Hobbico Classic Biplane

[t-turley]

I thought I'd give you guys a sneak peek at my new baby, the Hobbico Classic Biplane. 20.5" span, it will be powered by a rewound CD-ROM motor and 2 Kokam 1020s. It will be a couple of weeks before I can pick up the BL ESC for the CD-ROM motor, but I've already started on the conversion. I dry assembled the plane, and RTF it weighed 3.5 oz. I then determined where the stock balance point was, thinking that would be a good start for my CG. Then I gutted the model of the FF motor, cells, switch harness, and LG. This left me with a bare airframe that only weighs 1.75 oz. :D

I've had this jewel on backorder since March. The hobby shop owner and I just figured it was never going to be released, then it just showed up out of nowhere a few days ago. I went home Friday very, very happy! :cool:

Tony Turley

[t-turley]

FYI, here's a photo of a similar motor I'm using on my converted Sky Rider, although I've switched to an APC prop, which was like night and day in the performance department.

[micromind]

Hi Tony!

Looks like it ought to be a nice airplane!

Just the other day I was telling my brother how a guy I knew several years ago converted a foam Staggerwing to Cox .020 power. This was before there was much in the way of micro R/C. He had to strip everything down to make it work but when he finished it flew great.

I mentioned that I wished I could find a Staggerwing now and then I see your post! The one this guy converted was made by Tamiya I believe. They were rubber powered with a gearbox but they looked very scale.

Anyway, let us know how it goes!

Ray