Started building another giant plane today.

[Canada Darrell™]

Definately off topic! Been putting this off for a while and finally decided to build another giant plane today. Wing construction is first on the agenda and if anyone wants to follow along and see how a total cheapskate  builds his planes bookmark this page. I need to grab Canada Dawn and get her to help me with the next part.

Updates when I get to them but here's what I did today so far.

http://picasaweb.google.com/spankyh/80WingConstruction#

[PG_Gabriel]

  I have always like RC stuff, I was into planes for a while, but i found that i would spend tons of time and money to just to be a bad pilot and crash them...

[lkjohnson1950]

So, flat bottom 80" wing with a dihedral. Sailplane?

Lonny

[Scott]

Nice one Darrell.  It'll be fun to watch you build it.   

[Canada Darrell™]

So, flat bottom 80" wing with a dihedral. Sailplane?

Lonny

It is the same as the plane at the top of this page. This will be the second one I've built. Excellent platform for aerial photography and I've actually sent up my DSLR camera with a remote shutter release.

http://www.whispershots.com/

[John S]

Good luck with your 'Big Wing' CD,   hope you can get this one down more easily and without damage.

[Scott]

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Will the wings angle upwards like that one too?  Can't wait to see how you do that.   

[cosworth151]

That's the dihedral that Lonny spoke of.

Interesting looking aircraft, CD. Best of luck & happy landings! 

[Canada Darrell™]

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Will the wings angle upwards like that one too?  Can't wait to see how you do that.   

Yes, it is the same wing. Here's a picture I took of the first one I built. It is really easy to do as you will see by the pictures I will be posting today or tomorrow.

[lkjohnson1950]

Slow cruising speed and extra stable for photography, I get it.

Lonny

[Canada Darrell™]

Slow cruising speed and extra stable for photography, I get it.

Lonny

You betcha!  :

New pics from today's productivity added!

[Scott]

Great job rounding the wings...you are a master of cheapskate my friend - you should probably put a patent on a couple of those things before the Chinese start knocking them out ahead of you...

[Canada Darrell™]

More progress pics added.

[Scott]

Comin' along nicely.  I just have one question...did you buy those 5lb exercise balls for plane construction, or actually for exercise?  I noticed they are unopened.   

[Canada Darrell™]

Built and flown! Super stable footage with this bird. There is NO image stabilzation applied anywhere in this video. Of course it is available in glorious HD which is something I've been doing for over a year now and F1 is just getting around to!