The Pup
 

Well Boys Tower now has this plane for $34.99 down from $45.99! :D I ordered it from my local HS today. I don't have to pay shipping, just local tax! I'm loving it! :cool: I have just the right combo for it. Plan on using the motor below with a 7X5 prop, a Spektrum RX (never had a problem with any of them), a 2S 640 mah and a couple of HXT servos. Should be a great indoor flyer! Also plan to do the captured Pup scheme mentioned by me previously. And NO it won't be RED D! :D marty






(http://www.headsuprc.com/servlet/the...ushless/Detail

That should be a good combo! and you can't go wrong with HEADSUPRC.
Can't wait to see it![popcorn]

My Pup can beat up your Pup.

The plan
 

Here's the plan Boys. I am printing the crosses for a DRI that I plan to use on the Pup per my previous post. Also need some suggestions for the Lewis gun. Can't seem to find anything about it yet. marty

PM me you email address and I will send you all I have on the Lewis gun. I put a Vickers on mine using printed paper folded over foam. Cooling jacket is rolled paper with white glue on it.

Machine gun
 

OK D. PM sent. Marty

Sent you several files on WW1 guns. If you need more let me know, I have a book with some drawing that I can scan in. I think if has a twin mount in it.

Thanks D! marty

I finished installing the motor on Breguet 14 today. The wind was not blowing this evening so I took it out for a test flight even though it does not have landing gear yet. Flight went great, ailerons were very smooth. Never touched the rudder control. Of couse like all my other first test flights something had to break. Even though I landed in my hay field the prop caught and broke. Landing gear should fix that problem.

OUTSTANDING!! Get that ear on..and some pics!![popcorn]

Meant get the GEAR on.......(to Many fingers)

Needs the gear, cowl made, couple of men, some guns. Hope that don't make it too heavy to fly. OH YES, some bombs to drop. LOL

Do it
 

Do it up D! We're looking for more reports/flight tests. BTW, it would be cool to make the bombs functional with a small servo. If I remember right there was no bomb bay so you need to sequence them. I have an idea how to do it. What do you think? Guys? marty

I thought about dropping bombs but they would be so small you probably could not see them unless they fell on you. I would be making new bombs everytime I dropped the tiny things cause I would never find all of them.

Maybe just leave them on for looks then. marty

Friends Romans and Countrymen...lend me your gear? lol

Wish they would. I think building the landing gear from a 3view drawing is the hardest part of the plane to build. The only part of the landing gear that is the correct length on a 3view is the axle. I have it done now. I installed a block of foam on the bottom of the fuselage to set the axle the correct distance below the fuselage. I run the gear legs from the axle to where they attach on the fuselage. By doing this I did not need to know how long each leg should be and this plane has 6 legs.

Looks great to me!

Me too! Nice job D! marty

Servo
 

What's the servo sticking out of the bottom for D? Marty

It for the ailerons. It is a pull-pull system. Kind of based on what the real plane used except the real plane had two cables attach at two places on the aileron. I only use one string and it is working great. I made a second flight this morning and I have yet to use rudder control. I will take pictures and post the aileron control.

Almost ready to ship to the front.

I hope when i get my cataracts taken out that I can build a great looking plane like that one....Doug

Thanks. I have found after years of building with balsa and silk, then bringing back a silk bag of balsa tooth picks after a back landing I like working with foam. Love the electric motors too cause I can use printed paper and water based paint. Oh yea, bad landings only makes large pieces of foam.

Little clip from this morning...Doug

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjv3I-PyIkg[/media]

Fine looking plane , and a one of a kind special . Flys well ?

Great Planes Sopwith Pup
 

Allright Boys! I picked up my Pup yesterday. Here are my impressions:

• It comes extremely well packed
• The kit contains nicely done plywood cabanes and landing gear struts
• The decals on the fuse are full of bubbles and do not lay flat
• The underside of the plane wings and stab are white (video shows them painted tan)
• complete hardware package
• Cowl nicely done but a little thin
• Wheels are wood with a plastic cap (nice)

Here's what I'm thinking of doing:

• Spray paint the lower surfaces tan after installing packing tape or a carbon spar
• Either staying with the Allied scheme or doing the captured version
• If I stay with the Allied scheme, I will remove the sticker on the fuse and install my family coat of arms and a few other markings ala my Osprey Sopwith Aces reference book
• The captured German scheme will include spraying the rudder and fin white and applying German crosses on the upper wings, lower wings, rudder and fuse areas (I'm leaning this way)
• I do not like the V shaped landing gear so I will add a cross bar
• Installing a 300XT motor and 12 amp SC, 5 gram servos (have to open the present holes)
• Add a real pilot and machine gun (after all I may run into a Texican DRI tripe!)

