Digital camera tryout

Just got a new digital camera. Not sure if it's any better than the last one, but that one died so... Here are a couple of pics of the new plane. Be kind, it's only rough fitted and not sanded out yet and the cowl is just roughed out. Does have a trick wing mounted gear layout, though. I'm kinda proud of that.

Also, a picture of the control access. Had a couple of questions about that, so here it is.

Wow, Randy

I love your solutions. That control access looks dirt simple and I look at it and say WDITOT! (Why didn't I think of that?)..

Beautiful work, as usual, although your elliptical wings clearly have the edge for beauty.

Best regards,

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"Your body cannot heal without play.
Your mind cannot heal without laughter.
Your soul cannot heal without joy." -Catherine Rippenger Fenwick

Larry,

My first thought upon seeing that hatch was identical to yours. It's definitely one of finer examples of the KISS principle I've seen. It would probably work well for a tail weight box on the built up fuselage of a Mo' Best or other ship as well.

OS,

Gee, do I get to name it after me or anything?

LAST EDITED ON Nov-24-04 AT 04:33 PM (CST)
 
>OS,
>
>Gee, do I get to name it after me or anything?

Hey Randy...why not just call it the

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Looks great

LAST EDITED ON Nov-25-04 AT 06:34 PM (CST)
 
"The Randy handy dandy hatchy thingy" Yea, that's the ticket.
Reminds me of the covers on 5"/38 shell casing containers. They use a similar set up with inclined planes to increase the friction as the hatch is rotated 90 degess. Very tight.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-25-04 AT 11:08 PM (CST)
 
Ty,

The one thing I didn't put in the thing is stops. Next time. The little drop of glue insurs it won't come out, but I don't know what vibration may do. But it will only come out one way, so it should be fine.

Randy's Handy Hatch.

Pretty slick, Randy. I like the 1/4 turn hatch. How will you turn it from the outside, a spanner of some kind?
This is your design, right? Lots of USA-1 influence in the styling. There's plenty of side area aft. How did you determine the area and its distribution? Will you have a trimmable rudder?
So what camera did you get?
Derek Moran

Randy,
Looks like the camera is doing fine.
The plane looks sorta like a USA-1/Genesis. In some ways.
I do believe it is gonna look real nice.
What is the power plant of choice?
Bill <><

>Just got a new digital camera. Not sure if it's any better
>than the last one, but that one died so... Here are a couple
>of pics of the new plane. Be kind, it's only rough fitted
>and not sanded out yet and the cowl is just roughed out.
>Does have a trick wing mounted gear layout, though. I'm
>kinda proud of that.
>
>Also, a picture of the control access. Had a couple of
>questions about that, so here it is.

Randy you do really nice work!

LAST EDITED ON Nov-24-04 AT 08:53 AM (CST)
 
Hmm, let's see:

Larry,

Yea, the elliptical planes are cool. I wanted a relatively small plane (this is 615 squares) that would punch through the wind. And I have an elliptically tapered, elliptical planform, I-Beam wing and stab plane on the drafting board right now. It may see the light of day at some point. 4 Stroke powered, of course.

Derek,

Below is a pic with the hatch closed. There's a drop of thick CA on the inside so you spin on the hatch and it drags over the drop. Wouldn't want it to spin out in flight. Sorry the picture isn't any clearer. That's a sort of handle on the hatch. Pretty easy, actually. I almost used a threading system I worked out to screw the hatch in, but this seems to work better.

The side area was actually based (loosely) on a Bill Simons plane. He used a forward tapered trailing edge and needed a lot of yaw dampening. I calculated the area based on a percentage of the wing and TE taper (with some help from a friend). We'll see if I have any idea what I'm doing when it flies. Nope, no rudder adjustment. If you look close, you'll see that I did have an adjustable rudder, but just could make myself happy with the control mechanism. I've got a couple of ideas to apply some rudder adjustment if needed.

The new camera is an HP Photosmart 735. Replaces my HP 318 that died. Now I just need to learn how to run the thing.

Bill,

Actually, it's a takeoff on a Bill Simons design called the Rogue (about 1981 - published in Flying Models). His was pretty big (about 760 square inches), but the fuse layout and basic idea for the look of the plane I swiped from him, though I suppose in the end, it doesn't really look all that much like the Rogue. The aerodynamics and overall design are all mine...for good or ill. Power will be a PA 40. At least I'll start with the PA 40. If I get power hungry, there's always a Ro-Jett .77.

