Baka Banzai in Geneseo, 2007

After ten years of frustration, this 13" rubber powered Ohka Baka by Tom Hallman finally soars through a series of four trim flights in Geneseo, NY. She has since returned to her old, familiar ways.
Static shots: http://www.hallmanstudio.com/baka.jpg

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Ohka
• Baka
• flying
• aces
• club
• free-flight
• Geneseo
• balsa

[maxfliart]

Hi....according to the 3-view I found, I matched the design. The Baka seemed to have a number of designs with varying wing area. I started out with a 6" prop, eventually chopping away to about 4.5.

[mattnsim]

Hi Tom, did you increase the wingspan of this model? What sized Prop did you use?

[mig15fan]

great! almost lost in thermal! really amazing..and Banzai works!!

We also made it with a model the guys in our club dubbed

"dead chiken" ( imagine flight conditions for it) and it almost gets lost in thermal after banzai shouts ! we had to run 2 miles to recover the damn thing!