 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
|
|
|
 |
||||
|
|
|
||||
| Welcome to The FlyingGiants Community! We're all about fun, and inside you'll find the greatest, friendliest, and most helpful group of people around! If this is your first time visiting, please check out site, and click here to sign up! We hope to see you soon!! |
|
|||||||
07-15-2008, 08:01 AM
|
#76 |
|
Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kentucky
Age: 26
Posts: 8,260
 |
Re: AERO-TOWING
i did look there, but i dont spend much time on rcu, this place is way better, and rcg haha.. thread being updated here hehe
mike
__________________
Get your cool FG Mouse pad HERE: http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55338 IMACPhotos http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55755 My XFC Photo Flood : http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...re-photos.html www.hcrcm.org (my flying club......) http://www.mbphotos.exposuremanager.com/ |
|
|
|
07-15-2008, 01:39 PM
|
#77 |
|
Multi Platform Pilot
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Jacksonville Florida
Age: 46
Posts: 1,469
 |
Re: AERO-TOWING
I don't know about all that!
I meant RCG anyhow. Though I do tend to have RCU on the brain sometimes.
__________________
3D Bowl March 23-25 Jax RC! Andy AMA 77227 http://www.jaxrc.com Florida Freestyle Aerobatics Association |
|
|
|
|
07-15-2008, 04:06 PM
|
#78 |
|
Bad-ass Super Contributer!
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Gore Southland New Zealand
Age: 67
Posts: 618
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
tidy looking husky. alex
|
|
|
|
|
07-15-2008, 11:41 PM
|
#79 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kentucky
Age: 26
Posts: 8,260
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
mike
__________________
Get your cool FG Mouse pad HERE: http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55338 IMACPhotos http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55755 My XFC Photo Flood : http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...re-photos.html www.hcrcm.org (my flying club......) http://www.mbphotos.exposuremanager.com/ |
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
07-16-2008, 06:37 AM
|
#80 |
|
Time for something New......
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newcastle NSW, Australia
Posts: 4,819
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
I'll take some pics next time we take the big gliders out.
__________________
It's hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by turkeys..   www.extraaircraft.com www.scaleaeros.com.au www.desertaircraft.com.au www.theprofilebrotherhood.com www.booma-rc.com |
|
|
|
|
07-25-2008, 05:14 PM
|
#81 |
|
Gettin' Lower!
 Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 37
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
How does the airplane tow hook work? I can see the glider setup but the plane? Leon
|
|
|
|
|
07-26-2008, 12:17 AM
|
#82 |
|
Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kentucky
Age: 26
Posts: 8,260
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
the attactment on the tow plane works the same as the one inthe glider, its just moutned on top.. soem one with one set up should post pics..
mike
__________________
Get your cool FG Mouse pad HERE: http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55338 IMACPhotos http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55755 My XFC Photo Flood : http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...re-photos.html www.hcrcm.org (my flying club......) http://www.mbphotos.exposuremanager.com/ |
|
|
|
|
07-26-2008, 07:53 AM
|
#83 |
|
Multi Platform Pilot
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Jacksonville Florida
Age: 46
Posts: 1,469
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
I'll take some close ups of the Husky today.
Here's our last attempt with the telemaster http://www.jaxrc.com/gallery/video_viewer.php?id=123
__________________
3D Bowl March 23-25 Jax RC! Andy AMA 77227 http://www.jaxrc.com Florida Freestyle Aerobatics Association |
|
|
|
|
07-26-2008, 08:03 AM
|
#84 |
|
Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kentucky
Age: 26
Posts: 8,260
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
ouch!, atleast it happened after release! we had a 1/4 scale endecker do this.. it was spectacular. to bad about that one..
mike
__________________
Get your cool FG Mouse pad HERE: http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55338 IMACPhotos http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55755 My XFC Photo Flood : http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...re-photos.html www.hcrcm.org (my flying club......) http://www.mbphotos.exposuremanager.com/ |
|
|
|
|
07-26-2008, 04:35 PM
|
#85 |
|
giant glider aerotow
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Jacksonville Florida
Posts: 2
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
Here is a photo of the HUsky tow release. It was homemade. A servo pulls the music wire down to release the towline. I put the wire on an inside hole on the servo to get more pulling power as it only has to move the distance of the cutout to release. The entire assembly with the servo is mounted to a 1/8 inch plywood plate that is attached to fuselage former around the center of the wing. Here are the photos looking at the outside and from inside looking aft.
|
|
|
|
|
11-07-2008, 07:42 AM
|
#86 |
|
Time for something New......
