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Bob Shidler's Planes
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Great Planes Rapture
This is the Great Planes Rapture. It's very
similar to the Super Sportster series of
planes in appearance, construction and flight.
This is the first plane I built and flew this
year after a short (6 year) vacation from the
hobby. I originally had an OS .40 in it but it
quickly became apparent that this was just not
enough. An OS .46 really woke it up. It will
knife-edge all the way across the field and
gain altitude while doing it. Vertical
flight appears to be limited only by my
failing eye sight. (Bob) |
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Giles Foamy
This is a Giles 202 profile foamy
scratch-built using a store-bought kit as a
pattern. It tipped the scales at a hefty 15
oz. ready to fly. I built it using Elmer's
foam board found in the framing section of
Micheals (thanks for the tip John Irwin) and
an arrow shaft picked up in the Sporting
Goods section of Wal-Mart. Along with a few
odds and ends I had in the shop, I probably
have a total of $12 in it (discounting
motor, LiPo batteries and radio gear). After
Dan Cramer dragged me (kicking and
screaming) into the world of electrics, I
just can't seem to get enough! I thought it
would be a great way to combine my R/C hobby
with my camping hobby as these little foam
planes are easy to take along and require
little field equipment. (Bob) |
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Giles Foamy
Here's a shot of the Giles foamy during the
test flights. It really doesn't fly like the
typical foam plane (i.e. in a 3-D manner)
but more like a pattern ship. These test
flights proved their worth as I came away
with
some valuable design enhancements. These
include: Need to beef up the forward fuse
section to add rigidity; Will add some
landing gear to protect the prop (I
originally left these off to save weight but
it turns out the motor is more than adequate
for it ... test flights were flown mostly at
half-throttle); Will add some
designs/marking to the wing to aid in
orientation (I thought the grey on the top
of the wing/stab would provide enough
contrast from the white underside but with
the light of the setting Sun, it was easy to
get lost). On my next version (there will be
many), I'll move the tail feather servos
much further back to help in balancing.
(Bob) |
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Gentle Lady Glider
I took some liberties with (a.k.a. kit bashed)
a Carl Goldberg Gentle Lady glider. The wings
and tail feathers are built per the plans. The
fuse is built with balsa and ply for the
forward section and a golf club shaft in the
rear. She's known as "The Lady Gets the Shaft"
in my little circle of friends. I flew it in
the SWIFT 2006 Closer fun fly and the 4th
LINOMA Fun Fly for 2006 (my first ever
competitions). These weren't the best days for
a "floater" due to the wind but I was able to
get a couple of respectable
flights. (Bob) |
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Bob's Piper Cherokee |
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is a Piper Cherokee that I built a couple of years
ago. It's never been flown ... in fact, it's never
had a running engine in it so it doesn't have any
residue at all. It's ready to accept an OS .46
(cowl will fit right nicely) and the firewall is
drilled for an OS Aluminum engine mount. I put a
servo hatch in each wing for dual-servo aileron
control. (Bob) |
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Top
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Aileron servo detail |
Upper side view |
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Side
detail |
Front view |
Wing
tip detail |
