i was blessed to be a student of his back in the mid 80ies and he sparked a love of aviation that i went on to work in the navy on jets for 10 years ... one day i hope to run into him around orville
Beautiful plane! It is on my wishlist to build it too. My daughter build a Klemm 25 and you may notice her wingdesign. It reminisce me more to your RV4 design you used... 😀 I love it ❤
My favourite aircraft, both full size and model. This version is tops. Only drawback, it is too big. It fits nowhere in today's living spaces and costs are enormous. A 60 inches wingspan version, with a glow .21 engine would be just as nice and much more practical and affordable.
Dad designs planes based on his feel for the "perfect size." That usually revolves around fuselage length, wingspan, or cowl diameter. In the case of the Mr. Mulligan, it was fuselage length. He deemed 25% too short, and anything over 27% too long, so 26% it was.
Recently purchased a beautifully built Hostetler Bonanza A36 108.5 inch wingspan with DLE 85CC engine, Robart electric retracts, painted with automotive paint and have yet to maiden it. I absolutely love civilian giant scale RC planes and plan to obtain and fly many more Hostetler aircraft.
A gorgeous aircraft. Great job Mr. Hostetler. In addition to this wonderful aircraft, please consider designing a Cessna 162 Skycatcher. That is a great plane I would love to build in a 30% scale.
Love the Tri-Pacer, but that Cub Main wheel used as a nose wheel is just awful. It flat out ruins the whole look of the model. His Cowling is no where near scale, but ok for fun scale I suppose. Just saying, as I'm OCD about models, as well as all the ones I build too.
beautiful plane!! planning to start building one this winter. im a huge fan of the RV4 and 8. i have many of them from small light part fliers up the newer H9 30cc Rv4. nothing beats home built though!
i'm sorry my english is not the best. Please I ask what is the coverage of the plane and also ask for your opinion on the Belair kit Cuters. since i am in europe i will opt for this company's kit. my thanks in advance. Paulo Cruz
How many degrees will your flaps deploy? I have the same plane that a club member built for me and the flaps will hit the rear window, just wondering how much flap deflection is needed. Thanks
The flaps on the 152 hit the rear window at 32º of deflection, and that is what was used for landing on the video. This is a practical measurement from the rear 5" on the bottom of the wing, and not from the chord line of the airfoil. If you can't get 30º of deflection, remove some material on the inside edge of the flap for more clearance on the rear window. The takeoff flap setting was 11º, but anything between 10 and 15º is fine. For landing, there is really no need for more than 30º of flaps, as more than this (up to and not more than 40º) simply puts out a lot of drag and requires more power. In the full scale airplane, 40º of flaps are only needed if you want to "dump it in" over an obstacle and get it stopped quickly. For model flying, this is not needed. So use 10-15º for takeoff and 30º for landing, and you will have a wonderful flying airplane.
The 152 has a partially sheeted wing. The plans show an option for full sheeted. It works very good either way. The additional weight is not an issue. Wendell H.
My favorite way of flying, touch and go's, that's how you learn, I have done as many as 115 in one flight. I just found one of these for sale with a 3 W twin of some sort, has red anodized cylinders, he said it's a 10?cc, The plane is beautiful, not quiet as nice as this one but has all the running lights, and scale interior. Very nice.
I built one with your Dad's plans.Got the wood pre cut at the WRAM show with hardware back somewhere 1998 .Finished almost exact color scheme with a G62.What a good time i had building it all winter.I remember shaking like a leaf on maiden flight.I had Robart strengthen my nose gear with stiffer spring and shaft.My all time favorite plane.I loved all of your Dad's plans,but could only afford to build one.Great to see you got it back.
