NightStik

[Sr71fan]

After two years, I'm STILL having a blast with these GWS Stik Things. :)

Is this indoors, or out? :D

Gary

[FLB]

Hi Sr71fan,

Night flight with obstacles and table landing (?)... :D
I understand you.

FLB

[Sr71fan]

FLB,

Table takeoffs and T&Gs, but no table landings due to lack of brakes. Hmmm.... that gives me an idea. Anyone got any WIRE? :rolleyes:

Here's another shot... Photos by me.

Gary

[t-turley]

Gary! Where've you been hiding? I would have expected another new model (or ten) from you by now. :D

Tony

[Sr71fan]

Tony,

Well, I helped a friend design this...

[Sr71fan]

Michael Connally of Mineral Wells, TX flies the heck out of it. I call it the "OuttaRound". I took the pictures while he was flying.

Gary

[Sr71fan]

I made some changes to the ever-popular "And Now" such as "all-flying tail feathers" and christened this one the "And How". It's a lot of fun. Michael Connally took the photo.

And what has Tony been up to?

Gary

[t-turley]

Gary,

How about a 24" upscale of Chris O'Riley's Micro Pitts? :D Not quite ready yet, but getting close.

Tony

[Sr71fan]

Tony,

Way too cool. Anxious to see it in the air. Very nice work. I knew you were hiding something. :)

I'm almost ready to fly my FanTastic Models GeeBee.

Gary

[t-turley]

Gary,

That's going to be cool! Your model room there has some interesting things, too. Is that one of the little Funcraft FF models in the LL corner? And is that a BE18 hanging from the ceiling behind the Wing-E?

Tony

[Sr71fan]

Tony,

In the lower left of the photo is a Cox Highway Patrol free-flighter from Wal-Mart. It looks a lot like a Cessna with the newer-model swept tail. It flies great as a FF; haven't converted it yet.

I don't know what a BE18 is, or a Wing-E. In the top left is a SimProp Spad XIII, to the right of it is an IFO (SFO), the next one to the right is a Scooter wing which flies without the rest of the Scooter, and finally, a little piece of my profile B-25. Behind me is the red tandem-wing DragonStik, and to the right of it is an Ed Couch design called an NG2 (for Next Generation 2). It looks a lot like the popular Kolibri, but has some improvements.

Did that answer your questions? :confused:

Gary :)

[t-turley]

Yep, that got 'em, Gary. I just misidentified all three, is all. :o I started to guess B-25, then thought that the wing & fin structures looked like a Be-18, which is an old Beech twin. I thought the Scooter wing was a Wing-E, a model I've seen on E-Zone.

Tony

[micromind]

Hi Gary!
Nice looking Gee Bee! :D

I have one question though, maybe I missed it in previous threads but what in the heck was the "Dragonstik" made from? The P-38 from another thread, the Dragonstik, man we could start a show called "Junkyard Parkflyers"!:D

Really though, I've "hacked" a few things together in my time but that one really caught my eye. (Maybe cause I probably have all that stuff, just not put together like yours):eek:

Ray

[Sr71fan]

Ray,

The DragonStik is simply two sets of LiteStik or PicoStick wings put on a single fuselage. I added a tail boom using part of the stick from the second kit and attached a vertical stab and rudder.
Elevons are on the rear wing. There is no horizontal tail. Powered by the motor and gears that came in one of the kits (DX-A) and 10/4.7

I love to experiment. :)

I never did a thread on it.

Here's another photo.

Gary

[Sr71fan]

Tony,

I really feel stupid, now. I know what a Beech 18 is... I just never saw it as "BE18". That gives me an idea!:D

Have you flown the Pitts?

Gary

[t-turley]

Originally posted by Sr71fan
Tony,

I really feel stupid, now. I know what a Beech 18 is... I just never saw it as "BE18". That gives me an idea!:D

Have you flown the Pitts?

Gary

Gary,

Don't feel bad; I've worked for the FAA for 15+ years, and even with 9 of those years in the Tower, I'm not the greatest at identifying aircraft. As for the Pitts: it flies great!! The way I have the Orion Elite Micro Modified geared (6:1, 9x6 APC SF, 2x1020 Kokams), the motor is loafing, but the plane still has plenty of power.

Tony