The Wingwalker WACO

[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. 

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???

[deltawing]

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://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0b/a6/4b/38/waco.jpg

[deltawing]

Waco guys lets do this and more in 2017.

https://youtu.be/T5owsQC6nfM