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Diesel Free Flight Consolidated PT-1 First Flight
5.17.2024 Waywayanda, NY, USA
First test flight of the RN Models 36in wingspan Consolidated PT-1 Free Flight Power Scale model. This model is powered by the .049 McCoy DuroGlo diesel engine bench run in a previous video on this channel.
The model was test flown here without all of the details added - and good thing too as on the final test flight the PT-1 flew into a parked car as it came in to land. All flight surfaces detached from the fuselage (as planned mostly) without damage although both plug-in interplane struts were lost.
I learned that thrust offsets in the field are tricky with this engine as it has only two radial mounting bolts, one on each side of the crankcase.
Look forward to flying her again!
First test flight of the RN Models 36in wingspan Consolidated PT-1 Free Flight Power Scale model. This model is powered by the .049 McCoy DuroGlo diesel engine bench run in a previous video on this channel.
The model was test flown here without all of the details added - and good thing too as on the final test flight the PT-1 flew into a parked car as it came in to land. All flight surfaces detached from the fuselage (as planned mostly) without damage although both plug-in interplane struts were lost.
I learned that thrust offsets in the field are tricky with this engine as it has only two radial mounting bolts, one on each side of the crankcase.
Look forward to flying her again!
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Tuning Up the McCoy 049 Dura Glo Diesel
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March 15, 2024 Ware, MA USA First bench run session of an old McCoy DuraGlo .049 diesel motor. Running an 8-4 wooden prop on homebrew fuel in a small free flight tank. An August 1953 Model Airplane News review of this then-new motor cited the .049 DuraGlo as turning ~6600RPM on an 8-4 prop and low teens with smaller props. In it's day, this McCoy was considered a high-performance diesel motor, ...
Labor Day 2023 River Flying
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September 4, 2023 Brattleboro, VT USA The ROLO gang gets together for some free flight rubber powered floatplane flying off of the Connecticut and West Rivers in southern Vermont. Fun with boats and model airplanes! Fleet Model 2 floatplane plans available at thegeebee.com/product/fleet/
Phantom Flash II Chameleon One Design Test Flight
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October 3, 2023 Vermont, USA. Two local flyers build and test fly the Dennis Norman Phantom Flash "Chameleon". This is the 2023-24 One Design model for the Glastonbury Modelers and Stealth Squadron FAC Clubs indoor flying season. The plan can be found on the AMA webpage at: www.modelaviation.com/ff-scale-december-2016 Visit www.stealthsquadron-fac49.com/ for more information.
Golliwhopper Tripe II Stick Model Flight
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August 7, 2023 Woodsom Farm, Amesbury MA, USA The Golliwhopper Tripe flies again! Inspired by the original model published 95 years ago in Flying Aces magazine, the Golliwhopper Tripe II puts up a 2min flight in the early morning overcast. This short video presents the inspiration and modern interpretation of this "Flying Trinket" of a model. Plan available at thegeebee.com/product/golliwhopper...
April 2023 Stealth Squadron FAC Indoor Meet
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April 2, 2023, Penn Brook School, Georgetown, MA, USA This is a brief compilation of free flight rubber powered model flying at the Flying Aces Club Stealth Squadron April 2023 indoor meet. Visit stealthsquadron-fac49.com to learn more and join the club.
Flying with the River Spirits
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October 2022, on the Connecticut River, VT, USA. Remembering an early morning on the river, flying the Pacific Ace 20 as the fog lifted off the water. Peace!
Texas A&M AG-1 17in span first day out
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Jan 15, 2023 Georgetown, MA, USA Initial test flight of the 17 inch wingspan Texas A&M AG-1 free flight rubber scale model. The 98% finished model flew pretty much "right off the board" as they say. The model weighs 11g without motor and has ~ 60sq in wing area. .1 X 20in Tan Super Sport test motor weighs 3.2g. Model is carrying .8g tail weight. Next steps are 6in carved balsa prop with 1.6 P/D...
