The Golden Eagle III : first flights

Preparation and first flights. Scratch built rubber powered Wakefield model according to a plan by Keith Palmer. Constructor of the original model : Harald W. Orwin, Norway, in year 1937. Orwin came 2nd with the Golden Eagle III (Kongeörn) on the 'Scandinavian' of the year 1937.
A first plan of the model was published in Frank Zaic's Model Aeronautics Yearbook 1938.
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[@harrykeel8557]

The gliding test flights were what every builder dreams about, awesome. The powered flights were the icing on the cake. Can't wait until you fly it again.

[@rubberfly]

Thanks for your comment! I will try to fulfill your wish to see more of the Golden Eagle. A good idea for a new video. Greetings from Switzerland.

[@burnerjack01]

Brings back childhood memories. A truly wonderful time. Launched innumerable Guillow's of every variety and many scratch built but could never make an acceptable prop thrust bearing. Such a beautiful plane.

[@rubberfly]

Thank you very much for the comment. The exact prop thrust bearing is probably still underestimated. On the Golden Eagle I use bored bicycle nipples and axial ball bearings. I can make good adjustments with the three screws between the nose and the fuselage.

[@freeflight7750]

Beautiful fly, beautiful field, beautiful plane.

[@MakeHobbyRC]

Fabulous machine!! so calm, effortless... and so much work on it! All in a beautiful Swiss landscape ;)

[@backtosleep]

I love the planes you built. They fly so well and you are a very skilled builder and tuner with these planes. I very much enjoy the videos you make. They put a smile on my face. I can almost feel I'm there.

[@rubberfly]

Thank you! Greetings from Switzerland.

[@backtosleep]

@@rubberfly Greetings to you from Canada.

[@matthewobregon4803]

Beautiful airplane sir!

[@erickgalaz5585]

What a wonderful thing sir! Thank you so much for sharing... I was having a bad day and you relieved me...

[@carlhanson7761]

Very nice cart and plane setup 😊

[@rubberfly]

Thank you. 😁 I often need the bicycle trailer. Cars are not allowed in my fields...

[@robertpapps3618]

Beautiful!

[@MA-iv7ol]

Beautiful airplane and flight, well done!

[@MarkRobinson555]

What a beautiful video, thank you. That bird is so well made and flew so well, a joy to watch, thank you for sharing, very enjoyable

[@rubberfly]

Thank you!

[@box7003]

any obstacle is like a magnet you will eventually hit it. Rubber flight has many memories for me.

[@Colin399]

That is a beautiful model

[@rubberfly]

Thank you!

[@crashrr2993]

Fabulous model and flight. Darn those arboreal tissue magnets!

[@rubberfly]

Thank you. Apt word creation. Grrrr..

[@mbasiletti]

What a beautiful bird! With that much rubber (20 strands!) It must feel like a real fight to hold the prop before launch.

[@rubberfly]

Thanks. Luckily, the 20-inch prop is tall enough to provide adequate leverage. So far I've only felt the power from half of the max turns...

[@kenkingsflyingmachines2382]

Incredible! I have been looking at that plan in Zaic's yearbook for 30 years and always wanted to build one. It flies as well as I thought it would. Thanks for posting and be careful with that old bird!

[@rubberfly]

Thank you very much for your comment. I came across the model while browsing ebay for old 'Aeromodeller' magazines. It is the cover of the February 2016 issue. Building this model was the goal. First I had to acquire some skills with other models until I trusted myself to build it then thanks to Keith Palmer's plan.

[@craigh3381]

Beautiful model..thank you for sharing..enjoying your videos and hope to see more...from old Texas freeflyer...thanks

[@rubberfly]

Thank you very much. There will certainly be more to come from Golden Eagle. Greetings from Switzerland 😁

[@peterziegler550]

Andreas, what a wonderful and special model. I am left with only amazement and an open mouth when watching the film. Wonderful shots and not everyday! I look forward to seeing the model fly next month in the Gheid. Congratulations on this extraordinary construction.

[@rubberfly]

Peter, thanks for your comment. Of course I'm already looking forward to our next meeting in the Gheid. By the way, I was thinking of a comment you made about the Felix when I got to the color. As far as I remember you would have made this one in red too.