The plane has a sort of clamp style engine mount with fitted aluminum clamping bars that should allow me to use any engine that will fit between the mounts. I may try something bigger. Particularly if it comes out as tail heavy as I'm afraid it might. Sigh... Always problems.

Robert,

Thanks. It's coming along. BTW, most of the pipe tunnel is open. What you don't see is the interesting pipe cooling system to protect against hot spots that I've worked out (at least in my head at this point - to be installed as soon as I finish the cowl and gear). Too much time looking at pics of Ted's Special Edition, I suppose.

All,

One thing I didn't post (because I only just finished the mold) is that this plane will have a carbon fiber, wing mounted gear and wheel pants. I came up with an interesting idea on mounting the gear to the wing and pants that should work out pretty well...or be a total disaster. But either way, it should be fun. Again, will post pics when I get them layed up in a couple of weeks.

Edit: typos

>Hmm, let's see:
>
>Larry,
>
>Yea, the elliptical planes are cool. I wanted a relatively
>small plane (this is 615 squares) that would punch through
>the wind. And I have an elliptically tapered, elliptical
>planform, I-Beam wing and stab plane on the drafting board
>right now. It may see the light of day at some point. 4
>Stroke powered, of course.
>
>Derek,
>
>Below is a pic with the hatch closed. There's a drop of
>thick CA on the inside so you spin on the hatch and it drags
>over the drop. Wouldn't want it to spin out in flight.
>Sorry the picture isn't any clearer. That's a sort of handle
>on the hatch. Pretty easy, actually. I almost used a
>threading system I worked out to screw the hatch in, but
>this seems to work better.
>
>The side area was actually based (loosely) on a Bill Simons
>plane. He used a forward tapered trailing edge and needed a
>lot of yaw dampening. I calculated the area based on a
>percentage of the wing and TE taper (with some help from a
>friend). We'll see if I have any idea what I'm doing when it
>flies. Nope, no rudder adjustment. If you look close, you'll
>see that I did have an adjustable rudder, but just could
>make myself happy with the control mechanism. I've got a
>couple of ideas to apply some rudder adjustment if needed.
>
>The new camera is an HP Photosmart 735. Replaces my HP 318
>that died. Now I just need to learn how to run the thing.
>
>Bill,
>
>Actually, it's a takeoff on a Bill Simons design called the
>Rogue (about 1981 - published in Flying Models). His was
>pretty big (about 760 square inches), but the fuse layout
>and basic idea for the look of the plane I swiped from him,
>though I suppose in the end, it doesn't really look all that
>much like the Rogue. The aerodynamics and overall design are
>all mine...for good or ill. Power will be a PA 40. At least
>I'll start with the PA 40. If I get power hungry, there's
>always a Ro-Jett .77.
>
>The plane has a sort of clamp style engine mount with fitted
>aluminum clamping bars that should allow me to use any
>engine that will fit between the mounts. I may try something
>bigger. Particularly if it comes out as tail heavy as I'm
>afraid it might. Sigh... Always problems.
>
>Robert,
>
>Thanks. It's coming along. BTW, most of the pipe tunnel is
>open. What you don't see is the interesting pipe cooling
>system to protect against hot spots that I've worked out (at
>least in my head at this point - to be installed as soon as
>I finish the cowl and gear). Too much time looking at pics
>of Ted's Special Edition, I suppose.
>
>All,
>
>One thing I didn't post (because I only just finished the
>mold) is that this plane will have a carbon fiber, wing
>mounted gear and wheel pants. I came up with an interesting
>idea on mounting the gear to the wing and pants that should
>work out pretty well...or be a total disaster. But either
>way, it should be fun. Again, will post pics when I get them
>layed up in a couple of weeks.
>
>Edit: typos

Randy, you used the magic word --- FUN ---DOC Holliday

Lurk....Lurk,,,ho, hum!!!!!!!!!!!WOW
Great solution,
Thanks Randy. Skinny Diva 2/7 gonna,give it a try.

Mr. Granderson, sir. You are welcome to it.

Was kinda of a cool idea.