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Pub Meet to Assess Dayton Design

September 15, 2012Experimental, OutreachDayton, Squirrel-O-RamaDarcy

Did a pub meetup to have another look at the laser Dayton design.

Issues:

It’s still tricky to lay out the wing perimeter. Interlocking parts combined with build on tissue has some problems to look at.
Small parts are bad. The wing mound doublers are very small. You can see them on the laser cut.

Progress

I manually cut one of the fuselage sides to make a gap in it. This is the grove for the toothpick. This worked well so I will include that in the next laser run.
The landing gear is only .6g and the plane is 10g. That’s quite promising.
Knocking about an inch off the rubber band motor loop makes hand winding easier.
The glue stick is only used on four pieces. I’m wondering if it can be dropped. The spars warp a bit when the craft glue is applied but it flattens out in a few minutes. I suspect this will happen as long as we don’t use too much glue.

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Model Plane Meetups!

September 12, 2012GalleryDayton, Squirrel-O-RamaDarcy

Two events! Get your tickets right away as ticket sales close Friday at 4pm. If you don’t have a credit card or paypal, send me a note for your RSVP.

This Sunday at 2pm, make the Sparrow catapult glider!

Sparrow is designed by Lloyd Shales. It’s very easy to make and is an amazing flyer. A catapult glider works like a sling shot so bring your running shoes!

The event will be at Wild Wing which has a large fields next to it. We can make the planes, have a beer or food while the glue is drying and then bring them to the large field.

before Friday at 4pm!

This Sunday at 7pm, lets make Dayton model planes with wheels!

These sorts of simple model airplanes are fun for all ages but we are doing the event in a pub.

This will be at Busters Pub, 2525 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario at 7pm. Come early for a brew or food!

The Dayton model airplane is a new design (September 2012)! It’s based on the Squirrel.

before Friday at 4pm!

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Sparrow-Rama!

August 22, 2012Gallery, OutreachSparrow, Sparrow-Rama, Squirrel-O-RamaDarcy

Hello Aviators!

Sparrow-Rama!

Here are the latest happenings! I wasn’t going to send anything till the end of the month. But I’m recruiting for people that want to come and try out the Sparrow (by Lloyd Shales). http://www.rubber-power.com/tag/sparrow

We will meet at a pub, make the planes, eat and have a drink while the glue is drying then hit the field. The field is adjoined to the pub. Feel free to bring your other creations! Contact me for details and prefered times! I’m planning on doing two of these events. I’m going to so some sort of recruitment outside the model plane community so if you want in, act now. 🙂

Feel free to bookmark the blog http://www.rubber-power.com/blog.htm to see the details of this event as it happens!

Squirrel-O-Rama

I am changing the format. Please send me ideas. I’ll make a blog post of the new proposed format after I receive a bit of input. But I have some cool ideas!

Darcy

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What are good Ottawa Venues for Model Airplane Meetups?

August 18, 2012Experimental, OutreachSquirrel-O-RamaDarcy

I’ve been looking at venues for meeting up to make model planes.

I just noticed Wild Wing. It’s right next to a large field and a community center. Wild Wing is a pub and it also has a deck.

There is a huge parking lot for the mall which is always empty so that makes it accessible by car.

I think this is a great prospect since that field is pretty large.

I am planning on having a meetup there unless I can find something better.

I’ve also looked at Busters out in the West End of Ottawa since it has an large parking lot. It’s a pub with a micro deck.

I’ve had meetups successfully there. The parking lot is a little small. I’ve lost planes on the roof of the mall. Also I’m pretty concerned about the traffic in and out of the lot so that leaves Sunday evenings since that’s the lowest traffic point.

What other venues have a field or large parking lot?