1/3 scale Ka3

[Fred]

Thanks a mill Fernando !  

If you have a video you can give to me, go ahead !!    
Just dying to see it !  

[IceWind]

If you want i can dump all the videos i've made and put them on a DVD for you. So you can edit and mix them around how in the way you want.

But in the mean time i'll try tonight to edit and put something here!

[Fred]

Thanks a million Fernando !  :clap:    

[IceWind]

Ok,

Yesterday the software didn't want to help and i didn't do what i wanted!
BUT i managed to use the Windows Movie Maker and at least show something here!

I promise  i'll do another one with MUCH better quality!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZTF2Yf7mDQ

.Nando

[Fred]

Thanks a million Fernando !  :clap:
Remind me the landing !    Won't stop !!

More !  =P~  =P~  =P~  

[Fred]

Painting on the way !

Happy with the roller technic   .. Much less with the paint !!  :evil:  :!:  :!:
Used Crown paint, the cheapest I can find for all my other gliders, and each time, I had a perfect finish !
For this one, I bought Crown paint still, but at least 3 or 4 time the price I used to pay... Thinking this glider worth it...
Worst paint ever !!
My advice (a bit too late for me...)..Stick to the cheapest paint you can find ! They work perfect !





Ah well.. 1 meter away should be invisible... :roll:

[Stephan]

...Ah well.. 1 meter away should be invisible... :roll:

Fred, think about the fact that our gliders are just to perfect comparing to the big ones, so some faults are just right. And the big advantage, if somebody is making any remark about your finsh, just tell him that the big one was the same, its just scale  
Stephan

[Fred]

:lol:
Well, that is true !
Seeing the state of some full size glider, sometimes, well, most of the time, ours are really neet compare to the ones we try to reproduce !

I'll give another go with another layer of paint, and we'll see tomorrow... Otherwise, as Vincent said, I'll buy another type of paint and give it a go.

[Fred]

Hi guys,

Thanks to today's weather and Anthony, here are tonight's photos of the Ka3 !
99.9% done, the rest is just cosmetic (pitot tube on the nose and gluing the pilt's seat with the harness).
Looks good.. 2 meters away !  :oops:  still not happy with the paint job !  :!:  :!:





Can't wait for the next flying session !  

[Stephan]

Great job Fred, hope your Ka3 gets a pilot  :?: it would be a pity if not  :cry:
Stephan

[Alan_Perse]

=P~  =P~  =P~  =P~  =P~  =P~ . That looks sweet, well at least from 2 meters away    :wink: . Are those registration numbers vynal stickers or were they painted on with vynal maskes?

[Fred]

Thanks Stephan    I have a pilot for it, that was just a quick setup in the garden (no time to put the struts too!)

Alan, there is both ! I had a bit of a missap when painting the registration number...
So Anthony cutted me stickers (I guess this is vinyl, really thin anyway !) for the other half !  :oops:  but you can't notice the difference, except that one side if you look carefully, it's less clean !  :!:

[Kevin O'Donoghue]

Hey Fred.

I've been quietly following your progress over the last few weeks. Nice woodwork on the Ka3.   The Mustang reminds me of a similar model I had years ago from the US. It was a nice flier but it needed a good blow. Ralph had a Komet by the same crowd if I recall.

The iminent first flight of a 4m Fox in Cork got me to to thinking about  my Blanik last night. It's been in the box since it arrived with the postman six months ago.

Stephan's comment about a pilot got me thinking about one for the Blanik. Do you have a source of full body pilots, maybe from France ? Mr Axels creations are the bees knees, but too expensive for my tastes. I might check the Retroplane site for links.

Keep up the good work ....... and don't forget the CMAC glide-in on the 20th .....

Kevin

[cvanscho]

Hi Kevin!

Nice to be able to "talk" to you via this medium!

I simply adore Foxes, and have been trying to make up my mind about which one to get for a long while, my problem being I have never seen a decent size scale one if the flesh!  It seems to me that they are BIG planes, if you just go by wingspan alone, due to the relatively big fuses.  Those fat fuses could also make launching (particularly on your own) tricky.  It would be great if you could post some info about yours, and pictures would be even greater  Maybe even start a tiny little thread of your own? :roll:

I really enjoyed last years CMAC glide-in, wild horses and wagon ropes won't keep me away this year .  Whilst I'm praying for SW (so we can fly at that amazing spot at the Old Head of Kinsale), do you have venues close by where you can fly if it isnt blowing SW?

Cheers

Chris

[Fred]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the KA3 !  
I have a few sources for scale full body pilots in France and in the US.
I can't remember the website names, but I'll have a look and let you know.

I actually have a 1/3 and 1/4 pilots from the US. They are looking good, but are in semi-hard latex. I can bring them in the glide-in for you to have a look. I still have to figure out what to do with them, and if we can modify them at some extend for us...  :?:
But they are way cheaper than the Axel ones !

Or if you are a few looking for pilots, why not make a mold to make them ?
I haven't translated it yet, but here is my technique to make them... Photos are enough to understand !
They are made with PU, very light ! That's also really easy to do !
You also have links in the thread for sourcing pilots.

http://www.retroplane.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=775

Enjoy !    And let me know if you need something to be translated !

About the Fox, why not doing a thread here ? We really never hear from you guys !  :wink:

Chris, I have a Fox, but small one (2.20mtrs).. I don't fly it anymore  :?:  :wink: