Spad 13

[bearcat]

After seeing this airplane in the Smithsonian, I became very interested in building it. There are ARF's of this plane out there, but no kits. However, I wrote to Aerodrome RC and asked if a Spad 13 kit is coming out, and the good news is, they wrote back and told me it is, this summer probably. It's 1/6 scale, which makes it about 54" wingspan.

Wow, being a biplane, that's a helluva lot of wing area. That's a pretty large plane. I want to paint it to be the exact duplicate of this one in the Smithsonian, since I think its colors are particularly beautiful. It'll probably have to be covered in silkspan so that I can get these colors, but I might think about olive drab Ultracoat, if it's possible to paint on that plastic skin. If so, enamel paint will be what I'll probably use. Especially if I can get these decals made so that I don't have to hand-paint it.

[Lt Swiss]

Hey Tony!

Good to see you posting. I decided to wait to post again until someone posted first.

I hope you are well and of good cheer in Clovis.

You might just want a Spad to hang in the house and that's cool too, but here's one like Curtis' biplane. Did you see his on TaosFlyers.com? He knocked that build out of the park!. And it flies amazing and realistically!

Take pictures of you flying in Clovis, send a couple good ones to me, and I will post them with ours... [e-mail]

Here's the Great Planes Electrifly Spad XIII ARF...
www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article_display.cfm?article_id=1094


Let's go flying!...

[bearcat]

I am here for a couple of days. Came up to work on the house this weekend, do a couple of repairs, and help pack. The big 2nd half of the move is the last week of this month. (Oh GAWD my dog just farted, and I'm sitting right next to him. My eyes are watering so I'd better make this quick).

The air is a LOT thicker in Clovis than in Taos. I have a very large office, perfect for flying an Ember in (so I've got to get me one of those). About 20 ft by 40 ft. So I tossed my EasyStar about a foot off the ground thinking it would just land in 10 ft and skid. I was testing the air density with a practical application.
...Well, the darn thing flew all the way to the opposite wall, 40 ft away, and put a dent in one wing from hitting an errant chair that someone put there. I couldn't believe it! And it really floated slow too!

Flying there is gonna be fun, but we've been having such high winds lately though.

It was good running into you at Ace Hardware Mitch!
Keep in touch, buddy.

[bearcat]

Check out this website:

www.hobby-lobby.com/superfabric.htm

Now is this cool or what? If you want to make a biplane look as original as possible, cover it in fabric. I would choose white so that I can paint the airplane the color scheme of my choice. The texture of the skin would be extremely realistic. It's supposed to be much stronger than the plastic coverings, and resists puncture. Sounds like a good choice for all the sagebrush up there.

So what does this make it, half a dozen or so planes on my want-to list to build? I need a bigger hanger, guys.