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Dan Gellner
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Добавлен 29 фев 2008
Building and flying model aircraft is my passion. Building from scratch or assembling an ARF (almost ready to fly) airplane, I love the challenge of defying the Gods of Gravity. Join me and I will show you tips for building, flying, working with RC equipment, and maybe an occasional review.
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Projects Projects Projects, This hobby can be an addiction
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.21 день назад
EP 55: How many airplanes does a guy need? For some reason, I have been on a crazy acquisition spree lately, buying kits, plans, engines and materials to build even more airplanes. I mean things that I had never thought of building. It started a few months ago with the need to purchase a fiberglass fuselage from my friend Vic at Vicrc.com. An F6F Hellcat created from a Jerry Bates design… I’m a...
Carburetor Refresh, 20 years of non use comes knocking.
Просмотров 465Месяц назад
EP 54: 20 year old carburetor needs to be refreshed I can’t remember at the time that I banished this plane to storage if it was having any engine problems. I wanna say probably not because this particular G-38 was one of the best running, most reliable engines that I have ever owned, and it was my first gasolene engine ever. I remember buying it from an old friend that retired in our area that...
Time to upgrade the F4U fleet, and shop update
Просмотров 658Месяц назад
EP 53: F4U down, and shop update I had a mishap with a Corsair I have been flying since 2008. I have repaired it several times over the years with little fender benders, and scrapes and dents, but this time… I just didn’t feel like pasting the little pieces back together and opted to upgrade to a new “standing Corsair” for my ready to fly fleet. Also I introduce a new hangar queen project and d...
Building PVC racks for RC aircraft fuselages. Keep them up and out of hangar rash
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.3 месяца назад
EP 52: Building PVC Racks to store fuselages from the ceiling Today I will show you how to build racks out of PVC irrigation pipe to hoist and store your fuselages up and out of the way so they can avoid becoming a victim of hangar rash. You know those irritating dents, scratches, or just being crunched? If your shop has an open, maybe even high ceiling, this might be a great place for you to s...
Spacewalker II Time Capsule brought out of storage after 20 years, how technology has changed!!!
Просмотров 2 тыс.4 месяца назад
EP 51: Servos need to be replaced, and the Spacewalker is a time capsule Oh my gosh, how fun it is to go through a plane that has sat for 20 years and look at how technology has changed. Everything from battery chemistries, surface mount technology and servo improvements. Today I put on my old man hat to talk about the way things were. And believe me, it’s a good time to be alive in model airpl...
Fuel System Inspection after 20 years in storage: Spacewalker II barn find
Просмотров 5874 месяца назад
EP 50: Inspecting the Spacewalker II fuel system It’s a good idea to inspect a fuel system that has sat for a long time with no use. Turns out that gasolene and oil exposure to parts can cause a few issues, especially from plastics. Today I tear apart the gas tank and filler valve and find some interesting things, and some not so interesting things as well. But it’s a good practice. If you have...
Sig Spacewalker II Barn Find: After 20 years, let's get this one back up in the air.
Просмотров 2,5 тыс.5 месяцев назад
EP 49: Found an old friend in the storage unit As the planes are one by one moving out of storage and finding a permanent place in the shop, I came across an old friend that kind of got forgotten. Well not forgotten I guess, but left to sit in storage for too long of a time. The Sig Spacewalker II was my very first giant scale (IMAA requirements) first gasolene engine and first three piece wing...
Buttoning up the Flying King/Rosie the Rocketer non scale, scale
Просмотров 2 тыс.6 месяцев назад
EP 48: Buttoning up the Flying King/Rosie the Rocketeer Today we finish up work on the BTE Flying King, made up to look like a scale Piper L4. We discuss some of the post maiden flight adjustments made to the aircraft and a few products I found. Links to topics today Morganmill.com Davesrce.com If you have questions please add them in a comment below. Tools and glues used in this series: affili...
Quick Shop Update
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.7 месяцев назад
EP 47 Quick shop update Just a quick update of what is going on, and coming up from the shop. I’m working on several shop improvement projects, as well as continuing to bring the storage unit in, which is causing some space problems. Additionally I am buttoning up the BTE Flying King which I made into a non scale Piper L-4, adding final tweeks to the radio, CG and a few other things… Stay tuned...
