Giant RC Curtis Hawk P6E with gear reduction

Ignore the lame commentary, I was very excited about running up and running it around for the first time. It took forever to scratch build to this point with the gear reduction system.

[@berniekouss7555]

It's cool , and with wings and covered it will be awesome ,that's a wicked engine too

[@pahtreekM]

It lets me swing a much larger prop. This 31" prop is scale according to the 3 view drawings I have. It is 24 pitch and only turns 2,900 rpms

[@Beemerboy324]

Doing a rough aerodynamic calculation it looks doubtful that it flies in that configuration but cabin air circulation is certainly no problem. A very impressive project to this point. Nice work.
And no, working metal is actually easy if you have the tools and equipment.

[@Tyranthraxus]

Mate I think you missed a few steps in the construction booklet. Lol. Seriously though, nice effort, am thinking to try this with a Royal P-38 kit I have been waiting to build.

[@pahtreekM]

Well, the gas engines do not spit that much out. I will probably take some 4" wide masking tape and cover back to the cockpit. I need about 5-7 good days working on it to finish it.

[@stupiderthanjupiter]

"if you bite off more than you chew learn swallow bigger pieces"
F&A right, thanks bud

[@alanfruner6325]

I may try a 2cyl w same reduction and a huge solo prop. Whenever I can find a couple thousand bucks laying around. And thats just the drivetrain..

[@oudeiseimi2724]

i'm glad that someone else has fun with the hobby!

[@oudeiseimi2724]

I really like the way the big Hawk flies on RealFlight. It has almost vertical aerobatic power, and a lot of control surface, and its stall is almost non-existent. Try flying it high alpha, the next time you fly on RealFlight. This is a really nice biplane configuration for fast fighter flying, or blasting barnstorming.

[@texashoncho]

Get 'er done.

[@sdougm]

Hi!
What propeller is?
i really lik see more images of your gear reductio and propeller... i start a project of P-51 1/5 a i like of use gear reduction and 4 blades propeller!
Congratulations
Doug

[@pahtreekM]

No, still not finished. Even though I started this project 5 or 6 years ago, I only have about 18months work in it. I am very close to starting to cover and finish it.

[@sufolknwhat]

Any movement on the build?

[@kochj0713]

have you finished it?????

[@alanfruner6325]

Congrats. That is exactly what I dream of doing w a P-51 some day, a prop that is correct scale size. It seems nobody can build one. Is the reduction gear avaiilable or did you make it yourself?

[@sslusshy]

This isn't your normal rc engine. It uses normal gas, not like the nitro engines!