RCCanada - Canada Radio Controlled Hobby Forum

General RC Aircraft Discussion Discuss anything RC related

Thread: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate) Reply to Thread

Title:

Message:

Additional Options
Miscellaneous Options Automatically parse links in text Automatically embed media (requires automatic parsing of links in text to be on).

Topic Review (Newest First)

05-16-2010 09:48 PM

darrenR

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

Quote:

Originally Posted by robpreston

.. but man it was fast...

might need brakes on her!!

My neck is so burnt

looks like I was wearing a neck strap from 9am till 9pm lol

05-16-2010 09:39 PM

thuebner

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

Quote:

Originally Posted by robpreston

well I took it up today!!!!
and yes there was wind. and Boy it was fast !!!!
flew around the field four laps after trimming it out, so I was getting use to the plane and I was getting comfortable so I was starting to make passes over the runway and trying to find that right speed for landing... well I guess I could of went a little slower but I didn't it was coming in hot.. I got it on the ground and I saw it was headed toward the the side of the runway so I input some rudder to keep it on the runway and it cartwheeled on me...that striped a servo other than that all good.. but man it was fast...

Glad to hear it lives to fly another day.

Trav

05-16-2010 09:34 PM

robpreston

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

05-16-2010 11:27 AM

chuebner

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

Quote:

Originally Posted by thuebner

The Ultimates looke good guys. How well do they fly? I really enjoy my Hog Bipe but would like a little smaller bipe that I can leave assembled to transport. Great Planes Ultimate or the Sig Smith Mini are a couple of options. Chuebner has a World Models Ultimate and it is a blast to fly and super easy to land.

Trav

Thar she be in all her glory!!

Cheers
Curt

PS: Great looking planes guys!!

05-16-2010 10:34 AM

thuebner

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

Quote:

Originally Posted by robpreston

Well I wish I could tell you... I chickened out today... But I did Taxi it around today...lol wind was up and down like a working girls drawers.. thought I would Maiden it today but like I said, I grew some feathers....

??:

I usualy wait for perfect conditions before maidening my new planes as well. Let us know how it turns out.

Trav

05-15-2010 09:17 PM

robpreston

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

Quote:

Originally Posted by thuebner

The Ultimates looke good guys. How well do they fly? I really enjoy my Hog Bipe but would like a little smaller bipe that I can leave assembled to transport. Great Planes Ultimate or the Sig Smith Mini are a couple of options. Chuebner has a World Models Ultimate and it is a blast to fly and super easy to land.

Trav

??:

05-15-2010 09:08 PM

thuebner

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

The Ultimates looke good guys. How well do they fly? I really enjoy my Hog Bipe but would like a little smaller bipe that I can leave assembled to transport. Great Planes Ultimate or the Sig Smith Mini are a couple of options. Chuebner has a World Models Ultimate and it is a blast to fly and super easy to land.

Trav

05-15-2010 08:21 PM

dastallen

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

nice finish to the ultimate, I agree with the wheel pants, they do lack durability, mine are cracking already after 3 flights. I did a couple of things not on the plans. Used blind nuts for the bottom wing mount, made servo tray removable. Left the canbane inside, used a bit of CA after they were tightened. Also the cowl, I am glad I followed the recommendation of using fiberglass on the seam inside.
Put a saito 72 in also went with a 90 oz servo for the airelons.

Here is how it turned out. don't let the blue fool ya, it is actually pearl purple, not sure why the digital camera dosen't like purple??

05-14-2010 01:11 PM

Daren71

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

Quote:

Originally Posted by robpreston

hey Daren71
I put the cage on the out side just for the simple fact that I want to know if there is anything loose. If I see it tight against the side of the fuse and it has no play then i have no worries, but if the cage was on the inside like the plans state then I would always be unsure or trying to tighten them up all the time.
as for the other Question I just wanted to put the servo's on the back of the fuse so the push rods would be shorter and stronger so there would be no flexing in the push rods.. but as for the CG. I did put it on the balancer today and found that I only have to add 3/4 of an oz. to the nose or just move my battery...

But thanks for asking... I may not be right but like I said, Its my first build.

Thanks Rob. On the cabane, I'm going to put mine inside, but using locknuts so they don't come loose.

I never considered putting the servos outside. I'm using the stock tray, in the stock location. Hopefully, it will balance OK. I'm using an OS 55ax for mine, so weight wise, our planes should be pretty close. I am going to use a Bisson muffler though, and they do weigh a bit less than the stock OS muffler.

The airplane looks great by the way, hope the maiden goes well.

Take care, Daren

05-14-2010 10:07 AM

robpreston

Re: My First Build (Great Planes Ultimate)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derrick

I hear that you also got bit by the heli bug......

yup but it's your fault !
I saw how much fun you were having....lol

This thread has more than 10 replies. Click here to review the whole thread.

Posting Rules
You may post new threads You may post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Forum Rules

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:13 AM.