Mohave Marauder

Tim Bucher design built by Bob Chiang

 

 

 

Bob says,"  A Mohave Marauder from the Stick and Tissue plans, with my first (presentable) carved prop."

 

 

Reisler RIII/22

A Tim Bucher  design as kitted by BMJR.

 

 

There is a lot of firsts here. First finished scale model. First cabane struts. First electric. First wire wheels, home made. First silver paint job on tissue. First cut tissue markings. To say this model taught me a lot is an understatement. Tried an E-Charger motor with one 50 mAh. Wasn't enough stuff. Installed second 50 mAh nicad, looped it over and cracked leading edge in three places. I think Tim gets 4 minutes with his powered by a KR1D and 3 x 50 mAh cells. His came out at about 31 grams. Mine, just under 25. Too much paint and detail? As soon as a color scheme is found that can be done with colored tissue it will be much closer to 20 grams. Or finding a more efficient power system would be most helpful. Get it down to 14 or 15 grams???

 

Layed scan out on balsa of my choice, carved prop, home made cowl and wheels. Weighs 8.2 grams including rubber motor. Now that I know a little about cut tissue marking I'll go back and finish it soon. The small wing area prohibits this plane from being competitive, but I like it. Earl Stalh has a killer design of a bigger

Interstate Cadet.

 

 

Micro-Electrocutie

Another Tim Bucher / BMJR kit

 

 

This is what it looked like after my boy knocked it off the table while moving one of his bikes.

 

And here it is finished. While not a scale model it is a good prelude to building an electric p-nut. Built as per plan , except, made top of motor compartment to be removable so I can fuss with motor. Brian in his pursuite of providing wood for light models omitted ( or maybe I sanded a bit too much ? ) the hard balsa needed for the wing leading edge and spar, something I have a lot of. Weighs just under 30 grams, powered with a KR1D and 3 x 50 mAh cells.