Bill Hempel 100cc Yak-55M?????

[ExtPlt]

Its 88" for the 50cc and 101" for the 100cc.

[Phxsparky12]

	Quote: Originally Posted by toc pilot
	Well, I will have to remeasure when I get home.... or maybe someone else can chime in here... It is definatley NOT 88". The smaller WS is because of the real Yak's size. I am pretty sure the 50cc Yak is either 81" or 83".... Ill check as you now have me confused! lol Bill Hempel

Getting you confused is not real hard to do.

[FlyingMadDog]

It wouldn't surprise me that the wingspan was shorter, since it is a model of the 55M (which means shorter wing than the 55) it was designed to increase the roll rate of the 55. One other thing, they also dropped the spinner from the plane when they made the 55M, so my question about spinner sizes is no longer valid, I'm not going to put one on.

[vwchad]

Since nobody seems to know what the wing span is, I assume that nobody is sure of the wing area either? That would be nice to know too.

[toc pilot]

	Quote: Originally Posted by vwchad
	Since nobody seems to know what the wing span is, I assume that nobody is sure of the wing area either? That would be nice to know too.

Ill get you the 'real' Wing Span soon, need to be paitient as I am still at my real job. EXT PILOT may be correct on the WS but I just dont remember (I am old) and these are all the original prototypes... there aren't that many out there and I am sure the people that got them didnt measure anything other than the engine spacing needed!


What ever the real deal is on these, the planes fly very well with the current wing loading. Last Sunday I flew a 50cc plane with Nicad batteries and no effort for weight reduction, it was 17.2 pounds, flew great!!

Give me a couple hours and I will measure mine!

Thanks,

BH

[vwchad]

I'm sorry if I sounded impatient, that was definately not my intention, simply curious. Also, I'm sorry if it sounded like I was, but I was definately not questioning the performance of these little beauties. I was just reading the latest posts and the question of wing area crossed my mind, thats all. I'm just so excited about getting one that I'm trying to absorb as much info as possible to feed the addiction.

[bodywerks]

	Quote:
	Last Sunday I flew a 50cc plane with Nicad batteries and no effort for weight reduction, it was 17.2 pounds, flew great!!

And it had a boat anchor engine strapped to the front. Lighter engines will put you under 17 pounds.
As for the wingspan, I think Extplt is right - 88" for the 50cc.

[Extra 260 nut]

Well I've had the pleasure of flying both the 50 & 100 cc Yaks the both fly great the 100cc I perfer bigger the better and if the 150 flies even better DANGGG I'll be trading in the 42% Extra and have to change to Extra yak nut LOL

[toc pilot]

	Quote: Originally Posted by vwchad
	I'm sorry if I sounded impatient, that was definately not my intention, simply curious. Also, I'm sorry if it sounded like I was, but I was definately not questioning the performance of these little beauties. I was just reading the latest posts and the question of wing area crossed my mind, thats all. I'm just so excited about getting one that I'm trying to absorb as much info as possible to feed the addiction.

No Problem brother, I understand!!

Well, due to unforseen children activities last night (Christmas school thingy) I didnt get a chance to measure up my airplane..


BH

[FlyingMadDog]

Mr. Hempel,

Saw your other post that the container is on the way, WOOHOO! If my math is right, transit time to the port, 2-weeks on the water, 1-week through customs, plus transit time to you from the port, that would mean we could start seeing shipments about mid-Jan? Not complaining, just planning for when my bench needs to be cleared by. Actually end of Jan - beginning of Feb would be better for me, but I will take them when you can send them!

There will also be some lost time around the holidays, that and your day job (quite frankly we would all support your decision to quit that and just do the planes thing, we'll explain it to your family for you, it is for the greater good after all).

I just can't wait!

[ExtPlt]

FlyingMadDog

Customs likes to open boxs just as much as the next guy, so dont forget to factor that in. My plane was held back 2 weeks because of this, but its well worth the wait.

[awat65]

I just measured the wing span on my Bill Hempel 50 cc Yak 55. It is 82.75 inches.

[toc pilot]

BAM!!! Yeah man, I knew I was right! Eat it all you other guys! lol

Thank you Tony.... BTW, when are you going to get that plane done and out to the field? Yours is the only Yellow one left as the other one was burned at the stake. CU Soon!

BH

[03fomoco]

Damn we made Tony's one of only one in the world currently. That is pretty cool...

[vwchad]

	Quote: Originally Posted by awat65
	I just measured the wing span on my Bill Hempel 50 cc Yak 55. It is 82.75 inches.

Thanks for setting everyone straight. That is a bit smaller than the trend these days for 50cc birds. Who cares though, as long as it flies good! Actually, that may be a good thing for me. I might be able to use the nice Carden wing bags I already have .