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newcastle NSW, Australia
Posts: 4,819
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
Going out to the field tomorrow for some scale glider flying. I'll be the tug pilot but I'll take some pics of our setups and possibly get someone to take some video.
__________________
It's hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by turkeys.. www.extraaircraft.com www.scaleaeros.com.au www.desertaircraft.com.au www.theprofilebrotherhood.com www.booma-rc.com |
|
|
|
|
11-07-2008, 07:50 AM
|
#87 |
|
Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kentucky
Age: 26
Posts: 8,260
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
sweet, look forward to it!
mike
__________________
Get your cool FG Mouse pad HERE: http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55338 IMACPhotos http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55755 My XFC Photo Flood : http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...re-photos.html www.hcrcm.org (my flying club......) http://www.mbphotos.exposuremanager.com/ |
|
|
|
|
11-07-2008, 03:29 PM
|
#88 |
|
Would be, if I could be
  
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: QLD Australia
Age: 49
Posts: 4,166
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
Hey Rusty, anyone up that way selling large scale glider? 4.5m plus?
__________________
Confuscious say... man who have model airplanes... needs a wife with job.  NOW THAT HE HAS ONE FOR HIMSELFMember of the TAS 2007 ROTW Boat Race Team (The WINNERS)   IMAC Sequence Comittee IMAC Rules Comittee ASAA Life member www.scaleaeros.com.au Home of ASAA www.desertaircraft.com.au |
|
|
|
|
11-07-2008, 05:16 PM
|
#89 |
|
Time for something New......
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newcastle NSW, Australia
Posts: 4,819
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
Possibly, I'll ask today
Are you looking for anything in particular?
__________________
It's hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by turkeys.. www.extraaircraft.com www.scaleaeros.com.au www.desertaircraft.com.au www.theprofilebrotherhood.com www.booma-rc.com |
|
|
|
|
11-08-2008, 02:48 AM
|
#90 |
|
Time for something New......
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newcastle NSW, Australia
Posts: 4,819
|
Re: AERO-TOWING
Had a good day at the field today.
Arrived at the field to see some nasty dark clouds looming, and as soon as I pulled the tug out of the trailer down came the rain.  We then spent the next 90min waiting for the rain to clear. Once it did the planes went together and we got stuck into it. We only had two gliders to tow one of which was only a 3.5m and the other a 5.5m ASW28. We put the small glider behind the small electric tug (which I forgot to take pics of) and did a series of tows about 20-25min appart as there was some lift around. We then wheeled out the big glider and tug and took them up for a spin. We didn't get quite as many flights in due to the rain but it was a good day anyway. We didn't attemp any fancy towing this time as it's been a while since we have done any towing. we just climbed out at about 50-60 degrees straight down the strip into the wind. Hopefully next time I can talk the glider pilots into attempting some turns. Here's a few pics of the yoke setup on the big tug and some of the ASW28 I also got the Missus to take some video but she only got the electric tug.
__________________
It's hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by turkeys.. www.extraaircraft.com www.scaleaeros.com.au www.desertaircraft.com.au www.theprofilebrotherhood.com www.booma-rc.com |
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| aero works yak da 50 size | rcsmitty | Newcomers | 17 | 12-29-2008 10:48 PM |
| Model Aero - Free Shipping Spectacular! | AeroCat Man | Manufacturer's Announcements | 0 | 11-22-2006 05:30 PM |
| Aero Works & Kirby's Kustom Vinyl Graphics | storklappe | Workshop Skills | 1 | 11-12-2006 10:26 PM |
| Accident during Aero GP in Malta | halfar | General Discussion | 8 | 09-11-2006 10:20 AM |
| Aero GP in Malta! | ALANXP | Chit Chat | 3 | 09-11-2006 04:28 AM |
