After watching Ken C and Philip flying their Dynam WACO past summer, I decided to get one for myself. The plane does require some minor 'fix' out of the box, and thanks to Ken who gave me the advice, I have the plane maiden successfully.
With now 3 WACO in TEMAC (4th coming from Loi), it will be difficult to distinguish which plane when flying together (we do like the idea to fly in formation). So I need to do something with my WACO. And so, I came up the idea of the Minion cartoon character theme.
Originally, I was just going to put a Minion figure to the pilot seat (the Dynam WACO does not come with a pilot figure) but then it won't help in the distance. So I came up a pattern idea and asked Callie Graphics to print it off for me. I also want to get the prop to look a bit more scale and so I contacted Ron from Pinnacle and he ordered me a Xoar wooden prop (13x6)
While searching for color scheme, I came across the Wingwalker performer with the WACO biplane. Hmmm... It will look cool on my WACO. ;D
And here is what it looks like after putting it together.
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_154032_zpsy0rpv7gc.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_154004_zpsdakzwtrd.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_153953_zpsyuee583m.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_154207_zpsfjtcg23d.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_154137_zpsvoaujecg.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_154107_zpsf8vngmvu.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_154047_zpsnkar3v46.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_154235_zpsc5xvkizb.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_154039_zpsljzje1al.jpg)
The (re)maiden flight went well. At first, I was worried with the wingwalker it may cause problem. But it seems it has no affect at all. The CG did shaft a bit which I need to add some nose weight at the front to rebalance.
On my second flight, all 3 WACO flew together. It is FUN!!
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/n5610d/Minion%20Wing%20walker%20WACO/20161106_164129_zpsl6fabzho.jpg)
Looks fab Oscar! You know how to tempt a bloke!
Very Nice Oscar. Are those a couple of Model-Ts in the background?
Oscar
Man what a great Idea you had
that is way fun.... brother
does He fall off only to ride again???
Ha Ha, The N registration on my Waco is legit. Lets see this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2s3w6l07G8&feature=player_embedded (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2s3w6l07G8&feature=player_embedded)
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0b/a6/4b/38/waco.jpg
Waco guys lets do this and more in 2017. ;D ;D ;D
https://youtu.be/T5owsQC6nfM (https://youtu.be/T5owsQC6nfM)