Goose Pinkham Field Stick at Woodsom Farm
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Sept 11, 2022 Woodsom Farm, Amesbury, MA USA The winning flight by Steve Evans' "Goose" Pinkham Field Stick model at the Fall Stealth Squadron FAC 49 two day meet. Plan for this model is available as a free download at stealthsquadron-fac49.com/download/goose/
WK3 FAC Rubber Scale Test Flights at Geneseo
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July 14, 2022 National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY USA Initial test flights of the 27in wingspan 1935 WK3 Polish Light Biplane FAC Scale model during the early evening "golden hour". This model went on to capture 4th place in the FAC Rubber Scale event at the 2022 FAC Nationals contest. Not too bad for the first contest entered. Construction plan for the model is available at www.thegeebee.com...
Rubber Powered Fleet Biplane Water Takeoff
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Labor Day weekend 2022, at the lake in Western MA, USA I've been flying this rubber powered Fleet Model 2 biplane for about a year now, but it's never managed a clean takeoff and landing on the water. Until this past weekend. This short video presents the key specifications of the model as well as the changes made for this flying session. Four successive ROLO flights (Rise Off Land On Water) we...
River Flying July 2022
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July 29, 2022 Brattleboro, VT, USA Our ROLO (rise off, land on) Water Flyer group got together for more rubber powered free flight model airplane action. One flying out of a kayak and the other three flying from an 18' pontoon boat. We made it to the river early while the wind was down and left by 10am as the wind picked up. On the very first flight the 40in span Ford 8-ATS was treed - not enou...
Flying at the Marina Memorial Day 2022
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May 30, 2022 Brattleboro, VT USA Three free flight modelers and one Golden Retriever fly their 30 inch wingspan Pacific Ace models off the water at the West River Marina. ROLO on skysters! ROLO: Rise Off, Land On (Water)
Potez Ice Flying - Postal Dime Flight
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1/27/2022 Beaver Lake, MA USA Recorded flight submission for the 2022 Stealth Sqdn Postal Dime Scale Contest. Enter your flight at www.stealthsquadron-fac49.com See you on the Tallyboard!
Fleet Floatplane Test Flights - Happy New Year!
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12/30/2021 the Old Brattleboro Airport, Brattleboro VT, USA Happy New Year! We got in a final 2021 test flying session with the 22in wingspan Fleet Model 2 Floatplane. Loaded a larger 2 Loop 1/8 TAN SS rubber motor for these flights. All looks good - now just have to wait for Spring to get it out on the water.
Allbon Dart in Baby Bombshell (Test Run)
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Allbon Dart in Baby Bombshell (Test Run)
Free Flight Ford Floatplane on West River
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Free Flight Ford Floatplane on West River
40in Free Flight Ford Floatplane First Flights
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40in Free Flight Ford Floatplane First Flights
Sam's Easybuilt Corsair test flight
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Sam's Easybuilt Corsair test flight
My Favorite Tools #4 Bending a Figure 8 Hook
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My Favorite Tools #4 Bending a Figure 8 Hook
2min Pacific Ace FF ROW flight Sept 2004
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2min Pacific Ace FF ROW flight Sept 2004
My Favorite Tools #3 - Chalking Tissue
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My Favorite Tools #3 - Chalking Tissue
My Favorite Tools #2 - Machinists Blocks
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My Favorite Tools #2 - Machinists Blocks
Free Flight Rubber Vought OS2U Kingfisher ROW
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Free Flight Rubber Vought OS2U Kingfisher ROW
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Just beautiful!
Thanks Tom! I just made up some tools to bend reverse "S" hooks -the Harry Hitler type. Yours are intriguing also. I built myself a winding jig and have two planes to fly. I'm 62 and it will be my first attempt at it. Thanks for sharing..
the plane looks s cool, bdw how long does the plane fly for?
What a lovely flight ❤
beautiful
👌👌👍👍👏👏very nice
I just now was reading about this PT-1 in the latest FAC newsletter.
