more pics N-11 build

[spikkkkkk]

here are a few more pics of the build.

[Lucky Dog]

Nice looking N-11. Can you tell us more about it?

Thanks.

[spikkkkkk]

hello mike, it,s a proctor 1/5 scale nieuport 11. i gutted the proctor cockpit because it was only a semi cockpit. i then over the course of a couple of months fabricated 95% of what see in the cockpit out alum and brass tube. alum. sheet, lihoplate, 1/64 and 1/32 ply and bass wood and a little bit of flight metal. primarily all the alum. parts windshield, stick, control quadrant, gauges etc. are of alum. lithoplate. everything works even the throttle lever. the servo are attached to the cockpit controls and in turn the cockpit controls control all of the wing surfaces. give more throttle and the lever moves in conjunction. i'm in the process of building a new lerhone. the 1/6 accessorie lerhone just looked to small. because it's an electric and i'm using an out runner the lerhone will also rotate with the prop. the new lerhone i,m building will have real springs and rods for the rocker assembaly and will be very realistic. it should weigh in at about 8 pounds even though i'm adding an large amount of detail i lost a lot of weight gutting the proctor setup plus i have no fuel tank and the lipo's i'm using are fairly light in comparison. it should fly extremly well. after the intire plane is done it will probably take me 3 or 4 weeks to wheather with a detail and airbrush and really give it that touch of realism.

[jtisch]

Very nicely done. Good show!

J

[spikkkkkk]

thanks for the compliment, i'm almost done with the fuse. unlike most builders i do the detailing as i go along with the build. here are a few pics.

[spikkkkkk]

here are a few more.

[Downwind]

My God that's simply fantastic, congratulations even before it's finished and flown. Matches the outstanding work I have seen on this forum. Doc