CL-415 winter project.

[Andy Hoffer]

Super job Colin.  Can't wait to see it in person.  And I'm really looking forward to the retracts on your Albatross amphib!! .

Bravo!

Andy

[piker]

I'm just so glad you decided to build a flying boat, and you're planning for another one!  The float flying cult is growing!

Very well done, Colin.  I hope many others, in the club, are inspired by your accomplishments and consider creating their own masterpieces.

I certainly hope you can make it to the float fly this coming Saturday!

[wollins]

This was awesome practice for my "real" build later this year.  The Grumman HU-16B Albatross! I invite you to follow along with me again ... if you have the stomach for another marathon! lol! 

Well, there has been a slight change in plan ... ok fine .... a BIG change in plan. Turns out that there are at least a couple of planes that I like better than the Albatross!    Since I can't afford the time (or money for that matter) to build both (the Albatross and the "mystery plane") Michael had graciously offered to buy the Albatross kit off me for the full price that I paid ... cause that's just the kind of guy he is!

So ... it's off to a good home (and still in our club) and I know that Michael will do it justice.  So the Albie will still make its presence felt next year ... only with a different owner!

Will update when I decide which of my shortlisted models will be its replacement for my winter build. Rest assured that it will be just as imposing (if not moreso) as the Albie would have been. 

Colin

[piker]

We look forward to hearing about your next project, and as long as you're still planning to build a large flying boat, I'm O.K. with it :-)


Man, if I can get MY builds done this year, we will have an impressive showing at the float fly's next year.  I know Glenn is planning to build a new Schneider racer too...

[wollins]

We look forward to hearing about you next project, and as long as you're still planning to build a large flying boat, I'm O.K. with it :-)

Oh its gonna be a flying boat all right ... and large. 

Colin

[wollins]

Ok guys ... this video is really for my reference ... it's just a way for me to see all the pics I took and the sequence I took them in to help me with my next build. It summarises the whole seven months of the build in sixteen minutes.  I kinda like it because it shows the build in one smooth flow but if you're tired of this plane already feel free to pass.


http://youtu.be/D4sD-owykeg

Colin 

[Michael]

Well done, Colin.

Nice.

[gmcnic]

A very nice documentary of the build, Colin!
And the music gives me flashbacks to a carefree vanished time.

Just curious, how many hours do you figure you put into it?
I admire your skill, patience and ingenuity to overcome the various hurdles encountered.

Wonderful!
Graham (aka "lurker")

[Oscar]

Great video!

[wollins]

Thanks guys!  Graham, I can't begin to estimate the hours ... it was pretty much every free chance I got.  Of course with two small kids there were LOTS of limitations cause someone is always "napping" at my house ... which interferes with my time to make noise! lol!  So yes a LOT of hours but had I not had small kids it would have been done a lot faster I think.

Having said that ... A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE REGARDING MY NEXT PROJECT. See you all over at http://temac.ca/smf/index.php/topic,4888.0.html 

Thanks!

Colin

[wollins]

So I've been meaning to fit counter rotating props on this baby for a long time and a couple of hairy takeoffs (she likes to pull HARD to the left so you have to be on the differential thrust steering 110%) made me finally get it done. 

Boy! What a difference in ground handling! First vid shows with regular props without me trying to correct any swerve ... in other words just throttle. See the swing?

Second video ... same deal only now with counter rotating prop installed. Woot woot, there's some stress gone from a takeoff run! lol!

Third vid is just me farting around in the backyard trying to discharge my battery while playing with my differential thrust steering.  (You know this won't end well with a big plane in a relatively small space! Not to worry though, sounds worse than it was ... no damage. )

Colin


https://youtu.be/fva65RPKqEI

https://youtu.be/q2bp5F1x5t8

https://youtu.be/gfbGfUmUx-M

[Wingnutz]

Loved the donuts video...Colin, you're gonna wear it out before it gets to the water!
Spectacular build and model!

[wollins]

Thanks Bill ... incidentally this model has already flown off water several times.

Colin

[wollins]

CL 415 flight TEMAC 14 6 2016

Sorry about the shakiness, the distance shots and the out of frame shots ... it was a hat cam.  If you want you can skip to around the 4 min part for the landing. (of which I barely got in the frame!  ) 

Colin


https://youtu.be/2j8bKElGIbQ

[wollins]

They say that when you're doing a scale project, you're never done! Decided to do something about that exposed servo. My fix is not exactly scale but looks a darn sight better than before.

Colin