Guys I've gone through the whole forum but have yet to find any foot prints of coro. Ismail where is ur stamp  .
I hope I would not be offending anyone by starting a thread on coro, or if Anwar feels allright then he can start a topic for Coro.
How do u feel about that Anwar
Doc

Sorry there are some footprints,  , but the road seems less travelled.

There are quite a few Spadders on the forum. As of me, I am in a period of hibernation due to my other priorities. Now, I am just a spectator...

Lots of coro here, starting with Mr MOSS from Sai/rcforall a year ago to the recent one from VC I believe.

http://www.rcindia.org/search2?search=%22from%20coro%22

Maybe I worded the thread slightly wrong. Very few coro glow planes here is what I meant.
Hope we can start a topic on coro soon.

In the past 2 months that I have been in this hobby, I've learnt one thing, Once u fly you do so till u die. Pls come out of ur hibernation Oh great One

  - Great one!!.. there are always better ones out there.

Anyway,.. I have not seen SPAD glow builds here.. most are electrics as they are easy and quick to build. I guess you are like me.. addicted to the grunt of engines, smoke, etc...

May be you are looking for Superior Plastic Airplane Design... As said in spadworld.net, if you have a request you are the one to make it first. So, you get the point.huh?

-Ismail

Nitro engines are generally more trouble than true beginners want to deal with. 

When people who are already experienced with glow engines do SPAD builds, I am sure we will see more of what the Doc is looking for  

Would people agree that glow engines are gradually declining in usage (mostly in favor of electrics, and partly to gas ones) ?

My friend Vinay breaths of Coro, when he is not flying Helis:

http://www.rcindia.org/electric-planes/tea-racer-build-thread/

And much more our senior member Ashta:

http://www.rcindia.org/electric-planes/my-drenalyn-look-alike/msg15129/#msg15129
http://www.rcindia.org/electric-planes/my-old-frog-plane-lightened-further/msg15022/#msg15022
http://www.rcindia.org/electric-planes/durable-light-weight-strong-plane/msg8454/#msg8454


Others are there:
http://www.rcindia.org/electric-planes/spad-trainer/msg14353/#msg14353


 

This list of electric planes is not going to satisfy the folks who need to breath glow fumes to get a high

So true Anwar. The sound of the engine and the power is no match for the electrics. Though the Gassers seem to be a better deal, and most people graduate to gas powered planes once they are into the hobby for a couple of years. The progression is inevitabe.

OK guys, This is whatI have done over the week (That is along with being a full time doc he he). Any comments?
Crashless flying all.
Doc

Hi Doc,

Thats great work, am sure she will fly very nicely..just take some good advice on the setup you would use on it as I guess she is going to be a heavy bird..

otherwise extremely nice work..all the best..

rgds

atul g.

Thanks Atul,
As of right now, without the engine, servos, Reciever, battery pack and fuel tank (That's all that is needed  , the weight is 1140gms. The plan says 4 pounds and 8 ounces. I plan to use a .46 engine wth it. Do u still feel it is heavy?
Doc

I thought you were going to make it into an electric one..

It will do just fine..go for it..

First I have to  learn to fly and that is exactly what I'm doing now. I got into aeromoddling in feb and I've just gotten my landing some what correct. This was for the other guys on the field who want to pactice 3D flying. But according to my instructor this is not a good aircraft and that it would need an engine heavier than .46. So' I'll just wait for a few months til I can fly this on my own and then I'll complete the build and then fly it.
Thanks again Atul for ur kind words.
Take care

Nice

What is the piece of transparent plastic type of thing that is holding the landing gears to the main fuse ? I mean what material is it, and where did you source it ?  Looks like something that was lying around the house

Thanks Anwar, That is Polycarbonate sheet, 12mm thick. It was being used as a door to a machie in my friends factory. It had broken off and I was looking for polycarbonate, so I got it.

Very nice.......    looks  great.   

attached is the pic of my electric spad. which i am working on to convert it to glow.
There are some senior aeromodeller who are helping me in doing this, will upload it sometime later.

doc, im all eager and anxious to fly it... looks better than the 1st one...
Take care
Aaron

  I built a SPAD , A glow one , The BUHOR . You can check out the thread on RCI

http://www.rcindia.org/gas-glow-nitro-planes/my-first-spad/msg1885/#msg1885

Hi ,

This certainly looks like a nice plane.. Not sure how hevy it is considering you have used poly for the wing. I have made a similar model and also test flew it last sunday. But for sure I would say that this is not a trainer model for begineers. This is good trainer for doing 3D but not sure if fits the bill for beginners.

Here is the link to my model.
http://www.rcindia.org/gas-glow-nitro-planes/a-new-3d-spad/msg19812/#msg19812

Observations from the first flight:
1.) Ensure the CG is correct as defined in the plan.
2.) MAKE SURE THE ALU CHANNEL USED IS OF HIGH GRADE AND QUALITY. iT SHOULD BE STRONG and THICK ENOUGH NOT TO FLEX (SIDEWAYS and twist). (though it may add a little weight) (My tail was wagging at a little high speed because the alu channel was flexing. Ensure you keep the length of the fuselage to the min possible.
3.) My verical stab was also fluttering. so I have reinforced with 5 mm carbon rod going all the way down into the aluminium channel.
4.) keep the pushrods as small as possible to avoid flex and twisting of the channel.
5.) Add the coroplast fuselage as described in the plan for additional stability.
6.) Make sure the landing gear is tough enough to support hard landings.
7.) Tighten the fuel tank with cable ties strongly to avoid foaming of the fuel.

All the best,
Cheers.
Saurabh.

Thanks Saurabh for your tips. Will keep in mind all u have said.
The final weight would be about 1990 grams including everthing.
Was planing to post the photos but I'll wait till sunday (After the maiden flight).

@Flying Doc

So any flying on Sunday??? post some pics / videos. how did it fly?