to get it going, though.

Now, there's a project for you. A r/c V1. Scale, of course.

I saw one fly C/L once at the Sydney Society of Model Engineers (I used to be a member). By heck, it was quick.

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I really need to sell all my engines (some have never been used) including the pulse jet.

I even have a couple of these Taipan 3.5cc engines, unused:

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There's also a OS61 heli engine, still in the Graupner Bell 202 mechanics kit unused - like this: Bell 212

When I croak, my daughter said she'll just get a skip in and dump everything in the garage including my lathes, table saws, radial arm saw, drill press, MIG and stick welders, ham radio gear, test equipment.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

It was a design published in an old RCM&E magazine. Originally designed for a .049, I scaled it down for a .020.
The original design was for use with a single channel radio. Push the button once and the rudder moved right. Push the button twice and the rudder moved left.
None of this modern proportional stuff.

You have made it sound simpler than it actually was.

A rubber band connected to the rudder was twisted to provide torque to move it. If you didn't put in enough twists, you would lose control before the end of the flight.

The rubber band could only twist the rudder control in one direction, so each press of the button moved the rudder through a sequence of steps. It went centre, right, centre, left, centre, right, centre, left, centre ......

So if you had right rudder and wanted to go left, then two presses were needed as you said.

However, what you didn't mention was that if you went right and then centre and wanted to go right again, it was three presses to cycle through left, centre, right.

I was always impressed that a plane like that with single channel control of the rudder, but no elevator control could do a loop.

Originally Posted by p38arover

When I croak, my daughter said she'll just get a skip in and dump everything in the garage including my lathes, table saws, radial arm saw, drill press, MIG and stick welders, ham radio gear, test equipment.

Your daughters loss.

My family are the same. When I turn toes up, the 101s, trailers, Perentie etc will probably go to scrap. Their loss. Silly them for not realising they are probably worth more than the Mercs.

I forgot my bandsaws (wood and metal cutting)

One of my helis - Hirobo Iroquois with a .40 engine. Pic taken in 1981 according to the date stamp on the slide. Radio, Futaba FP-5JH heli set.

I still have the Iroquois and the radio.

EDIT: Jeez, the upload has screwed the image quality!

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