goatherder Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 This guy has what looks to me to be the ideal Long-EZ...at least ideal for my purposes anyway. Really nice shape and 180kt cruise at 75% with 320 power. If you haven't already seen it, check it out: http://www.comgz.com/stag_E.html Quote Marc Oppelt Olympia, WA http://picasaweb.google.com/oh.u8it2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Kriley Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Yah - but his "sneak peek" at the Tristar yields a video of a flying lawnmower... Quote Phil Kriley Cozy #1460 Chapter 13 - nose Right wing done - working on right winglet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatherder Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Yeah, I drove up to an RC airfield once just as a lawnmower flew past my car. WTF? It was funny. Pretty cool though that they can get something shaped like a lawnmower to fly that well. In his Mods page he alludes to using some of the parts he had made for his Tristar project (which he had shelved) on his new plane...and the wings all came from the old plane; so I'm guessing that his Tristar project is (was) a clone of his own plane. He did mold the fuselage. Its such a cool plane. Quote Marc Oppelt Olympia, WA http://picasaweb.google.com/oh.u8it2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErlendM Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Yeah, I drove up to an RC airfield once just as a lawnmower flew past my car. WTF? It was funny. Pretty cool though that they can get something shaped like a lawnmower to fly that well. I am a RC-instructor and the favorite video I show my "students" is this one. Quote Erlend Moen Norway Cozy MK IV #1556 - Chapter 16http://cozy.ljosnes.no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Kriley Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I am a RC-instructor and the favorite video I show my "students" is this one. Yep - that's the same one that is in the Tristar "sneak peek". A friend built one of those, it flew pretty wee - all things being considered! Quote Phil Kriley Cozy #1460 Chapter 13 - nose Right wing done - working on right winglet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airnico Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I am a RC-instructor and the favorite video I show my "students" is this one. A lot of fun!! I definitely want to have one! where can I find plans to build it?? Quote Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads. (Dr. Emmett Brown) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozy1200 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 A lot of fun!! I definitely want to have one! where can I find plans to build it?? Super basic design, a quick Google search show some designs. Also search for flying pizza box. Quote Drew Chaplin (aka the Foam Whisperer) --- www.Cozy1200.com - I'm a builder now! --- Brace for impact... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argoldman Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 There is one problem with the Tristar.... It is restricted to grass runways Quote I Canardly contain myself! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErlendM Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 A lot of fun!! I definitely want to have one! where can I find plans to build it?? Try this site: http://www.flyingthingz.com/ Quote Erlend Moen Norway Cozy MK IV #1556 - Chapter 16http://cozy.ljosnes.no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatherder Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 You guys are hosers. I started this thread about the coolest real plane I'd seen and you guys hijacked it into a thread about flying lawnmowers. BTW - My kid really liked the video. He says "Hey, with that I could mow the clouds." Quote Marc Oppelt Olympia, WA http://picasaweb.google.com/oh.u8it2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argoldman Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Do we rally want to hear MOW of this plane:mad: Quote I Canardly contain myself! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Thanks Marc Oppelt for telling your personal, unbiased opinion and signing your note. Thanks Argoldman for hiding your name and representing the very human reaction of a typical Cozy builder after quick comparison between his plane/project and my Stag. Thanks to all who made inquiries. Here my answers: A. The mower is a real flying model and was pointed as a funny tribute to those who make their creativity fly. See: http://www.flyingthingz.com/ B. Yes, my Tristar project is real at 70%, but is dormient waiting for the next generation's engine to kiss it C. No, I don't sell plans for my Stag-Ezr. I have got only notes and calculations I could share, allowing an experienced Ez builder to build it from scratch or retrofit his flying L-Ez/Cozy. Have fun with your canard! Gianni Zuliani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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