Está este video en Instagram????
Fantastic! The feeling must be incredible! Such a well trimmed plane and with all the complexities and challenges of the old explosion engines! Thank you for sharing and inspiring!
Amazing that Comet kits are still available. Plans are available on Outerzone. Record plans to a flash drive and have them enlarged to full size or whatever size is desired. Very few former and rib parts, mostly sticks, easy "scratch" builds. Good for free-flight or electric powered RC conversion. Recommend wing tip washout for lateral stability.
Wow just Wow👍
Home in one piece,chest out!thumbs up.
Lovely! 🌟👍
Wow, that was one heck of a smooth first flight! Great build, balance, and trim job!
WOW amazing,reminded me of my childhood 👏
Congratulations on a successful first flights. May there be many more successful flights to follow 🙂
It flew! It soared! It quit! That was short. Looked like fun.
Very cool.
I'm guessing, a little bit more right thrust and some wash in on the left hand panel after this flight? Showing good promise 👍👍
Yes, I think you are right. Best to do it on the bench as the engine is not easy to make fine thrust offsets with. Will have to use caution with any washin. Thx
@@tomnallen2 Tom, I mount my engines to a small aluminum plate. The plate is then mounted to the engine bearers on the airframe, I make several of these plates with different amounts of right thrust. Make trimming at the field much easier 🙂
Very nice 👍🏼
very nice!
First powered flights are always a nail biter, did I get the thrust settings right, enough power but not too much, and on and on until you realize that you lucked out and got it close enough to fly and give you a starting point.
ah yes, you've been there.. a good friend of mine once said "luck is the residue of design"
Nice!
Amazing flyer!
bravo
Awesome! Vance's Kung Fu is the best. A true free flight Zen Master!!!
Valami nem stimmel! A füst nem egy irányba megy, hanem oda-vissza. Ez elárulja, hogy nem egy irányba forog.
pure magic
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo yeeeaaahh
Beautiful. How much power did you put in it
Very beautiful, both the models and the flight.
Absolutely lovely. I couldn't have flown that well back in the days when I flew R/C planes! I had to look where you were from when I saw both Canadian and Australian registrations on the planes (I'm Australian).
Hi Tom. Super cool. What are you thinking of putting her in?🥸
Hi Glenn - thx. This diesel will go into a 36in span RN Models Consolidated PT-1 biplane. Did some beefing up (eg LG) as recommended in the kit. Building the dummy engine around the McCoy is a bit tricky, but coming together.
TheyWere Vicious little Bruts that Only the Best Pilots could Fly !
Thank you very much for this, I have just finished reading Farmers Take Flight by J I Granville and have learned a lot about the Gee Bees of which I am a fan and of 1920 -1930s air racing in general. The Thompson Trophy, Bendix and Schneider races are areas of great interest to me.
We used to have an air show at the airport in Ankeny Iowa in the 1990's. One day I saw the GeeBee fly over. I grabbed the kids and headed to the airport. I was a police officer at the time and I used to stop by the airport and shoot the breeze with the guys at the FBO. They let me sneak back and I grabbed a couple of pictures of the GeeBee with the kids. I understand that airplane is at the Oshkosh musuem now.
Very nice flying! That Fleet appeared to have a mind of it's own! Had me nervous. Land Lubber!
Beatifull model ❤❤❤
In one word ...Brilliant.
Thes little motors are quite fussy starting. What are you using for fuel?
I just saw the Jetex Flying Wing video from 10yrs ago and went to your channel. Great videos, Thank You!
Very Cool! I just saw the video now.
How do you get it back ? 😄
Beautiful
that was pretty amazing!
😩 *Promosm*
This flight is wonderful.
До конца не досмотрел-так мы запускали двигатели,когда нам было по 10лет. А этому "дяде"-не к лицу так ковыряться...
freeflight is ballsy defined. Freeflight from/above water is just..