1920 DAYTON-WRIGHT No cal

[John Kourbanis]

During my childhood i was playing a lot with rubber band let's say ''no cal'' models,but only no cal they were ..they were too heavy kits that my father bought me during 90s..now it's time to built from a plan, a real no cal model plane .
So i decided to built 1920 DAYTON-WRIGHT from a plan of a flying-aces magazine that G.Kandylakis borrowed last summer.

[John Kourbanis]

i started yesterday night,with the fuselage..i wish i ll have it ready for 15th march in our fly-in in Athens.But for sure i ll have it ready until November for Nijmegen Fly-in  

[steve-de24]

John,
I'll be watching this build with interest because the Dayton Wright is on my  shortlist for my first attempt at a NoCal. I was going to base mine on a the Jetco peanut plan on Outerzone not realizing there was a NoCal plan at FAC.
One point of note is that the FAC plan calls for carbon stiffening of the motor-stick; this isn't allowed in the UK No-Cal rules. So check what is and isn't allowed at the Nijmegen contest - also if a minimum airframe weight rule applies.
Steve

[g_kandylakis]

Good points Steve, here are the rules from the IIFI rulebook.

Abdrew, that is most interesting and most rare, a nose heavy rubber model...

George

[9600baud]

Hi John,

I have another No-cal plan by Ross P. Mayo of this racer. If you are interested, I'll post it here.

Cheers
Alex

[steve-de24]

Alex,
Yes please.
Steve

[9600baud]

Hmm, I can't upload it here, because of the 256kB limit.
Uploading to the plan gallery didn't give an error but it's not listed either.

Weird.

Alex

[Jmk89]

Hmm, I can't upload it here, because of the 256kB limit.
Uploading to the plan gallery didn't give an error but it's not listed either.

Weird.

Alex

For the Plan Gallery, George has to give a final approval before it becomes available and his time is limited.  If it's not up in a day or two, I would send George a PM

[John Kourbanis]

Fuselage unpinned..

[John Kourbanis]

wing..stab and rudder..
slowly-slowly    

[g_kandylakis]

Good morning everyone,

first things first,

the plan John is building from came from a printed issue I got when I was subscribed to the F.A.C. Newsletter back in 2011.

As I posted in the resources board, F.A.C. has made available for download quite a large number of previous newsletters, this one included.

https://www.flyingacesclub.com/Newsletters/FACN258.pdf

As to the plan Alexander uploaded to the plan gallery, it comes from the same newsletter, #90, 3/83
https://www.flyingacesclub.com/Newsletters/Issue90-16.pdf

Since it is online free available for download and since the proper credit is given, I am releasing it to the plans gallery, hoping noone objects to that.

The Flying Aces Club Newsletter has a great many plans published over the years, with a very full index for searching, well worth a look.

George

[steve-de24]

George, thanks for the extra info.

There are some good pics of the preserved airplane here DW-Racer

Steve

[9600baud]

Thanks George!

[John Kourbanis]

almost ready to cover ....after a lot of sanding

[steve-de24]

John,
Your build is going well.
I would be grateful if you could tell us the weights of the uncovered parts, wing, fuselage and tail. And the weights after they are covered.
Keep up the good work,
Steve