60" wingspan Old Fogey

by balsa or carbon | December 5, 2013 | (15) Posted in Just Fun

Made a 60" wingspan Old Fogey out of $Tree foam , paper off . Double layer of foam on center part of wing , bottom of fuselage and both vertical and horizontal stabilizers .

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Mizzster D Double-a on December 12, 2013
what a slow flight you have, :D
what is your spec on this? motor, esc and battery?
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balsa or carbon on December 12, 2013
The wing is 60" x 20" , the fuselage is 60" long .The motor is a HobbyKing DT750 with a Turnigy Plush ESC , and two 1600mah 3 cell lipos in parallel .
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Kael87 on December 12, 2013
Awsome ! how much trotle wa you using? half stick or even less?
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balsa or carbon on December 12, 2013
It was about half throttle in the video . It's so slow and stable , I was flying with my right hand while filming with an iPhone camera in my left hand .
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RICHGCOOP on December 12, 2013
It flys SO SO SO slow. I like it.
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balsa or carbon on December 12, 2013
Thanks ! Slow flight was my goal , very light wing loading !
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rockets4kids on December 12, 2013
gah! I was so exited when I saw this on the FT front page. Having seen the video linked from rcgroups, I was so hoping for some more detailed information on the build.

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balsa or carbon on December 12, 2013
What specific detailed information would you like ? I'll do my best to provide it .
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Buk on December 13, 2013
Nice and slow, my kinda plane these days.

You are using two full sheets of DTF laminated together with UC rolled in per each wing panel?

How much dihedral at each wingtip?

-Buk
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Evo-x on December 13, 2013
flies great!
Going in the opposite direction, I was thinking about making a micro series of the FT swappables.
Thanks for the great vid.
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BuckE67 on December 13, 2013
Very cool. I have made two Old Fogeys and love the slow flyers.
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balsa or carbon on December 13, 2013
rockets4kids and Buk , I'll put together some build details and post it on RC Groups soon .
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balsa or carbon on December 13, 2013
For anybody who would like to make one , here are build details .
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2055551#post26893779
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Royall on December 15, 2013
That is sooooooo slooooooow I think I could fly it!!!
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burky on December 15, 2013
i think i found something i can achally get in the air with out crashing very nice
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tucotheugly on June 16, 2014
I know this is late, but I just saw it. I built 5 fogeys before I could fly well. It's all in the little things. What I think finally got me into the air, was precise control arms, and realizing that i need very little adjustments to keep in the air. My huge jerky movements were what got me before.
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kevinmac56 on December 15, 2013
What about some CF tubing to strengthen this up some? Sandwiched between the two layers of foam.
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balsa or carbon on December 15, 2013
I built this one with what I had on hand ( no carbon fiber tubes ) , and it flies around slow and easy just fine . I was actually surprised the first time I flew it that I didn't notice any flex or flutter in the wings !
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balsa or carbon on December 16, 2013
Here's another video of the big one flying up higher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w6rmVsegME&feature=c4-overview&list=UUNCSdPmc7mlxvEyyqEouN7w
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NoUsername on December 31, 2013
Now that's what I'm talking about1
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balsa or carbon on January 26, 2014
Made another smaller one , 40" wingspan . 24 gram hexTronik motor , 800mah battery .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Xyjy3fcpE&feature=youtu.be
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sid on February 20, 2014
i want the plans
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FLITEBPX on October 2, 2016
old fogy when viro sliding a lot of wing and becomes unstable, what can I do?
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60" wingspan Old Fogey