Spot On

[pease1]

Here's a slowflier I just finished - plans were Ron Fikes' "Spot" plans. Powerplant is a GWS-A (Lite Stik) Motor and gearbox. GWS R4 receiver, Wattage 5A ESC and 6-cell NiCad pack (or 9-volt NiMh). Dusted it with spray paint and covered with Renolds Crystal Wrap - blue color. Prop is a GWS 8x4.7

Wind won't let up for me to get a flight on it though :(

http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/aew/rc/spot/images/DSCN0969.jpg

[ 05-24-2001: Message edited by: Allan Wright ]

[pease1]

Oops! forgot, if you want to see more pictures go to this URL:

Spot Photos (http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/aew/rc/spot/)

[jimwalker]

How 'bout some spec's?

Looks great!

[pease1]

Um, posted all the details above, I don't have a scale so can't give you the weight or wing loading - sorry. Will have to get one, just waiting until I can afford some of that nice Sky Hooks & Rigging gear so I can add their scale to an order :-)

What other details are you interested in?
Oh, Ron has a web page for his plans at:
Ron's Models (http://www.geocities.com/srfikes/RonsModels.html)

The Spot plans are a take off of the TinyMoo plans. They don't have a full size wing drawing so I had to CAD that up, but other than that the plans are good.

Al

[pease1]

Dang - Ron doesn't seem to have a link to the Lite Stik plane from his main page. Try this link:

Ron's Lite Stik Flier (http://www.geocities.com/srfikes2001/LiteStik_flyer.html)

Oh and I only know Ron from his posts here and on the Lite Stik page, I don't get a cut if you buy his plans (they're only a few bucks anyways).

Al

[jimwalker]

I guess the weight, wingspan and a wing area were what I was looking for. The construction is very nice, I hope it flies well for you.

[pease1]

Wingspan is 30", I'm not sure of the area, but I can figure it out when I get home. I don't have the plans here and since the wing is tapered, I need to measure it to figure it out.

I may buy one of those cheap Wal-mart digital oz. scales today to get a rough idea of the flying weight.

Al

P.s. thanks for the well wishes - I hope it flies well too! 3 days of rain scheduled here though - BAH! Maybe I'll sneak into a local gymnasium......

[pease1]

Well I measured the wing and the total area is 242 sq. in. I'll try to get an all up weight on it soon....

[losiboy]

How does it fly? Have you tried any aerobatics?

[pease1]

Well I had only a few minutes to try it out the other day, the CG on the plans is too far back so I had 'crazy controls' until I got it adjusted. All my tests were from ROG for safety.

Once trimmed I tried a hand launch but didn't realize that all my test hops were only at 1/3-1/2 throttle. Hand lanuch at full stalled and overloaded the wing which cracked the LE. It's repaired, waiting for another calm day to try again. I'm set to go to my normal flying spot to try some full flights.

I'm not sure this thing will be much of an acrobat though. The undercamber airfoil along with the light wing structure really makes it a touch-and-go type of parkflier.

If it's a good flier I'll be makging a second one with a CF spar for strength and airfoil covered top and bottom. That should make it be able to handle acrobatics.

I'll report next flight, possibly add some movies to my page for it.

Thanks for asking,
Al (who's a better builder than pilot still)

[losiboy]

What covering is on it, it has a yellowish tint to it

[losiboy]

Oh, ANd where can I get plans for it ?

[pease1]

See the link above "Ron's Lite Stik Flier".
Ron Fikes sells the plans for a few bucks (really just to cover copying and shipping I imagine).

Ron also was helpfull answering by e-mail any of my questions about his plans.

Al

[pease1]

The covering is Renolds Crystal Wrap - color of the wrap is actually light blue, the digital camera had a tough time with the covering because of the light, both indoors and outside since it was an overcast day when I took the pictures.