Constable JL Visits The Filthie Hermit

 

And for once he’s not busting my chops about poohing in the public parks, vagrancy, spousal abuse, or being drunk and disorderly! 

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That’s about my skill level with the RC modelling too! Down in the Reclusium - Chunderbird One failed its preflight tests so badly that I just took it apart, scavenged the electronics and scrapped the rest. Try as I might I just couldn’t keep everything straight and square during the build and I just got so pissed off that I scrapped the entire project! The arrow shafts were too flexible and moved around during assembly, my home made wood fittings were too sloppy and an actual flight test was out of the question. But economic losses were negligible; I ended up scrapping about $6.00 worth of foam board and a few cents worth of scrap lumber bits that have kicked around the dungeon for eons. And all the time I wasted on it. But! I ain’t dead yet! I have another trash plane project in the works as we speak! Most of the bits n’ bobs like servos and receivers are spares and leftovers so another foolish attempt is on the board as we speak! And by Godfrey - I am back on the Dirtybird too - just laminating some wing spars as we speak. The failures are a major time sucking PITA… but I have months before I’m out flying in the sunshine again.

Allow me to refresh your memory - This is the Supersportster that I hope to build. Instead of glow, I’m thinking of a 20cc gas engine off Ali Baba. If there’s any modellers out there…how do I build that landing gear? I love the esthetics of the landing struts… if I can learn to solder cleanly and can clamp it up maybe I can do it…? But that is a little ways away yet. I still have a wing and fuselage to do yet… but it will come. That’s an awesome engine cowl on that beast too. If you guys have any ideas on how to go about that stuff - please leave your helpful advice in the comments.

This is the proposed side project I have. It looks simple and straightforward… but there’s a lot going on here and I have big reservations about V tail ruddervators and pushers. This guy built his in two days; but the hell of that is that he knows exactly what he’s doing because he does a lot of it. Apparently these trash planes can run fully autonomous flights up to 20 kilometres… I’m not interested in GPS/flight controller functions but might fit mine out with FPV. Apparently these things can last for years if properly constructed and taken care of. This might be a project for you too if you have kids and want to get into RC with them. The beauty of these is that if you crash them, a new airframe is easy and cheap to build - once you know what you’re doing.

Wish me luck, fellas - I’m gonna need it! 😂👍