Author / Post embraer110 Site Supporter Joined: October/05/2012 Canada Posts: 127 IP Logged Posted: August/21/2024 at 10:52am  Quote   Hi everybody, here is my Caudron, finally finished! Project started on 2014, by hand drawing the plans, with various sources, like the Williams Bros 1/32 scale plastic model, with has been completed that past winter. In 2015, plans have been completed, and I've started with the stab, and let it alone for...9 years!!! Last fall, I decided it was too long and gave a big go on it. She's been maidened on Aug 3rd that present year, and...WHAT A RIDE!!! I had a handfull! extremely nose heavy, aggravated with that loooong nose full of fuel. Anyway, with help of a club member who was manipulating the elev trim, I was able to "fly" her home safely. With empty tank, she was better. So back to the shop: some weight added in the tail, exponential in ailerons and rudder(super senitive), and voilà! a brand new different plane, which flies perfectly! scale: 1/4.5 engine: Saito 115 weight: 4300gr empty wing span: 59 inches length: 62.5 inches So it is NOT a C-450, like the landing gear would tell, but a C-460, with retractable L.G., but for the race, the pneumatic L.G. was faulty, and they just locked it in open position, with planks of painted plywood to cover the wheel wells! Enough said, here are some pics: more to come! __________________ flying: RIP 1/7 Curtiss H-75 (P-40 T/F) 1/5 T-34 Mentor T/F 1/4 BUSA Fokker DVII Finish camo 1/4.5 scratch Albatros DVa 1/8 Dalotel DM-165 1/4.5 Caudron C-460 Building: 1/3 Deperdussin Monocoq   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    embraer110 Site Supporter Joined: October/05/2012 Canada Posts: 127 IP Logged Posted: August/21/2024 at 11:08am  Quote   Here are more pics. Propeller: APC 14x7 The real exhaust is the 3rd tube from the front The two pictures above show my "fuel-waste-less-system" , and shows radio switch(black), and ignition switch.(blue-cold, red-hot) all flying surfaces received a piano wire as an axle. Under the stabilizer, there is an access panel, to check the rudder and elevator control, and also this where I've put the weight into that area. I've cheated with the skid: replaced with a steerable tail wheell. Works flawlessly. Covering with Park lite Oracover(for the weight of it!), upper and lower cowl, as well as sides are fiber glass cloth on balsa, primed, painted, and varnished(Top Flite fuel proof rattle can). Tail cone is removable for rudder control and tail wheel maintenance, There is no detailed cockpit for 2 reasons: 1-weight, and 2-you don't see anything with that tiny little canopy! So Buzz Lightning it is LOL! That's right what they say: when you watch it on the ramp, she looks like she's already at 200mph! Still have to deal with those markings on the tail. I will probably go wit Callie Graphics. __________________ flying: RIP 1/7 Curtiss H-75 (P-40 T/F) 1/5 T-34 Mentor T/F 1/4 BUSA Fokker DVII Finish camo 1/4.5 scratch Albatros DVa 1/8 Dalotel DM-165 1/4.5 Caudron C-460 Building: 1/3 Deperdussin Monocoq   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    ARUP Lifetime Site Supporter Joined: December/10/2009 United States Posts: 1571 IP Logged Posted: August/21/2024 at 11:39am  Quote   Very nice! My kind of airplane.   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search

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