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She's gorgeous! 🙂 Umm... I was wondering: do you have enough differential throw on the ailerons? On my old Flair 'Puppeteer' I used to have twice as much 'up' as 'down'. Would it be worth trying a 3 to 1 ratio to give better authority? 🤔 Changing ratios used to mean making custom bellcranks; it's so much easier to adjust servo throws with a modern computer radio that it seems almost like cheating... Great video. Those 'heart in mouth' moments are why we go flying!
Whaaaaaat ? The Tube Al Gore rhythm must have thought my comment that ( you should take the Cub to the slope ) must have been too Right wing , and controversial to post 2 day ago .
Hi Dustin, I had a Peewee many years ago and I recall an engine that ran at anything up to 20,000 rpm ... a little screamer! You'd have to strengthen the structure for the extra weight of all the equipment and engine. It's going to up the wing loading quite a bit and hence the flying speed... a fun experiment though, come back to us with the result 🙂👍
Captain Roy brown would be happy with your flying skills. love the FPV. thankfully you didn't end up with camel face. In my younger days back home in Bradninch I did meet a world war 1 pilot that talked about his time flying a sopwith camel and his chin and mouth were a reminding for him of nosing in and hitting the front of his sopwith camels cockpit.
Cliff great flying for a tricky tripehound. I have always preferred world war 1 aircraft over modern aircraft. There is something about monoplanes biplanes and triplanes from 1914-1918 that hold my attention. I wish that I had your build skills as when I build something some how the wing is warped or something is out of kilter somewhere. Doesn't help that I have nerve damage in my right arm that sometimes leads to a tremor in my right hand. take care and fly well and fly safe.
Thanks, the more wings the greater the room for errors, I have a lifetime of experience to draw on but sometimes things aren't as they were, thanks for watching 🙂👍
Old mate Jan Zumbach, whose AC this is, had a varied life after the war which included gun running and all sorts of contraband and he wrote a book about it, an interesting read.. The book tells of one episode where he had a plane full of self winding watches hidden under the floor. When he landed the watches had all wound from the vibration of the plane and were making a huge racket, I don't remember how he got out of that one though.
On Wings of War :My Life As a Pilot Adventurer. I just went looking and apparently it's a rare book and they want big dollars for it, I'll have to dig my copy out. I can't find an ebook anywhere.
The Merc is one of the most attractive old timers, wouldn't be surprised if you started a fad of Mercury IV scratch builds. I enjoy trying to fly my Sig 1/6 scale Cub in a scale like manner, there are a lot of instructional Cub videos on You Tube
Hi Gary, the Mercury is a long build with all the planking, I honestly can't see anybody finding the time these days even if the end result is rather stunning 🤔👍
Your comment was a bit rude i think although you have a point. The builders interest was perhaps to build a spit regardless the accuracy of the painting. And in that perspektive he did a wonderfull job, don’t you think? I think so
The man has built it, 1 for himself. 2. For fun. Has a limited budget and all you can say is just sad. Sad the video was put up to put a smile on our faces and a bravo for his efforts yet you can’t even do that you sad person.
Really nice. The Touch and Go of the Mercury looked really great, even if unintentional. The Cub was also great. It reminds me I still have one of those to fly myself. I wonder if I'll ever find the courage.
No rebuild necessary Rafael, any sort of stabilise wouldn't give you any feedback on the way the model flies, maybe after it's sorted it's an option if you want one 👍
North of Toronto, there is a guy who has built a whole collection of 1:1 WWI&II classics and has them all parked on his property out in the countryside...
@envitech02 Oh, okay. I have seen 70% scale man flyable replicas. I thought maybe yours was 60% scale like W.A.R. Replicas. W.A.R. Replicas sell plans for $900.00-1,100.00 U.S.. Most everything you need to build their airplanes will be provided at your local Hardware stores here in America. I don't know what the U.K. has for Hardware stores.
