cobraman Posted April 14, 2016 Posted April 14, 2016 That is very cool. I dabbled in R/C aircraft for awhile. I was not very good at it. My nickname was "Crash". Never could do a good landing. : )
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 14, 2016 Author Posted April 14, 2016 ... I dabbled in R/C aircraft for awhile... My nickname was "Crash". Never could do a good landing. : ) Yeah, I've wadded up a few. It can get pretty expensive and pretty frustrating. I have two broken ARFs that I rescued out of a dumpster (with engines and receivers / servos!) that are slowly nearing flying condition again, and somebody gave me a couple of transmitters. Last time I looked, the field we used to fly from was a subdivision, but I'm sure there's still somewhere fairly close. We'll see.
Harry Joy Posted April 14, 2016 Posted April 14, 2016 That is very cool. I find it hard to believe it's a jet though. I hit Google to try and discover if it's a jet or ducted fan, but nothing came up. I suspect it is the latter.
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 14, 2016 Author Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) That is very cool. I find it hard to believe it's a jet though. I hit Google to try and discover if it's a jet or ducted fan, but nothing came up. I suspect it is the latter. There are several real micro-jets available now. This was state of the art in 2011. Google "RC turbine engines". The engines do allow some external bypass air, somewhat similar (but not really) to a ducted fan, but they're real turbojets. Edited April 14, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 14, 2016 Author Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Wow... that has to be a very expensive hobby... Yeah, but you can fly smaller balsa ones, with props and glow-plug engines, wings covered with heat-shrink plastic, only 4-channel radios...all pretty cheap today (and even electric ready-to-fly models, which were simply impossible to make before modern battery tech and micro motors, receivers, etc.) and have about as much fun as the multi-thousand dollar airplane guys do. The two I'm rebuilding from dumpster saves have about 5-foot wingspans, so you get a pretty good impression of them being real airplanes, even though they're just prop jobs. This is the really expensive part... Edited April 14, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy
SfanGoch Posted April 14, 2016 Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Not one, but two R/C gas turbine powered B-52 Stratofortresses! Edited April 14, 2016 by SfanGoch
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 14, 2016 Author Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Not one, but two R/C gas turbine powered B-52 Stratofortresses Man, they sure climb out faster than the real ones . How about a large-scale model rocket launch? Edited April 14, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy
cobraman Posted April 14, 2016 Posted April 14, 2016 Got this cheapo "fan jet ? " ARF kit about 10 years ago. Never built it and tried to fly it. I figure with the way I fly maybe i should just take it out of the box and stomp on it. Same result.
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 14, 2016 Author Posted April 14, 2016 Heck Ray, those things are made to be tough. You get good at it by doing it. Give it a shot. The little airplane will be a lot happier trying to fly than just sitting in the box.
SfanGoch Posted April 14, 2016 Posted April 14, 2016 How about a large-scale model rocket launch?And it landed upright. Elon Musk needs to hire these guys.
Harry Joy Posted April 15, 2016 Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) There are several real micro-jets available now. This was state of the art in 2011. Google "RC turbine engines". The engines do allow some external bypass air, somewhat similar (but not really) to a ducted fan, but they're real turbojets. I haven't followed RC in some time. About 15 years ago, I broke away from plastic for a while and made strictly balsa airplanes, rubber powered. That got really frustrating, because every time I let one fly, it would either crash or find bodies of water I didn't know existed. I started calling them my dowsing rods. Edited April 15, 2016 by Harry Joy
SfanGoch Posted April 15, 2016 Posted April 15, 2016 I built a Tamiya 4x4 Bruiser R/C truck in 1986. I tested it out on the pier down the block from me. After about five minutes, it stopped responding to the transmitter, drove straight off the pier and is still somewhere at the bottom of the East River. All 650 bucks of it.....
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 15, 2016 Author Posted April 15, 2016 I built a Tamiya 4x4 Bruiser R/C truck in 1986. I tested it out on the pier down the block from me. After about five minutes, it stopped responding to the transmitter, drove straight off the pier and is still somewhere at the bottom of the East River. All 650 bucks of it..... I would have had to dive for that...or at least hire someone like this guy... http://www.wnyc.org/story/what-lies-below-new-yorks-east-river-and-the-diver-who-braved-its-depths/
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