Modified CY 100" Dauntless

Here's a video of my dads CY Dauntless that he and my brother heavily modified. Loved flying this plane. Unfortunately this one crashed at Top Gun 2021. But a new one has been bought and will be undergoing the same procedure this one went.
CY Dauntless 100"
FG-84 R3 Radial
Futaba 14SG
Sierra Retracts
Klass Kote paint

[@cal-native]

Great example of appropriate flying technique for a warbird - smooth and steady, not jerking it all over the sky👍❤️

[@helischorsch9786]

Beautiful warbird 👍👍👍…wow what a landing 😎

[@kath011]

That was sweet!! Great flight and a beautiful Dauntless!!! 👍

[@benb5841]

Really beautiful scale flying!

[@5lexicon]

Beautiful Dauntless, sorry to hear. Do you remember the Flying Weight?. Cheers.

[@A-Ronnn]

It weighed 42lbs

[@jgd65]

Very nice flying!!!! Straight and steady down the runway...beautiful scale flying...Well Done!!!!!!

[@maukaonyx]

Nice flying man! Great landing, steady and smooth flying and roll.

[@aarondominguez4533]

I'll repeat what others said, that was great, great scale flying.

[@Clouddddxjzjs552]

i agree , beautiful flying

[@robinsareolas]

Nice

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

Very steady flying, well done! Great looking plane.

[@p3arljam26]

When you say heavily modified do you mean the plane build quality was bad when you received it? I have not owned any CY models yet but have been looking at this model and the 81" P47.

[@A-Ronnn]

What I mean is, this plane was modified to be more scale. Way more panel lines and rivets. Scale sierra gear that had to be retrofitted.

[@szambo86]

Hey mate! U did a very good job 👏🏼
Do you remember what has to be done to this flying beauty to build it more scale? Maybe you have some pictures of the work that youve done? Looking forward to buy a dauntless too. But wanted to know if i can handle the work that needs to be done. 😅

[@brianroberts5062]

@@A-Ronnn Nice I see that the dive brakes have been modified as the Kit is set up as dive brakes only. Was nice to see it land with the flaps down. Mine is getting a UMS 9/115 radial. The Saito does sound nice in this though.

[@bigstew60]

@@szambo86 The first thing I did was cut out the retract mounts and recess them deeper into the wing so the wheels can be on the correct side of the axles. next, all the panel line detail on the fuselage was filled in and re-applied in a more scale manner to match the wing. the outer wing panels had open bay sections, so I fully sheeted them, added the wing vents, and glassed the wing. The hatch was glued on permanently and blended into the fuselage, and the Cowl had added cowl flaps and nose scoop (on the top of cowl and bottom of the fuselage) to the -3 version to add more airflow exit and air intake to route air straight to the carburetor. I also added a functional tail hook, scale exhaust and full cockpit from dbalsa. finally the wheel well hole have to be enlarged to accept a 5.5" or 6 " tire. I did a thread on rcscalebuilder in the ARF makeover forum.

[@t.thompson21]

Great Job! Exists a build thread?

[@ericuptagrafft2062]

Very scale takeoff and landing! Nice plane!

[@secularsunshine9036]

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