World War I
Golden Age
Edward
"Deadstick" Ducote: "I would be honored to add
my newly completed Morane Saulnier L, "Joie de Vie", to
your gallery
I am ready to order many more of your great models. The Neuiport
Triplane and DH1 are my next projects.
Eric H : The Pfalz DIIIa is my first AerodromeRC build and I enjoyed it immensely. The model weighs about 26 ounces ready to fly. Its flight characteristics are fabulous. The plane is stable in the air, turns easily and floats in for pretty wheel landings.
Frank Borden: "Fokker and Pfalz I ordered 2
years ago are flying very well, and it make´s a lot of
fun to build and fly them. The Motor in the Pfalz is an AXI
2808//24 on 3 cells Kokam Lipo 2000 mAh with Prop APC-E 10x5."
Pat Daily: "a 2 cell 2100ma battery, the all up weight is 27 oz with 3 square feet of wing area or a 9 oz per ft2 wing loading. " "The Pfalz has a planked fuselage that was covered with silk and dope, flying surfaces are silk and dope. Aluminum enamel and Poly S Japanese Yellow. AXI 2808/20 power with 10x6 APC prop and 2x2100 Impulse lipos running a Castle Creations Phoenix 25 and an FMA Encore receiver and HS 55 and GWS (ailerons) servos. Note the dummy motor which serves as the battery hatch. " "Kay--you did a great job putting the idea and construction and design together. This is not a plane you can find very often--the planking takes a bit of work, but it replicates one of the most beautiful planes ever made IMHO. Piano makers in Germany did some amazing work." "I was shaking in the knees so much I almost fell down. After building this bad boy for 4 months I was really nervous on the first flight. I managed to loop her a few times after I dialed in a bit more down (needed a bit more downthrust or nose weight). Even did a roll. Finally I thought I better bring her in and she just floated in--that 9 oz/ft2 wingloading is wonderful with the undercambered airfoil. She landed with just a tiny bit of throttle and rolled out perfectly. Added a bit more lead in the nose and went at it again." "I only had one battery pack of the correct size. The fourth flight the bec kicked in and we had to quit. I am going to order a couple of more 2100 2 cell packs -- my guess is we got about 15 minutes or more time out it because she flys on about 1/4 throttle. She will go straight up with full throttle. Two things I really like--excess power and lightest possible weight. This plane has both." .."thanks to Kay for a superb design and great flying qualities. It is rock solid and loops, rolls, inverted and slows to a crawl for landing--couldn't ask for more."
Chris
Curren: "... I finally got her finished. Yesterday's
maiden flight went suprisingly well. The Pfalz was in the air
in about 10 feet and climbed with authority. Very scale like.
She was a little tail heavy, but that did not inhibit her performance.
She climbs, rolls and loops nicely. The landing, however, was
the "icing on the cake". She floated in and touched
down, ever so gently. To sum it up, at around 29 ounces, she's
quite the lady in the air. ..." "...I
had another successful flight today. This one was even better
than the maiden, now that I fixed the CG issue...."
Aaron
Farr: G’day Kay, Just thought I’d send a few photos
of my N11 attached. It was a good fun build, went together well
for my first build job of this scale.
Flies pretty well too and looks great in the air. Thanks for
a great kit, looking to build a few more of your kits in the
future.
Rob Trudnak "Here are the pics of the Nieuport 17 40 inch I just completed for your gallery. I used a torque 2818-900 brushless and an airboss 45-amp speed controller, which will supply the plane with more than enough power. Weight wise it came in at 33.60 oz. I used a Williams Bros. pilot modified with epoxolite. I added a little more dimension to the Vickers guns by printing them out on photo paper and embossed them with a piece of music wire and a hammer. A few taps on each of the cells gives you a more realistic gun that lends itself paint and depth. HiTec 55's were used all around and has workable bell cranks. The graphics were all done on inkjet water slide decal paper made in a Corel Graphics Suite. Covering is flat dove gray polyester film. I enjoyed this build very much and look forward to picking up another kit from you soon. Thanks again Kay for designing another great aeroplane."
Kenneth Blasius: "Just finished my Nieuport 17 built from one of your kits. Thought you might like to see some of the photos. It flies really well. Thanks for the super quality kit. Here are the pics"
Gary Ritchie added ailerons to his Nieuport 28.
Gary Ritchie: "I built this Nieuport Type 28 fighter from an AerodromeRC short kit. It's covered with two layers of doped medium silkspan. The second layer is dyed with tan Rit dye. The camo is silkspan that was dyed cocoa brown. All decals were downloaded from the internet, printed on silkspan, and doped to the covering. The power system consists of an E-flite 450 brushless outrunner, an E-flite 20 amp controller, and a 3s Cellpro 1,500 lithium polymer battery pack. It pulls about 14 amps at full throttle and generates 132 watts for a power loading of 86 watts per pound. It leaps off the ground at less than half throttle and I spend most of my time cruising at about 1/3 power. Fun to fly and looks sensational in the air. Thanks for offering such a great kit!"
DEOGRACIAS RODIL: "Just wanted to drop you an email to let you know that Mister Mulligan's second flight was a success! He is a great flying aircraft once I had my setup right. Thank you for making him possible. He was a joy to build and great fun to fly! I've attached pictures showing the hatch I made in the belly to make battery changes easier and one picture of the plane without the wheel pants before the second flight.
Here's an additional picture with the wheel pants. He flies great with the following setup:AXI 2808/24, APC 11x5.5 E prop, I Rate 2600mah 3s1p Li-Poly. It still amazes me how well he glides in for landings!"
SAM LEONARD: "Thought maybe you guys would like to see my E-1 that I just completed. This is the early version that Kay did. Wings, cowl with dummy engine, and landing gear are all removable. GWS 100 (280) with 3.75-1 gear ratio, 9-7 GWS prop,1200 ma E-Tec battery. Solite covering. 11 1/2 ounces ready to fly. Flies great, needs a little more power. I am going to put in the 3.22-1 ratio drive and see if that helps. I built it to fly in an indoor meet next week, but I think it is a little too fast for indoor. Will play around with props and see."
Walter Spilis: "The EI has also flown. Again, a great flying model. Only problem was keeping the pinion on the motor. Have thrown two in five flights. Tried more super glue to hold it on. Used an Ultrafly A/30/24 brushless motor, Olympus gear box, 2000 3S1P Li-poly and a 10x7.4 APC slow blyer prop."
Jack Richardson
PT Military Trainer with Lycoming Dummy Engine
John Oshust made this beautiful display model of a Crop Duster variant.
PT Military Trainer with Continental Dummy Engine
Donald Brodigan took a first prize February 2010 for his build of our PT Military Trainer at ARVADA ASSOCIATED MODELERS competition.
Yigal
Flint writes: "Finally I finished the construction of the
Stearman PT 19 and hope by this
weekend to make the test flight. The model has an AXI 2820/10 Brushless
motor powered by a Thunder Power 4200 mAh 3S2P Li-Po battery. In
order to balance the model I had to add 110 gr of lead bolted to
the firewall behind the dummy motor."
Gil Smetana writes:
