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Guillow's Aeronca Champion 85 , finishing and Test
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- čas přidán 18. 08. 2024
- Second and last video on Guillow's relaxing construction. From the test comes out that the plane needs some trimming thats why crashed badly. no matter I have builded and I can fix it!
Link to part 1:
• Building the Guillow's...
I admire your patience and perseverance. You did a wonderful job building the plane and it held together very well considering the crashes. Those light planes suffer from even the slightest breezes.
Thank you, it was the wrong day for the test....
Balsa and aircraft. Who can ever be bored at any age?😊
Right!! It so long I use to built them not many and not a good airplane engineer but building is so nice and relaxing, than the model is poetry. Ciao!!!
My first balsa model was a Guillows P51 in 1969, followed by a Hurricane, Focke Wolf, Thomas Morse Scout and Fokker Dr1 in the 1970s. I now only scratch build because I use micro RC systems to get the flying weight less than 4 or 5 ounces. In the US, the FAA has penalized RCers and require Tracking devices for drones and airplanes above 8.5 ounces. I will sell all of my larger planes becuase of this. Good job on you plane! FYI my neighbor when I was a kid was the famous Bill Stroman who pioneered electric flight in the 1970s. He was known for his beautiful electric Taube monoplane which was featured on the cover of Model Builder magazine.
What a nice story! On planes I'm far but very far from such a level but I enjoy a lot building and dreaming... Ciao and thank you very. much
You need to balance the airplane. It looks very tail heavy. It is stalling. If it continues to stall even after balancing try trim tabs on horizontal stabilizer. After you get the glide right then wind in some rubber turns. It will probably need DOWN thrust on prop. The most important thing, TEST FLIGHT OVER TALL GRASS or weeds. A good book to read where all of this is explained is Don Ross' book, Rubber Powered Model Airplanes. Get it on Amazon or Ebay. He explains everything you need to know about construction and flying rubber powered airplanes. Good luck! No use in trying to reinvent the wheel.
Hi there Giovanni, lots of wonderful work, it’s a great looking model airplane. Even though it perhaps doesn’t fly very well, it’s a great looking static model and you’ve put so, so much great work into the plane, it would look very nice perhaps hanging in a position inside, as though it was performing some acrobatic manoeuvre. Looks great, well done. Take care and best wishes to you and the family. Ciao John😊
Yes the engine is too little and it has to be trimmed... it's a long and interesting work
Tail wing is called the horizontal stabilizer. Great music and I enjoyed the building process. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Yessss tail wing
Pilots typically fly into the wind for takeoff to reduce ground speed, but for these small, fragile models I would fly with the wind on maiden test runs to avoid lift-related stalls due to wind gusts. This way, you have a better chance of making trim changes before the model gets damaged. Also, if the model tends to bank steeply right away to one side, that's your queue to fix the problem by adding plasticine weight on the tip of the wing with the greater lift.
Finally, strut-based wing joints are pretty weak overall with these Guillow kits. I would add one or two straight-through cylindrical balsa spar(s) to secure the wings better to the fuselage. This will aid in reducing wing separation during unexpected hard landing events.
Thanks I will take care of some of your suggestions. Ciao
Guillow models are tops. They have been for almost 100 years. The company will turn 100 next 2026. It has always been located in Wakefield Mass. in the USA. . Guillow scale models do flew beautifully BUT it is much better to lighten all balsa sheets from 1.5mm to 1 mm thickness. You save a lot of weight.
Hi and thank you, this boxes are magic I built them, I made 20, from when I was 18.... and still it moves me. Ciao!
Yep!!!! Wakefield, Mass. 1926. Paul K. Guillow was a WWI pilot.
This I know, great story.@@danielcarlson800
You did a beautiful job! Really first class. Way to go! I'm sure you'll have it flying around the pattern before long.
After some trimming in a calm day it flow quite good, but the rubber motor is not enough... Ciao
Cool buddy,looks so fan 😎 😍 👌 Looking forward to this one !!!
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Greeting! I have built those Guillow's 300 series airplanes about 30 years ago and have come to the conclusion that they are difficult to make fly well.
Air resistance is high in these models and the extra finishing makes them easily too heavy.
