Topic: G.T.M 1/3 Scale Fokker Dr1

Hi all i thought id post some pics of the Dr1 she is finished now and weather depending will be test flying her tomorrow. Neil

Beauty Niel, again 

  for a succesfull maiden flight (and landing  )

Looking forward to beating her up mit the Camel 

Muds

Very nice Neil.  It looks beautiful.    Good luck with the maiden.
  Is someone going to video it? 

Alan

Beautiful job as ever, though I have one question.

Have you run out of yellow paint yet !

You are nearly as bad as Matrock with his Italian jobs!!

Ian.

Hi all well, she flew , it was very windy and she was a bit of a hand full, she flew excellent, looking forward to flying her with the team, ill up load some photos soon and a Video. Thanks to Ian for taking over when the engine started to loose rpm . .Neil

Excellent news mate 

C'mom wiv the piccys 

Neil, great job, do you have any build pics in higher res I can use (see build pics wanted thread) 

Steve

Hi all these are some pics of the D7 and the Dr1 together at the Field, video coming later today [/img][/img]

Bugger!!  i,m orf to buy a train set..!!

  stunnin mate just stunnin

  chris

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Neil's 1st test flight

Check this out, this is the first flight, it was cut very sort due to the engine loosing power. I gave Ian the transmitter to do a emergency landing and he did a top job in the tricking conditions   , Ill post the 2nd flight soon

bloody lovely. What you need now is someone to fly the D7 alongside the DR1 

bloody lovely. What you need now is someone to fly the D7 alongside the DR1 

Good idea, wonder where we could find someone 

You could have warned me about the landing... My heart almost stopped....

Nice one Neil.  A true master of yellow aircraft 

Look forward to more pics and videos!

Nigel

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Neil's 2nd test flight

Here is the video of the 2nd test flight, thanks guys for all your positive comments. I cannot wait to paint an other yellow plane

Cracking stuff Neil.
Mike particularly liked your landing! 

PS. I like your garden.

Smashing Niel, perhaps these fokkers are not so bad after all. Really nice one. Pat

Neil, did you get the Serial plate installed??  Let's be having a picture is so 

Nigel

Hi Neil

I'm finishing up my GTM dr1 and would like to know how you balanced yours. From the flight videos it looks like the CG is dead on. How heavy is your build and what power plant are you using.

Thanks

Tom

Hi Tom i balanced mine with the c.g measurements whats on the plan, balancing it on the wing rib closest to the fuz on the middle wing, the all up weight is just under 15kgs and is powered by a zenoah 38 with Toni Clarke reduction drive,Neil                                                                             

There something wrong with the first clip. Mr redshaw taking almost a full minute to start the engine, your letting the side down. 

And now you are on the Glenn Torrance web site

That name get's you everywhere 

Note the D.VII Schwaben scheme, reproduced on the full size which I will be doing to my D.VII when I eventually start it (this year . . .  honest) 

http://www.flygtm.com/

Nigel

Neil absolutely lovely if mine is half as good i will be on to a  winner 
is it that sensitive or was there too much throw on the sticks ??
 

It was sensitive but very controllable, it was also blustery too. Neil has altered some settings since as it has now flown a good few times more. Hows yours coming on Richard? Hows the Morane too?? Get thi names down for Stow Maries

Ian.

Hi Richard, like Ian said its very manoeuvrable but easy to control, i altered the undercarriage bungees to stop it skipping on the ground when landing and re tensioned the fuz to top wing flying wires. It flys brilliantly, just on with re engining it to a 100cc twin, with should make it perform a lot better, the drag with having 3 wings was a lot.  Neil

Hi Neil

Thanks for the CG info. I have six flights to date and yes its a floater...flys slow and easy. However I can't land on paved runways because it likes to ground loop. The wings skids get a work out and need to modify them to flex and prevent yielding of the support brk. I fly at 6000 feet plus and use a da 100cc engine. The plane can go vertical at 39 lbs. Not scale like but I fly mostly 1/2 throttle anyway. You sure can get out of trouble with that power.

It was sensitive but very controllable, it was also blustery too. Neil has altered some settings since as it has now flown a good few times more. Hows yours coming on Richard? Hows the Morane too?? Get thi names down for Stow Maries

Ian.

Thanks for the info Ian & Neil i have a 62cc Fuji for mine it should do fine with the drag ((Snail pace but it is moving on the wings are all to gether and the fuse is framed just lots on will get there soon 

Morane is all ok will do some work on it over winter
Yes i will book in for Stow Maries lookes a fantastic place 

Hi all happy new year. I thought id post some pics of the engine instillation on the Dr1 , its a Dle 111. I run it up the other day and its got tremendous power.

Im going to need to make a scale dummy engine, so ive got some cylinders out of an other kit , thanks Mudders for your advice on the dummy engine

OOOh shiney new engines!

Looks good mate, it'll transform the way she flys 

Which kit did you 'borrow' the cylinder from? 

The cylinders are a the same size to the ones on the plan. More pics to come later when i make the crank case

Cor thats going to go well mate 
Looking forward to seeing it flying now. You will be able to use the throttle in flight not like before 
Give us a go 
Watching the dummy motor build with interest.

Si

The kit is a pfalz D1 very unusual plane

A bit more done this afternoon, made the crank case front and back also markeked out cylinder positions on 1/32 ply what will rap round crank case.

Here is the 1/32 ply with the cylinders on for marking.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Then the ply is put round the crank cases.

This is the basic mock up