I will provide pics of the build as I progress. Let me know your thoughts Guys. And NO D you can't have it unless I turn the kit into confetti! Marty

Sounds good Marty hope to see it soon ....Doug

Why do ARF planes come with only the top painted when it is the bottom you see most of the time when they are flying?

I did not add any reinforcement to the wings of my Pup, just string for landing and flying wires and the wings seem to hold up ok.

I added a cross bar on the landing gear. It kept coming off so I drilled small holes wrapped and tied the cross bar to the gear legs then CA together. Has not come apart sence.

Congrats on the Pup Scalercflyer!! Funny you mention the underwings shown as tan in video. All the vids I took of mine showed up as tan in the vids. Must be a reflection off the green fuse. Its whiter than a ....well..you get what I mean.:red:. The nice thing about this plane, is you can make any scheme you want. And, with the motor set up you are talking about, she will carry the weight....but DO.... put wire on her, like DeGreen60 says, it makes a difference....they will fold on you on windy days. I placed a axle on my wheel set up, not only looks good, but does help with support on landings, and the wheels don't pop off as much. Can't wait to see your finished bird. HAVE FUN!![popcorn]

You do not need anykind of bracing on the wings. Just fly without any bracing. Do long dives and tight loops.

UNREAL!!! like a buzzard flying around in circles, waiting for the kill!:tc:

Okey?

The Sopwith Pup Build
 

OK Boys. Here are some pics. The plane went together quickly. I worked on it early this morning when the witches were sleeping! A few things were noted. The decals were and are crap! The fuse had a chunk out of it. I did try to remove the decals but I started to pull the paint off. Perhaps I would be better off just covering them or just leaving them alone. I am installing Sir Percy that I made up and painted. He came from my Comet SE5a kit. Also had to open the servo tray to install my TP 5 gram servos. Still not 100% sure on my power plant choice. Maybe i'll have you Guys help me to choose. Also note the HUGE rudder and fin. I had half a mind to cut it down but it would look out of place with that huge elevator/stab so I left it alone. After all it's not scale, just sorta. Look at the pics and see what you guys think. Long dives and large loops indeed! Next thing you'll be suggesting D are some violent spins! Marty

Do as I did. Take the decals off. Go to Walmart and buy some acrylic paint. One bottle of a green you like for top and sides of plane. A bottle of linen for the bottom. If you have a color printer get some white sticker paper and make your own decals. Laser is best cause it is water proof.

I don't want to waste violent spins on a Pup. I need the violent spins made by a Bristal Scout(I don't have one of those yet). Wait a second, now let me look, what can I change a Pup into. LOL

If you really want to make the Pup differant, there was a Pup in one of the training schools that was black and white stripped.

I am going to have to look for that Sir Percy. I take the pilots I get with models that are in 2 pieces, fill them with epoxy and use them as masters for my Vac-u-form to make more pilots.

Decal removal
 

D what is the best way to remove the decals? I was thinking GOO GONE but I'm not sure if it will attack the foam. Maybe I should try it on a piece of scrap from my TM. It's the same foam with paint on it. Marty

Here's the one I was thinking of D. It's the captured Pup on the right of the screen. Marty
http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/A3932...B6507D64DC8FEC#

I just peal the stickers off taking the paint with them. I do not care what it looks like where the sticker was cause I put a new sticker over the spot after I repaint the plane. Some planes have a smooth finish on the surface of the foam. If that surface is missing in spots I just paint over it. You can tell where the damage was but does not look that bad. Just call it battle damage fixed in the field.

Sounds like a good way to make pilots D. Did you make your own vacuum tool or have a real Vac-u-form? What do you use for plastic? An old coke bottle perhaps? Maybe you can show us a sample. Thanks, Marty