One of these hangs in my basement and one in Mom's house. I built one as a profile only, with flat board wings, and .049 Cox engine and it flies beautifully on control lines. Then I enlarged my plans thru a Xerox to 1/5 scale, never covered it, and it hangs from my vaulted ceiling as I type this. Beautiful skeleton! It was planned for RC, but never got there.
@freeflight7750
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@M5guitar1
3 ай бұрын
Wow dejavu...I built a control line version in the 70s and crashed it. I then scratch built a larger RC version that I've flown since the 90s. Now I'm building a smaller micro RC version right now!
@michaelmcgovern8110
Ай бұрын
Go for it now. Why not?
@NemoVir
2 жыл бұрын
I am impressed that you made an old model like this fly. Especially a triplane using a kit. I wouldn’t be surprised if you could make a doghouse fly.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
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@dickieadcock
2 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to my youth. I've built and flown this kit years ago. Thank you.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@MaxHussein
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! It fly's so well it could be in a contest yet it looks so nice it could be a display model. Really cool!
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. It's also good for displays.
@SCIGS30
2 жыл бұрын
Nice build and good job getting her to fly. I love building these old Guillows kits out of the box and getting them to fly with rubber. Once again, good job and thank you for posting.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
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@Glicksman1
2 жыл бұрын
@@freeflight7750 YW.
@mrratskins
2 жыл бұрын
The extremely short nose moment makes these Fokkers very difficult. My strategy is to make the stabilizer and rudder as low mass as possible in order to recover from upsets quickly. But I can see that you are making it work very elegantly. Good job.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. As you pointed out, reducing the weight of the tail is important for obtaining "CG".
@M5guitar1
3 ай бұрын
I built one in the 1970s and put in a Cox 0.49 for control line. 1 flight, way too tail heavy, about 20 laps when the motor quit, stall, crash!! My brother destroyed it when I left for college. I now have an upsized RC scratch built version and another under construction! The Baron lives!
@freeflight7750
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching. I put a 35g weight on the nose of the DR1.
@joejames612
7 ай бұрын
I subscribed I watched one of your videos and I was hooked
@freeflight7750
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for subscribing to the channel.
@nerome619
2 жыл бұрын
well done - that's about the best I've seen one fly!
@punkworkschannel
2 жыл бұрын
This plane must be really difficult to trim, but you've done a great job. It flies great!
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment.
@donaldvincent
2 жыл бұрын
I have fund my teenager very handy for "Tree Recovery Missions" such as this one. Thanks for sharing this beautiful plane and flight with us.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@Clouddddxjzjs552
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful flights ! And what amazing scenery. Very nice work on the model
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@truenaturestormers2525
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing model nice job on the built. So cool.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@richarddarlington1139
2 жыл бұрын
These Guillow's kits come up so heavy. Try a Dumas kit. Much higher quality. I think you'll like them, Lots to choose from! The Dr.1 is a challenge, no doubt. Good job!
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your advice.
@conradboykoii1170
2 жыл бұрын
I used to build these old kits, and what I was shown by my uncle, was to sand the sheets to 1/32 thickness, which really cuts down on weight. The stringers are left alone since you need the strength. Also, the old Aerogloss Dope we used to get could be used full strength, but again to save weight , we would mix it 50/50 with lacquer thinner, and avoid opaque paints or dope colors. And the tissue only got 2 light coats of dope. As such, we made very light weight models that way. I know some things have changed since to old days, with better and lighter weight adhesives, and paints, but sanding the parts sheets to 1/2 their thickness was always the key.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your further advice.
@curtismarean6963
2 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done! I love ww1 planes, they fly so nicely.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@billg7205
2 жыл бұрын
This is yet another Guillow's model with more potential than the Guillow's critics seem to think. I built one for 3ch rc many years ago, which flies well without aileron control. I had to reset the wing incidences as well as possible, which were way off. The model wants a slight gradual increase in positive incidence from the bottom to the top wing, to avoid a continuous tail heavy stall cycle if in the reverse order. Set incorrectly the model ends up flying on the upper wing with an aft CG and drops the tail, when the lower wings stall where the model pitches up until it fully stalls, drop the nose, and recovers. Done again, I believe I could get excellent results from the model.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. And thank you for your high level comments.
@aviathor
2 жыл бұрын
that model is very unstable, even the real plane, you chose perhaps the most challenging model, congratulations!
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@downwindchecklist6567
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic build and great flights! You make it look easy but I know it isn't. Good you managed to recover it from the tree!
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I'm really happy if the scale plane flies.
@scottnix4991
Жыл бұрын
Patience and perseverance was the true lesson of Guillow's scale models. If you could get these models to fly, you could do anything.
@freeflight7750
Жыл бұрын
thank you. I'm happy.
@kayeninetwo3585
2 жыл бұрын
Great flight and airplane! I have a mostly completed Guillows kit in my closet (a monoplane.) It's been there many years. I need to finish it and take it out to fly.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I would be happy if the scale flew.
@oldschool7812
Жыл бұрын
Love the DR 1 😊
@freeflight7750
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@p51amustang
Жыл бұрын
Surprised you got it to fly at all. Well done!
