The Cicogna was a "Pull-OutPlan"
back in 1997, drawn up by Alberto Dotti at 62" span, mine is blown
up to 94". The the original was designed by Luigi Teichfuss and powered
by a 25 horse power engine. It looks like Luigi just chopped off the tail
end of a Falcon, and whacked an motor in........The plan had a 400 electric
motor, mine has a geared 600.....should be ok at 1/2 throttle, and at
4lbs ( for the benifit of the Euro Police 800grams) it should be a bit
of a floater....it wasn't the prop wasn't big enough, so now it's in bits
I'll take the geared bit out......I am repairing it after it spun in on
Saturday at Selsley. Wings are fine but the fuz is a little bent. (text
by Andy W)
Another of Andy's "rescued"
gliders. Bought secondhand, but refurbished and looks great in the air.
It flies! ....as long
as it's not too windy :-)
Something different again
for Andy. An all foam park flyer glider, but it looks fantastic with
a nice paint job.
A low pass with the Tucano
....or is it a staged photo?
Andy can't resist a good scale paint job, this time it's on a PMP EPP
Tucano. The Tucano was covered in Solartex with Flair decals applied.
A closeup view of Andy's Tucano. This is the current RAF trainer colour
scheme.
Andy Likes Zagi's.first there was the standard Zagi, then the 5ft Zagi,
then the 6ft Zagi and now the 8ft Zagi! (3 biggest one's are shown here)
Conclusion....Andy's loves Zagi's and he's also mad! All of the Zagi's
fly beautifully but they're getting bigger and bigger....how big's the
next one going to be?
This
8ft one looks rather nice as it's been designed to look like a B2 bomber.
It looks very menacing in the air...
Not quite sure how it's managed to change colour though..maybe he's got
2x8ft Zagi's?
8ft
Zagi in flight
1/4 scale DFS Reiher. Bought secondhand, then totally refurbished to an
excellent standard. Look superbs!
(photo taken on Selsley Common)
Closeup
view
Aerial
view over Selsley, it really does look good in the air.
This
shows what can be done with a rather tatty secondhand model. Needless
to say this is the "before" picture"
And
this is the "after" picture.