:bigplane: I was thinking of trying to model the Boomerang. Here is a link:
http://selair.selkirk.bc.ca/aerodynamics1/.../Boomerang.html

do they make a rc model like that ???

:thumbdown: No. I would have to build it from scratch. :bigplane: It would look different from what everyone else would be flying.

You have alot of guts if you can pull that off.

Robert??? building a plane thats DIFFERENT From what everyone else is flying????? hmmm.. IMAGINE THAT !!!!!! :yickes:

A lot of GUTS, GO FOR IT MAN!

I saw an article in some magazine where a modeler had built a RC version of this design...



But that's okay, Robert! Go for it!
You build it, we'll fly it! :thumbup:

I'll offer to test fly it for you...
My credentials:
1. I have flown multi-engine planes before.
2. I have flown and landed planes with one half of the horizontal stab missing before!

:lol:

:bigplane: Mine will be a SPAD . I going to use plastic bats for the fuse. The big fat bat for the main fuse. The little bat for the second engine. :thumbup: A pair of webra .35's for power. I hope to have it ready for National SPADFEST 08 just outside Des Moines, Iowa. June 8th.

:o

I know you can do it! Start NOW!

What is the status of the ToadMotoStuntKite plane? Will we ever see it again? :huh:

I was looking forward to tweaking it so it would fly longer than 36 seconds... :D

:thumbup: It should be out this weekend. :bigplane: It flys good without the frog. But it doesn't look as cool.

Gotta have that frog! Ribbit! :D

I think this would be cool for the Robert Skunk Works. A Blohm & Voss BV-141. It's not a twin buuuutttt.

Another pic

That's right, Billyfrost, keep giving Robert more ideas!... :yickes:
:lol:

Robert you always wanted to stand out amoung the crowd ?

:thumbup: Looks cool, I like it. :spin:

Good ol Robert there is never dull moment when he flies the skies.

Aren't I lucky to be Robert's test pilot? :blink: :yickes: :wacko:

Did you vounteer Flying Dutchman ?
you know that's a odd looking airplane.

I NEVER offer to fly anyone's plane, Avistar2... (Except trainers when I'm instructing).
That would be presumptuous and a bit pushy... :yes:

I was CHOSEN by Robert S.!... :lol:

Oh you got drafted?
:lol: :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical:
Ok Airman Fritz Good luck.

:thumbup: :thumbup:

:newstuff: I finished the wing for the BOOMRANG. :spin: It is a Ruff 1/5 scale, 88'' wing. :yickes:
:bigplane: I got one of the engines mounted. I hope to build the tail section on monday.

:cloud9: I have faith in you .

Just a reminder... This is the full-scale aircraft Burt Rutan built and flew.
He said it was one of the best aircraft he ever designed.
(click image to enlarge)


Yep, Robert showed off the Coroplast Boomerang wing yesterday!


The two fuselages are prebuilt and very inexpensive.
(They MAY contain lead, however...) <_<


Here's what a 1996 Popular Mechanics article sids about the Boomerang:
"The Boomerang, Burt Rutan's strange-looking innovative twin-engine airplane, is a weirdly asymmetrical twin that flies more symmetrically than conventional twins, showcases many of Rutan's design ideas."

"The engine on the fuselage, or the set-back engine on a left boom, will keep the plane straight when either one dies. A Macintosh Powerbook controls the flight". (Here's Flying Dutchman's comment: Mr. Rutan must be a TRULY a brilliant man!) :lol: :hysterical:

"There is a lot that just doesn't look right about Burt Rutan's 5-passenger Boomerang, the latest surprise to roll out of the hangar at Scaled Composites. The 30.7-ft.-long plane is a twin, but it looks more like a trimotor that lost its right boom and engine. And then there are the wings. They don't match. The right wing is 57 in. shorter than its mates."

Well, Robert, your favorite test pilot is reporting for duty, SIR!
I can't wait to fly it!

:lol:

As Alvin would say (IT SHALL BE DONE) B)

:bigplane: I finished the elevator last night.

:lol: :hyper: :banana: :banana: :banana:

:yes: :yes: go robert go :banana: :banana: :dance: :dance:

:dance: I finished the rudder's (two) and the elevator on the SPAD Boomerang.
:bigplane: I found another Rutan TWIN looks COOL. (But I don't speak Dutch.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=66q4awWPArM
Here is an RC model of it. :yickes:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SKjmhuc4oww&feature=related

Fortunately, I can still understand it perfectly!
Nice racing plane! :yes:

:newstuff: IDEALS NEEDED. :newstuff:
#1 :bigplane: Offset thrust?? :yickes: Some twin's have 2 deg. offset thrust.
2 deg. to the Right for thr Right
and 2 deg. to the left for the left.

Should I do this for the Boomerang ??

# 2 :bigplane: Some people on spadworld think I should set the Rudder off centerline 5 deg.
to compensate for P factor or gyroscopic effect. ( what ever you call it.) :wub: What do you think ??

:D I finished the major parts on the Boomerang. :dance:
WING 96 " X 13"
Main fuse 57 "
Out. fuse 47 "
H. stab. 48 " X 11"
Rudder 17 " X 10" ( TWO )
Engines: ROSSI .45 & WEBRA .35
Weight. 10 lbs.


:hyper: I think the weight might mean I need an engine up grade. I could move the ROSSI .45 to the outboard fuse and put Webra .55 on the main fuse. :yickes:
The first flight should be Sunday April 13 th.

Great Robert! Looks like I'll be home for the maiden flight! :bigplane: :dance:

Can't wait! :banana: :thumbup:

Hey Frits....Business is picking up! :lol: :yes:

Robert work harder that would make a good night plane for the 3 D event. :banana: :thumbup:

:wub: I wanted to fly it this weekend, I'm waiting for a muffler for the Rossi .45.
:yickes: Justin took it out in combat and hobbytown has it on back order. :thumbdown:

STUPID BACK ORDERS

:wub: :crying: :fuming:

Hey Robert
Is this how your Spad Twin willl look ?



I think it would look great .
this image has 2 veaws Robert.S
1. A low wing 2.Top wing mount.

Looks to me as if the drawing is of the underside of plane, (at least the front of fuselage), but, if thats the case should the rudder be pointing the other way? Is the tailwheel pointing up? It must be getting late, my eyes are deceiving me. :wacko: