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GWS Tiger Moth |
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GWS Tiger Moth |
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Here are some pictures of my "Tiger Moth," a popular electric R/C kit from GWS of Taiwan<click on pictures to see bigger view> |
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| Weighs only 8.4 ounces, complete. |
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| Made my own decals on the inkjet. |
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| Instrument Panel |
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| Put lights on it. |
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First Flight-May 12, 2002- |
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Finished building her this afternoon. It was too
windy to test fly it, she only weighs less than 9 oz. So of course I did
anyway. Awesome fun! It had way more power than I expected--I am at over
4000 ft altitude. It was so breezy I had to land at nearly 3/4 throttle
but she handles great. Going backwards AND gaining altitude at half
throttle is a kick too! I need to increase the rudder throw, however,
because I was not able to do rolls with her in my two test flights. The only major mod I made was to hollow out the instrument panel area so that I could mount my 7 cell 300 mAh NiMh in the front cockpit. See pictures. It is very easy to change batteries this way and it put the CG right on for me. I am sure others have done this as well. Since the aircraft isn't scale, I'm not so worried about the looks although its not god-awful this way. I plan on making some decals with my inkjet today That's all for now. -John |
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