Applying decals to "scale out" my model airplane. Decals from Callie Graphics
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.8 месяцев назад
EP 46 Adding scale markings the easy way Adding the final scale detail and markings are probably the most fun part of finishing a model airplane for me. It's what gives the plane its own identity and often tells a story. Featured in this episode: Callie-Graphics.com Contact with questions: Info@callie-graphics.com If you have questions please add them in a comment below. Tools and glues used in...
Masking and painting invasion stripes on my scale/non-scale Bird Dog look alike.
Просмотров 9849 месяцев назад
EP 45 Masking and painting Invasion Stripes Moving forward on the Flying King project to further make it look like a Piper L4 from WW2. The subject was named Rosie the Rocketeer, and had a great paint scheme and nose art. Right now I am finishing up the invasion stripes and other paint markings, in preparation of the final decal package to really make this plane look cool. If you have questions...
Plotting Straight Stripes on my Scale/Non Scale Bruce Tharpe Engineering Flying King
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.9 месяцев назад
EP 44.5 Plotting the Invasion Stripes on my Scale/Non Scale plane As I looked at the 3 view drawings of my subject Rosie the Rocketeer Piper L-4, I realized like most tail dragger airplanes, when resting, the invasion stripes are slightly slanted. When the plane is in straight, level flight, those stripes are perpendicular to the flight path of the plane, or horizon. Its hard to see what that l...
Calling all viewers for input: Is it time to go to digital servos?
Просмотров 7369 месяцев назад
Quick video: I am going to need to order some new servos because my stock of used servos moved from other planes is down to... gulp. None. So the question is, do I buy the model of servo that I have been using for the last 15 years, or is it time to go to a digital servo that may be smaller, lighter, more powerful, and for the win, cheaper? I'm so unsure of the digitals I am seeing... Please gi...
Loose Ends, a long overdue explanation of what is going on in the shop
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.9 месяцев назад
EP 44 Tying up some loose ends It occurred to me that in all the episodes that I have cast out, on occasion I would say that I would come back to a few topics in future episodes. Not to mention there have been some things going on in the background that need to be revealed, such as setting up the shop for video work and introducing some new cast members. Well, here you go. If you have questions...
Maiden Flights can be no fun at all. Building a giant scale RC model, Ryan's Rebel RCM Plans
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.Год назад
Maiden Flights can be no fun at all. Building a giant scale RC model, Ryan's Rebel RCM Plans
The Rebel is finally finished. Pre maiden tests are underway. RCM Ryan's Rebel plans
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.Год назад
The Rebel is finally finished. Pre maiden tests are underway. RCM Ryan's Rebel plans
Aileron linkage install, Ryan's Rebel, building a giant scale RC airplane from RCM magazine plans
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.Год назад
Aileron linkage install, Ryan's Rebel, building a giant scale RC airplane from RCM magazine plans
Firewall Solution: Building a Giant Scale RC Airplane from a pile of wood
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.Год назад
Firewall Solution: Building a Giant Scale RC Airplane from a pile of wood
B&B tank install in the Ryan's Rebel, building a large scale model airplane
Просмотров 2 тыс.Год назад
B&B tank install in the Ryan's Rebel, building a large scale model airplane
Fiberglassing using water based Polycrylic: Fast dry, no fumes, Easy to work with. Flying King
Просмотров 16 тыс.2 года назад
Fiberglassing using water based Polycrylic: Fast dry, no fumes, Easy to work with. Flying King
Flying King update, and why I am going to miss the Winter Build Challenge deadline. Moving on...
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.2 года назад
Flying King update, and why I am going to miss the Winter Build Challenge deadline. Moving on...
Fix a dent, How to quickly repair a common sheeting hangar rash while building your model airplane
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.2 года назад
Fix a dent, How to quickly repair a common sheeting hangar rash while building your model airplane
Decathlon maiden flight: Had to bring it in after a few minutes.
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.2 года назад
Decathlon maiden flight: Had to bring it in after a few minutes.
