New 1/2A's...

Thought you guys might like to see these: First, the "production" model of my Minnie Delta; second, my new design: I call it the "Barn Door", hence the trim scheme!

The first one looks quite nice. I like it. The tank on the second one is unusual. What is it made from?

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Kiwi

>The first one looks quite nice. I like it. The tank on the
>second one is unusual. What is it made from?
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>Kiwi

Just guessing, but it looks like a plastic laboratory vial of the type used to draw blood samples.

>The first one looks quite nice. I like it. The tank on the
>second one is unusual. What is it made from?
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>Kiwi
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Just a balloon tank made from the finger of a latex glove...the container is a plastic flower-holder tube thingy that I have about a million of.

I have one of the Minnie Delta's to build. Haven't started it yet but it looks like a good kit! I think it should be nearly indestructible.

>Just a balloon tank made from the finger of a latex
>glove...the container is a plastic flower-holder tube thingy
>that I have about a million of.

Clever! Nifty looking ships. Where are they listed for sale?

>>Just a balloon tank made from the finger of a latex
>>glove...the container is a plastic flower-holder tube thingy
>>that I have about a million of.
>
>Clever! Nifty looking ships. Where are they listed for
>sale?
>
>Andy
If I can slip this past Leonard...<www.freewebs.com/minnesotamodeler>

Hi

Very neat ships.

Interested to know how they fly, easy, difficult, manouverable etc.

I have never seen crossed over leadouts before, what's the story?

I built a couple of the Minne Delta's from plans I got from Ray. I built one with a beam mount and put a Norvel on it, can you say fast?
I flew it for the first time this past weekend with a 6x3 prop and it about screwed me into the ground. I'm going for 42 foot lines next weekend. The only mods I will make is to replace the plywood bell crank. The other one has a babe bee on it and it flies nice and stable, going to use it in the ballon bust this year. For one sheet of 1/8" balsa and some plywood, it is one heck of a design. Thanks Ray.

>Hi
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>Very neat ships.
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>Interested to know how they fly, easy, difficult,
>manouverable etc.
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>I have never seen crossed over leadouts before, what's the
>story?
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>Regards,
>Ken

The crossed leadouts came about as a way to avoid interference with each other at the line connectors. I know, the line pull while flying would keep them aligned and out of each others' way, but the problem was before that; at rest, the ends laid on each other (result of wide bellcrank and narrow guides). Crossing them keeps the ends out of trouble on the ground, and makes no difference in the air.
Flyability--well, a reed engine is enough power; I too put them on 42' lines when using a Norvel (probably the same for TeeDee, etc.). Very stable; I can just about drag the rudders in the grass inverted, and I'm not all that steady inverted...take off the wheel, drop the pushrod another hole in the horn, and it does lovely round maneuvers (don't count on squares, though). Stays out very well, even at the top of the circle; handles wind OK. We've even flown combat with 'em with an .061--makes it a real rocket. I appreciate the good words.
--Ray

LAST EDITED ON May-05-04 AT 08:19 PM (CDT)
 
Hey Dan, check out the orientation of the tank. . .
Derek Moran

>Hey Dan, check out the orientation of the tank. . .
>Derek Moran

Yeah, no more rich launches...

Hey Dan, check out the orientation of the tank. . .
Derek Moran

Derek,

Thanks for the Weird Tank Alert, especially as I did in fact scroll through too quickly to notice.

I'm wondering how the shards of glass are retrieved, especially if crashing on a grass field...

>Hey Dan, check out the orientation of the tank. . .
>Derek Moran
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>Derek,
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>Thanks for the Weird Tank Alert, especially as I did in fact
>scroll through too quickly to notice.
>
>I'm wondering how the shards of glass are retrieved,
>especially if crashing on a grass field...
>
>Dan

Well, you could ask...the tubes are plastic, not glass, of course. As such, they are pretty flexible; they will split under stress, but they're expendable--I got a box full of 'em for nothing. Gotta use them somehow.
--Ray

Cool little plane, The crossed over leadouts were also used by Bare Baxter in 1959 on his Melamij, another cool Airplane. Paul

>Cool little plane, The crossed over leadouts were also used
>by Bare Baxter in 1959 on his Melamij, another cool
>Airplane. Paul

Nothing new under the sun...that which has been done is that which shall be done, or something like that...interesting to see the parallels.
--Ray