What are your top 3 planes.
1. Fokker dr1
2. Ju88 - 188
3. Pby Catalina
Bell Aircuda (Twin Pusher)
FW Flitzer
XP-54
It's hard to choose!
I love the Cutlass, English Electric Lightning, Gloster Javelin, Scorpion,F-84, and, and , and, .....
In chronological order:
Hawker Hurricane
P-51D Mustang
McDonnell Douglas Phantom
Eurofighter Typhoon
Oh, sorry, is that 4?! I can't count obviously.
And I would sneak in a few others - Vulcan, Spitfire, EE Lightning, Canberra, Buccaneer, F-16.
E-Flite Apprentice S 15e
E-Flite P51-D Mustang /AS3X
E-Flite UMX Pitts S-1S
Just realize all from Horizon Hobby.
Full scale or models?
hmmm
1. Do-335
2. P-38
3. Spitfire
Greg
Models:
1. Tiger Moth (1/4 scale)
2. Albatross 96" wingspan
3. Top Flite DC3
Full scale:
1. The plane that took me to Disney World.
2. The plane that took me to Bahamas.
3. The plane that took me to Aruba.
Ok really ....
Full scale:
1. P51D Mustang
2. Piper Cub
3. F16
My top 3 models I have ever built:
1) Chili Breeze - British magazine plans- pattern plane- Have built 4 of them. Two of them planted in the Temac beans. No buds yet! :)
2) Mini Tarka- speed 400 hand launch from British plans. It had a Norvel .049, then a speed 400 brushed, then a Series 6 BL in runner (300 watts). Had unlimited vertical on brushless. In the beans at TEMAC. Must... and will.... build it again.
3) a tie between the E-Flite Taylorcraft 450 (with a 480!) and the DH Beaver 25e. Both are fantastic flyers. Oh, yes, I still have both of these... un-planted. ;D
Full size:
- Mustang
- Spitfire
- Mosquito
Frank
Full scale: Pitts Special S-2B
Model: Pitts Special S-2B
Andy
Full scale:
1. DH Mosquito
1. Spitfire
(It is a tie between those two)
3. F4 Phantom
4. Pretty much anything with wings
Models:
1. EF Mustang
2. Durably Spitfire Mk1.
3. Kyosho Ryan Sta tied with Hangar 9 Denight Special
Anything Canadian...either built here or at least with Canadian registration or markings :D
Narrowing it down to only three is tough
Full scale:
Mosquito - never seen one in the flesh, hope to some day
Tempest - Again, never seen one flying. I would love to hear what a Napier Sabre sounds like.
AV8B Harrier - Seen these several times. A totally unique aircraft.
Models, this is even tougher ! I could probably come up with 20 that I would love to fly anytime.
In no particular order:
Stobel V3 (DLG) - I flew these a lot over the last few years. I have newer (better?) planes now, but when I think of DLG I am flying a Stobel V3
Elanor 2015 F3P model. Had a lot of fun with this model over the last year. Much better airplane than the pilot.
F2D model. No particular model as long as the CG is right, motor is honking, and I am flying in a good match. There really is nothing else like it.
(At least one electric made the list :-[)
Pat MacKenzie
Come on, Pat!! Hot's Elliptic!!!
Full scale:
CL415 Water bomber
de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
Cessna 185F
R/C:
P51D Mustang
Cessna 182 Skylane with floats and an OS 0.46FX
RC Flyzone DHC-2 Beaver
Quote from: piker on March 24, 2016, 10:15:00 AM
Come on, Pat!! Hot's Elliptic!!!
It is up there. We needed the "top 5" list, ala High Fidelity ;)
(Its all one word BTW, Hotselliptic )
I wish I could get my Hi8 video into digital. Then I could share the awesomeness of the "Hotselliptic" with the "kids" (those newer to the hobby ;D). Of course, as great as that plane was, it was your piloting skills that made it shine.
For you "kids" out there, people like Pat, and Keith Shaw, were building and flying high performance planes with electric power in the 80's and early 90's when most people in the hobby figured electric flight was stupid and useless and was barely useful enough to get one climb to 300 feet with a powered glider. Most couldn't even do that. Those who knew how to optimize for electric flight were enjoying spectacular results. If it wasn't for these guys, electric power for model aircraft use might have died, or at least wouldn't be what it is today. That was back in the day when good quality BRUSHED motors and electronic speed controls were NEW, and 1200mah to 1400mah Nicads were the power source. Even with that, specifically, Pat's Hotselliptic would rival the performance of most planes at the field today. Just with shorter flight times :)
Quote from: piker on March 24, 2016, 05:09:19 PM
I wish I could get my Hi8 video into digital. Then I could share the awesomeness of the "Hotselliptic" with the "kids" (those newer to the hobby ;D). Of course, as great as that plane was, it was your piloting skills that made it shine.
For you "kids" out there, people like Pat, and Keith Shaw, were building and flying high performance planes with electric power in the 80's and early 90's when most people in the hobby figured electric flight was stupid and useless and was barely useful enough to get one climb to 300 feet with a powered glider. Most couldn't even do that. Those who knew how to optimize for electric flight were enjoying spectacular results. If it wasn't for these guys, electric power for model aircraft use might have died, or at least wouldn't be what it is today. That was back in the day when good quality BRUSHED motors and electronic speed controls were NEW, and 1200mah to 1400mah Nicads were the power source. Even with that, specifically, Pat's Hotselliptic would rival the performance of most planes at the field today. Just with shorter flight times :)
At the risk of going off topic, scroll ahead to 36 minutes, and bear in mind this was 1992:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36iZNy4Rj4
Lots of other interesting stuff on this video, and lots of old friends.
The model is still hanging on my shop wall. Needs a new battery hatch after having the flight pack do an unplanned exit at a Kingston fun fly (about a decade ago?).
With no receiver pack (BEC) I had no control, but somehow after a couple of gliding circuits it ended up landing itself on the runway with no other damage.
As I walked back to the pits Keith Shaw said "Nice Landing" ;D
Quote from: piker on March 24, 2016, 05:09:19 PM
I wish I could get my Hi8 video into digital.
I think I can help you with that. If there are not too many, bring them to the next pilots meeting/build class and I will see what we can do.
Graham