Born Looser, free flight rubber power model plane

[gbwhitman]

Would you be willing to prepare and sell the plans for your fans?

[Goig3D]

@gbwhitman Thanks for the interest, but the plans are not mine to sell, the plans I used were published in the March 1999 issue of the Windy Sock newsletter (search for Windy Sock Born Loser); so if you want to buy the plans you can contact them.

Having said that, the original model is a stick and tissue plane, but since I used foam sheets to build this version I just followed the shape and dimensions on the plan, not the structure.

[gbwhitman]

@Goig3D Hello, I found the original posting and plans on the RC Forum, thank you. Sounds like the build requires some skill, of which I have little. You might consider rebuilding and showing a step by step, and selling that as a pdf, leaving the plans out. I am sure you would re-coup your time investment. Thanks Again!

[who885]

it lookes like aa relly cool plan but way to advance for me im going to build a squrrel. =)

[magnum09]

Nice flight, do you have plans?

[chuanist]

Great flight. The airplane is perfectly trimmed for the flying space.

[TrOuTster5]

I really like the foam version you built. Very impressive and looks terrific. I built a Stick and tissue version and flew it outdoors. It only required very little ballast. I flew it right hand circles, the ascent was incredible. GREAT design. I had to alter the area at the stab in order to shim it with a slight positive angle. It worked.

[chuanist]

Beautiful rubber powered plane. Good job!

[canubelieve]

Fantastic! It landed in a tight circle around you

[ib422000]

Where can I get one?

[Goig3D]

This plane is scratch built, it's not sold anywhere.

[CasperInkyMagoo]

how is it that the rubber band powers the propeller for so long?

a normal rubber band would unwind rather fast, no?

[Goig3D]

Well, it isn't a normal rubber band. It's a special kind of rubber used for model airplanes like this (FAI TAN II), a loop about one and half times the length of the fuselage that can take over a thousand turns. Also the propeller can be adjusted for higher or lower pitch, to regulate the torque and unwinding rate.

[who885]

nice im new at this look way to advance for me to build im ganna build the squrrel

[ishikaran12]

show me a video of how to do it....

[Fuckingoofoff]

I've loved this little plane since I found it in Flying Models magazine as a free plan. It was in the October 2000 issue and it was the first plane I ever built from magazine plans. I still have it - it flies great!

[Graiskye]

One of my favorite Bipes for outdoor flying. Don't do much indoor, but yours looks real nice, very stable. Ive built two of em for outdoor, and they both flew great, think I might just build another.

[Goig3D]

Yes, the trimming is rock solid, mostly because the plans call for a very high decalage on the stab, I had to balance it with a LOT of ballast on the nose (the nose section accounts for at least 1/3 of the plane weight!)

Not good for record setting performance, but it´s very stable.

As a side note I´ve been thinking about doing some Micro R/C plane and the Born Loser it´s a good candidate.

[ivanskye]

well trimmed,would'nt feel right not having a transmitter though,nice model