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Cash came over tonight so I could build him a replacement cowl for his Bearcat, and brought his latest 3696 bird.
Cash uses a built up construction using balsa reinforced with 2mm coro doublers (yellow) with foam for the curved sections. Wings by Scott Stockwell, set up for a single servo. Spars are 1/16th inch black fiberglass rods held in with foam safe CA. The plane is very light, and Cash will likely have to add ballast to make weight.
Guess the plane (if you already know, give the others a chance!)
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Cash uses a built up construction using balsa reinforced with 2mm coro doublers (yellow) with foam for the curved sections. Wings by Scott Stockwell, set up for a single servo. Spars are 1/16th inch black fiberglass rods held in with foam safe CA. The plane is very light, and Cash will likely have to add ballast to make weight.
Guess the plane (if you already know, give the others a chance!)
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Lessee...
1.Scott-be nice
2.Drewjet-c'mon, man...
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As fars as durability goes, I think she'll hold up. The wing is built like the Brewster's, and the rest of the plane is built like ol Cottontail, albeit on a smaller scale. Cottontail survied all the original 2548 testing, 3-5 hard trips intothe ground, 3 midairs and about 30 rounds of combat and probably 75-100 sport flights, and is still in relatively one piece. Since we're flying with less mass, rpm and airspeed than either SSC or 2548, all of the planes built should hold up admirably...
Cash
PS..I still ain't saying..
1.Scott-be nice
2.Drewjet-c'mon, man...
3.Bob-<b><i><u><font size="2"><font color="navy">CENSORED</font id="navy"></font id="size2"></u></i></b>[:p]
As fars as durability goes, I think she'll hold up. The wing is built like the Brewster's, and the rest of the plane is built like ol Cottontail, albeit on a smaller scale. Cottontail survied all the original 2548 testing, 3-5 hard trips intothe ground, 3 midairs and about 30 rounds of combat and probably 75-100 sport flights, and is still in relatively one piece. Since we're flying with less mass, rpm and airspeed than either SSC or 2548, all of the planes built should hold up admirably...
Cash
PS..I still ain't saying..
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He won't get a shot at the Beaufighter this weekend, as it is down with a fried ESC for one of the motors. It was acting a bit strange, ran 1200 rpm less than the other motor, and tonight I swapped motors to determine if it was the motor or ESC, and this little plume of white smoke started out of the cowl. Peeled off the shrink wrap, and sure enough there were some fried electronic parts.
Cash doesn't expect to have it done for the gas/electric fun fly at Richardson this weekend, but promises it will be ready for the May combat event.
Cash doesn't expect to have it done for the gas/electric fun fly at Richardson this weekend, but promises it will be ready for the May combat event.
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Cash,
Yes, there is life again with 3696. I was beginning to worry it had it's short-run and now has disappeared like the SSC warbirds and the first round of e-combat planes several years ago. The balsa box construction in combination with foam is an awesome idea. Wish I thought of this one. Keep us posted on the build along. Great Job!!!
Nate
Yes, there is life again with 3696. I was beginning to worry it had it's short-run and now has disappeared like the SSC warbirds and the first round of e-combat planes several years ago. The balsa box construction in combination with foam is an awesome idea. Wish I thought of this one. Keep us posted on the build along. Great Job!!!
Nate
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No Nate, it's still going...what happens is the combat season has started, and a lot of the guys that are building 3696 prototypes have budgeted their time towards getting the NPS points class planes ready, and they are busy with that. If I try to fix my 2548 birds for next month's contest, then the next update on this new bird will be in the middle of next month. Trust me, Lee has no idea what a profound effect 3696 is having on me, as I find the planes easy to build and store, rugged, and a lot of fun to fly...I have about 5 more designs floating around in my head as we speak...[:p]