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Prop Nut · 21 January 2008, 01:28 PM

I thought I would share this here as it is getting really close to completion. About a year ago I started this project with a completion date set as August...of 2007! One thing after another has come up and it is only in the last couple of months that I have gotten back into this project.

I will post all the pictures in chronological order with comments as I remember them. Please comment, even negitive comments are welcome as that helps to correct errors that I might have made (who me?!).

This is meant to be a HUGE funscale plane, I wanted somthing that was recognizable but easy to build. This is a scratch built Tripe with ideas stolen from many sources, including Alan's 1/3 scale build in RCScalebuilder (his is a masterpiece and I highly reccomend going there and looking it up) and Del Johnsons 1/3rd scale Fokker DR1.

Here it is in the bones, I started with the fuse and figured I would make the wings fit to whatever I ended up with.

The landing gear was made for me by a buddy, thanks again Rob. They are 1/4 and 3/8 inch aircraft grade moly steel tube. Each axle half works independant of the other with bungies in the scale fashion. The engine is a Quadra 50cc, I have since changed my mind and purchased a G62 as I wanted to turn a bigger prop for scale looks.

21 January 2008, 01:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Prop Nut Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 198	1/3rd scale Sopwith Triplane I thought I would share this here as it is getting really close to completion. About a year ago I started this project with a completion date set as August...of 2007! One thing after another has come up and it is only in the last couple of months that I have gotten back into this project. I will post all the pictures in chronological order with comments as I remember them. Please comment, even negitive comments are welcome as that helps to correct errors that I might have made (who me?!). This is meant to be a HUGE funscale plane, I wanted somthing that was recognizable but easy to build. This is a scratch built Tripe with ideas stolen from many sources, including Alan's 1/3 scale build in RCScalebuilder (his is a masterpiece and I highly reccomend going there and looking it up) and Del Johnsons 1/3rd scale Fokker DR1. Here it is in the bones, I started with the fuse and figured I would make the wings fit to whatever I ended up with. The landing gear was made for me by a buddy, thanks again Rob. They are 1/4 and 3/8 inch aircraft grade moly steel tube. Each axle half works independant of the other with bungies in the scale fashion. The engine is a Quadra 50cc, I have since changed my mind and purchased a G62 as I wanted to turn a bigger prop for scale looks. __________________ It's not the going up part that bothers me.....its the coming down part. Last edited by Prop Nut; 22 January 2008 at 09:05 AM.