Whoa, just cleared that truck! Great stuff. You won't have that one for too long Michael. Love the idea of the Pan pastels with the black tissue. Gotta give that a try. JetKo.
Nice Mike. Wished I had known you were going out to the field. I took advantage of the weather myself by doing the final trimming on my tip launch glider and some more trimming on the latest Stinker.
It was a good day, if a little hot. I spent about four hours at the field flying the Sky Rocket and the Mixmaster. After about 70 attempts I finally got something approaching flight out of the little Mixmaster. That TLG looks like fun!
I thought I had a solid understanding of how these things fly, but how do you turn right without spiralling in during the glide? I assume you have the 31"(!) motor braided? Where the heck is that field? Beautiful airplane!
My mid- and high-wing models generally seem happy going to the right under power and in the glide. Some of my low-wing models will go right safely with enough right thrust added, but usually need a small Gurney flap on the left side of the rudder to avoid a right spiral in the glide. And yes, the motor was braided.
Very nice Skyrocket updated. I still have the fuselage from an original version, may have to build new style wings and tail for it! Curious if you've compared the weight of stock silver Esaki to the silver Pan Pastel-coated black Esaki? Seems like the latter may be a bit lighter? Thanks!
Hi David. I didn't compare the weights. I suspect the silvered black tissue will be heavier - to get the color I applied two coats of powder each stabilized with a light spray of Krylon Workable Fixatif. Next time I do it I'll weigh the tissue before and after.
@@michaelkelly7338 I'm glad that you consider long hikes to be good for you. But I fear that this will become less so over time. However, for some, too many long hikes makes them old, or at least, makes them feel old. For me, the time when I could do that has passed as it has for other modelers. Every minute searching for, walking a long distance to fetch, and/or plucking from a tree one of our cherished models is a minute taken away from flying the damn’ things, which I suppose is why we are there in that field in the first place. I get the “pure free flight” concept, and I have participated in it. But, after losing enough good (too good) flying models, and spending more than half of the precious good daylight retrieving them as if it was still 1936 or something, and I had no choice, I have installed at least rudder R/C in most of them. I can remain “pure”, trim them for a good hands-off flight, and don’t have to touch the control stick even once if don’t want to. But since then, I have never lost one, and have never had to take a long hike or climb a tree to get one back. Cheers, brother.
Nice built buddy!! The more power (turns) the higher it climbs..nice long circle turns..try buildings a Biggers one with a small electric motor and basic controls. That would be a fun project. Then you'll have both styles.
You could build one and put UMX gear in it. I've done that with a Sweet Patootie Bostonian (ua-cam.com/video/68saGQhrkGU/v-deo.html), it was a hoot to fly. These days I'm mostly enjoying pure free flight without the complications of RC.
Beautifully finished model. Once you get that porpoising out of the glide you'll have a winner! Love Volare kits. My favorite embryo is his Bad Axe.
A real work of art, love the design, your building skills are top notch and it flies amazing!
Nice! Love that the Rocketeer is driving it!
All of your models are so inspiring!
I’d like to build this one. I couldn’t find the kit on Volares website. I hope to see it soon.
Beautiful model and. Color scheme
It's a thing of beauty !
Tremendous! What a great build! Happy Independence Day!
Whoa, just cleared that truck! Great stuff. You won't have that one for too long Michael. Love the idea of the Pan pastels with the black tissue. Gotta give that a try. JetKo.
Thanks John - it wasn't as close to the truck as it looked. I'll message you with some observations on the silver PanPastel approach. Cheers!
Cool, I'd appreciate that. You gave me the idea to try Pan on some elastic thread to give it a more silver color. Keep up all the great work!
Wow! Super job❤!
Nice Mike. Wished I had known you were going out to the field. I took advantage of the weather myself by doing the final trimming on my tip launch glider and some more trimming on the latest Stinker.
It was a good day, if a little hot. I spent about four hours at the field flying the Sky Rocket and the Mixmaster. After about 70 attempts I finally got something approaching flight out of the little Mixmaster. That TLG looks like fun!
Nice model and flight. !!
Love the Buck Rodgers/steampunk look .
Couldn't get your link to work, might be on my end.
Sorry about that TK, I think I've got the Volare link in the description fixed.
Well done, Mike! 😀
Thanks George!
I thought I had a solid understanding of how these things fly, but how do you turn right without spiralling in during the glide? I assume you have the 31"(!) motor braided? Where the heck is that field?
Beautiful airplane!
My mid- and high-wing models generally seem happy going to the right under power and in the glide. Some of my low-wing models will go right safely with enough right thrust added, but usually need a small Gurney flap on the left side of the rudder to avoid a right spiral in the glide. And yes, the motor was braided.
Very nice Skyrocket updated. I still have the fuselage from an original version, may have to build new style wings and tail for it! Curious if you've compared the weight of stock silver Esaki to the silver Pan Pastel-coated black Esaki? Seems like the latter may be a bit lighter? Thanks!
Hi David. I didn't compare the weights. I suspect the silvered black tissue will be heavier - to get the color I applied two coats of powder each stabilized with a light spray of Krylon Workable Fixatif. Next time I do it I'll weigh the tissue before and after.
@@michaelkelly7338 Ahh--the fixatif probably does make it slightly heavier. I need to experiment with some of those techniques, Thanks for the reply!
The first shot makes it look like its 16 feet acrtoss.
That color scheme just begs to have a 1930s comic book hero pilot stroll over and climb aboard before the flight. 🛩
Hope you noticed the 1930s comic book hero pilot is already in the cockpit.
@@hdvades Actually, I missed it. sometimes my messy health injects distractions and sometimes apartment living injects distractions in to life.
This is why I always install at least rudder R/C in all my otherwise FF models. This also prevents long hikes.
I don't mind the hikes, keeps me young...
@@michaelkelly7338 I'm glad that you consider long hikes to be good for you. But I fear that this will become less so over time. However, for some, too many long hikes makes them old, or at least, makes them feel old. For me, the time when I could do that has passed as it has for other modelers.
Every minute searching for, walking a long distance to fetch, and/or plucking from a tree one of our cherished models is a minute taken away from flying the damn’ things, which I suppose is why we are there in that field in the first place.
I get the “pure free flight” concept, and I have participated in it. But, after losing enough good (too good) flying models, and spending more than half of the precious good daylight retrieving them as if it was still 1936 or something, and I had no choice, I have installed at least rudder R/C in most of them.
I can remain “pure”, trim them for a good hands-off flight, and don’t have to touch the control stick even once if don’t want to. But since then, I have never lost one, and have never had to take a long hike or climb a tree to get one back.
Cheers, brother.
Nice built buddy!! The more power (turns) the higher it climbs..nice long circle turns..try buildings a Biggers one with a small electric motor and basic controls. That would be a fun project. Then you'll have both styles.
You could build one and put UMX gear in it. I've done that with a Sweet Patootie Bostonian (ua-cam.com/video/68saGQhrkGU/v-deo.html), it was a hoot to fly. These days I'm mostly enjoying pure free flight without the complications of RC.