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Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:31 am

I finally completed a 1000 series Corsair for rubber power and got some decent flights out of it.
I posted a build video on youtube. Here is the link:
https://youtu.be/DsLRRL-ciwQ
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:33 am

here is a pic
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:39 pm

wing construction
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:43 pm

more progress
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:45 pm

my son was too impatient to wait for the corsair, so I took a break to build the guillows cessna 180 for him
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:49 pm

covering
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:53 pm

unconventional but necessary noseblock construction
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:58 pm

completed noseblock and the squad together for a "mission"

i pretty much only build guillows - the herr engineering birddog snuck in there last year
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby Bill Gaylord » Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:28 pm

Nice job, landed just in time! Good to see another build showing these larger Guillow's models actually can fly with rubber power.
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:47 pm

i didnt know if anyone would notice..... good size field.... touched down a few feet from the busy street. my heart sank when i began my trek to retrieve it
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby Bill Gaylord » Sat Apr 29, 2017 5:56 pm

Yep usually Murphy isn't that good to us. Had a Yak23 (built a second one that flies much better) that would stall into a flat spin, that you could not get out of. It actually would drop slow enough to the ground that it had a chance, with the tall grass. Of course it once managed to hit the tiny paved park path as if it was magnetic, out of the two times that it ever happened.
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby Mitch » Tue May 02, 2017 4:39 pm

Great Job, I like how you did the wing ribs... I plan to drill Lightening holes. Maybe drop a few ribs.

I have a few questions

1. What is the AUW (all up weight)
2. How much rubber did you use
3. Did you move the position of the rear peg


I just started mine last night.

I flew my 1000 series Hellcat with a 12 inch prop and made it to the second round of the WEST FAC 5, WWII Mass launch... my 'mechanic' said I was too conservative on the motor winds.

That model only did test glides... 3 run in flights, then with a new motor went to two rounds. I need to repair the tail as It broke in hanger rash...Plan to build up a wider one that looks better.

I hope to go to WEST FAC 6 this October...

Mitch
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby TheBalsaPilot » Tue May 02, 2017 9:11 pm

Mitch,

First of all thank you. I have been building since i was about 13. I am 39 now. a bit of background. I have been building guillows kits pretty much the entire time. I have had zero help, though, until last summer. My wife's birthday gift to me was a trip to geneseo. Needless to say I was drinking from a firehose. I got my first semi scale guillows kit to fly a few months later with lots of help. The corsair is literally the first low wing monoplane I have gotten to fly in my life. I was almost in tears.
The corsair doesnt look like much as I have been 100% focused on getting one of these things to fly (not just a powered glide). On my next project I will be alittle more focused on the finish. with that being said, answers to your questions:

1. AUW - 139.3 grams (airplane, rubber, noseblock, .....everything)
2. flying on 4 loops of 1/8" (extends 24 inches from the nose fully unwound - also it is fully braided
3. motor peg position - yes, I moved the peg several times (this explains all the "battle damage" to the tissue aft of the canopy) I got several suggestions, but I ended up landing on the peg placement as far back as possible. Braiding seemed to eliminate issues with the CG shifting during flight

I tried a 12 inch prop, but no dice. I settled on a 10.

I hope things go well with yours.

I am starting on the dauntless
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby Mitch » Wed May 03, 2017 12:57 am

Thanks

Building since I was 10... 100 series WWI... I am 60... got a few to fly several years ago. I have been to WEST FAC 4 and 5

Sounds about the same AUW for my Hellcat. I moved the peg forward 1 bay... but think I will leave the position as per plan on Corsair.
I used 4 strands of rubber braided...I'll weight and measure when I am home next week.

I am now on a Containership in Alaska. I have my day off in Tacoma next week.

As I remember my Hellcat flew for 24 seconds... and I was happy with that but not good enough for 3rd place. In West FAC 4 My 400 series Bf 109 got 3rd Place in the Mass Launch.

Mitch

PS I have the skeleton of the P-47 built up... Plan the Stuka next! :D
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Re: Guillow's 1000 series Corsair

Postby Mitch » Wed May 10, 2017 5:17 pm

FYI : I just weighed my Hellcat and she is 151g with motor but w/o prop. so you did well with your type of construction. So I have a target weight for the Corsair. Also I plan to move the peg back a bit on the Hellcat, as where it is the plane will not fit in my stooge. I rarely have a helper. Also plan to add more rubber.

Mitch

UPDATE: Just weighed my prop and nose block...21 g so 172 AUW for me

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Picture of my 1000 series Hellcat

When I have time I'll try the 10 inch prop, move the rear peg back and more motor. See if I can get better times.
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