Photos of a plane that doesn't Stunt

Some pics of my Classic B Class Team Racer (Australian rules). It is a 1960s British design `Dalesman' powered by an ETA .29 6c and weighs in at 20.5 ounces.

Nice work Charlie!!

Very nice plane.Nice work and neat paint job!

Ron B.
F4Fguy

Verrrry Nice!!

Very Tasty Charlie, what lap times and range are you getting out of it?
Last time I tried B class, all we managed to do was keep setting fire to it! That was with an iron piston G21/29 not a ringed motor.
Cheers John

I haven't managed to set fire to this one yet, though I have done it to others. It is a well known problem with the hotter glow fuels. There is plenty of laps (42 - 45), but the engine is in desperate need of attention and the speed has not been much over 100 MPH as yet. I now have the engine in bits to see what can be done (if I bring my vast experience to bear, I should be able to slow it up a bit more). Only time will tell.

>Very Tasty Charlie, what lap times and range are you getting
>out of it?
>Last time I tried B class, all we managed to do was keep
>setting fire to it! That was with an iron piston G21/29 not
>a ringed motor.
>Cheers John

Very nice Charlie,

Where did you source those great looking wheels?

Greg

Nice Work!

Thanks
Paul

>Very nice Charlie,
>
>Where did you source those great looking wheels?
>
>Greg

Greg,
The wheels are home made (from black nylon - we fly off grass), just like most of the other bits in this one like the shutoff and the pilot (made from 1/4 of a kleenex tissue).

Perhaps these photos of the wheels will help.

LAST EDITED ON Jul-26-04 AT 12:17 PM (CDT)
 
For those who are interested, Tony Elmores has the original Aeromodeler article for the Dalesman posted:

http://www.the.elmores.btinternet.co.uk/articles/cwdata/dalesman1.html

http://www.the.elmores.btinternet.co.uk/articles/cwdata/dalesman2.html

Andy

Edit: Almost forgot: BEAUTIFUL ship!

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Charlie,

Dave Simons sent me photos of another Dalesman, and the plans.. Looks like a great airplane. This is the one event out of stunt that I am interested in, I just wish there was at least 50 hours in a day to get all my "future" projects done!

Tom Niebuhr

Very nice colour scheme Charlie. Not seen it before, but in the same style as the originals. And looks well built of course!

LAST EDITED ON Jul-26-04 AT 08:05 PM (CDT)
 
Charlie,

How much faster are the fastest Classic B T/Rs? I assume Classic period engines are required, which could lead to rules squabbles (or at least would do so here in the Untied States of Arguments) regarding modernized engine guts.

Lovely bird.

Cheers,
Kim Mortimore

>Charlie,
>
>How much faster are the fastest Classic B T/Rs? I assume
>Classic period engines are required, which could lead to
>rules squabbles (or at least would do so here in the Untied
>States of Arguments) regarding modernized engine guts.
>
>Lovely bird.
>
>Cheers,
>Kim Mortimore

At present about 110 -115 MPH. Engines (max .29 displacement) can be Classic racing engines if manufactured before 1961 (replicas allowed)or any modern engine with plain bearing crankshaft. The reason being that there is a limited supply of the older motors, and they are more difficult to handle anyway - especially with regard to restarts. The current fast ones are all using modern engines (ABC) like OS FP .25s or similar and they are being modified by the engine specialists. My partner Norm Kirton and myself have stayed with the old ringed ETA .29s.

Charlie,

That plane is great looking...I suppose the "rat racer" was easier to build, but they always looked so lame compared to a semi-scale pylon racer.

The "proto"?...(is that the name of the class from the 60's scale like team racers?)...racers that looked like real planes instead of a balsa/magnesium projectiles seem more fun to look at or watch...harder to build of course, and I do not know how high the "loss rate" is for an actively raced model...but the look seems to be worth it from a spectators standpoint.

Team racing is quite a show to watch, have seen the 1/2A "mouse" racers at Whittier Narrows in Los Angeles a few times, great show.

Good work.