BEAVER DH C2 no 2 30 IN RUBBER DUMAS KIT 306 Nov 25 2025 to PRESENT

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #374       Tuesday July 14 2026     post 2  of  8

Beaver Flight Report  #30  of  Mon July 13 2026

Pic #1     3973     Sparkling dew drops.
Pic #2     3974     Wind on the flag at the Spit and Hurri.
Pic #3     3975     And the side view of the Spit and Hurri.

Start of the Cricket Field Flight Pics

Pic #4     3976     On the field looking east.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #374       Tuesday July 14 2026     post 3  of  8

Beaver Flight Report  #30  of  Mon July 13 2026

Flight 1     180 finger winds  perfect   
Flight 2     200 winds  5 sec   launched too far to the left.
Flight 3     200 winds  6 sec  WAY left.  Perfect landing past the chalk line,  almost  360  back to me.

Pic #1     3977     I am launching straight out on to this green carpet.
Pic #2     3978     I am set up in the shade,  for winding and launching.
Pic #3     3979     Flight 1   Beauty   7 sec  180 finger winds
Pic #4     3980     Flight 1  soft landing.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #374       Tuesday July 14 2026     post 4  of  8

Beaver Flight Report  #30  of  Mon July 13 2026

Pic #1     3981     Flight  2   5 sec  went left.
Pic #2     3982     Flight  3   Really went left.
Pic #3     3983     But Flight 3  had a perfect landing just outside the chalk line.
Pic #4     3984     Same Flight 3 landing  different view.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #374       Tuesday July 14 2026     post 5  of  8

Beaver Flight Report  #30  of  Mon July 13 2026

These last four flights had a broken strand or two.    I added some clay weight to the right wing to lessen the steep left turn,  or so I thought.

Pic #1     3985     Flight 4    It suddenly went way right!   and turning way right,  and flew through the tree trunks,  as I desperately prayed to the Gods of Free Flight,  and  it missed the trees.
Pic #2     3986     Flight 4 landing   It was a pretty rough packed gravel road for a runway,  even with large potholes.
Pic #3     3987     Good thing the Beaver was equipped with Alaskan Bush Wheels,  and bolstered up frame and landing gear fairings,   as there was no damage.
Pic #4     3988     Flight 5   200 winds  7 sec ties the best flight of the day.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #374       Tuesday July 14 2026     post 6  of  8

Beaver Flight Report  #30  of  Mon July 13 2026

I added some clay weight to the right wing tip,  to lessen the steep left turn.   I should not have done that.

Flight 4     200 winds  OH NO !!   It went way right off the start,  and now circled right instantly,  and then flies through the line of full sized tree trunks,  to a perfect landing,  on the hard-packed grave road.    It is a good thing that the Beaver has Alaskan Bush Wheels for these off airport gravel runways and riverbeds.    

I then removed that clay weight that I added,  and it now flew perfect again.

Flight 5     200  winds   7 sec !   long flight with a long final
slight left turn,  lands on the chalk line upside down.
Flight 6     200  winds  6 sec   too low of a launch   It went way far right and straight,  on the lee side of the treeline,  and does not get high enough to get up in the wind above.
Flight 7     200 winds  6 sec   nice high launch   Wow!  straight down wind    one half flip forward on landing.

It flew really well with the  0.938 motor  -  best flights were 7 sec.   Flights 4 5 6 and 7  were all with broken strands and still flew!

Pic #1     3989     Flight 5 lands on the chalk line.
Pic #2     3990     Flight 6   long and out low.
Pic #3     3991     Flight 7   nice flight with good distance.
Pic #4     3992     Flight 7 landing.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #374       Tuesday July 14 2026     post 7  of  8

Beaver Flight Report  #30  of  Mon July 13 2026

Pic #1     3993     Leaving the Cricket Field.

End of the Flight Pics

And a few more pics of the park on the walk out.

Pic #2     3994     Wind on the flag at Spit and Hurri.
Pic #3     3995     Kentucky Coffee tree is my guess.   Growing out their Legume fruit or Pod fruit.
Pic #4     3996     Better pic of the pod legume.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2  30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER  DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #374      Tuesday July 14 2026    post 8  of  8

Beaver Flight Report  #30  of  Mon July 13 2026

Pic #1    3997    DIEV ET MON DROIT
Pic #2    3998    And finishing off with three pics
Pic #3    3999    of our beautiful Flower Garden in Jackson park
Pic #4    4000    in full summer glory.  Watered every night,  and a big covering of manure fertilizer every fall for the Winter,  and roto-tilled in every spring.  It grows like crazy.

The End of Flight Report #30 of Monday July 13 2026
for the  30 inch Beaver.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #382       Fri July 17 2026     post 1 of  5

Beaver Flight Report  #31  of  Wed July 15 2026

Smashed In Nose

     It was another nice and windless,  hot morning.   The Beaver had it's new 8 strand  0.875"  untried motor in.      Four strands of  3/32" rubber plus  four strands of 1/8" rubber,  nine inches long,  prop hook to rear peg is ten inches.   We just finished up with the strongest  0.938"  motor,  in Flight Report #30  six strands of 3/32" plus two strands of  3/36" rubber,   which flew well for six second flights.   So I was just getting in more flying and bashing around the Cricket Field,  finger winding and not taking any notes,  with the  0.875" motor.

