Gallery 10

2010 - 2019

2010

TwinBoom

This is a basic PS Foam model taken from FoamyFliers website. A very simple and good flying model with a speed 400 and 8.4V battery pack. Unfortunately It did not last as I had a radio failure (Old servos). Incidentally his website at http://www.foamflyer.info is really worth a look

Betty

Simple rudder/elevator model made from polystyrene foam. The foam is cut using hot wire from discarded packaging material. It is reinforced with some balsa strips along the edges and partly covered with gift wrap paper. The model has a simple profile fuselage and the wing is 6mm thick but cut with a slight under-camber. It's powered by a geared 280 brushed electric motor with a 800 MAh Li Po battery.

F16

Depron foam profile model made from Tomas Hellberg's plan which is available on http://rc.tomhe.net It is powered by a 150 Watt brushless motor at the rear fed by a 3 cell 1500 MAh Li Po battery in the nose.

Foam chickie

This simple polystyrene sheet (2mm wall insulation foam) and balsa glider was built from a plan in a book called "The Book that flys". It is a little delicate but can fly very well indoors.

Mouse Fly

A simple rubber powered model made from 2mm wall insulation foam and balsa. The prop is cut from a large plastic soft drinks bottle. The rubber motor comes from an old trampoline cord.

2011

Betty Bipe

This is a simple 700mm span, electric powered, radio controlled biplane. It uses a 70 Watt brushless motor and a 2X850 MAh lipo battery. It's made from Hot wire cut Polystyrene (PS) foam with some balsa strip reinforcements. It weighs just under 250gms and uses rudder, elevator and motor control.

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2012

Sleek Streak

This is my rebuild of a North Pacific Sleek Streak using plans from the Internet. The decoration was done using a combination of red marker and ironing on a reverse image laser print of the name and logos. The prop is a home made item as my original prop assembly disappeared over a neighbours wall several years ago.

C/L Provost

This is a profile c/l trainer for a PAW 1.5. It flew and it crashed, several times! It used some foam in the wings and fuselage, but the design was not good. Too heavy and too weak!

Yuk-24

This is another profile c/l trainer for a PAW 1.5. Built in order to reach Luke to fly C/L. It also used some foam in the wings and fuselage, and has a lighter stronger construction. The wing is a full symmetrical section and the CG is a bit too far forward.The twin tails are a little vulnerable but it flys much better!

Double Delta Canard for RC

This is a r/c version of the DDC rubber powered ff model. Not easy to get the CG correct. It flys very nose heavy but the aileron response to very twitchy! Needs a lot more sorting out.
Unfortunately it seems that its just too under powered, so it has been retired in its present configuration!

2013

Not 4 - with apologies to the great Chris Foss!

This is a sort of 32" span r/c version of the Wot 4. It uses a basic 125 Watt brushless and 11.1 Li Po setup. It has a plain unsheeted PS foam wing/tail plane and balsa fuselage. So far, it flys great as you would expect given its origins

Skycart

This is my version of the Skycart which was designed by Leadfeather, plans and details are available here. My version was built using PS foam rather than depron, which was just not rigid enough. Another version will need to be built with a stiffer wing. I may try an aerofoil sectioned wing rather than the flat plate on the original.

2014

Zip

This is a version of a small rubber model called "The Zip", which was published in Model Airplane News in July 1970, i think. The original was made of .75mm balsa sheet. This one is made from sheet foam with some depron

F200

This is a small 200mm span indoor rubber model. It can fly in a typical living room as the video shows. My version is not particularly light and uses very poor rubber, but still flys for 30 seconds or so quite easily.

MicroX Hornet

This is my second version of the MicroX Hornet which is an "Embryo" class rubber powered model. It was built using the original kit plan and covered with very rough green tissue. I used acrylic spray rather than cellulose dope on this one and it probably has ended up a little heavy. It needs some weight in the tail to get the cg in the correct position, so a lighter balsa prop is probably needed. Even so, it flys very well so far. I just need to install a newer, longer 3mm rubber motor.

