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Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
04-10-2017, 01:55 PM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

Participated in the Owls Head Transportation...

Participated in the Owls Head Transportation Museum of Maine annual Model Festival this past weekend. Part of my display was my Great Planes WACO which drew a lot of attention as one of only two...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
10-05-2016, 04:24 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

Great Planes WACO at KVMA. Jaybird

Great Planes WACO at KVMA.

Jaybird
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
10-02-2016, 05:10 PM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

I have several short videos from my flight on...

I have several short videos from my flight on YouTube at jaywiley6.

https://youtu.be/O8QKZXlzrPE

Jaybird
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
09-19-2016, 06:06 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

Full Size WACO YMF-5 ride at Owls Head Transportation Museum

I had a wonderful 1/2 hour ride in a 2011 WACO YMF-5 at Owls Head Transportation Museum near Rockland, Maine a couple of weekends ago during their antique motorcycle meet. I rode in the front...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
06-23-2015, 01:29 PM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

Well, apparently he's so mesmerized by your Pitts...

Well, apparently he's so mesmerized by your Pitts that he doesn't even see them!

Jaybird
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
06-23-2015, 12:29 PM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

I believe Acerc has used folding gate hinges...

I believe Acerc has used folding gate hinges screwed to the floor that lay flat and then fold up to secure the model to. He can obviously offer more detail. He has pictures over on his Pitts S1-S...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
05-26-2015, 01:57 PM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

I have a Saito 125 on mine and find it too has...

I have a Saito 125 on mine and find it too has plenty of power. I needed additional weight up front to get to the recommended CG location so I used the firewall shelf to mount the reciever battery,...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
04-09-2015, 11:07 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

No. The Du-Bro threaded brass inserts have a...

No. The Du-Bro threaded brass inserts have a coarse thread with "V" notches on the outside and the 4-40 thread on the inside. They are going into 1/2" thick bass wood blocks glued into the wing with...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
04-09-2015, 08:51 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

I am using both blind nuts and threaded inserts...

I am using both blind nuts and threaded inserts on my current build (BUSA 1/6 scale Nieuport 28C) for the interplane and cabane mounts.

Jaybird
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
04-08-2015, 07:27 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

The GP ARF has blind nuts or some sort threaded...

The GP ARF has blind nuts or some sort threaded 4-40 inserts already in the wing panels at the top and botton wing strut locations.

Jaybird
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
04-05-2015, 03:04 PM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

I have been flying mine for a couple of seasons...

I have been flying mine for a couple of seasons and the wing inserts seem to be doing fine. The only problem I've had is one of the bent strut mounting brackets fatigued and snapped at the bend at...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
04-01-2015, 07:01 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

I have the same Great Planes WACO ARF with (4)...

I have the same Great Planes WACO ARF with (4) aileron servos with top and bottom left and top and bottom right "Y"ed together on separate channels (Spektrum Dx7s). Mine has a Saito 125 four stroke...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
07-14-2014, 06:26 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

Thanks. It has a Saito 125 single cylinder. ...

Thanks. It has a Saito 125 single cylinder.

Jaybird
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
07-10-2014, 12:18 PM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

Cougar, On my Great Planes WACO I used...

Cougar,

On my Great Planes WACO I used DU-BRO 2-56 pull-pull cable sets and made hard points at the fuselage and cabanes and clip points out at the wing struts. It goes together fairly quickly...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
07-10-2014, 12:11 PM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

WOW!!! That is spectacular! Jaybird

WOW!!! That is spectacular!

Jaybird
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
12-20-2013, 07:49 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

My Great Planes WACO ARF is now on display over a...

My Great Planes WACO ARF is now on display over a new indoor children's play area at our Maine Mall in South Portland sponsored by the Portland International Jet Port. They had approached the local...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
11-12-2013, 11:52 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

Hey fly, There have been several people who...

Hey fly,

There have been several people who have added the corrugations to the 1/6 Pica and Great Planes ARF version but I can't track down the page numbers. Not any help i know, but it has been...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
11-12-2013, 09:31 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/attachment.php?att...

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1938690An Uncle-in-law shared a story from his lady friend down in Florida. When she was younger (1940's) she did a lot of full size...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
10-15-2013, 07:08 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/attachment.php?att...

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1930036http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1930037http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=193003...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
06-25-2013, 10:57 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

RE: WACO YMF

I thought that might be what it was. I had bought that same one for this ARF but couldn't come up with a good way to modify the tail. Thanks for the detail and information. I used the tailwheel on...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
06-25-2013, 10:13 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

RE: WACO YMF

WacoDream,

What did you use for a tailwheel assembly? I missed that thread if you've showed it before. Please let me know the post numbers if you did or share more if you didn't.

I used...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
06-09-2013, 06:27 PM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

RE: WACO YMF

Flew my Great Planes WACO ARF at an Open House/High Wing event held at the Skystreakers field New Gloucester, Maine. The only other large biplane was a Hangar 9 Beast and few small electrics ones so...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
04-09-2013, 07:31 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

RE: WACO YMF

The adjustable slot cutting guide is big help in controlling it. It does take some getting used to and if I havn't operated it in a while a make a couple of practice cuts on scrap balsa. It can...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
04-09-2013, 07:09 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

RE: WACO YMF

I use the Great Planes "Slot Machine" which is an electric powered tool with two toothed blades that slide back and forth. It comes with blade sets that are made to match the different thickness...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
03-29-2013, 10:57 AM
Replies: 19,483
Views: 2,703,213
Posted By Jaybird

RE: WACO YMF

They have a WACO in their collection that museum members can buy rides in as well as their PT-17 Stearman (seen in the background of the picture above). Theirs is a 1931 WACO UBF-2. ...
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