What planes would you like to build?

sihinch · August 09, 2013, 10:49:12 AM

Thought I'd start a thread about "what planes would you like to build, that you can't find a plan/kit/ARF for?"

Maybe someone knows of a plan? Or maybe someone could help design one? Also thought it would be fun to see what people would build, if they could.

For me, my(current) list is:

1) Blackburn Buccaneer
2) Sukhoi PAK-FA (I'm sure one will come soon!)

Gregor77 · August 09, 2013, 11:27:50 AM

HE-177

battlestu · August 09, 2013, 11:31:38 AM

I've always wanted to build a Do-335, Seadart, or a Hughes H-1

sihinch · August 09, 2013, 11:47:32 AM

Ooo, I like the pictures!

I'm going to edit my post to add pictures~!

gordonbw · August 09, 2013, 05:11:51 PM

Avro (Westland) Lysander. My father was an RCAF airframe mechanic in WWII and worked on them. So ugly it's beautiful!

bfeist · August 11, 2013, 09:51:18 PM

Quote from: gordonbw on August 09, 2013, 05:11:51 PM
Avro (Westland) Lysander. My father was an RCAF airframe mechanic in WWII and worked on them. So ugly it's beautiful!

God that thing is amazing looking. That paint scheme would be killer!

Tom M. · August 12, 2013, 04:48:02 PM

Quote from: gordonbw on August 09, 2013, 05:11:51 PM
Avro (Westland) Lysander. My father was an RCAF airframe mechanic in WWII and worked on them. So ugly it's beautiful!

Look no furthur! http://www.tonynijhuisdesigns.co.uk/Lysander66.htm
Tom

gordonbw · August 12, 2013, 10:50:17 PM

Ooh, nice! Except that in the videos it's being flown at Reno racer scale speed. This would definitely be a challenging build. Thanks for pointing it out, Tom!

piker · August 12, 2013, 11:38:04 PM

That's how everyone flies gas/glow planes. I think it's because of the sound. They can't wait to get the noise away from themselves.

Actually, it seems pretty windy, perhaps he's keeping the speed up because of that.

Or is it because the glow engines spin a small prop relatively fast, so to get the thrust, they get speed, unlike us, who can get great torque without the associated speed.

Robert

Gregor77 · August 29, 2013, 11:45:59 AM

I wish that they would come out with a JU88 or a nice twin.. I see the HK BF110 will be out in a month or two. That would be good for BB day!

Tomahawk · August 30, 2013, 12:32:08 AM

Make sure you check the Outerzone. They have 6 free plans available of the Lysander in different sizes.
Easy to scale to the size you want.

Chris

http://www.outerzone.co.uk/search/results.asp?keyword=Lysander&Submit=Go