23-01-2013, 12:20 PM
Having recently got the urge to do some scratch building, with there being some unallocated balsa sheet lying about and feeling the ever increasing need for speed. It only required one more small coincidence to trigger the beginning of yet another lunch time project.
Well that coincidence came in the form of a phone call from an old aero-modelling friend in South Australia. While Doug was telling me about some drawings he'd recently acquired for what looked like a nice little speed 400 racer, a plan began to fall into place.
Speed 400 racers I'm guessing were a popular class of plane based on the old brushed type motor of the same name. By the look of it, this model is designed to go as fast as anything can, being towed around by the afore mentioned power-plant and fed by bunch of Ni-cads.
It’s a design from way back in the 90s and looks like it would really benefit from an upgraded power plant and some Lipos. It should fly pretty nicely once all that is sorted out.
As you can imagine, it wasn't long before an envelope containing a copy of the plans turned up in my mail box.
Here's a look at them.
Well that coincidence came in the form of a phone call from an old aero-modelling friend in South Australia. While Doug was telling me about some drawings he'd recently acquired for what looked like a nice little speed 400 racer, a plan began to fall into place.
Speed 400 racers I'm guessing were a popular class of plane based on the old brushed type motor of the same name. By the look of it, this model is designed to go as fast as anything can, being towed around by the afore mentioned power-plant and fed by bunch of Ni-cads.
It’s a design from way back in the 90s and looks like it would really benefit from an upgraded power plant and some Lipos. It should fly pretty nicely once all that is sorted out.
As you can imagine, it wasn't long before an envelope containing a copy of the plans turned up in my mail box.
Here's a look at them.
“The knack of flying is learning how to throw your machine at the ground and miss.”
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your thoughts turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." ~Leonardo Da Vinci