1937 Loose Racer - Restored After 20 Years
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Film shows before & after shots of the 21" span, rubber-powered free-flight 1937 Loose Racer, which was desperately in need of a restoration, after nearly 20 years of aggressive flying. The film ends with two beautiful flights in Wawayanda, NY. Based on the original 19" plan by Dave Livesay, the model was built in 1994, and was restored in 2014. She continues to fly well today, and will hopefully add another year to her 30 years of free-flight thru 2024. Consider giving an older model a second look, and restore it close to its original condition. It's always worth the effort.
Filmed with a Canon PowerShot SX20 & various iPhones. Music via ArtList.10.
Free plan by Dave Livesay: hallmanstudio.com/Loose_plan.PDF
3-view by William Kerka: hallmanstudio.com/Loose_3V.pdf
*** 10 steps to trimming a rubber model, by John Koptonak: www.flyingacesclub.com/PFFT/Tr...
Badge Classic DT & spring (at the bottom of the page): www.starlink-flitetech.com/tim...
Also, these tutorials from Easy Built Models: easybuiltmodels.com/tips.htm#...
Here's a source for rubber: www.faimodelsupply.com/produc...
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Geneseo FAC Nats Journals from 2016 & 2018: www.maxfliart.com
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www.easybuiltmodels.com/
www.volareproducts.com/BUY/
www.flyingacesclub.com
National Free Flight Society - freeflight.org/
Mike Stuart's Flying Scale Models - www.ffscale.co.uk/
www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk
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Beautiful...
Beautiful!
Very nice...she flew like she was happy to be back in the air..you did her justice..
Wow! Lovely model, and really great flyer too. Congrats.
Good stuff, Bubs.
Sweet my friend, nice.
Fantastic little model. Camera's have gotten a lot better in the last decade.
Well now I can honestly say how it feels to be in New York and see you fly an airplane. I’m here and it’s nice little vacation with the wife beautiful airplane.
Fantastic!
Super cool airplane! You free flight guys are amazing.
Nice. I enjoyed that
Hi Tom! The Loose is looking GOOD! That is such an interesting design! That one and the little Tilbury-Fundy Flash are about my favorite tiny racers!
Beautiful. Planes which have a somewhat bulky fuselage, like this and the wonderful Boeing Delta really give the illusion of great solidity to something we all know to be very delicate and somewhat ethereal in nature. In this is real magic. I'm glad you gave this bird a new lease of life after so long! Impressive as ever, the flight pattern is very satisfying also. Thanks Tom! ⭐👍
I love this look and y fly very well .Same estetic of P36 peaceshooter very good works congratulation
Magnifique❤
the best!
I still have a photograph of this plane that you sent to me over 20 years ago when I got the plans for the Hydravion from you. I still have it up on my pin board over the building table. Keep m' flyin! love the content.
@maxfliart
5 ай бұрын
Hey...how about that. Loved the Hydravion.
Krása...
She flew tight and still climbed nice. Good return. I can see why its back in the air
Muy bueno, gran trabajo.👍
Might have to rebuild most of mine from scratch - having learned from this channel how poorly I’ve built. Then I can finally give the old original ones the fate they deserve. Love the chill vibes.
@maxfliart
5 ай бұрын
It's worth a shot for at least one of them, then compare the differences at the trim field. Good luck. Have fun.
Just plain beautiful… Thank you for sharing…
@motoflyte
5 ай бұрын
No no....'just plane beautiful' !
I have a Privateer built for rubber power over 20 years ago that needs the same treatment. Maybe this spring. Thanks for the inspiration! btw, every model I have that flies over 20 seconds goes to the left. Maybe I should try flying right.
It put good sky circles! Very beutifl finish.
Interesting flight pattern. Steep right climb transitioning into nice right cruise, power seems to run out at around 3:09, then it transitions to left turn. Right thrust could produce right turn under power, left turn in glide can be due to freewheeling propeller. Hard to tell from video.
The feeling of ...wonder and excitement ...must have been as good, as the planes ..........first maiden flight.............*
It even looked fast flying compared to your usual "floaters" I mean.
Lovely. Quite a long flight. Tom, i would love to see how you store your models. Since I'm in and out of the hobby(I rotate), I can keep mine on one wall, but you, being a prolific builder, probably cant get away with that. How do you keep them? Great stuff! Your videos often kick me back into action in some way.
@jeffhayes1855
5 ай бұрын
I’ve asked the same question. We would all love a hanger tour.
@aeromodeller1
5 ай бұрын
My planes are stored in 36 under bed storage boxes. The first dozen I got at Dollar Store, but they stopped selling them. The rest are from IKEA.
@maxfliart
5 ай бұрын
I store them in various boxes and keep them in a cool, dry basement. Here's my fleet from Geneseo 2018, without the lids. hallmanstudio.com/Geneseo2018_fleet_boxes.pdf
Beautiful restoration. So glad to see it back in the air with the history it has from so many years ago. I've been slowly working on my dad's c/l team racer to return it to the air. By the way, didn't you do a video some years ago about construction of propellers from ricotta cheese containers and also 2 liter soda bottles? I've got a Gwillows Fairchild 24 I work on as time allows and was thinking about making a better prop. I can't seem to find the soda pop prop video.
@maxfliart
5 ай бұрын
Yes, I made a film that only shows the photos. I hope to enhance and elaborate this year. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gomVzNObhKyngrA.html
@davidpirtle1076
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. I'll look forward to viewing it. Spring will be along before you know it and with it better flying weather.
Ďakum za inšpiráciu.. Určite by to bol model aj do súťaže u nás . Ešte som ale nehľadal podklady skutočného aeroplánu. Každopádne ďakujem. Ďakujem...
@maxfliart
5 ай бұрын
Vďaka. Vždy som bol rád, keď som videl tento model lietať, pretože dokáže skutočne stúpať! Na webe toho nie je veľa a asi som ukázal dve najlepšie fotky. Môžem zverejniť aj čistú kópiu 3-pohľadu. Dizajnér plánu si myslel, že je krémovo-červený, ale všetci sme sa zhodli, že lietadlo bolo v skutočnosti červené s čiernym lemovaním. Veľa štastia!
@maxfliart
5 ай бұрын
3-view: hallmanstudio.com/Loose_3V.pdf
Didn't you build one of these with contra rotating props, or was that something that looks similar?
@maxfliart
5 ай бұрын
Not this one...that was the Koolhoven.
Disneyesque.