Eastwind Designs
SNOOPY PARK FLYER Plans
$12.99 U.S. per set
(plus $3.00 shipping)
Each set includes a 30 by 45 inch plan, a separate computer printout of all airframe pieces other than stick wood that the builder can attach to balsa to easily make parts, and access to an online instruction sheet with photographs detailing construction methods.
The SNOOPY is 41.25 inch span park flyer reminiscent of earlier free flight designs and is powered by a geared 370 GWS motor on 7 NIMH cells. This is a very smooth and groovy little airplane, quite an agile little flyer, that routinely makes 8 minute full throttle flights on 500 mah cells. Hand launched with the wheels removed over our grass field, the plane is a delight in calm morning or evening air. Hand launching is a breeze, just a slight push and the Snoopy is accelerating away from you. No need to run with this 12 ounce model, just hold it up and give it a shove.
(The firewall has been designed for the GWSPO443 EPS motor and gearbox at 4.43:1 ratio)
It's not just a calm day flyer as we routinely fly it in 10-15 mph winds with no problems. Flying in wind seems to be more related to the actual site itself than the size and weight of the model. Flying downwind of a treeline or other objects will result in turbulent air and a more difficult time with a light model. Fly in an open area with few obstructions and things get much better. We've flown this small plane dozens of times in winds so strong it can barely make any headway and have landed it easily every time with no damage.
It's a fairly aggressive and quite fast little airplane on 7 cells. Flying on eight cells results in a very agressive little park flyer.
Wheels on, the SNOOPY is a fun touch and go machine from pavement in any open parking lot. Flying down final with 25-30 percent power makes for effortless no bounce touch and goes and we frequently touch down on one wheel and then the other before accelerating away again. We get an easy 8 minutes of this kind of flying every flight.
Electric airplanes are an ideal winter airplane for snowbound flyers. Charge a couple battery packs and slip out for a flight or two in the local school yard. No fuel or starting problems, no cold hands, just flying fun followed by a hot cup of coffee.
The SNOOPY is capable of mild aerobatics. It will loop easily from level flight and these loops that look pretty impressive when started from about two feet off the ground. Stall turns are also pretty slick and the SNOOPY does them effortlessly. You can fly it right in your face and maneuvering it tightly within the confines of an average club's runway certainly gets the attention of other flyers. Because of the polyhedral tips the SNOOPY flies smoothly with rudder, elevator and throttle controls.
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