To get them to fly even reasonably well, remove the excess balsa from inside the fuselage and wing curves, but be careful not to weaken their structure too much.
Build the support strips under the wings approx. 5 mm longer than the original ones and tilt the first wing curve of the wing 2-3 mm "inwards" so that the wing has a sufficient V-angle (dihedral) so that the aircraft does not fall on its wing during flight. By the way, there is a note about this in the drawing.
Brush only two thin layers of dope on the surface of the plane, so that it does not become too heavy. Already in the construction phase, check that the angle between the wing and the rudder is about 3-4 degrees. Balaced it well and perform test flights without revolutions of the rubber band engine on a gentle downhill in a grassy meadow in as windless a weather as possible.
Good luck!
Wow! you are a living encyclopedia! Thank you and happy New Year! Nanni
@@NANNIRC Thank you, Nanni! All this is only my over 40 -years experience.
I built that exact kit when I was a kid maybe 35 years ago. Yours looks a lot better than mine did, although they both flew about equally well...
Also this is my second and the first I built 46 years ago. I covered with terrible orange termo plastic film and that was the beginning of the end up to destroy ti to trash. That's why now you can se this. Thanks and Ciao Nanni
looks like very robust construction… good job!
Not so much... but a little heavy!! Thanks
I have the Fairchild 24 kit no.701 but I want to make it rc with the micro controls and lithium batteries for light weight. The wing spand is 25in - 63.5cm i think it will be grand and I will crash and brake its part of the hobby!! We love it.
You are a pro!
Great video, I would add more dihedral to the wings. Also would recommend Tan SuperSporr Rubber (FAI) as a power source. If you mentioned it, I must’ve missed that.
Edit: add some tail weight or warp the elevators for a more smooth flight. If stalls add weight to the nose (you probably know that) definitely needs dihedral. Great work!
Thanks a lot for watching and suggestions specially about rubber band that I found at The Vintage Model Company UK, now the problem is the size for Guillow'S.... Ciao, Nanni
great build,looks nice
I love it too. Ciao
It looks really cool and you did a wonderful job building it. Too bad you did not get a good flight out of it and it broke but i am sure you will quickly get it sorted out quickly!
Hi my friend, done it's in perfect shape and after trimming it flys, not for long but nicely. Ciao
Thank you.
Thanks to you! Ciao
very nice work - keep making more! :)
Thank you, but next time a little nice flight is required... Ciao, Nanni
Nice work
Yes as a ....static model not bad... Ciao
10/10
!!!!!! thanks!
It seems tail heavy and might need some front weight. Were you able to balance it before the test flight?
I balanced a little then tested to finish the work... any how he engine is weak.. Thanks an ciao!
Looks good. Unfortunately it broke during the first flights, very sad.
Not sad! fixed!!
For the brave only.
Doing the same tests over and over again without trim or weight adjustments is madness.... seams tail heavy....
It depends on your skill I wanted do do the video and later I fixed now is perfect.! Ciao
Not sure why he tried a powered flight when the test glides weren’t good. It stalled and rolled each time. Adding thrust wasn’t going to help
Hi, before power flight I tested again and it seemed quite good.. any how I' not so god in fling this wonderful models. Ciao!
Tailheavy?
Not only! LOL, ciao
Where may I find a kit for this airplane?
Hi, good question: eBay!! Ciao, Nanni
Looks like the CG is not right.
Yes, I had a lot of comments on it, now it's fixed but the engine is too little to have good flights.. Ciao
The wing struts are installed backwards. Good build otherwise.
mmm ! Thanks!! Ciao
Did you get the plan to fly. It my next project
I tried some new settings, a little better but it's too heavy and the motor too short.....
What hapened to the dihydral?
And not only with that! Ciao!
Can you say...
"NOSE WEIGHT"?
Well the plane is balanced, perhaps a little more but not only this... Thanks, Nanni
Amazing! Congratulations on finding a hobby that also drastically reduces the birth rate!
Well!! There is time for all and not necessarily with a newcomer!! Ciao
Ok, I'm not a professional either. I probably couldn't do any better.
But building is so nice! Ciao
Audio management sucks!
Sorry, we youtubers are not professional but I think that important is what we say..... ciao