Assembling the Rebel's covered parts. Careful alignment here will save you headaches in trimming
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.2 года назад
Assembling the Rebel's covered parts. Careful alignment here will save you headaches in trimming
Cutting Spar Slots, 6th grade shop style
Просмотров 8 тыс.2 года назад
Cutting Spar Slots, 6th grade shop style
Winter Build Challenge with close by club Rogue Eagles: Flying King BTE Models
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.2 года назад
Winter Build Challenge with close by club Rogue Eagles: Flying King BTE Models
Tips for using CA glues building model aircraft
Просмотров 67 тыс.2 года назад
Tips for using CA glues building model aircraft
Mounting an RC cowl. Taking the guess work out of drilling holes in the exact right spot(s)
Просмотров 6 тыс.2 года назад
Mounting an RC cowl. Taking the guess work out of drilling holes in the exact right spot(s)
Visit to Mark's shop, Covering the Ryan's Rebel, Scratch building a giant scale aircraft.
Просмотров 8 тыс.2 года назад
Visit to Mark's shop, Covering the Ryan's Rebel, Scratch building a giant scale aircraft.
This was a great video! Thank you for making it!
Also - Can you talk about your Mini-Split? I've been thinking about installing one in my garage
I am retired. Two years now. The only thing that really holds up my time now is the 50 year old home we bought, and the repair and many projects my wife requisitions. I think I have shown shots of the backyard raised garden project in some of my videos. At some point I hope to finish up and work mostly on my airplane inventory. The mini split is easily the best piece of equipment I have bought for the shop ever. When we bought the house there was a Pik a watt commercial grade shop heater that ran with a 220v 50 amp breaker. It used a good amount of power running 24/7 just to keep the shop at 50 degrees in the winter. However summer brings sometimes 2 1/2 months of 90-100 degree days which makes the shop 82-85 by the end of the day. Not pleasant to work in. The mini split is a heat pump, so it heats and cools. It's a Mitsubishi and I think it's 12,000 btu. Cools my 20x24 shop down fairly quickly. And heats much the same. It did not run up a high electricity cost. The breaker on this one is 220v 15 amps so, it is lighter draw much more efficient. Not cheap, but, very effective if you want to be able to be in your shop at virtually any time. In the winter I will fire up football games and spend entire days out there working on airplanes and projects.
Are you retired? How do you find the time?
Thanks for the tips! I am definitely impressed by the packaging of this glue company. My next glue order is definitely this product. When i get glue on my fingers I just use debonder, it works great.
Hello Dan i am building a rc plane do you make the wingspan the same size as the body length
Caution, I used CA to build a complex scale model and became allergic to it. If I use CA now I get flu/bad hay-fever like symptoms for a week.
Yolo baby..yo
Beautiful that was butter
You can become sensitive to CA from the fumes, so I wouldn’t use it too much. Titebond 3 for me
Thumbs down for the music track, especially during engine start. Beautiful plane though.
Thanks for vid will use ya method s 🤙🤙
Hell yeah,, I think Fair dinkum might be a bit more native to Australia, someone will put us right 🙃😉😎 NZ
Got a used glow that I re covered wit fresh mono kote. One day I'll learn to fly it. I have a few lectric birds that I fly for fun.
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It’s better to build a concrete runway for the model aircraft
Or, maybe some big bush wheels. Cheaper than a paved runway and way more fun.
Beautiful plane! Congratulations on the successful maiden flight! From the video it looks like it may need a bit of right rudder trim.
SWEET !!!
New maiden-super plane
Such a cool plane!
Almost as boring as one of your maidens Andy. Did you see after the flight, he wasn’t even shaking. Great Bruce Tharpe design.
@@Capgains7777 love his designs. This weekend I get do maiden a Jerry Bates Boeing F4B biplane, should be exciting
@@n1114vGotta love a busy summer!!!! Jerry has a bunch of great designs. I’ll have a few of them coming across my table in time. Kind of excited to see your Cap take form. Mark and I are gathering up a bunch of parts for a team build Sarpolus Prime Cut. Raw foam stock takes up a lot of space!!!😝
@@Capgains7777 I had a prime cut with a G45, fantastic flyer!
