Estes Cox Y-Wing

GallopingGhostler Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:11 am

Here is an oddity, which appears would not be a good flier except for round and round. It has a rather heavy nose weight made of lead of at least 2 ounces. Has a mid mounted rear facing pusher .049 Babe Bee or other tank Bee. Wingspan is about 10.5 inches (267 mm). I have the kit and plan to build it some time future. Seems for better performance they should have put the engine in the nose, would have eliminated the nose weight.

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Just curious what you all think of it. lol!

Ken Cook Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:52 am

George I always liked different. it just looks cool. My dad always built exotic and different. My favorite all time plane he made and I no longer have it. It was a Fruit Juicy can with a TD .09 inside of it. It had no wings, a strong Y landing gear and a elevator that was made from the lid itself. The lid was cut in half and was soldered to a piece of music wire and placed inside the can. This was more like a ducted fan tube. While it did get off of the ground, it was incredibly fast on the ground. Just some neat ideas and all in fun. I do have a passion for even roundy round flyers. Ken

JPvelo Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:50 am

That's the kit that led me to CEF and lit the control line fire for me! I built it with an anemic tanked bee that used a standard glow plug conversion. My first post here was asking why that engine didn't have any power. Then it was on to a Dewy Bird, then the Stork.... Now I have a storage room and garage full of planes and kits.

I would put a very powerfull motor on that Y-wing, I never got mine off of the ground.

Jim

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