CL-415 winter project.

Andy Hoffer · June 20, 2014, 11:13:10 AM

Looks fantastic Colin! Way to go.

And I like the hangar you built for it int he back yard (photo 2)!!

Andy

Michael · June 20, 2014, 12:14:11 PM

Fantastic!

What day maiden?

battlestu · June 20, 2014, 01:03:24 PM

......after the race on Sunday?!?!
I'll have the camera ready

piker · June 20, 2014, 01:41:52 PM

Wow! That's one heck of a "first build"! Awesome!!!!

But that one pilot looks suspicious. I don't believe that goatee is real...

wollins · June 21, 2014, 12:22:41 AM

Thanks guys!

Quote from: battlestu on June 20, 2014, 01:03:24 PM
......after the race on Sunday?!?!
I'll have the camera ready

Unfortunately I have the girls' birthday party on Sunday so I won't be able to "represent".

Quote from: piker on June 20, 2014, 01:41:52 PM
But that one pilot looks suspicious. I don't believe that goatee is real...

That goatee is as real as a sharpie can make it!

Colin

wollins · June 21, 2014, 10:58:57 PM

SUCCESS! After five months (and three days) she flew!

It was an amazing night weather wise so I decided to give her a go. Special thanks to Rob who on somewhat short notice was kind enough to meet me down at the bay with his boat ... just in case.

After a couple of minutes taxing around to get a feel for my differential thrust setup (never used this before since this is my first ever water plane) I opened her up and up she flew! Few clicks of aileron trim and a few of down elevator and she was on rails. Landing was uneventful, a few hops and she was down. Couldn't be more pleased with how she flew. Few minor adjustments like maybe reducing the wing incidence (she wanted to climb on throttle changes) and increasing the throws all around.

Now the fun part ... fancying her up to make her look as close as possible to Tanker 271. However the first order of business if to tidy up the rats nest of wires that I have going on in the fuse! (see pic)

Colin

P.S There was video taken by Rob so you can bug him for it! lol!

Papa · June 21, 2014, 11:20:42 PM

I'm so glad for you that everything went well.

Looking forward to the video.

Jack.

sihinch · June 21, 2014, 11:32:08 PM

Congrats Colin!

Michael · June 22, 2014, 10:09:57 AM

Congratulations!

wollins · June 22, 2014, 11:19:47 AM

Thanks guys! Good luck with racing today. I'm at a kids party.

, Rob, win something wil ya?

Colin

electroflyer · June 23, 2014, 10:06:57 AM

Way to go Colin!
We knew you had it in you.

Glenn

piker · June 23, 2014, 11:09:52 AM

Hey Colin! I would have won if it wasn't for Simon! Ugh!

As the only TEMAC witness to the awesome test flight, I can say that it looks like Colin has been flying and building large, complicated, multi-engine, scale, flying boats for years. The plane is beautiful and flies perfectly. The take-off was excellent and the landing... very good for a first landing with a new plane.

You guys will see a lot of this plane at the upcoming float fly's, and even at the field! You could see it this weekend, in Kingston, if you came out to that great event.

I hope to get the video up today... even if just in it's unedited form. Really... it doesn't need any editing other than to maybe add some music to quiet the constant talking throughout

piker · June 23, 2014, 01:16:31 PM

O.K. You'll have to put up with the chatting, or turn the volume down...

Here it is! Colin's test flight of his CL-415 Water Bomber!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTIIbhIDCII&feature=youtu.be

Papa · June 23, 2014, 01:48:52 PM

way to go Colin, what a beautiful maiden. No drama at all.

Jack.

wollins · June 23, 2014, 04:45:39 PM

Quote from: piker on June 23, 2014, 01:16:31 PM
O.K. You'll have to put up with the chatting, or turn the volume down...

Here it is! Colin's test flight of his CL-415 Water Bomber!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTIIbhIDCII&feature=youtu.be

Holeee Rob ... you kept that plane on focus the whole time!

BTW, I didn't realize how fast I was flying until I saw that vid.

Thanks again for the help and thanks guys for the congrats.

Colin