@@Capgains7777 I did the Choice Cut back when Dick first published the plans. Did the double tapered wing and powered with a Quadra 52. Fantastic flyer. Even got started in some basic 3D with it. Have plans for all the "Cuts". Have wanted to do the Prime Cut for years. May get around to it before I hit 90. 😂
She's a thing of beauty ! Great job Lads... 😉🙃😎 NZ
Fair dinkem. Someone told me that means the equivalent of “you betcha” in NZ. Thanks for watching mate.
Good work men! 👍👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Wing tips look great
That baby can carry some junk in the trunk!
At one point right about the time Mark finished it, we joked that it could carry one of his grand children. 5 years later, and even a few more grandkids, that boat has sailed.
I just bought two plans sets from Bruce about a month ago. So sad he’s not making kits anymore but I’m scratch building a Reaction 54 jet as we speak and next is the Venture 60. I should get the plans for all his airplanes. They’re pretty easy to scratch build and the plans are well drawn. Nice flying king!
I’m glad he is selling plans. His kits, if you can find one in the wild are truly the best documented instructions, plans, and the quality and completeness of the contents is first rate. Plus they are great flying machines.
Well done. Lordy, is that a one piece wing?
It’s actually a three piece. But Mark didn’t want to mess around with trying to connect wing panels at the field, so he built a shelf that goes the full length of his trailer to carry it fully assembled. It’s a two manner, as I don’t think he can either load, or unload the beast from the trailer and mount the wing by himself. It’s just huge. In addition the tail feathers are removable for transport, but he ties the fuselage to the floor of the trailer for transport. Takes up a lot of the trailer. I hope he never breaks that prop. He’ll probably cry about having to buy another.
what part of the country are you in
We are in the Cascade mountains in southern Oregon.
What covering did you put on that plane? Monaco Oratex, etc.
Ultracote film
Well done. Why did he choose to build that plane?
Mark loves Bruce Tharp designs. He has 2 of the standard sized Flying Kings, a Venture 60, a Vortex, and several of the planes that Bruce designed for Sig back in the day. He says that this is probably the biggest thing he will ever build, however, a Balsa USA Ercoupe just sauntered into his life, and it’s pretty close in size.
It's nice to hear an engine that is fuel powered even If I personally don't want to mess with it
Amen 🙌
The cool thing about this hobby today is, we’ve all come from different start ups. So if you got your start in electrics, going over to a fuel can be intimidating. Me however, I started up in glow fuel engines. Electrics now that they have evolved from the days of can motors and Nicads to lithium and out runners, well that intimidates me. What speed controller rating? What battery size, what prop size so the whole thing doesn’t catch fire? And that pop, the big batteries make when you connect them to the ESC… makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Gas engines are easier if you have used glow, just a different carburetor to tune. I’ve gotten used to the way that electrics sound now with bigger props. I think it’s kind of funny the way some guys put sound systems in their electric planes though.
@@Capgains7777 Started off over 40 years ago with glow. Now like electric at 1200 to 1600 span. Fit a couple in the car, with one piece wing 1200s go in one piece. At the field a couple of bolts and plugs, connect the battery, a flight check and in the air.
crazy, how loud this thing is. How about a silencer??
@@DL6UK Do you mean that round thingamajig on the right hand side with two whatsimacallits pointing up?
Nice flying field. What part of the country are you in?
The mountains of southern Oregon, altitude 4000 feet…. Saaaaaaaaaaallllllllutttttt. Sorry, that was an old Hee Haw reference… yeah shows my age.
Is that a road runner by fun fly
Ryan’s Rebel
It’s not A hobby it’s an addiction! 😂😂 I say to myself stop buying and start flying .. 😂
Where's a good place to find kids. Balsa USA's is one of them.
Kits are hard to find anymore, and sadly there are very few still producing them. After ARFs became all the rage, the kit makers kind of quit. As far as I know, BUSA is probably the last. Sig Manufacturing has been sold to a new owner that has fortified lines of Sigs classic planes that were all kits, to ARFs now although he has vowed to start making kits again. The word on the street is he is having the Something Extra, and LT40 kits being produced and plans to bring them all back…. I’d love to see it, but the marketer in me wonders how feasible that is, when the glut of the market seems to still be chasing the ARFs. I really wish there was a place that had a replicator like on Star Trek. You could call them, and they could with the stroke of a few keys, custom cut any kit to order with all the parts, hardware, balsa, plywood and hardwoods, instructions and rolled plans and in the mail. Ah crap, I am rambling… I did find Legend Hobby has a few kits available. I have a feeling Seagull Models may produce a few actual kits as well. Good luck.
