1920's Powered Glider, capacitor electric drive, from Bill Warner plans!

[@kayeninetwo3585]

Happy Anniversary! Plane was flying good by the end of the video. I'm glad that you show your problems along with your triumphs in these videos. It makes those of us who are less talented builders realize that gifted builders have similar trials and tribulations. It mostly shows that the problems we encounter along the way are fixable. Thanks!

[@TheWeevilGenius]

Thanks for the great video! Brought back a lot of good memories. I took a model flight class in LA way back in the seventies that Bill Warner taught. I remember building this model from plans (Model Builder magazine I think) Flew great. Your cap powered model is awesome!

[@joshuawfinn]

Dang. That's crazy cool that you got to meet him. He did some wonderful things for our hobby.

[@836dmar]

Really cool little project. Glad you got it figured out. Congrats on the anniversary!

[@JejetRC]

I’ve been building one of these, and then you come out with a video on it, pretty cool!

[@johnnydavidcreative]

Happy Anniversary, You guys! Have a great celebration - nice plane - caught some thermals there!!!!!!! 😃

[@hkguitar1984]

Very, Very Cool, Thank You for sharing this.

[@williamrobinson7435]

Many congratulations to you both for your 10th anniversary! 🎉That's a cool and quirky little plane there, I like the patterns with enhanced dihedral, and I LOVE the little fellow up front. Cool hat for a pilot. Nice one folks! 👍❤️

[@joshuawfinn]

Thank you!

[@arneldobumatay3702]

Adding dihedral really helped. One thing I noticed was that the first wing to drop dictated the plane was going to circle in. Lift wing drop: counterclockwise flight. Opposite for a right wing dropping first. Love your .50 cal machine gun T-shirt!

[@joshuawfinn]

Thank you!

[@04hams]

Welll ! Very well. How many is the capacity of your capacitor an the voltage ? Wat is the time of the charge ? Thank you very much.

[@crewsdotdan]

Good thing that pilot finally learned how to fly. Was half expecting you'd need a memorial for the poor guy!

[@joshuawfinn]

I thought sure he was gonna be decapitated before the end!

[@vwtrey100]

Really cool. I think I’ll have to try that.

[@sablatnic8030]

I'm impressed, has way more power than the real one ever had!

[@douglasslayback3441]

Somebody got their 10000 steps today…and grats on the special day…I think 10yrs is balsa😉

[@joshuawfinn]

Thank you!

[@alirezaradsadeghinia4986]

I love this video .. What if we double the scale of this model ?

[@joshuawfinn]

I unfortunately don't have time to pursue that right now, but I expect you would get very good performance. Probably a bit easier to trim too.

[@alirezaradsadeghinia4986]

@@joshuawfinn Thank you very much for sharing this movie ..the model is one of my favorite ones but I have never had time to build and test it ..I always wanted to see its performance ..also I love free flight scale model since childhood and even now that I am 54 .I cannot look at them as toy .My job is very heavy and complex I am system engineer and this category of models act as strong pacifiers for my mind ..I love them so much specially their construction help.me to isolate my mind from the busy world ..they give me more focus and concentration ..I told these things to remind you why your craft and particularly its highest performance seemed to me amazing ...If you have any suggestion idea for suitable elecric motor specifications for a scale extended by double sizes I would appreciate it should you share it with me ..the weight and power are very important parameters and your practical experience and sense do matter in chosing and purchasing the right stuff with the lower leves of performance failure risks and cost ..also the most power ful and endurance and minimum weight battary which I should consider . Really thank you for care and reply .. I have found its last perfomance amazing ..what I have always dreamed in my mind ..

[@larzhillbot1443]

You are so lucky to be able to fly out side your door step I have to go to the local ball field early in the Am before the kids come out to play Love the super cap setup Josh is it ok to light coat a stick and tissue model with clear craft sealer to some what water proof in the am i am always dealing with wet grass

[@joshuawfinn]

For bare balsa, an extremely thin coat of minwax spar varnish really helps. Tissue needs to be sealed with nitrate dope to maintain reasonable water resistance, however plastic covering is the best solution in wet weather.

[@chriswitkowsky7058]

nice landscape. where is it?

[@joshuawfinn]

That's my back yard 😀

[@offtopicjes]

so josh, i have a model pacer that is capacitor powered but i have not bought the capacitor yet cuz i dont know what to buy. it has the motor from the hobby zone champ and i would like to have it run for 15-20 seconds, what should i buy?

[@joshuawfinn]

I'd say anywhere in the 10-20F range, rated for 3V or maybe 3.8V.

[@offtopicjes]

thanks! i just got them@@joshuawfinn

[@thebalsaboy]

Great little all balsa model. Love the design… just like a 1920s primary glider! Will you be selling this on your website/store? I’d love to pick one up.

[@joshuawfinn]

Still trying to decide whether I want to order wood to manufacture them...fun airplane for sure though!

[@thebalsaboy]

@@joshuawfinn I think you should, I’ve seen the plan before too.

[@stanburdick9708]

More cowbell😎

[@joshuawfinn]

Hahahaha!

[@nigelhutt9921]

That is awesome

[@chrishushak3562]

I thought 10th wedding anniversary gift was tin. Balsa is MUCH better. Congratulations and best wishes for many more... anniversaries AND planes.

[@oldaviator]

Please tell me what material the wings are?🛩

[@joshuawfinn]

It's all balsa :)

[@prep0wer]

A propeller speed reduction unit (bigger propeller is better) also counteracts the torque in the motor. The gears will only wear out very fast with any grit.

[@prep0wer]

Next a capacitor pusher Ideal “Loop the Loop” glider?

[@joshuawfinn]

Can you send me plans for that?

[@prep0wer]

@@joshuawfinn I am sorry but I do not have the plans. I would just change front and back wing to make it a canard.

[@aidanwelly]

Istimewa 👍👍

[@nevillecreativitymentor]

this is where REAL AVIATION happens .

[@raffaelmartins777]

Looks like the Demoisele by Brazilian Santos Dumont .

[@associatedblacksheepandmisfits]

Nice one.

[@onmyworkbench7000]

Like I said in a previous video I would invest in a BUSH HOG and a CHAINSAW, I like the image on your TEE SHIRT at the end of the video.

[@joshuawfinn]

We were able to get the tractor running better this year so that field is well kept. Will take care of the trees at some point.

[@Jkauppa]

could be hand cranked too, nice model toy

[@Jkauppa]

even directly from a propeller shaft detach gear, simple construction

[@Jkauppa]

looks like a bird

[@Jkauppa]

simple dc emf brushless motor, no wearing out, just swap rotor

[@Jkauppa]

if you add solar elements to/as the glider wings, flies long time

[@Jkauppa]

the blue single cell thin solar panel modules

[@alfredlebeau3137]

Trait flight a hangar or bascebal fell closets for experimental see look like tha flight 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👍🏻🇵🇦🤔

[@lukemaney645]

Ok...first rule of flying...Never, Never fly when trees are nearby!

[@NatedoGP]

Can you please change your intro or make it quieter so it isn’t 5x as loud as the rest of the video?

[@joshuawfinn]

I definitely need to work on that. Frankly time to record a new intro.

[@NatedoGP]

@@joshuawfinn 👍🏻

[@alfredlebeau3137]

Is cool glider wid dirit a diedral angul flight mos bether👋🏻👋🏻👍🏻🇵🇦

[@michaelwhinnery164]

You may have done more harm than good in posting this video, seems like that thing needs a bit more tuning and tweaking before it's ready for the marketplace . I am not impressed.