Frankenstein’s Stunter

How about this. A fun combination of a very old Ringmaster wing and a Magician fuselage with a tail profile of a Nobler. After too many crashes to repair, I took the best of what was left. It’s a fun plane to fly because I fly it with a different type of “don’t care” attitude never afraid to try the really tricky stuff. As you can see it’s been crashed allot. I don’t think I’ll try to hide the battle scars too much, just keep the raw epoxy showing.

What other salvaged combinations are you guys flying?

LAST EDITED ON Nov-04-04 AT 09:38 PM (CDT)
 
I REALLY like the ultra clear covering on the wing!

Hey, why not! I like it, it reminds me of my planes from my youth. Besides, there's beauty in a good repair.

I plan on $koting the wing for a quick fix. The engine is a McCoy 29 with no compresion but once it's started it works well.

I see that tube of Ambroid over by the CA's!

I’m a nostalgic guy, what can I say. Gotta love Ambriod.

Chris,

Check the head gasket on that McCoy. I had a McCoy 35 for years. I flew it in the 60's and it had poor compression most of the time, but ran well when started. It was in storage for over 20 years when I took it apart, and discovered the fiber head gasket was compressed. A friend machined a thick copper head shim for it and voila....it had decent compression and started with one flip.

Fred

(snip)

I had a McCoy 35 for
>years. I flew it in the 60's and it had poor compression
>most of the time, but ran well when started. >(snip)
>Fred

Ron B.
F4Fguy

Did you try flying it on colder days?

How about that 'Top-Flite' nylon prop? Are those available any more? I still have on on the Fox 35 I run on my Twister. It's gotta be 35 years old, but it just won't break!
Glen

Yea, it's an old prop but well cared for(moisture treatments). You can bury em numerous times and they still bounce back.

>Yea, it's an old prop but well cared for(moisture
>treatments). You can bury em numerous times and they still
>bounce back.
>
>Chris

Yes, and always with a little bit less pitch.

Maybe that's why your old engine seems to still run well: As it goes further and further over the hill, the prop gets flatter and flatter.

>>Yea, it's an old prop but well cared for(moisture
>>treatments). You can bury em numerous times and they still
>>bounce back.
>>
>>Chris
>
>Yes, and always with a little bit less pitch.
>
>Maybe that's why your old engine seems to still run well: As
>it goes further and further over the hill, the prop gets
>flatter and flatter.
>
>Dan
>

Tell me more about this. I really don’t know. If I put a new prop on it would it have a harder time? With a flatter prop it’s like it’s running in a lower gear, right?

Chris,

No offense, but I wouldn't spend a lot of time finding the ideal prop for pictured model.

I was just cracking wise, but it is true that crashes, while they might break a nylon prop, will de-pitch it very slightly each time.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-05-04 AT 00:56 AM (CDT)
 
No offence taken, happy for the input.

Any other kit mixes out there? I'd love to see some other pictures or hear some stories.

see that prop...i had one just like it...survived since 1965...i had it on a mcCoy just like that one... a punchboard... we called em...bout ten of em came in a pizza box ...ha ha ha ha ... any way i was sittin an flippin it a few years ago admiring th compression it still had and this friend of mine (who could wreck an anvil with a feather pillow) said let me see that and took it and flipped it once and broke th prop on th kitchen counter...he could break urs too ... dont let him touch it!! ... jim

You might ask Gordan Delaney about his "creations" from broken stnters. I believe this is how the Pathfinder came about.

Harley: I do combo stuff like this, too.

In bad crashes, usually the stab/el still is reasonably intact, so I have a collection of them, in the rafters. Save them for when you need them.

Like a Top Flite Hurricane that had, I opined, too small a stab/el assy. I had a Buster (a prophetic name, as it obviously turned out) one, rather larger than the kit 'Cane one, with about the same tip shape. So out of the rafters, and onto our Battle of Brit pal here.

That’s right. I for got to mention, the stabilizer is from a different wreck also. I just can’t remember what it was. The only new(er) part is the rudder.

I've been saving these. I think I know where I can get a repairable Ringmaster wing. Just imagine, a Frankenringstang! It will have Walker quaking in his shoes.

Ouch!!! Looking at that makes my stomach queasy! What a shame.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-06-04 AT 01:16 AM (CDT)
 
>I've been saving these. I think I know where I can get a
>repairable Ringmaster wing. Just imagine, a
>Frankenringstang! It will have Walker quaking in his shoes.

Ah.. and that'd be Frankenbuilding in style!

LAST EDITED ON Nov-06-04 AT 01:34 PM (CDT)
 
>I've been saving these. I think I know where I can get a
>repairable Ringmaster wing. Just imagine, a
>Frankenringstang! It will have Walker quaking in his shoes.
>
>Al

Ron B.
F4Fguy

Al:

I'll see your Frankenringstang and raise you a Frankenwildennobler.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-10-04 AT 07:28 AM (CDT)
 
>I've been saving these.

e-bat those, you'd be surprized.

Anyone who posts pictures with a tube of AMBROID showing is definitely a Master Modeler!

So this is a Frankensteinized Macnoblaster? Why does that sound kind of familiar?

This is definately my kind of thread. Notice my signature. I have something my ex flying partner threw togther. Flite streak fuselage, TomTom wing. "Tom Streak"? My latest creation is a wing based on an R/C kit ribs, scratch built profile fuselage with Nobler numbers, Ruffy elevators, and Aldrich Nobler rudder. Should be interesting, if I can only get around to finishing it.

>So this is a Frankensteinized Macnoblaster? Why does that
>sound kind of familiar?

Hey, I like that. I think I'll use it.

Harleyman, please be welcome to use it. I trust you noticed the deliberate mistake, - should have been magnoblaster!

Harleyman, please be welcome to use it. I trust you noticed the deliberate mistake, - should have been Magnoblaster!

>Harleyman, please be welcome to use it. I trust you noticed
>the deliberate mistake, - should have been Magnoblaster!

I like Magnoblaster even better. I'm gonna have to use very small letters.

Chris,
Get that "whatchma-callit" finished this winter, I want to see ya fly it when I come up next summer.

Paul

Paul,

I’ll have it done in plenty of time. As you can see it’s all glued back together after the last crash. It use to be covered in silk and AeroGloss. I sprayed a coat of Rustoleum for the last color change. I tried to repair a hole in the silk and the clear dope made the Rustoleum bubble up (see the root of the outboard wing). I tore it all off and will $kote when I have a chance. I just can’t decide what color wings for this basket case. . . some nasty color that’s on sale? Maybe just Navy.