[@kevinbrennan6546]

impressive flights!!!

[@randyburros6305]

Pure Beauty

[@thymekiller]

the one tree in the whole field.... beautiful plane.

[@rubberfly]

An plane eater. Grrrrr....

[@qiangqiangpan2362]

So big big, so beautiful.

[@rubberfly]

Thank you qiangqiang pan.

[@1freedlander]

Thank you!

[@ericboehm9457]

Wonderful!!

[@rubberfly]

Thank you!

[@ilyafaden1789]

That is a great model.

[@rubberfly]

Thank you!

[@TAT660X]

Fabulous

[@pdel303]

superb

[@rubberfly]

Thank you!😁

[@aries_2111]

Good job 👍

[@rubberfly]

Thank you!

[@aidanwelly]

Pesawat Indah terbang di tempat yang indah dengan pemandangan yang indah pula.. Sungguh luar biasa.. 😍🥰🥰👍👍👍👍

[@rubberfly]

Terima kasih Aidan Welly, tempat indah ada pohon palem...? ;-)

[@clintonsmith9931]

Couldn’t fly that ting in 40 mph winds in West Texas. Would grow very old waiting for calm winds.

[@rubberfly]

In your region I would probably be busy making kites ;-)

[@Ra_dio_Iberico_ea4ggc]

Precioso modelo para ser un GOMAS de vuelo libre, en los tiempos de las Bicis Eléctricas, en el Remolque hay que llevar un aero-modelo de Vuelo Libre con el motor de gomas. ¿Que paso? Con la Crisis no hay para un Motorcito de un CD-DVD adaptado eléctrico.... Eso es que te gusta, darle a retorcer la Goma.... ¿A que si?.

[@thebalsaboy]

What a beauty! How long did you take to build it? And did you use tissue because of so then you did an outstanding job on that!

[@rubberfly]

Thank you balsa boy. Around 100 hours... Carving the prop in one piece with the spinner was a real challenge. The model is covered all around with Asuka tissue.

[@thebalsaboy]

@@rubberfly sounds like a challenge because it only do you have to carve a larger prop, but you have to have a nose cone not come separately with it. How do you shrink it? A type of dope? Heat shrink? Because I want to have that kind of beautifully wrapped tissue on my models

[@rubberfly]

@@thebalsaboy I covered the fuselage with wet Asuka. In five strips. The Asuka tissue can be slightly warped when wet. The wing and tail are dry-covered and only attached to the edges with GlueStick. Then these edges were additionally fixed with 'Aeronaut Spanlack'. Then wet it with a water mister and fix it on the construction board while it dries. This was followed by 6 layers of diluted dope varnish each fixed for one day to dry. After fine intermediate sanding with 320 grit, the final matt varnish.

[@thebalsaboy]

@@rubberfly thanks for the tips, I’ll use those soon.

[@themadhondaguy2090]

Where do you get your kits from?

[@rubberfly]

I build most models 'scratch build' according to plan without kit. I have also built models from the following manufacturers (with flight videos on my channel): Volaré Products, Peck Polymers, Easy Build and The Vintage Model Company.

[@witoldolbrych3140]

And... how did it end? The model landed on the ground?

[@rubberfly]

There was this model-eating tree... at the end of the video. With a few holes in the covering, it could be recovered with a ladder.

[@latetotheparty184]

So how did you get it out of the tree?

[@rubberfly]

That was stressful: Going home with the e-bike and getting the ladder with the car. And an hour later lunch had to be cooked for the school children...A few small holes in the covering needed to be repaired.

[@latetotheparty184]

@@rubberfly Reminds me of my kite days, I hang a kite up in a tree and I'm going to get it down, dammit.

[@malakiblunt]

London Plane Tree

[@rubberfly]

plane-eater..............Grrrrrrrr! (Gohot229)

[@Gohot229]

Lol, the only tree for miles.... and of course it was a plane-eater...... Grrrrrrr.

[@rubberfly]

You say it exactly.....Grrrrrr!

[@little-wings-Mirko]

Beautiful!!!