Guillow's Spirit of St. Louis Motor Run-Up

34 inch wingspan Guillows built-up stick and tissue model airplane of the world famous 1927 Spirit of St. Louis aircraft flown by Charles Lindbergh and credited with accomplishing the first non stop solo flight from New York to Paris. For more information on this and other model aircraft topics ,don't forget to visit my Blog at: http://davideo4301.blogspot.com/

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[Bazanteria]

does it fly ?

[davideo4301]

I haven't tried it yet, hopefully some day I will get up enough nerve to give it a try.

[popcornreviews]

is this the guillows version?

if so, how did you hinge the control surfaces?

[davideo4301]

Yes this is the Guillows version. I had to add extra spars and ribs to accommodate the control surface hinges. I think I used figure 8 stitching with dental floss or cotton...not sure....it was a long time ago

[MEGAS1LORD1DEVIN]

very cool!

5/5

do you have a video of it flying?

[davideo4301]

I do not have a video of it flying yet. I am planning on such a project later. Thanks for your comments.

[Mostlyfun]

I have one and it's easy to fly but I've been flying RC for twenty years. The reason the original was difficult to fly was that it was very hard to see out of therefore it was hard to land.

If you are new to RC get a foam high wing trainer to learn on, after you master the trainer, the Spirit of St. Louis like all high wing planes will be quite simple to fly.

Have fun!!!

BTW look up NightFlyyer he has lots of great vids on here.

[givemetoast]

Hi Bazanteria,

No, I haven't built or flown one myself. It's my understanding that the original design was difficult to fly. And I've heard that from RC modelers as well. But I could be wrong about the Gullow's model.

[Bazanteria]

how do you know it's unstable? did you build same one. I've just started my "spirit of st louis" and i'm trying to get as many info as possible.

[givemetoast]

Nice work! Careful flying it; it's a very unstable design.

[MrROTD]

Its a Ryan

[DesolationAngels]

Niiiice!

[davideo4301]

Thanks very much for your kind comments.

[thewildirishman]

Lovely plane mate. That motor sounds really nice for just being brushless. Nice work !!