Free Flight Trimming Basics #3 - How To Fly A Hi-Wing Model Plane
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This 3rd episode of a
This 3rd episode of a trim session focuses on flying the 20"rubber-powered, free-flight model of the Ryan M-1 mail plane, which was produced in 1926. Filmed and flown by Tom Hallman in May thru July 2021 in beautiful Pine Forge, PA & Wawayanda, NY, using a Canon PowerShot SX20, iPhone 11Pro. Based on the plan by the late, great Walt Mooney. Sadly, the model went OOS on her third time out. Music via the talented musicians at artist.io, who breathe life into my films.
You can build the same model twice, yet they may need totally different trimming solutions. Therein lies the challenge & fun of rubber-powered free-flight.
Inspired by this Walt Mooney plan: hallmanstudio.com/Mooney_RyanM1.pdf
Thrust plate photos: hallmanstudio.com/ThrustPlates.pdf
Adjustable thrust template: hallmanstudio.com/AdjustableThrustTemplate.pdf
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As a side note, my personal thoughts on the model's short life:
I dove into the Pine Forge & Wawa 2018 archives to gather trimming footage of the 20” Ryan M-1 mail plane, where she came into trim nicely the first night out, but decided to seek the sun at high altitude a few weeks later at Wawa…OOS.
Man, that was a tough one to swallow. Not only did I lose a good model two weeks before the Nats, but also a pair of Hungerford wheels, and a smooth working button DT. Unfortunately…even though the DT popped at 2 mins, the stab DT was worthless in that boomer.
I searched the area for 90+ minutes, but with two thunderstorms & cloud to ground lightning approaching from 'both' the west and east (strange & scary) I bailed. After one especially loud thunder crack, I sprinted 200 yards back to the van. Lone figure on a flat field with approaching lightning strikes is a dangerous situation. It was either race to the van or dash to the nearest ditch and squat below ground level until they passed. Now there’s a picture for you.
But I feel it became a pretty good trim session tutorial, since I talked all the way through,
explaining my choices, and showing the affects of each.
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This new flying model series, inspired by the many flying & trimming questions I've received from viewers on my channel in recent years. There are many, many ways to trim a model, but the approach seen here is what has worked best for me, so that's what I will share. I try my best to take a grass roots approach, as I was taught by my many mentors early on within the Flying Aces Club. Hopefully this methodical step by step will be universally understood and successfully received by newcomers to the hobby.
Future episodes will show trim sessions with problematic models that need help in becoming stabile flyers again, including scale hi-wingers, low-wingers, and biplanes. My hope is that these films will become foundation tutorials for newbies in the hobby, answering many of the generic questions that all modelers with limited experience will surely have about rubber-powered free-flight modeling.
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*** 10 steps to trimming a rubber model, by John Koptonak: www.flyingacesclub.com/PFFT/Trimming10steps.pdf
Also, these tutorials from Easy Built Models: easybuiltmodels.com/tips.htm#gsc.tab=0
Here's a source for rubber: www.faimodelsupply.com/product-category/tan-super-…
Rubber turns calculator: hallmanstudio.com/rubber_turns_calculator.pdf
Article on the use of dethermalizers: www.hallmanstudio.com/DT.pdf
Badge Classic DT & spring (at the bottom of the page): www.starlink-flitetech.com/timers.html
Looking for a Flying Aces Club near you? Check out this link: flyingacesclub.com/wp/about-the-fac/fac-squadrons/ If you click on the map at the area closest to you, it will automatically bring up an information request link. That request goes to FAC GHQ and also to the Squadron Commander of record for that squadron.
Geneseo FAC Nats Journals from 2016 & 2018: www.maxfliart.com/
For more info on free-flight rubber-powered models, check these websites:
brooklyn-balsa.square.site/
www.easybuiltmodels.com/
www.volareproducts.com/BUY/
www.flyingacesclub.com/
National Free Flight Society - freeflight.org/
Mike Stuart's Flying Scale Models - www.ffscale.co.uk/
www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk/
Flying Aces Club merchandise: www.cafepress.com/flyingacesclub
All profits support Flying Aces Club activities.
Center of Gravity merchandise: www.cafepress.com/centergravity
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