New Project Gifts!

At my visit today, John gifted me with three projects he thought I would be interested in. One ready to fly, one that will need some building, and one that's going to take a long time to refurbish. 

Goldberg Falcon 56 Mark I or II

PS: I did up the wing to give some top-bottom contrast. The AMA sticker is patching a small hole. I don't have matching cote. I out down the black cote because the back rubber ands leave black dust.

This Carl Goldberg design originally from the 1960s is a famous classic beloved model. A wingspan of 56 inches, there were three revisions, and I think this is a Mark II. 

This one has a vintage British made Irvine 40 nitro glow engine turning a 10 inch (? Pitch) wood Top Flite prop, a Spektrum AR 6200 Ultra lite receiver and Spektrum DS821 digital servos. It flies old school 3-channel (rudder, elevator, throttle). The recommended prop is an 11x5 or 10x6. This prop is a 10x6. I want to put a 11x5 Master Airscrew Scimitar on it. I have an extra 11x7 Scimitar for the Evo 10cc I might use.

It is in amazingly good condition. This will be my first nitro plane, and I am psyched! I love the smell of nitro. I did have to wash out the tank, had some mold (?) and the stoped was badly degraded. I ordered a nitro starter kit, comes with a NiCd igniter, fuel bottle, and glow wrenches. I also ordered black size 32 rubber bands to secure the wing, and a spare OS8 glow plug in case the current one is bad. All arriving tomorrow. I am hoping the carb is good and doesn't need refurbishing. John gave me a quart of "historically old" 10% nitromethane fuel, hoping not to have to head out to the hobby shop for a fresh gallon. I put a nose cone on it, and may get a more yellow one. Hoping to get it running tomorrow! This is going to be a lot of fun! What a gift!

Morane Saulnier N

This partially completed kit is framed out, but missing the rudder, wheels and nose cone (that I have no idea what I will do for...)  and I believe is flown 3-channel, though the wing has no dihedral. The scale WWI French built monoplane fighter used wing warping for roll instead of ailerons.  I will probably be building it electric, but gas puks be nice. It has plastic cowl and fuse top. I think I would want to do the wires too. It has no plans so I will be making it up as I go along. It will require a lot of cote work. I would like to do it these British colors. ​Even though the aircraft is a French-designed Morane-Saulnier Type N (popularly called the "Morane Bullet"), this specific profile represents an aircraft operated by the British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1916.

Here are some pics of the model. Somewhere between loading the car and getting home I lost a plastic bag with the plastic parts (cowl, top cockpit).

I will need to build the rudder. Worried there isn't much dihedral for 3 channel and wonder if I should try to convert it to ailerons. Not sure how to power it: there isn't an easy place to install and access the battery, though I could permanently install one and charge it after each flight. I also am not sure where the CG is. Looking for a manual. John is looking for the bag with the parts... I am so annoyed with myself.

Links to this plan and a nice article are 

at the bottom of the page the image links to.

Fairchild PT-19 Cornell,1/4 scale

This is an unholy-huge plane. It has been framed out but needs some serious refurbishing. All the major parts are there, rudder, elevator, ailerons (not installed),and a plastic cowl.. But for the tail, all the cote is missing, and I will need to find landing gear, windshields, cockpits for it.

I measured the wing, it's 88 inches, 2.25 meters.

I am passively looking for parts. Cockpit stuff, windshields, landing gear mainly. 

Gemini thinks a 50-60cc gas engine, or a 120-130 amp 12S 180kv motor. A large, low-KV outrunner designed specifically to swing big props (22" to 24") on high-voltage setups.

"Top Options: RimFire 50cc or RimFire 65cc, Dualsky GA6000.8 (180KV)

E-flite Power 360 (180KV) or Hacker A60-18 M .A KV rating between 160KV and 190KV. This ensures the motor spins slowly enough to safely handle a massive propeller without drawing excessive amps."

Both of these planes deserve to be fuel planes. Now that I am getting into nitro, maybe the Morane should be nitro. Might be less expensive.

I am excited to get started on the Morane. It will be a while before I get to the PT-19.