It has such a presence in the air. That's the first indoor I've seen that seems " in charge" of the situation rather than waiting in hesitation for the next ripple.
@@EleanorPeterson Yes the huge wing definitely has something to do with it; I'll be making another example probably in the Fall - the Bonzo racer, also with a huge low AR wing, I'll bet it will fly like the Cassutt, or at least I hope so!
Woohoo! Loving all the nocal content you've posted recently! This one looks really nice, rock solid in the air. I wonder if the (non-scale) long aft fuselage could be shortened up; there's plenty of stab area for a good tail volume, and everything behind the rear hook (fuse. structure and tail boom) would be lighter. That would reduce nose ballast significantly, I would think. I built the Morrow Boo Ray Cassutt years ago, and it flew great, with a more scale-like fuselage (length). Again, the removable wing is a great feature. I ran out of storage space, ended up giving some models away.
I wouldn't shorten the Cassutt, with large low-aspect ratio wings like this you really need enough boom length (as I've found out with pennyplanes), and this is just about enough. Given that it seems I'll have to build another one (tissue already ordered), I can lighten up everything a bit and see what that does, though I think this already can put in impressive times once it's trimmed.
This is awesome! Where can I buy one? My Grandfather is Tom Cassutt and I'm doing a documentary. Im including a big section on Model Airplanes, RC, Fred Flight, etc
That's pretty neat! You can't buy it, but you can build it, that's what I'm showing in the videos, and the plans are available as I note above. Really cool plane, unfortunately it's in the girders, but I'll make another one.
Nice design and construction. Absolutely beautiful flight. I used to build and fly no-cal and penny planes. I don't know where to buy indoor wood and materials anymore.
The nice part about both no-cal and pennyplane is that I basically use light outdoor wood! One can get good quality 5-6 lb. sheets from Easy Built Models; I use indoor wood (.025") for the rolled tubes and prop blades, and you can get that from indoor free flight supply.
Splendid! But what does 'no-cal' mean in this instance? Is it a food reference to 'zero fat' or 'no added sugar', as in low in calories and super lightweight aeromodelling building techniques, or is it something more technical?
No-cal means 'no calories'. The idea is that it is a model of a scale plane, but it has a profile fuselage instead of a built-up fuselage; with that lack of 'calories', one can make the plane very light and get incredible flight times.
Beautiful flight.
Magnificent build and flight.
Pure gold! Congratulations!
That's a really great looking plane!
It has such a presence in the air. That's the first indoor I've seen that seems " in charge" of the situation rather than waiting in hesitation for the next ripple.
Agreed. It 'sits' beautifully.🙂 Maybe something to do with the broad, low-aspect-ratio wing?
@@EleanorPeterson Yes the huge wing definitely has something to do with it; I'll be making another example probably in the Fall - the Bonzo racer, also with a huge low AR wing, I'll bet it will fly like the Cassutt, or at least I hope so!
I really enjoy your videos
Woohoo! Loving all the nocal content you've posted recently! This one looks really nice, rock solid in the air. I wonder if the (non-scale) long aft fuselage could be shortened up; there's plenty of stab area for a good tail volume, and everything behind the rear hook (fuse. structure and tail boom) would be lighter. That would reduce nose ballast significantly, I would think. I built the Morrow Boo Ray Cassutt years ago, and it flew great, with a more scale-like fuselage (length). Again, the removable wing is a great feature. I ran out of storage space, ended up giving some models away.
I wouldn't shorten the Cassutt, with large low-aspect ratio wings like this you really need enough boom length (as I've found out with pennyplanes), and this is just about enough. Given that it seems I'll have to build another one (tissue already ordered), I can lighten up everything a bit and see what that does, though I think this already can put in impressive times once it's trimmed.
Nice one! 🙂
Looks like a great flier, and nice building! Hope we can fly again together sometime this year.
-Oliver
Hi Oliver - we have the armory until July, you should come by!
This is awesome! Where can I buy one? My Grandfather is Tom Cassutt and I'm doing a documentary. Im including a big section on Model Airplanes, RC, Fred Flight, etc
That's pretty neat! You can't buy it, but you can build it, that's what I'm showing in the videos, and the plans are available as I note above. Really cool plane, unfortunately it's in the girders, but I'll make another one.
Nice design and construction. Absolutely beautiful flight. I used to build and fly no-cal and penny planes. I don't know where to buy indoor wood and materials anymore.
The nice part about both no-cal and pennyplane is that I basically use light outdoor wood! One can get good quality 5-6 lb. sheets from Easy Built Models; I use indoor wood (.025") for the rolled tubes and prop blades, and you can get that from indoor free flight supply.
@@domoremath Thanks for the info, I'll look them up.
Beautiful craftsmanship, hope you can retrieve it from the girders
No luck again this week, those girders are damn deep!
Amazing!
grat Job man
Splendid! But what does 'no-cal' mean in this instance? Is it a food reference to 'zero fat' or 'no added sugar', as in low in calories and super lightweight aeromodelling building techniques, or is it something more technical?
No-cal means 'no calories'. The idea is that it is a model of a scale plane, but it has a profile fuselage instead of a built-up fuselage; with that lack of 'calories', one can make the plane very light and get incredible flight times.
Wow!