hi I wanted to kindly inform you about the 71 inch electric mosquito. i can't balance the model is it possible that it needs 600 grams of lead? although I have been careful not to weigh down the tail. could you give me some help? is the CG on the drawing correct? how much does yours weigh?
A very authentic looking model of a truly beautiful and iconic aircraft... ✌️😎🇬🇧 Having watched “633 Squadron” in the 60’s... I was instantly *bitten by the Mosquito bug!* 🤷🏻♂️😂
Now there is an aero modellers finger if ever I saw one! :D Beautiful model! Well done Dean on the maiden. I've always wanted to build one, and have had these exact plans for around 20 years, but the twitchiness, and tipstalliness of the Mosquito always puts me off the effort involved in building a model to start with!
@@tbobborap1 yes mate all is good here. Back living in Devon again now, and flew my Camel yesterday on it's home turf, 15 years after it first flew there! 🙂
Oh no, a wounded Rickster with a bad wing, hope your on the mend and back on the flight line soon Rick! What a great looking Mosquito love the scale beefy gear! Another awesome flight by Deano and maiden of her for Rick! Hope some more room for 6S batteries can be made but a sweet scale flier on calmer days is cool! Great camerawork as well and as always Pete! Thumbs up to all! Cheers Mates!
Great looking thing, especially given its small size! The only issue that stops me from making an 100" version is the damn canopy. Where could I get one specifically made for this dimension (scale), could someone help?
It would be relatively easy to make your own plug and have one vac formed. Frame work always looks better added to a smooth canopy, rather than moulded in to it, so would only have to worry about getting the physical shape right :)
Sure looks the part bro and looks awesome in the air. I watched 633 squadron in 1965 at it's first showing in NZ, they even had a Merlin engine in the foyer as you went in. All the best
@@tbobborap1 I hope he gets full function. Since 1959, I have had two prop strikes to a first finger. The very worse damage requiring surgical repair was from an electric prop before programmable ESCs.
One my first flight as an RC pilot, before I took up the transmitter, I revved the engine and promptly swung my hand through the prop arc- Seven strikes, right hand, back of the hand, forefinger, middle finger, ring finger. 17 stitches. No tendons damaged, all cuts were parallel to tendons. Hurt like Hell, though. It seems most guys get caught nipped once.. You only do it once, though.
Hello, I expand the size of Don Smith's 109 "Mosquito to install two 50cc engines, can you help me expand the scale of the retractable landing gear ? Please what is your email ? to describe the project Thanks
I believe the prop direction is backwards on these two engines. To combat severe adverse yaw with an engine out, the tips should come together at the top. You have them backwards. The full scale version had both engines going CCW too, though it's probably due to keeping both engines identical to save $$$ and maintenance. Therefore, making them work in your benefit is preferred since they aren't to scale, regardless. Simple enough: swap props and exchange two wires going from the ESC to the motor. DONE!
hi dave - for some reason rick the owner cannot comment on the vid but asked me to thank you very much for your info and he will change them around asap - best regards - pete,
@@tbobborap1 One last data point. The P-38 originally had counter-rotating props going in the preferred direction, but it caused so much turbulence on the horizontal stabilizer, that they went to the opposite direction. Unfortunately, this made an engine out situation far worse and when under full power, the pilot had to rapidly lower the throttle, apply proper rudder trim and then increase the throttle. That was a lot to ask on takeoff, but with sufficient training, less of an issue.
No. The Mozzie did NOT have contra rotating props. The later DH Hornet did, by having a special engine and prop on one wing that ran in reverse. In wartime Britain simplicity ruled and this was a luxury production limitations made difficult.
I think Deano was testing systems in his own way, they were not sure if it had ever flown before, so he was getting a feel of the controls. Nice landing too.
As silver says I was just testing the plane out to see if it has any bad habits when pulling hard Just a way I like to test planes that we are unsure off Deano
From the sound of it the current was quite low., all revs and no go. How much did the packs take after the flight? Amp clamp the battery cable and that will give you a figure. 60A esc?
@@davewilshere hi dave - for some reason rick the owner cannot comment on the vid but asked me to thank you very much for your info and is now searching for the prop size you mentioned, he has 2 x 60 amp esc onboard and after a 3 min test flight she still had 68% left in the packs !
lookes great! Another awesome plane (the speed looked just fine to me). Cant wait for this weekend, we got the Dutch Dawn Patrol this weekend its quite a big event aswell people from all over the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany are comming to fly their models! We will be flying our 1/4th scale Fokker Dr-1 and our 1/4th Pander-D
you said something about putting 2 bladed props (i'm sure to help performance) but it would look terrible. it's just the OCD in me talking. great looking bird. thanks for posting!
