[bmwkadet]

Originally Posted by Muldoer

Recon: that pic just adds to the mystique of canadians hardened by the cold..apparently we can go out in t-shirts during winter time and not feel a thing.

I know from experience too. Middle of winter, -40 degrees, and I go out to quickly lock the garage without a coat. If the run to the garage wasn't bad enough, the door handle freezing was. I rang the doorbell about 20 times and my dad took his time coming to the door. Talk about cold!!!!

Speaking of flying the deb in the winter, I just flew mine last week. It was only a few degrees below zero, but I saw no problems with the coro or drainpipe.

[britbrat]

Coro will crack too. My Blue Movie SPAD broke in half right behind the wing saddle (after an inverted landing).

[MalhamCove]

Originally Posted by britbrat

Coro will crack too. My Blue Movie SPAD broke in half right behind the wing saddle (after an inverted landing).

Can you please tell me where I can get plans for the Blue Movie 2
Thanks

[britbrat]

OK -- I'll get back to you. It is a Peter Miller design & one of the first SPAD-types. He lives in England & is still designing models. We have modified it considerably, so if you do it ,you will need some input from me, or one of my Blue Movie buddies.

[voyager_663rd]

Maybe it's just the way I land but I found that using a coro fuse (instead of the pvc pipe) it tended to "bow" just in front of the gear (weight of the engine I guess) after many landings it looks like the front end of the concorde when parked. straight from gear back but bent nose from gear forward. A little elevator trim fixed the flying part--still flew nice but it did bend down over time

[britbrat]

The front end of the Blue Movie is doubled internally with coro & also supported by extensions of the engine bearers. -- no droop.

[britbrat]

The Blue Movie is heavily reinforced in the forward fuse & doesn't sag.

[MalhamCove]

Thanks Britbrat I appreciate your help.

Yes I knew it was a Pete Miller design. Forget now just what site on the Net I saw it.
I have the plans for a Pete Miller design - Moondancer25. Got them a couple of months ago. I saw the design in Oct.96 Radio Modeller whilst in the UK.

Had an idea. If you're willing to part with your Blue Movie 2 plans temporarily and can mail them to me, I can quickly duplicate them as I live downtown Toronto near a Kinkos outlet who can do the job in 20 seconds. I'll chuck in a copy of the Moondancer + magazine article and ship the lot back to you for your effort. Your call either way.
Drop me an e-mail if you like and we can sort out address.

Oh, what size motor for the Blue Movie? Hope its a 25

Again, thanks for your help.

[britbrat]

The Blue Movie plans belong to a friend & we will both be away for 2 weeks, so unfortunately you will have to wait for a little bit. The plans aren't in great shape.

Interestingly, we have a Moondancer in our club, but I doubt if the plans still exist here.

The original Blue Movie 2 was OK, but not a hot performer on a .25, but that was many years ago. A modern .25 hot rod motor would probably be fine. Peter got much better performance from a .32 at that time (early '90s). We use .40s or .46s in our Blue Movies. Our fuselages have been narrowed & the wingspan increased to ~ 50" from the original 40". We have also cleaned up the noses, but no other changes. They really work well -- fast, very aerobatic & really tough. I have even made a set of trainer wings (with dihedral) for teaching & the plane can be flow by a beginner in that configuration.

[MalhamCove]

Many thanks for all your info britbrat re the Blue Movie 2.

Enjoy your 2 week trip. Talk later.