Scale Curtiss XP-55 Ascender

[Pistolera]

Just add butter and pure maple syrup!!!

 

[pawnshopmike]

If you like models of something different, how about this?


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Don't get much more off the beaten path than that!

 

[Jetpainter]

The flying Flapjack! Awesome!

Man, now I want pancakes.

 

[Larry B]

Well today was the Ascenders first trip to the flying field. All I planned on doing was some high speed taxies down the runway to get the feel of the nose steering. As it turned out things went as planned, it seems to track straight as an arrow and with just a very short full power run it accelerated like a rocket so I don't think there is any shortage of power. After 5 minutes of running up and down the runway I stopped and checked the batteries and found them to still be at 80%, so that's another good bit of news.
If the weather is good this Friday will be "show time"!

 

[Jetpainter]

Great to hear! Good luck on your maiden flight.

 

[JAG]

Oh man how did you hold back the urge to take off, that would be hard for me.

 

[pawnshopmike]

AWESOME!!! Larry for President!

 

[Larry B]

Hey Jag,
I am really trying to stick to my flight test plan. I wanted to be sure that the model would track straight and the steering was not to sensitive. After 6 takeoff runs I felt comfortable keeping it straight down the runway but did not want to risk flying it with an "unknown" run time. Remember this is the second Ascender that I've built over almost a 4 year period, no need to rush it now. (And yes, I'm scared)
Next time I'll taxi out and blast off with a full charge, and then we'll see if it's an airplane!

 

[acerc]

Fantastic, can't wait!

 

[Jetpainter]

Looks like it should have enough power to do the job.