KMP Aviat Husky A-1

[pitviper51]

ok time to bump this thread back from oblivian... the bird is back on the table in my goal to get all my current projects flying by spring before i think about new stuff. so with that said i now have the magnum 91 mounted. and servos in the wing. one wing left haha.. i now have a much large vehical to hual it in so the stuts just a hassel now. im wondering tho, would it effect anything mounting the throttle servo on the fire wall ??? i want to use a hs 81 or mighty micro for throtle. thanks, new pic! i want this plane done and over the last hassel arf i built turned out to be the best flying plane iv had,,, so i have hope for this one hahah
mike

[pitviper51]

all servos expect the throttle in now, the throt servo is gonna be tricky to place since the carb is on the center line. but ill figure something out, i had to put it together haha enjoy the pics
mike

[mimoore67]

I too have this same plane and engine set up. I'm tempted to take a break from another project and throw this ARF together. If you have a picture of the plane with the cowling, I would be interested in seeing it!

Michael

[pitviper51]

i have not cut the cowl to fit over the engine yet, hope to soon. im wrapped up in a project now, so im hoping to get the wing hinged and set up stilll needs a few things but hey its winter haha. welcome to fg,
mike

ps, when did you get your husky arf?

[mimoore67]

I bought mine at the Toledo Show, two years ago! I'm into S.T.O.L aircraft. I was just looking at the wing, as I like to mount my servos sideways, so their hidden in the wing. I'm not sure, I'm going to mess with the servos. I would save a lot of time, if I would just build my planes and follow the instructions, but I'm always modifying something to make it more scale looking. The problem is, the more scale looking the more time it takes. So, I should just slap this thing together and be done with it!

[SmokinKat]

I have flown this plane.......very very nice. One of the nicest flying scale planes on this size class. Im into RC Bushflying (STOL, landing in crazy places) and this baby lands real slow and is a great little bush plane. This one has a Saito 82 (plenty of power) and has dubro 6" inflatable tires. My buddy needs to straiten out his landing gear, but the pic gives you a good idea how cool it looks.

[pitviper51]

ok its comfirmed i have to have 6inch balloons for my husky hahaha., i put the 90 size scale tail gear from hobbly lobby on mine, looks like you did similar. any more pics or video? theres not much online about this plane.
mike

[SmokinKat]

That is the only pic I took last weekend. I will shoot video of it flying next weekend and post it here for you.

[pitviper51]

thanks, really looking forward to seeing it, threads on this husky are few and far between.
mike
ps, no progress on mine today got to playing around airbrushing.

[SmokinKat]

Pitviper51,

Sorry this took so long to get this on here, but my buddy (the owner and who is 80'ish) ground looped this plane during take off and did a violent cart wheel destroying the entire front end from the windshield fwd. He took the engine off the mount and handed me the plane, servos and all.
Well....another friend of mine offered to fix the front end for me. 2 days later he shows up and it's all fixed up. All I had to do was recover the front end and mount my Saito 90 twin. I did offer to give the plane back to the original owner, but he wants something not so loopy on the ground. Any how, this plane it is a blast to fly and I will get off my butt tomorrow and cut out the cowl for this engine.
Here is the video from last Sat

YouTube - Husky flight

[pitviper51]

that is freaken fantastic! love the twin! hahah,, what tires did you use? and is it stock axil.. i need to new tires and that tundra look is a must for this plane.. i cant stop saying wow. now i have to get mine done! thanks
mike

[SmokinKat]

Thanks Mike, the tires are the Dubro 6" inflatables. I have a set of these on my 1/4 scale Supercub with nearly 200 flights and probably 400 touch n go's on gravel, dirt, weeds and rocky terrain. Im yet to wear these tires out. As far as the Axles they look like 1/8th by 3".

R/C Bush Flying is a new twist to RC IMHO.....it's a blast to do and takes some skill to do it right in a scale manner. Here are some vids you might get a kick out of....

YouTube - E-Flite Beaver Bush Flying

YouTube - STOL Cub.wmv