Beste Tom, het is altijd een feest om naar je filmpjes te kijken, zeker deze. Wat fijn dat je nog met je pa de hobby kan beoefenen. Schitterend model overigens. Een Moki zou overigens hier niet op misstaan / klinken. Gezien je manier van vliegen vermoed ik dat je al jong bent begonnen, zelf ben ik helaas pas echt op m'n 40e gestart, dan haal je dit level gewoon niet meer. En nog een compliment voor je Engels, er zijn niet veel Nederlanders die een fatsoenlijk (klinkende) review in het Engels neer kunnen zetten. Groeten en 'Happy flying' Jelle Kaptein
Thanks Jelle! Het is nog even wachten op de eerste vluchten met de 2 Gilmores samen, daar kijk ik wel naar uit! Ik wilde niet al te veel overboord gaan op deze kist, vandaar de DLE. Ik droom stiekem een beetje van de Yak 11 van Airworld met een Moki 250, zoiets gaat een keertje gebeuren, wanneer er zowel tijd als financieën zijn :)
That Gilmore REALLY moves!! (agreed - a 22x10 is better for speed). And that your field has wind turbines right next to it kind of implies you guys must be used to flying in the wind!
marino tsalikos no, nothing, I have my 3 lipo’s (2x 2200 2s for receiver and 1x 1800 2s for ignition) right behind the firewall and that did the trick!
Hi Tom, may I ask you where you put your CG? In the newest manual it says 90 mm from the leading edge of the wing and to accomplish that I need to put more than two kilos of dead weight in the front. In the old manual it says 130 mm and that is right on the spot when building it but quite a bit behind the CG in the latest manual. I didn't see any dead weight in your plane but not all is visible of course. So if you know where you put your CG and would like to share that, it would be awesome :) Thanks Samir
Hi Samir, may take a while before I get her back into the air... I don't have any dead weight. I put the ignition and the throttle servo all the way to the front on the motor box. I have 2x 2200 2s and 1x 1800 2s lipo's in the void on top of the fuselage, just in front of where the canopy is (top of the picture at 1:08), that's the furthest you can get them forward. Set up like that with the DLE 55 and muffler the CG was exactly right...
Hi, thanks Tom, this helps me a lot! I have basically the same setup (from a weight point of view) but if going by the new manual I need to add a lot of weight. But now I know your setup so that helps me on the way. Thanks again! Best regards Samir
Samir E. I should check if i still have that manual. You know what I’ll put it together in my backyard and check exactly where I have the cg tonight...
The link to the documentary doesn't work anymore. Do you remember the name?
Look for "the golden age of air racing"
Great plane, super pilot skills and great video. What a cool relationship you have with you father, very fine👍
Thanks Simon!
I think he's just still happy that he survived my puberty :)
Beste Tom, het is altijd een feest om naar je filmpjes te kijken, zeker deze. Wat fijn dat je nog met je pa de hobby kan beoefenen. Schitterend model overigens. Een Moki zou overigens hier niet op misstaan / klinken. Gezien je manier van vliegen vermoed ik dat je al jong bent begonnen, zelf ben ik helaas pas echt op m'n 40e gestart, dan haal je dit level gewoon niet meer. En nog een compliment voor je Engels, er zijn niet veel Nederlanders die een fatsoenlijk (klinkende) review in het Engels neer kunnen zetten. Groeten en 'Happy flying' Jelle Kaptein
Thanks Jelle!
Het is nog even wachten op de eerste vluchten met de 2 Gilmores samen, daar kijk ik wel naar uit!
Ik wilde niet al te veel overboord gaan op deze kist, vandaar de DLE.
Ik droom stiekem een beetje van de Yak 11 van Airworld met een Moki 250, zoiets gaat een keertje gebeuren, wanneer er zowel tijd als financieën zijn :)
That Gilmore REALLY moves!! (agreed - a 22x10 is better for speed). And that your field has wind turbines right next to it kind of implies you guys must be used to flying in the wind!
You should really check it out :)
Loop up EMCR Rozenburg on Google Maps, it's a pretty special location ;)
Morning Tom, you've gotta be over the moon with that one! Matt
Morning Matt, definately yes, she's a stunner!
Very nice planes,did you add any extra weight for the cg?. Cheers.
marino tsalikos no, nothing, I have my 3 lipo’s (2x 2200 2s for receiver and 1x 1800 2s for ignition) right behind the firewall and that did the trick!
Thanks for your reply,keep enjoying your gilmore awesome flying classic.
Hi Tom, may I ask you where you put your CG? In the newest manual it says 90 mm from the leading edge of the wing and to accomplish that I need to put more than two kilos of dead weight in the front. In the old manual it says 130 mm and that is right on the spot when building it but quite a bit behind the CG in the latest manual. I didn't see any dead weight in your plane but not all is visible of course. So if you know where you put your CG and would like to share that, it would be awesome :)
Thanks
Samir
Hi Samir, may take a while before I get her back into the air...
I don't have any dead weight.
I put the ignition and the throttle servo all the way to the front on the motor box.
I have 2x 2200 2s and 1x 1800 2s lipo's in the void on top of the fuselage, just in front of where the canopy is (top of the picture at 1:08), that's the furthest you can get them forward.
Set up like that with the DLE 55 and muffler the CG was exactly right...
Makes you wonder wether the new manual is correct, 4cm is A LOT...
Hi, thanks Tom, this helps me a lot! I have basically the same setup (from a weight point of view) but if going by the new manual I need to add a lot of weight. But now I know your setup so that helps me on the way.
Thanks again!
Best regards
Samir
Yes, I do agree... But does your comment mean that yours was on 130 mm? Or do you not have the manual available anymore maybe.
Samir E. I should check if i still have that manual. You know what I’ll put it together in my backyard and check exactly where I have the cg tonight...