There are 3 main things: 1. Make the rubber longer than the fuselage. As you wind it, it will fit inside. 2. Lubricate the rubber with a silicon lubricant, like "Son of a Gun" . I was able to put about 900 turns in the rubber, after it was lubricated. 3. Make the model really light. The Hs 123 is fairly light at around 10g. It therefore can fly with less power and therefore thinner rubber. The thin rubber can take more turns.
I love all your videos, but you always miss a close-up (beauty shot) of the airplane at the end. Admiring a nicely built and painted balsa/tissue plane is almost as enjoyable as seeing it take flight.
Dude, how do you do to turn the rubber engine for so long?
dhiegorq 7 months ago
There are 3 main things: 1. Make the rubber longer than the fuselage. As you wind it, it will fit inside. 2. Lubricate the rubber with a silicon lubricant, like "Son of a Gun" . I was able to put about 900 turns in the rubber, after it was lubricated. 3. Make the model really light. The Hs 123 is fairly light at around 10g. It therefore can fly with less power and therefore thinner rubber. The thin rubber can take more turns.
scaleflight 7 months ago
I love all your videos, but you always miss a close-up (beauty shot) of the airplane at the end. Admiring a nicely built and painted balsa/tissue plane is almost as enjoyable as seeing it take flight.
SleeplessInDallas 10 months ago
Thanks, you can see close-ups of all the planes at scaleflight net
scaleflight 10 months ago