Tim Stagg's 32" 1/2A Tsunami for .061 Big Mig

**944_Jim** Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:34 pm

Gents,
I came across this one today...it flat dropped my jaw!
Deep ribs, 32" WS, profile fuselage. It is a builder's model for sure. I do have the designer's OK to distribute as long as I give him credit.

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Admin, I'd love it if we could keep a copy here in "Instruction Sheets." The PDF is small. The JPG of the PDF isn't

Meet the Tsunami:

Tim Stagg's 32" 1/2A Tsunami for .061 Big Mig Img_1510

layback209 Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:34 am

This is a fantastic looking ship.

**Cribbs74** Wed Oct 06, 2021 2:51 pm

Not a big fan of the finish, all the lines are distracting, overall though a nice shape. I would like to see the plans.

**944_Jim** Wed Oct 06, 2021 4:41 pm

Ron,
I reduced the original PDF and parked it over on SH...see link above.

I'll try to flip to JPG next for dripping here. Wait a bit.

Yup, here:

Tim Stagg's 32" 1/2A Tsunami for .061 Big Mig Tsunam10

Ken Cook Wed Oct 06, 2021 4:50 pm

Tim is a great guy. I saw him 2 weeks ago at my local r/c field. Typically I see him at some of the contests. Tim has a larger version of this which is electric. Really a neat plane.

getback Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:45 am

Is that a .51 on the nose ? It is a pretty big plane and should make for fling easy .

**944_Jim** Thu Oct 07, 2021 4:37 pm

The first time I saw it, I thought "Big Mig," and asked what he thought.
Mr Stagg reported he designed and built his with a Norvel .061 Big Mig in the nose. The Norvel AME and Big Mugs 061/049 share the same built pattern as the Cox .049 front rotary valve engines, if I remember correctly.

Ken Cook Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:25 pm

The bolt pattern for the VA, AME, Stels, and Aero are all the same as a Cox TD. The spacing of the beams aren't. The Russian engines require the beams to opened up in between. If you want to use both, use pennies as a spacer in between your two beams and this will allow enough spacing for both. However, the case length is also different and the Cox is longer. Newer Revlite versions were pretty close to the same length whereas the others are shorter in length.

FlipStart Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:00 pm

OhMyGosh, that's a really nice looking plane. I want one too. With the shiny look I wonder if it was covered with Micafilm. That light weight film was popular some years ago.

**Cribbs74** Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:16 am

It does have decent lines. If I were to build it I would round the vert stab and horizontal stab and add curved wingtips.

fredvon4 Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:07 am

https://stunthanger.com/smf/12-a-building/lil-tsunami-build/

Tim Stagg's 32" 1/2A Tsunami for .061 Big Mig Pxl_2010

Ken Cook Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:50 am

Kevin's passion is painting as displayed on this Tsunami build. I just don't get it though, that's a ton of work. One bad landing and it's done, and it will happen. The plane wasn't even flying correctly. The water graphic on the tail is a masterpiece in itself. I don't have the time or the patience for that much painting and back masking. I recall talking to Tim about his larger Tsunami, he did a similar paint scheme. I believe he uses polyspan vs silkspan and paintwork is not a chore, I remember him saying that shading and inking was done very quickly.

**944_Jim** Sat Oct 09, 2021 2:35 pm

[quote="fredvon4"]https://stunthanger.com/smf/12-a-building/lil-tsunami-build/

Hummana,hummana,hummana...I actually thought that was the plan I asked for. Then the fat ribs popped off the plansheet.
I'd love to see Mr. Tim's machine done in Kevin's livery! Both planes are well above my talents.

Where is that slack-jawed emoticon when you need it?

NEW222 Sat Oct 09, 2021 4:18 pm

Funny topic now as Kevin is a local flier and in teh same control line club I was with. I have seen a few of his birds up close, and they are all amazing to see. The first I ever saw of both him and his planes was a Sig Chipmunk around 2000.

getback Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:56 am

I was reading the SH article build and it went to a dead end before finishing ?!?! Kevin King i think Laughing

That is wild that you know him Chancy This Site Rocks!

ChaseBanner Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:02 am

beautiful build, cool weather has got me in the mood to build. I love this season!!!

getback Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:27 am

Lay it on us , what you building !! I Love This Forum!

ChaseBanner Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:29 am

getback wrote:Lay it on us , what you building !!

u guys prob gonna laugh but i have a guillows bird dog I purchased in the spring for micro rc conversion in mind using parts from a hobbyzone champ

Kim Sat Oct 30, 2021 9:07 am

ChaseBanner wrote:
getback wrote:Lay it on us , what you building !!
u guys prob gonna laugh but i have a guillows bird dog I purchased in the spring for micro rc conversion in mind using parts from a hobbyzone champ

Actually sounds like a cool project! My little Champ is still thumping along, by will surely have its innards "harvested" when the time comes!!!!

**Cribbs74** Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:44 am

ChaseBanner wrote:
getback wrote:Lay it on us , what you building !!
u guys prob gonna laugh but i have a guillows bird dog I purchased in the spring for micro rc conversion in mind using parts from a hobbyzone champ

Nothing funny about that, pretty cool actually.

NEW222 Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:13 pm

Sounds like a fun little project. Keep us in the loop as you go along.

ChaseBanner Sun Oct 31, 2021 7:04 am

really the bird dog is more like a weekend build and was suppose to be a backup in case cold weather makes itself more prominent than a typical arkansas winter usually does. Still looking for a kit but havnt found anything that tickles my fancy at a reasonable price. really makes me miss the house of balsa schoolyard scale kits we were able to pick up for $50 or so bucks

TD ABUSER Wed Dec 14, 2022 10:26 pm

944_Jim wrote:Gents,
I came across this one today...it flat dropped my jaw!

Meet the Tsunami:

When I first saw this plane last year I wanted to build one. That fuselage will help fly the plane through the overhead maneuvers.

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