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Post by coyote on Jan 22, 2014 19:21:55 GMT -4
Below are my RC reference books, I'm willing to loan them (for a limited time) but I have a book database and I intend to track loans using my book database - I'm getting old and have to write everything down 1) Scratch Building RC Airplanes - by Rich Uravitch, 1991 (Black & White) 2) Covering RC Airplanes - by Faye Stilley, 1992 (Black & White) 3) RC Airplane Building Techniques - by Randy Randolph, 1991 (Black & White) 4) There are no Secrets - by Harry Higley, 1981 (Black & White) 5) Master Modelling - by Harry Higley, 1983 (Black & White) 6) Model Building is Mostly Mounting - by Harry Higley, 1994 (Black & White) 7) 400 Great RC Tips - by Jim Newman, 1987 (Black & White) 8) How to use an Airbrush - by Robert Downie, 2008 (Colour) 9) Basics of RC Scale - by Patrick H Potega, 1982, (Black & White) 10) RC Modeller Magazine's Flight Training Course - by Ben Strasser and Tom Cone, 1974, (Black & White) I also have 3 Dave Platt DVDs (Black Art Series) - Building & Fiberglassing Techniques Vol 1, 2 and 3
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 20:17:01 GMT -4
Just one word of caution about Platt's building techniques! Super light, won't take any abuse, and his planes seemed to have been designed to survive a single scale competition, nothing more! I've had to do major mods to his 109 and Spit to handle day-to-day flying, and modern powerplants!
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Post by astroflyer on Jan 22, 2014 20:58:01 GMT -4
Not my experience. I had a platt spitfire built from his kit. Flew it for a number of years, flew it hard in fact. Beat it around some too. Eventually sold it and it's still out there on its fourth owner.
Was among my all time favorites. Superb flyer in my glow days. Very tough airplane.
Sent from my GT-N8010 using proboards
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Post by Richard on Jan 22, 2014 21:09:23 GMT -4
I would like to borrow the Platt DVD series .
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Post by coyote on Jan 22, 2014 21:29:51 GMT -4
Ok Gentlemen, Platt aircraft duel at 200 paces
Spit vs 109. :-)
PS: We'll sell tickets to raise funds for this year's porta pottie invoice!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 21:51:46 GMT -4
According to the plans, which I have, there's no fuselage crutch, and the wing mounting blocks are to be glued directly to the 1/8th balsa fuse sheeting. Same thing with the Me-109. I've probably got about 50 or so sets of scale plans, all of which use ply crutches to support wing mounting. I've built the Pica 1/5th, which is based on the Platt Spit, but had a fuse crutch, and proper support for the wing mounting blocks. If you build a Platt Spit or 109 totally as per the plans, and over-power it, you will rip the wings off. I've seen it happen, more than once.
Also, last year, I actually got in touch with Dave Platt, and discussed both aircraft, and the design philosophy behind them. They were specifically designed by him, for scale contests. Scale flying done right, places a whole lot less stress on the airframe, than someone "wringing it out" will do. I explained to him what I'd done in the way of mods, due to the engine types I was planning on using, and specifically for strength and longevity, and he completely agreed. You know the 1/5th Me-109 was designed to fly with a geared .60 2 stroke, or a conventional .90. People are now putting 26 -35 cc gassers in the 109, which it was never structurally designed to handle. I'll certainly take Dave Platt's word for it, that I was bang on doing what I did, based on the engine selection, and ruggedness that I wanted.
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