@Capgains7777 Thank you, I find kits very hard to find. So, I started a scratch Built, No Instructions. So you take the print and you make a decision on What size wood, an interpret how to build the plane. Much harder!! I am currently scratch building a 1/3 scale Piper' Tri-Pacer pacer P22. Hard but FUN!!
@@josephkerkau2520you are correct, building with no instructions is harder and requires more interpretation. But typically there are three different assemblies that take place. Wing(s), Fuselage, Tail feathers and then sticking them together. If you find a set of plans that was published in a magazine sometime in the past then often there is an article that can be printed for more clues and that may be an answer as well. Model Aviation has a vast plans service that will sell plans that will come with the article. Some designers like Jerry Bates plans will also provide a set of instructions that are informative yet brief. There is Meister aircraft which have plans and kits but bigger and mostly warbirds. Hostetler plans, Zirolli plans are other designers that have agreements with cutting companies like National Balsa, and Precision kit cutters that can provide a complete or short kit. Bob Holman cuts kits for several designers. You can look at their website and backward find a set of plans. So you do have some options that provide you with what is essentially a kit.
🤯…wow, that’s a lot of building
Make sure to keep your camera rolling when you work on all those projects. Excited to follow along with you.
Haha lots of projects is the way to go!
Glad to see you are enjoying the hobby, my friend...
Thanks Mike
It will make it lighter and cool
I have been flying rc planes for 2-3 years now all (foam/electric) planes. I'd like to try custom balsa wood kits next. How long does it typically take to complete a medium-sized plane model out if balsa wood? If you had a few hours per day. Not the 16/24 mania sessions. Lol
Definitely depends on how complex the kit or plans are. You would be surprised how much you can get done with a few hours a day to build. I’m not into the staying up all night building either. Good way to make a mistake that could cause a setback, redo, or start over… nobody likes that. I forgot injury too.
Too damn long!
Oh man, you just setup the easiest reply for me of all time. But I'm not going to say it.... But yeah thats something I have been working on. It's hard to cover a lot of topic in a short time. The guys in editing are still working on it.
I believe a carburetor should be partly or fully rebuilt at least once a year
Instead of using a small screwdriver , use a blunt razor blade , something smaller
I will do that next time. Quite honestly most of the time when I am doing this there is rarely anything more than what looks like a couple grains of sand in that screen. This was pretty out of the ordinary.
I think you put the diaphragm in upside down doesn't the metal go down into the carburetor instead of showing
Yep as I was working on the other side of the carb I thought to myself... Did I see the metal frame as I was sealing it up? Luckily I was videoing it so it was easy to look back. Also as I was cleaning up the second side with a cloth I didn't see that the cloth had picked out the new screen I dropped in until I was editing the video. So I had to open that up a the again. The new screen was in the wipe cloth😖. Luckily I was videoing it all again.
FANTASTIC CHANNEL! GREAT STUFF
Hey Dan - glad to hear you're still alive and causing trouble in the shop! :) About the plans from the site... will they print out well? They come out blurry on my computer...
Depends on which plans you are looking at. If you are printing off the copy from the original magazine, those were pretty....furry for lack of better description. They will work but are blurry. At the Aerofred.com site there is a version of the plan, someone redrew using CAD and it is very sharp. I suppose it is possible that zooming in on the plan. Could cause distortion, but the CAD plans came out crisp and sharp and the scale is already set in the file properly. Hope this helps.
@@Capgains7777 Thanks Cap!!!👍
Great to see another video of the day in the life of Dan! I enjoy these.
Glad you like them!
Go Beavers. From a fellow OSU alumni!!!!!
@@fgirolami11 Go Beavs
Good seeing you again Dan. Hope all is well with you. Still hope to get together you for a breakfast or lunch visit.
Nice Video Clip Dan what a sweet Gbee
Thanks RJ, come by and see it some time.