KMP Aviat Husky A-1

[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

[pitviper51]

nice that beaver is cool, 6 inch tires on it,, man to scale those tires would be HUGE haha.. so they fit the stock axils ok? thanks
mike

[pitviper51]

hey smokenkat, any updates on your husky? i need to gett off my but and finish mine.. every time i come back to your video i get that urge haha
mike

[SmokinKat]

Nothin new to report as im up in Seattle and not able to fly again until middle of April. Mabe this will motivate you alittle more to get off your arse and "get er done"......lol

YouTube - KMP Husky Flight Video

[pitviper51]

dreull... man that looks good withthe cowl! sound soooo gooooood.. bah............. thats it i need to get mine done. need to get the tires.
mike

[pitviper51]

well i got the throttle servo mounted the side of the fuse just infront of the tray, this will give me access to the wing strut bolts.. i also have the 6 in dubro tires on the way and my ar7000 rx, so now to figure out wing wiring.. y cord on ailrons and direct to flaps i think, since ill need aux 2 for one ele half.. still erks me off that they couldnt put a one servo tail surface set up on this plane i mean.. its not a big plane y rod would have been good enough.. sadly i dought ill get a kmp model again,, sucks since they make awsome looking airplanes but they need to think out the set ups a bit better. oh well, progress is coming!
mike

[pitviper51]

well the rx and big tires came in today, fixen to mount the tires now. the big tires have some wieght to it but this plane is not being built to do rolling harries hahah, pics later
mike