New Bidule 170

[Kris]

Finally finished my Bidule 170. Waiting for the weather to get right for the maiden.

DA 170
RE-3 Tuned Pipes
Mejzlik 28.5 x 12S Prop
Carbon Fiber Spinner
2 each 7800mah LiIon batteries
1 each 5200 mah LiIon battery
100 ounce fuel capacity
Tail wheel Ohio Superstar Heigh Large 50-70 lbs
Weight to be determined.
Balanced with 4 ounces added to the back of the firewall.

[Asher Carmichael]

A taildragger Bidule! Looks really nice, Kris. We'll all be watching and waiting for a maiden report.

[ARUP]

Looks great! You planning on aerotowing the lawn mower? You sit in the lawn mower then RC the Bidule, right? Then you yell out 'hey everybody... watch this!'.

[lenb]

Looks great Kris. Good luck with the maiden! You're love the plane.

[Xroadie]

Wow....Cool Kris!....I'll be looking forward to seeing it fly this year!!!

Love the tail dragger mod and color scheme!!! It looks like a Swiss Air Force EFW C-3603 ....ummm...one of these....

[Xroadie]

Kris, Did you have to make new hard points for the landing gear or did you reuse the existing hard points and just turn the gear around, so that they swept forward, instead of back?

Pete

[kd4jaz]

Finally finished my Bidule 170. Waiting for the weather to get right for the maiden.

DA 170
RE-3 Tuned Pipes
Mejzlik 28.5 x 12S Prop
Carbon Fiber Spinner
2 each 7800mah LiIon batteries
1 each 5200 mah LiIon battery
100 ounce fuel capacity
Tail wheel Ohio Superstar Heigh Large 50-70 lbs
Weight to be determined.
Balanced with 4 ounces added to the back of the firewall.

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Do you use the lawn mower to simulate an airport ramp tug?

[Swiss1]

Wow....Cool Kris!....I'll be looking forward to seeing it fly this year!!!

Love the tail dragger mod and color scheme!!! It looks like a Swiss Air Force EFW C-3603 ....ummm...one of these....

That would be "Patrouille Suisse" Aerobatic Scheme

Jeremy and Ben
SCCAAA TT TN

[lenb]

Patrol Suzy ?

[JimD]

EFW C-3603 SCHLEPP Swiss target tug aircraft

...so it will schlepp Either Foam Wood or Composite!

[Stew]

EFW C-3603 SCHLEPP Swiss target tug aircraft

...so it will schlepp Either Foam or Wood

It will also schlepp hot air..... in the form of a blimp?

[Kris]

The mower is the tug for moving it around.

Pete,
I left the original hard points in the plane so I can retro fit it to a tricycle gear if the tail dragger set up does not work out. I took all the balsa off the bottom from the original hard points forward. I put in 1/4 birch ply then 1/4 light ply. I used 1 inch x 1 inch bass triangle on the inside. Then I put 1/8 light play forward to the firewall to help with strength and stiffness. The gear was turned around for the sweep forward.

Thanks all for the nice support.

[Kris]

Here is the interior set up.

[Stevenson]

massive plane build dude.

[Kris]

A better picture of my Bidule.