@freeflight7750
Жыл бұрын
thank you.
@cstatman
2 жыл бұрын
good looking build, spectacular flying field, great to see one fly. Well done! :)
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@dansmith7617
2 жыл бұрын
Really neat! I wish I had your courage! I have a Guillow's Albatros and it looks promising but I haven't packed in the winds like you have. Congratulations! -Dan
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. It will be encouraging.
@theflyinghamster8442
7 ай бұрын
Awesome 👏
@Glicksman1
2 жыл бұрын
The DR1 is a particularly good flier for a Guillows kit, which are not known to do so very well without much modification, lightening, and better power. The three wings, greatly lowering the wing loading is part of the reason. Adequate tail surfaces and the small airframe are others. The extensive weight reduction of the airframe really helped in this instance. More weight reduction could have been done, especially with regard to the fuselage which is designed to be way overbuilt, without compromising structural integrity. With a tube motor, the fuselage can be very light, indeed. Built to scale as this one is, this aeroplane is extremely short-coupled (resulting in a very close CL to CG) and short-nosed (those old Oberursel Ur. II 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engines weighed 323 lbs., plus the huge laminated wooden prop, altogether a high percentage of the overall weight of an aeroplane that weighed only 895 lbs. empty) making balance a bit tricky. Even with the very light structure behind the CG, this model was predictably tail heavy. These kinds of WWI scale models, Sopwith Camel, Nieuport, Thomas Morse Scout, etc., are problematic in this regard. All told, even a very primitive Wakefield will fly rings around a model of this kind. They're really for show, but if you enjoy the challenge of flying them, which I fully understand, you'll have your hands full. You did eventually get a good flight out of it, albeit with a monster motor and prop that undid your trim circle. With really large motors I usually trim to the left or use R/C rudder assist to keep it nearby. I understand that a de-thermalizer is not required in this one. :D Also, and this is just a small personal gripe. Did we really need another red DR1? There were hundreds of others, many in bright colours. Any one of them would be refreshing. Great job.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. And thank you for your advice.
@aeromodeller1
10 ай бұрын
The decals in the kit have serial FI 102/17, the second prototype, assigned to Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. Oberleutnant Kurt Wolf was killed flying this plane. This plane was painted with the standard streaky green upper surfaces, sky blue under surfaces and white panels for the crosses on rudder, fuselage sides and wings. The three prototypes had no wingtip skids and smaller ailerons than later production models. The kit follows that practice, although the 3-view shows the skids and the box art shows a red plane. One advantage of the red on a model is that it is easier to see in grass or trees.
@Glicksman1
10 ай бұрын
@@aeromodeller1 Yellow or orange is better still.
@williamrobinson7435
2 жыл бұрын
The power lasted well with the larger prop, which also provided the much needed tad of noseweight.. The sustained torque swing is what made this, somewhat, 'fly away'.. 👍
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@jimbo2629
2 жыл бұрын
I need to persist with mine. It needs a decent prop and the right rubber, the correct c of g and some long grass!
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@thermalascension
Жыл бұрын
Excellent
@freeflight7750
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@erikhilsinger9421
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome work all around!
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much.
@planker
Жыл бұрын
Good stuff
@freeflight7750
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@miguelsuarez8010
2 жыл бұрын
I built this model many years ago. It never flew well, so I left it as a display model. I heard of someone who who put a micromotor and micro receiver and flew successfully.
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I think it's the best airplane for display. I only have free flight, but RC conversion is also good.
@johncaldwell-wq1hp
8 ай бұрын
I CAN SEE VON-RICHTOFFEN,-SNEERING OVER HIS SHOULDER,-AT THE BRITISH !!-I'M GONNA BUY ONE-!!
@freeflight7750
8 ай бұрын
Please buy it and give it a try.
@michaelmcgovern8110
Ай бұрын
It's the purity of doing it this way, as if with scraps and paper. And they FLY.
@freeflight7750
Ай бұрын
I think it would fly better if it was a little lighter.
@michaelmcgovern8110
Ай бұрын
@@freeflight7750 Hey: you BUILT it, you trimmed it, you FLEW it. After that, it's all gravy!
@f4udhorn
Жыл бұрын
Being a Guillows paperweight, I'm surprised you got it to fly this well at all. Whar does it weigh? 24" w/s, right?
@freeflight7750
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. w/s 20” Empty 85g. Weight 35g. Rubber 10g. Total 130g
@f4udhorn
Жыл бұрын
Go to Tom Hallman's maxfiart KZitem page where you can see it fly. I'll send the link in the next replay.
@f4udhorn
Жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/q3idqpytjKqTgmU
@lolathedog3108
2 жыл бұрын
I love it, even though you look like a cat, you make beautiful airplane videos!
@freeflight7750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@higgs923
Жыл бұрын
I added a lifting stab to help with the DR 1's short nose moment. It was better but not the best flyer.
@freeflight7750
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your advice.
@theqslearningmethod
Жыл бұрын
Massive field, one tree, it hits it! I've known trees and walls and fences and hedges like that. It always seems to defy credibility that they attract model aeroplanes in that way ... ?!?!?!
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