Flew my Guillows and Comet kits today

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 4:48 pm

First up was the Comet Ercoupe. Once again built per the plans and she flew great, my wife said she flew for over a minute. We have more pictures but most come out blurry. I have some video, but still messing with it.

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 4:52 pm

The Curtiss Robin is another Comet build that flew great. Did require some weight and downthrust.

Perfect landing.

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 4:57 pm

The Comet Mustang flew great with some clay and down thrust.

Another perfect landing.

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:03 pm

The Guillows Bird Dog flew great after a chunk of weight was added to the nose. She caught a thermal and I had to chase her down, then she hit a tree. Very minimal damage.

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:08 pm

Last but not least was my stock Guillows Aeronca, built with everything from the kit. I did use a Peck Prop. After nose clay and down thrust, she stayed in the air for quiet some time, then the landing was tragic, oh well have to build another. I used 2 lengths of 1/8 rubber for power. You can see the chunk of clay under the nose. This is how I trim it, then once she flies smooth, I move the clay into the cowl. Here she only flew once as you can see.

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:21 pm

Here is the video from some of the flights.
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhum

Phugoid · Post by **Phugoid** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:27 am

Ouch, pity about your lovely Aeronca!

All your flights looked great in the pics, I could not look at the videos though, when I clicked on the link it went to my You tube videos, not yours?! Am I doing something daft?

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:48 am

I think it is me. Here is another link. It is a shame, first we shot video of me trimming the planes, that's why the video is short. Once they were trimmed we took pictures, then the 3rd flight was going to be YouTube video. Well, I took some trimming video, then our disk was filled up. The only actual flight videoed was the Bostonian flying away. We are still new to this video thing.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SCIGS30#p/u

Phugoid · Post by **Phugoid** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:10 am

That's better!

Your Mustang flight lin particular looked really super, nice work.

Bargle · Post by **Bargle** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:57 pm

Nice shot of a sad moment, the Aeronca smacking the fence.

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:28 am

who put that fence there?