Hi guys,

I was just wondering how many KitMaker members are also R/C aircraft modellers?

Then how many of you are putting pilots in your A/C? And what manufacturers and scales do you use?

Rudi

Ive been flying r/c aircraft since i was about three as my dad is one of the top uk judges for aerobatics aswell as being an area chief instructor and examiner for our region in all disciplines and both my uncle and grandad have both flown on the British aerobatic team. The majority of my aircraft with them being combat gliders do not have cockpits as they are flying wings and my aerobatic planes dont have pilots in as i omitt to put them in to save weight. Weight for me is an important issue as this can affect manoverability and overall performance. Although i have got a count duckula figure in one of my older models. I do paint pilots of all scale's and makes for others at the flying field the largest i painted was a 1/4 scale spitfire pilot and the smallest would have measured about an inch.

I do! But I have not flown since Fall, it is just to soggy. I fly all GWS electric so far. They are quite inexpensive, so if I auger one in it won't be that painful.

-Derek

I fly quite alot. I usually fly my World Models T-34, a real workhorse of a plane. I also flew an S.E.5a until it met a bird midflight at Rhinebeck last year. I still have some work left to do to bring it back to flying. I recently finished a scratch built 1/8 Bleriot built from my own plans. That was alot of fun, though I still have to make the spoked wheels for it.

Pilots are usually very simple things, not really much in the way of expert sculpts, and are usually quite lifeless. It doesn't really matter though when it is passing you at 80mph though. Occasionally, when flyers do decide to go the extra mile with pilots, they will be modified GI Joes, or figures by a company called "Aces of Iron".

Hi folks,

Thanks for the feedback. The reason I asked is because a fellow Kitmaker member, RolandQ, has recently started producing pilot busts for RC aircraft.

I was over at Roland's place last night and managed to take a couple of photos of some recent work he's being doing.

As I said on HF, these are pilot busts for RC planes. As result the casting is a tiny bit rough, but for those of you familiar with the Aces of Iron pilot busts - these are cleaner! My personal favourite is the British pilot. I love the character of the face so much I bought one!! LOL


US pilot painted


US pilot unpainted


British pilot unpainted


Female pilot unpainted


Male pilot unpainted

Comments welcome - but please remember that these are not intended as "historical busts" but for RC planes.

Enjoy

Rudi

p.s. contact Roland (callsign: RolandQ) if you're interested in purchasing one

Gee, I kinda like the female bust myself...no pun intended...

David,

She's very tastefully sculpted, and makes a nice change to all the Barbie's I've seen in RC A/C.

BTW, I worked in a RC specialist LHS for about 7-8 years selling RC A/C... so I know exactly what you guys and gals mean when you need to go as light as possible, especially in an aerobatics stick.

Rudi

I fly GWS AT-6 Texan, C-130 and the latest P-40.
I got my pilots from here
http://www.justpilots.ca

I love to do wooden builds, but I have not done one for a while. I don't fly. I did get a flight program to get started though. I discovered my skolls ar lacking a bit.

Hey Captain,

Flying aircrafts are way easier to learn then to fly helicopters. I started with helicopters and move on to aircrafts. So i didnt have much problem to get adjusted

The local RC club had a display at one of the malls a while ago. The best one there IMHO was the 5/8 scale P-38. I'm sure he needs a trailer to take it to the field.