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Something Old Something New - presented by Brian James
Brian is the president of Trent RCMFC and one of the founder members
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Here is something old, my Dactyl from 1975.
This was a flying wing powered by a McCoy 61 petrol engine converted to glow.
The elevon mixing was mechanical, no computer radios then. The model flew round Colwick leaving a trail of exhaust like a Red Arrow. The Dactyl met it's end when the front wheel hit a bump on takeoff causing a tip stall and cartwheel. The motor I exchanged with Arthur Fox for a Merco 35 which went in a Piper Cub. Arthur intended to convert the McCoy back to petrol. This is proof I used to fly power models before I discovered electric. |
Here is something new for 2008 A Gonzales built from a QEFI magazine plan Sept' 07.
38" span flat plate wing balsa model powered by a speed 400 "inrunner" motor and taking 240 watts (1/3 horsepower) to drive a 5"X 5" prop. It will empty a 2100ma/hr battery in 5 minutes. It will disappear upwards in a vertical climb in a few seconds! The model article suggests a max speed of 100 mph.
Bruce's Spitfire
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Ian's Magnum Alan's Nova Nick's P47
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