Corkscrew RC Plane Built From RCM Plans
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- I started building this Corkscrew about 10 years ago from a set of plans I purchased from the RC Modeler magazine archives. It was designed by the late Stu Richmond in 1983.. It was first flown in 2011 and has provided many hours of fun flying! It has sat idle for the last couple of years, in need of minor repairs, covering patches, etc. so I refurbished it this week and flew her again with a new receiver and battery pack. Covering is Ultracote and Monokote. It is powered by a great running OS .25FX engine. I still love to fly glow powered models and it's great to have this old classic back on flight-ready status! This flight was made at the Brazoria County Modelers Association flying field in Oyster Creek, TX.
Glad to see you enjoy it again. Long live glow power!
Stu taught me to fly (yes Mode 1) in the early 1980's. Loved him.
That’s fantastic! Wish Incould have met him. I built this plane at least 10 years ago and still have it.
Awesome! Love it! Nice Build!
Thank you!
Tee Bee flies great, very similar to mine. I will try to post a video soon of it. AWESOME FIELD!!!
Thanks Fred! I flew it again a few times today at our club get together. Good times! I’m very lucky to have this facility to fly at!
I just ordered these plans from an Ebay seller..
I've built and flown for about 30 years now..
The flat spin is my all time favorite maneuver..
I can't wait to get started on this little project..
I went with the smaller version and not the 80 inch wing.. I believe this one is just shy of 50 inches..
Thanks for the video from California!
You’ll enjoy it. The corkscrew loves to flat spin!
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I know your build was from way back but, would you recommend any deviation from the plan?
Thanks
@@Vdubin64bug I remember deviating on a couple of things as I went along. One was the weird way it shows the aileron servo mounted in the wing. I just mounted it upright in the center section as most commonly used on other models. I had to raise it up a bit to keep it from protruding below the wing. I don't think I used the recommended hard wood for the engine mounts. I just went through some scrap hard wood in my dad's shop and picked a suitable piece to cut them from. Lastly, I made my landing gear wire exactly as on the plans. The gear is a bit soft and bouncy as well as low to the ground. If you don't land gently, it can lead to prop strikes. I have bent the wire a few times during "incidents" but have simply bent it back into place afterward. If I had it to do again, I'd use a stronger wire and make it a tad taller. The model flies just fine, old school, on the wing. It enters snaps and spins readily! Flat spins are beautifully easy to enter but do require some altitude to recover from. I started recovery too late one time, and had to kill the engine and just let it spin into the grass. Other than a bent gear, it was fine! Have fun.
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Excellent, I appreciate your time replying..
I saw the weird sideways angle on the aileron servo, I'll go traditional mounting on that as well..
I have a bunch of aluminum landing gear in various sizes.. I may go through them and see if I have an adequate size..Only If I have to, I'll use the recommended wire gear..
Looking forward to putting it around although, yours moves out really well.. I may go with an OS 25 bearing engine as well.. I have a small four cycle but, I wouldn't want it to become more nose heavy than necessary.. Nose heavy planes do not like to spin very well..
I appreciate your input, much appreciated.. I think that you have the only video video up on RUclips regarding this particular airplane.. I wonder how many of them were built from back in the day...
Hi...that's a nice plane.,.. I also know Titewad, it's similar except that it has a symmetrical aerofoil....and a tricycle...
and it still runs after 10 years
Those engines will run for years with proper care and storage.
Then good job
Very nice! I loved sound nitro engine...Sir! Tell me what size props spin? Thank you lot dear sir..
Thank you. I think that airplane is set up with a 9x6 prop.
hello, it's nice, I'm watching this video of yours again, the engine runs great.. please tell me who is filming it, are you filming it yourself? are you filming it with your phone or how are you filming it please tell me thank you.
Thanks! These POV flying videos were made with a GoPro camera mounted to the bill of a ball cap. This allows the airplane to stay in the frame, as the camera sees what you see as you fly around. This technique doesn’t allow you to zoom while flying but it keeps the plane in the frame during the flight and allows you to film without an assistant.
Hey, but you didn't do a corkscrew! Mine back in the 80's would do a flat spin all the way to the ground if you didn't work hard to recover.
I built that model back around 2010 after reading Stu Richmond’s article many times over. I have flown the “Corkscrew” maneuver many times. The plane snap rolls like no other and will easily enter a spin from one! By introducing opposite aileron in a spin, it will flatten out perfectly, just as you said. It needs a lot of room to recover with opposite rudder and full power. On a couple of occasions I had to let it flatspin into the ground since it was too late to recover. I just killed the engine and let it hit into the grass. The Corkscrew is so tough that it was never damaged by those shenanigans other than bent landing gear. I still have the airplane but haven’t flown it in a couple of years. With a little TLC and a new battery pack, I’m sure she’d fly just great again. But, you are correct about not doing THAT maneuver. Those days are over for that old bird. I like having it around and am done trying to twist it into a pretzel. 😀
Pretty Fast.. what props spinning?? Thank you lot dear sir
I believe I was running a 9x6 prop on the OS .25FX engine.
Hi Tell me what props runing ? Thank