RESCUED FROM 20 YEARS STORAGE ! de Havilland DH.91 ALBATROSS | RC Transatlantic Mail Plane/Airliner
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ค. 2024
- RESCUED FROM 20 YEARS STORAGE ! de Havilland DH.91 ALBATROSS | RC Transatlantic Mail Plane/Airliner
Another stroke of luck in acquiring this beautiful replica of the classic de Havilland DH.91 Albatross. Constructed by master aero-modeller Chris Golds many years ago and fortunately it did not need much work to ensure it was ready to fly again after many years in storage. I replaced the rudder and flap servos and added an SBEC so I could use a 3S lipo for receiver/servo power and step down the voltage to 6 volts. In the end the additional battery actually helped with achieving perfect balance. Up front I used a 3S5000 pack for the ESC/4 brushless motors.
This flight went extremely well considering the strong wind. You'll notice how the DH.91 was bounced around by the wind. I'll be adding a gyro before it's next flight and also checking the tail wheel alignment because I certainly did not track straight on take off !
00:00 Intro and DH.91 History
02:09 First flight
07:27 Slow mo
09:02 Outro
Filmed by Jason at our local model flying club for the Essential RC TH-cam channel using the Panasonic AG-UX180 Pro 4K camcorder
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Beautiful model, great to see her in the air again. Looks like a low wing loading, which is perfect for a scale appearance in flight. When the weather is calm, she will perform beautifully. Need another photo shoot!😁
Dom that is great...and could not be kept by anyone better. Such a piece of history and wonderful to see it fly! I recently stumbled on a nice piece of RC history myself and its great to have things like that in your collection, and even better to keep them flying! Love to see the excitement you have for it!
Corrr!
Silky Silver!
Great Show, magine the Dudes flying the long Mail Hauls, Truckie Dust up the Snoz.
Loved every second Dom. Cup of Tea and Fruitcake,, For Us RC Fruitcakes, YUMM!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have to say ...one of the most beautiful vintage aircraft I have seen in many years.
Well done my friend!
I was on pins and needles through that one! Lovely aircraft, lovely flight.
Congrats on a successful flight & landing. The enthusiasm was great to see. Like a youngster with his first plane.
Yeah...I really should grow up 😆
Just well done flying it in that wind nice looking plane 🤙🏻🇬🇧🛩
Chris Gold is such an icon in the RC game.
I've met Chris a few times over the years, he is such a nice fella.
Always took time to show a few of us around his models and answer any questions.
Great job on the rescue. The plane really flew well. Excellent video as always.
Thank you very much!
History….👍🏻✌🏻🖖🏻🇬🇧
What a beautiful aircraft.
Very nice flight! You could tell it was bumpy, but the bird handled it well. Good piloting. Post more flights of this classic model.
Thanks, will do!
What a beauty
Beautiful model and well down on a successful maiden.
Well done Dom. Lovely model and you did a sterling job on its 'remaiden' I can imagine the nerves
Tell me about it 😄
That's a beautiful model of an equally beautiful full-size. It's just so sleek and elegant. You certainly did it justice. I'm surprised it's on 3S and not surprised, therefore, at its lack of power as you mention. I'd be inclined to go to 4S and prop accordingly for similar current to get more power (watts proportional to V^2). Of course there may be limitations to the prop diameter so it might need more blades and/or coarser pitch. Very brave (or foolhardy?) to test fly in such wind so credit to you.
Chris Golds in a legend. I have his drawings for another de Haviland rarity, the DH71 Tiger Moth - not the biplane but a small monoplane of which only 2 were built. None survive - one crashed in Australia and the other was destroyed on the ground at Hatfield during WW2. I've cut the ribs so far :)
She's a beauty. Nice flying.
Thanks Bret !
@@EssentialRC I came back to watch this one. I'm not watching this planes most recent flight. Dang.
DeHavilland really had something going for a while. The Moth, Beaver and Mosquito, the 91. All beautiful aircraft and extremely recognizable. Thanks for sharing Dom, this is a proper treat.
Nice work Dom, balls of steel flying in that breeze. The vertical stabilisers look small, recon that’s why it needs a gyro more than most.
Man nice job. I don't think I'd try that one. She looks tuff. 👍
Beautiful model. Being old school can't imagine how lush four IC engines would have sounded but four leccy still sound good. Good job.
Credit goes to Chris Golds really. Was a joy to fly it and will be even more so on a calm Summer evening.
Looks awesome 👏…it’s a difference if you do such a beauty from scratch! Maiden and back in one piece 👍 cheers from Munich
Thanks 👍
Great job Dom, such an iconic plane, long may she fly 💯🙌🏽
Hope so!
What a beautiful plane from De Havilland. That is going to look amazing in the blue sky! Chris Gold had some amazing planes and this is one of them. It looks so great in the air! Way to go!
Thanks Brent ! Mission accomplished but yes, some blue sky flying soon.
Great flying Dom in very challenging conditions with a very unique model. Love the comment, ‘scale ‘ retracts!
Many thanks Ian! Yeah...think maybe I put too much pressure in the air tank. 🤣
Good job flying in this amount of wind, it looks like a light plane for its size which makes for a more challenging flight in these conditions.
Yes. Very light wing loading for its size. Great for a calm day but not so for 20mph winds. But enjoyed the flight nonetheless. I learned to fly on windy days so don't really think anything of it.
Beautiful model, nice flying. What kind of engines did the original have?
👍👍👍👍👌
Great plane, great flight! Did you ever complete the SR71 you were working on?
Thanks...and no on the SR-71. Project abandoned for many reasons. Fun to assemble the foam air frame but converting it for RC would have been an enormous and high risk venture.
were those cross winds turning that pretty plane sideways?
Yup. When you fly RC in my part of the world you get used to it!
Are you using left ruder in those turns? It looked like it about to flat spin coming out of the turns. Beautiful model and flight. Cheers.
Yes. Strong cross wind so no other option.
Very nice plane. Good flight given the conditions. Great lines on the design.
Did you convert to brushless motors or is it running brushed motors?
It's running brushless motors
does that really fly on 3s? 3s turning all 4 props on a model that size? How?
very impressive just really surprised it's only 3s
Yup and would be fine on that power on a calm day but still flew OK in that wind. Cruises around nicely. Doesn't really need more power. Does need a gyro though. Never had a model that needed it more.
Nice, but slightly tail heavy
Hard to tell in that wind. Had CG where Chris marked it.
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