Hello Saikat,

Looking at the photos of your models, there seem to be lot of rubber bands around the under carriage. Is this on purpose? How does it work?

regards
Pankaj

Good question - I make most of my models up to .25 size with removable
undercarriages. Makes them easier to store with the undercart removed.

Hopefully the pics should explain - sorry for the lousy quality as i am using my
wife's phone

Quote from: saikat on December 27, 2009, 02:41:22 PM
Ankur - for free flight you need balsa , tan sport rubber , propellers , wheels and
japanese tissue for covering.

- give me your postal address I 'll send you enough material
to get you started - free

Hi Saikat,
    Is that Y-Bar your own re-drawn plans. I have an old Y-Bar wing and I lost the plans to some house cleaning. Can you please post your Y-bar plans. The wing shape is surely not the same as the one that comes in the kit sold by IHC. Anyway, real nice to see this plane. Did you R/C-fy this model any time. Even the fuse seems thicker than the one in the kit.

Yes - the IHC Ybar was the inspiration - but I did not go
with the curved wingtips. The fuse is thicker cause it contains
radio gear,  It is single channel RC - rudder only - mainly to
land it in the same field it was launched from.

Plans - you are most welcome to them - if I can find them,

Quote from: saikat on December 30, 2009, 02:16:04 PM
Good question - I make most of my models up to .25 size with removable
undercarriages. Makes them easier to store with the undercart removed.

Hopefully the pics should explain - sorry for the lousy quality as i am using my
wife's phone

Real neat....

Pankaj

Quote from: saikat on December 30, 2009, 02:16:04 PM
Good question - I make most of my models up to .25 size with removable
undercarriages. Makes them easier to store with the undercart removed.

Nice 

detechable but still neat

could u post some more pics of your free flight planes
[btw i sent u some pm(s) please reply to them if u got it]

how I strip balsa -- the pic should be self explanatory

Quote from: ujjwaana on December 26, 2009, 07:49:44 PM
I am daring to ask this general question. Married seniors tell me, how wives react to this engrossing hobby of men (Since this hobby is largely popular in men only, except few exceptions) ?? My photographer enthusiast frinds allwas say that 'Wife and Glass(Lens) don't gel' i.e when ever they acquire a new lens (especially the professional L ones from Canon), they have a hard time with their wife. 
What is the general mantra to strike the balance between the  hobby and family life ? This applies more to scratch (and that out of Balsa) builders like Saikat Da who might spend even longer hours in the hobby ?

simple solution. Keep track of exactly how much you spend on your hobby and buy the missus diamonds worth the same amount. the missus will actually encourage you to spend more on your hobby.
My wife waccompanied my son and myself to the flying field only to confirm that there are other "CRACKPOTS" ;ike the 2 of us.

But kit and scratch building need TIME  which all of us have a limited supply of.
Avijit

cessna 150 from the IHC plan
but using decent wood

4 channel - OS .10

Hi saikat da
im a newbie to rc
actually i was searching
for like minded people
4 rc aeromodelling.
Saw ur post.
Gr8 wrk.keep it up.
Im 4m ghy.
U sayd VC is 4m ghy also.
How can i contact him ?
Anyways..
Fly high..

Anjan

send him a PM - I'm sure he visits this forum regularly.

I have his cell no but I would'nt want to give it without
his approval.

Tell me more about yourself.

Hmm
thats true,privacy comes 1st.
I recently joined aseb after completing enggr in electrical.
Im currently based in silchar.
So i have enough free time
n now financial capability to
pursue rc as a hobby.
Im going to ghy 2mrw 4 a week ( @ bihu ).
He he
so mayb can met vc.

not much building lately -but this is
what I just finished.

Electric - 4 channel - 44 inch span

Each of your productions look like they have been bought from a store.

talking to VC inspired me to post one of my boats.

self designed , scratch built ,powered by speed 280 brushed
motor and 2s 900mah lipo

moves at a decent clip

Interesting design. What is the material used? What prop have you used?

I had bought a bunch of red plastic props
from IHC Kolkata when I was a kid. I still have a
couple left.

material used is the pinkish/reddish wood that used
to be sold by IHC

I built the boat about 15 years back. Just got it
out the other day - upgraded the electronics
and had a blast sailing with my son.

Its been raining a lot here recently -ideal
for boats.

Hi Saikat,

Excellent work. So amazed to see the pic of canary design.   

How you cut the fuselage? which tool you use? is it made of balsa wood? Please share the techniques to make such awesome plane.

Regards,
Dileep

Two of my recent models -

- Single channel towline glider - floats like a feather in calm

- Generic funfly type equipped with all Hobbyking stuff - incl .40 glow

Just saw this page

Fantastic stuff Saikat 

wow....

Ideal hipnotism for me ...
Enough  planes to daydream about   , for an year