L-Train

This is a basic 3 channel R/C trainer based on the RM Trainer plan which was published by Radio Modeller magazine sometime in the 1980's. It uses a foam wing, tail plane, fin and rudder which are covered in Brown paper. The fuselage is covered with glass cloth and acrylic varnish. The model is finished in white acrylic paint. The engine is an ASP 28. It flys like a typical 3 channel model but the wing section is semi-symmetrical rather than the flat-bottomed one on the original plans.

Flat plate delta

Very simple Flat foam delta. Originally made with foam Ceiling tiles and powered with speed 300 brushed motor. Mine used a 120 watt brushless motor on 2 lipos. Flew well but the ceiling foam tiles need additional bracing to prevent flexing.

2015

Simple Foam Rubber Powered Models

These are made from 6mm sheet foam, wall lining foam with a balsa motor stick. They are powered with a loop of 3mm rubber which turns a 5.5" or 6" propeller. The decoration is a mixture of acrylic paint, tissue paper and printed decals and pilots.

Miles Magister

This is an 18" span Miles Magister, rubber powered and finished in the colours of an Irish Aer Corps trainer from the 1940's.

Midi Slow

This is my second Midislow C/L sport model, powered with a PAW 2.5 cc diesel. Has been extensively rebuilt and reinforced as a result of several crashes.

Yuk

This is a modified version of the Yuk 25 trainer. It has lost the vulnerable twin fins and now has a lengthened fuselage. The PAW 1.5 diesel is worn out so its waiting for a replacement engine.

Piper cub

This is a 26" span version of Jack Headleys plan from Aeromodeller. Its powered by a 10g brushless motor with a 2cell 450 MAh lip. All balsa and tissue construction.

Veron Colt - Electric

This is an electric powered version of the Veron Colt trainer, which was originally powered by small 1cc or 1.5 cc diesels. This version was built from some old photos and measurements, so its a bit different to the original. It only weighs 5.6 ozs (Without the 2-3cell Li Po)

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KK Deamon

This is a slightly modified KK deamon team racer for a 2.5 cc PAW diesel. It has a non standard canopy and some extra sheeting on the top of the wings. It weights 11 ozs.

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Piper Cub 63"

This is my original 63" span Piper cub from Jack Headleys plan, recovered to act as a trainer. Now powered with an OS 40 LA.

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Not 4

This is a 52" span version of the Not4/Killer V plan which is available on the internet. It id powered by an asp 46. Its due to get a lightweight built up wing in place of the old foam wing which is resurrected from my Impulse model.

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2016

Simple Foam/Balsa Rubber Powered Model

This model was made from 6mm sheet foam with a 6mm X 3mm balsa motor stick for the fuselage. The wings and tail are made from 1.5mm balsa and then covered with tissue. It is powered with a loop of 3mm rubber which turns a 5.5" or 6" propeller. The decoration is a mixture of acrylic paint, tissue paper and printed decals and pilot.

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Durham Mystery Ship

This is a simple 12" span rubber powered model. It is all built using 1/16" balsa strips and covered with tissue paper. The finish is acrylic varnish applied with a piece of sponge.

Stunt Monkey

This is a 3mm Depron indoor/3D model. It is built from the May 2009 RCM&E magazine free plan. It has a 70 Watt motor and 2/3 cell 450 MAh lipo

Electric Number 2

This is my second electric C/L model for a 120 Watt motor and 3 cells. Its built from 9mm Polystyrene sheed reinforced with 1.5mm balsa.It uses a drop off single wheel undercarrige and is flying on 12M lightweight 012 steel lines. Still very much an experiment to try and identify the best construction,layout and line length.

JellyBean Typhoon

This is my version of Dave Blum's Jelly Bean. The fuselage has been modified to look more like the old Typhoon F3A by Gator R/C. This model is 32" wingspan and is powered by a cheap 100W motor and 3 X 1500 LiPo cells.