The Wingwalker WACO

Started by Oscar, November 07, 2016, 10:38:02 PM

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Oscar

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.












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!!




sihinch

Looks fab Oscar!  You know how to tempt a bloke!

Candu

Very Nice Oscar. Are those a couple of Model-Ts in the background?

BJROB

Oscar
Man what a great Idea you had
that is way fun.... brother
does He fall off only to ride again???
My Work??? is so secret....
I Don't even Know what I'm Doing!!!

deltawing


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