[Sukhoi 68]

Good to see everyone is finished and flying. I have been flying mine for two seasons now with the OS .40 FS and its a fun Sunday flier if there's no strong wind. Since I built the moth, I have finished a 1/4 scale Sig Clipped Wing, a Pica 1/5 scale Cessna 182, an Astro Hog and a Four-Star 60, all by Sig. This winter's builds include a Balsa USA Tri-Plane, a 1/5 scale Stinson SR8, a Unionville Norseman and some re-build odds and ends including a scratch-built Fokker D7 and a Dave Platte Focke Wulfe. I guess you would say I love to build.

Ace

[Wingnutz]

Dunno it this thread is still active but had such a good time with the maiden flight of my DAD's (at nearly 90, he built it!) Unionville Tiger Moth I just had to try to post.
Flew the model last night as the weather was perfect...wind about 3 kph straight down the club field and...the grass had just been cut! Perfect!
The model has been complete for over a year and just waiting for the right conditions to present when I could get to the field. It was worth the wait!
My dad trained with the RAF in Scotland during WWII on...you guessed it deHavilland Tiger Moth! The colour scheme on dad's model is the same as the trainers were painted when he flew them in 1941-1942.
Motor is a Rimfire 32 powered by a 5000mah 4s battery.
Taxiing was pretty routine on the freshly cut grass and take-off was a non event...no nose-overs, no rocketship climb, just a gentle slow rise off the grass.
NO CLICKS of trim required!
All too soon we were landing which went well too, scale roll-out and no nose-over! Well...roll to a stop, tail up...and down. (does that count?)
Sorry no in the air photos...yet
Will re-post when the model is prettied up!
Bill

[ace mcfee]

Bill:

This is a very nice Tiger Moth. I built the same Unionville Tiger Moth for my son a couple of years ago (this one was all yellow). They fly beautifully, and with a little power, can do all the stunts that the full-sized Moth was capable of. Although my son lives in Alberta and is very active with RC in the Edmonton area, we do get to fly together once in a while. Enjoy your Moth.

Ace

[Sukhoi 68]

Great looking Moth! The Unionville kits are great flying models! 12' Beaver on the build schedule for this winter......

Scott