A Tomboy at it again
Posted: 18 Jan 2019, 20:20
Hello All
During the Christmas period I knocked out a few Vic Smeed models as light relief after spending the best part of 7 months building a CNC Router for my workshop.
The models I built are a Poppet and a Tomboy.
I had previously built a Poppet back in 1966 when still in school. It was built as a Free Flight plane and it flew exceptionally well, so well in fact that it eventually flew off never to be seen again. It seemed only right to build another one 53 years later.
When building the Tomboy I decide to increase the wingspan by two rib bays overall with a corresponding one rib bay on the stab. Both the Poppet and the Tomboy are powered with refurbished Cox 049 Babe Bee engines which I had accumulated over the years.
The intention with both models was to fly them rudder only using the SC transmitter I had built 18 months ago using Martins single channel transmitter design.
The Poppet is yet to fly however I have been having great fun flying the Tomboy. Testing was done using proportional radio to start with and then switched over to using the SC transmitter once I had a feel for the model.
Using a button again certainly brings back memories of the late sixties with an OS Pixie set flying a Veron Mini Concord.
I attach a link to a short video of the Tomboy flying last weekend.
During the Christmas period I knocked out a few Vic Smeed models as light relief after spending the best part of 7 months building a CNC Router for my workshop.
The models I built are a Poppet and a Tomboy.
I had previously built a Poppet back in 1966 when still in school. It was built as a Free Flight plane and it flew exceptionally well, so well in fact that it eventually flew off never to be seen again. It seemed only right to build another one 53 years later.
When building the Tomboy I decide to increase the wingspan by two rib bays overall with a corresponding one rib bay on the stab. Both the Poppet and the Tomboy are powered with refurbished Cox 049 Babe Bee engines which I had accumulated over the years.
The intention with both models was to fly them rudder only using the SC transmitter I had built 18 months ago using Martins single channel transmitter design.
The Poppet is yet to fly however I have been having great fun flying the Tomboy. Testing was done using proportional radio to start with and then switched over to using the SC transmitter once I had a feel for the model.
Using a button again certainly brings back memories of the late sixties with an OS Pixie set flying a Veron Mini Concord.
I attach a link to a short video of the Tomboy flying last weekend.