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General => General Discussion and ??? => Topic started by: mooseman on December 15, 2017, 05:58:38 PM
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I have been building and flying RC aircaft for about 45 years, last year i got a wild hair to quick build a plane for an event my club was holding. We traditionally , as a club, all get together on new years day to fly whatever we can known in the hobby as "first to fly". As this was a snap decision the only material i could get my hand on in short order was Gildan tee shirt boxes from sanmar
The plane was completely scratch built from some sketches I made up. The wing was hot wire cut from foam building insulation the balance of the airplane was made out of Gildan cardboard boxes from SanMar shipments.
Wingspan was 60 inches, power was .40 CuIn nitro engine spinning a 10 inch diameter prop.
the pics below tell the rest of the story. Really is cardboard from sanMar.
mooseman
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Sweet! I love to fly ( crash) my corsair!
did this get up yet?
Very cool!
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Yes it flew great right up to the point when the front dowels pulled out of the wing.
Fuselage went in at @ 30 degree angle like an arrow, wing floated down about 3 minutes later...it was so cool ;D
mooseman
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Haha nice!
I bought my dad a plane for Christmas one year, and it was so fun I bought myself a few too!
Don't find the time much to fly anymore but it was a good time for sure!