Herr Engineering Scout rubber band free flight

[@robedmunds7163]

Nice, love the way you have it all set up, nice skill.

[@philipschaefer8556]

I built one of these a few years back. Great flying good looking plane. Good job!

[@daleflying]

Well done!😎

[@freeflight4ever]

Very nicely built Scout. I built one myself back in '94, found it to be a fun build and a fantastic flyer. Is that the Lakeville CA flying site? I used to fly there with the Marin Aero Club, a great group of guys.

[@jordansrc4245]

It’s Sam 27 I believe

[@kastelljunior]

Great job! Wonderful!

[@4praline]

ouf !! je pensais que tu avais construit aussi une piste d'atterrissage !!

[@markod1977]

Beautiful airplane!

[@clovisaraujocruz5921]

Prezado amigo...vc poderia me dizer o tipo de elástico que vc usou...importado ou nacional

[@lenhadorpolones1767]

Oi meu amigo boa noite , com certeza é elastico importado e é da marca Fai , muito difícil de encontrar por aqui no Brasil.

[@SharphandXeno]

Hey! That's me!

[@patrickbarna4546]

lol

[@larryjessup266]

That airplane resembles a bigger version of the flying aces moth..cool . What did you use in at 4 rubber

[@SharphandXeno]

Hi! I'm actually building a Flying Aces Moth! That flight was 4 strands of 3/16'' rubber (unbraided) and 500 turns.

[@larryjessup266]

I was looking at the kit hat you're plane was made from and I like the looks of the frame ..wide wing

[@aeromodeller1]

@@SharphandXeno How long? The plan says a 21" loop. My rubber will differ from yours, but a 21" loop with 4 strands of 3/16" should take up to 1,259 turns. At 500 turns, you are getting about 40% of maximum, and the plane is climbing a bit. A plane should fly level with more turns than that, about 60-70% (depending on the exact shape of the torque curve). This suggests you could use a longer, thinner motor of the same weight. The next smallest standard size of rubber is 1/8". A 31" loop with 4 strands of 1/8" will take up to 2,312 turns. It takes more turns because it is thinner, taking more turns per inch, and longer. This motor will weigh the same, so will not disturb the center of gravity (CG). Your plane is flying well, it looks like the CG is in the right place. I notice you have clay stuck to the landing gear to balance your plane. It is close to the trim center of gravity. You can get the same balance point with less weight located farther forward. Usually we put our ballast weight in the nose of the plane, sometimes in the nose block. Decide where you would put your weight and measure the distance to the trim CG. Measure the distance from your present ballast to the trim CG and weigh the ballast. The product of the distances times the respective weights should be equal. This will allow you to calculate the weight required to achieve the balance with less weight. Weight is detrimental to flight. If you build another Scout, select the lightest balsa from the material supplied for the fin and tailplane. Making the tail light will require less nose ballast. A nose heavy plane allows you to use a heavier motor, which will carry more energy for flight. You should not add weight to the tail to balance a plane. I am going to contradict the instructions. Normally we use a right handed propeller which means the motor rolls the plane to the left, causing the plane to turn left. When flying outdoors with full power, the motor torque can roll the plane so far left that it sideslips left into the ground. If you want to get the longest, highest flight outdoors, it is preferred to fly right under power. Transition from right to left can cause a stall, so it is preferred to descend turning to the right also. (There are exceptions, but those exceptions must be justified.) The best way to trim a model is to start trimming for a large right circle in glide. To do that, you use a short, thick motor to get the plane up just a little way and have the motor run out. Trim glide turn with the rudder. Once you have a proper glide turn, replace the motor with the long, thin motor and gradually increase the number of turns put into the model. As the number of turns gets up near the maximum, the torque will roll the plane left, opening up the right circle. Use right thrust to overcome the left roll of the motor and achieve the right turn circle you want.

[@SharphandXeno]

@@aeromodeller1 Actually I've since picked up a way better winder and installed a braded motor from 3/16" rubber using this guide: freeflight.org/Library/TechLibrary/RubberMotorBraiding.pdf I put in a little over 1,000 turns and was able to get a 3 minute flight (it was very thermaly that day). However the sky gods were nice and let me have my plane back, it doesn't even have a dethermalizer (yet)

[@aeromodeller1]

@@SharphandXeno That's great!

[@hobbysnake]

Excelente 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@MuskanGupta-yv1yf]

nice bro i love it

[@aidanwelly]

selamat👏👏 penerbangan yang indah, 🥰👍🙏

[@origamiharrihadi]

cool

[@Abderrahmane_Aitouche]

Bravo ................... 🔦🎓👍🌷

[@widyasutomo]

Luar biasa...amazing👍

[@marosmark679]

Nice

[@clovisaraujocruz5921]

Bem já vi que você não está no Brasil...

[@kapalnekayan8988]

Yes🥰🥰🥰🥰✌✌✌✌😆😆😆 🤜🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@nisamwenderlan9195]

Cool

[@robloxianplays6793]

wow awseome

[@Truth-forever]

Шуруповёрт в помощь

[@harshwandhekar]

Op well

[@dominiquelambert6300]

Pas.à dire, simplicité=cà vole bien sans soucis, sans batteries qui implosent, en.silence, moteur quasi incassable, on.renoue avec l.origine de l'aeromodelisme..et d un prix modique,

[@минмин-в3ы]

f

[@jasonk795]

Whitewings gliders fly higher and longer. Very disappointing.

[@jordansrc4245]

Sorry that my content isn’t appealing to you specifically

[@SharphandXeno]

Builder of this finely made flying machine here, This flight was on only 500 turns, however it can take over 1,000 turns of the rubber motor and can and has flown for minutes at a time on thermals after running out of power. I've messed around with WhiteWings gliders too, they're quite fun but you have to appreciate the hard work that went into building this rubber power ship.

[@jasonk795]

@@SharphandXeno the prop spins slower and slower as the rubber band unwinds. At first spinning to fast the to slow. What you end up with is more drag with the prop not doing anything. It also adds weight. White wings catch thermals to. I've had them stay in the air for at lease 4 minutes. Just keeps catching that thermal over and over again.

[@jordansrc4245]

@@jasonk795 weird flex but okay