     I got in about 10 flights,  all about 5 or 6 seconds on 180 or 200 finger winds.

Pic #1     4016     The  0.875"  motor is now in the 30" Beaver.    RTF   

Pic #2     4034     Wind on the flag at the Spit and Hurri.

Pic #3     4035     Nice flight.

Pic #4     4036     Going down,  far out.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #383       Fri July 17 2026     post 2 of  5

Beaver Flight Report  #31  of  Wed July 15 2026

Smashed In Nose

Pic #1     4037     Going straight,  far out.

Pic #2     4038     Half flip forward on landing.

Pic #3     4039     Closeup.   The grass is still so good!

Pic #4     4040     Landing impact.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #384       Fri July 17 2026     post 3 of  5

Beaver Flight Report  #31  of  Wed July 15 2026

Smashed In Nose

Pic #1     4041     Stops just short of the chalk line.

Pic #2     4042     Another view   hit a branch and dropped straight down   leaves came off.

Pic #3     4043     Another nice long flight.

Pic #4     4044     Landing.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #385       Fri July 17 2026     post 4 of  5

Beaver Flight Report  #31  of  Wed July 15 2026

Smashed In Nose

Pic #1     4045     Steep left turn.

Pic #2     4046     Another landing.

Pic #3     4047     The Beaver hit the leafy edge end of the branch,   and dropped straight down into the ground with the weighted nose first,  and winds left on the prop,  so it must have accelerated downwards more so   -   that was the second nose dive plummet,  after hitting the branches today.

Pic #4     4048     Those maple keys on the ground were knocked out of the tree branch tip.    The other flight that hit the trees,  knocked off leaves.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #386       Fri July 17 2026     post 5 of 5

Beaver Flight Report  #31  of  Wed July 15 2026

Smashed In Nose

Pic #1     4049     The prop blade edge is buried into the front of the cowl side.   The circular white plastic plate,  housing the thrust button,  is completely broken off from the cowl,  along that circle perimeter,   and smashed inwards.

Pic #2     4050     Another view of the damage.

We went home to lick our wounds.

The End of Flight Report #31 of  Wed July 15 2026

Now to the repairs,  which I have been steadily working on in the meantime  ....  I think it will fly again ....

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #387       Sat July 18 2026     post  1  of  4

Beaver Repairs

Smashed In Nose

    The prop blade edge is buried into the front of the white plastic cowl side.   The circular white plastic plate,  housing the thrust button,  is completely broken off from the cowl,  along that circle perimeter,   and smashed inwards.  That round plate with the hole for the thrust button housing,  and on which sits the painted paper radial engine,  that plate part broke off evenly from the white plastic cowl,  right along its outer circle edge.    It seemed to break off there,  like the plastic was fatigued,  and that plate itself has a big crack in it.   Also that white plastic thrust button housing, has a bigger crack in it too.

      So ... ,  I dissolved the whole cowl assembly and all of the white glue in hot water,  and here are the parts I got dissolved.

Pic #1     4052     Here are the parts after dissolving the white glue with hot water.

Pic #2     4054     Figuring out the balsa Cowl Assembly.

Pic #3     4055     There is a big crack in the plate holding the thrust button housing,  and up the side of the thrust button housing.

Pic #4     4056     You can see the crack,  which has widened,  on the back side of the thrust button housing.   There is a lot of white glue build up on the mounting plate wall in the upper left.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #388       Sat July 18 2026     post  2  of  4

Beaver Repairs

Smashed In Nose

Pic #1     4061     I cleaned up the balsa as best I could.

Pic #2     4062     I figured out how to put the nose block assembly together.

Pic #3     4066     Blocking up all of the parts for white gluing.     

Pic #4     4067     Making up new plastic circle plates out of  0.014"  thick plastic sheet.

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Richard
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[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #389       Sat July 18 2026     post  3  of  4

Beaver Repairs

Smashed In Nose

Pic #1     4069     More progress gluing up the balsa parts,  and new plastic circle plates,  including one of  0.0225" thickness.

Pic #2     4072     Close up.   The lower left is the  0.012"  plastic ring that broke off,  and it has the blue engine glued on the back.   There is also a crack in this ring -  it will be glued flat onto the bigger rings.

Pic #3     4073     You can see the crack in the ring at the lower left in this pic.   I the pic at the upper right,  I had to slice out a small piece of lead clay weight in the nose cowl,  to make room for fitting the big rings.   The inside front of the Cowl ring hole,  also has a crack in the white plastic,  where the prop blade got buried.

Pic #4     4076     More progress on gluing up the balsa parts little by little.   The tenon box fits quite well.

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Richard
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