Cierva-Nemeth VSTOL, 1/35 scale

[Wardukw]

That's looking clean Frank and its comin along very nicely 
Frank mate 760mm is not big in the RC world..ive got 14 rc planes and my smallest has a wing span of 1400mm ..ive got plans for a Piper Super Cub and its wing span is 3200mm ..yup shes a biggin  ..hence why i aint built it  ..ive got no room and im gonna sell off quite a few of em..dont fly them anymore and more money for wiffies 

[buzzbomb]

Nice.. really looking forward to where this goes

[frank2056]

Finished! The registration code G-MAYT is not in use and for this build represents MAY Twenty two (the year built). I keep reading is as "G'Day Mate", which also works. I forgot to add the "Steven Paul Nemeth Parasol wing" decal:



The pilots obviously have very poor upwards visibility. The 3D printed parasol wing is pretty heavy, but both the main landing gear and former rotor mast have held up under the weight.
Only the upper part of the wing is printed - I glued on a styrene sheet to the bottom side and forced it into an airfoil shape.

These pictures were shot on my recently re-surfaced patio. The railing is going to be painted soon, so I thought I'd make good use of the new patio surface and sunlight, while I can.

Front view with a 1/35 scale 3D print of a scanned person, from ReedOak (not fully painted):



The wing is held in place with some poster putty and a square plastic rod.



I copied the Cierva Autogiro Company address from a period ad. The 22 on the rotor housing is the year I finished the model:



The tailwheel was not happy with the full weight of the model so I had to add a brass rod to support it. The rod between the flap and the fuselage actually helps keep the wing aligned.



I painted the tiny rudder/trim tab? rust red to give the plane some color contrast. The main wheels are from an old Monogram 1/48 Me-262. I replaced the molded brake line (?) with a thin styrene rod bent to shape:



There isn't much weathering at all, since this plane would have been kept clean. For this whif, I assumed that Cierva would have tested the wing's angle of attack, especially at takeoff. I found a more recent parasol wing aircraft with a variable AoA so I guess I wasn't far off.

This has been a fun and pretty much issue-free build. The 3D printed ABS wing worked well and the MiniArt model went together very well.

[Tophe]

  Uh? Is this RW prototype scale 1?
(it is so perfect it cannot be a scale model, even as big as 1/35 - not 1/144 all right)
I built four 1/32 models when I was a kid and they looked like scale models, not like the real thing...

[zenrat]

At least the pilot gets to fly in the shade.

Looks good.  I might brace the wing some more, but it looks good.

[NARSES2]

That really does look good 

[frank2056]

Thanks guys!
Tophe - the natural sunlight helps make it look like a real airplane.

Zenrat - I thought of adding a couple of struts, but it's pretty stable right now. The wing doesn't rock when the plane is banking (I flew it around the room a couple of times, for "science")

[zenrat]

Thanks guys!
Tophe - the natural sunlight helps make it look like a real airplane.

Zenrat - I thought of adding a couple of struts, but it's pretty stable right now. The wing doesn't rock when the plane is banking (I flew it around the room a couple of times, for "science")

One could posit a ball and socket joint mounting for the wing to allow variable incidence and angle during flight.  Not sure why, but one could posit it.

[Wardukw]

Frank i tryed the science bit with my ex when i was "testing" a ME 163 i was building..she said its not testing if im making engines noises 
Oh the build..well...love it matey 
Great paint and  like its not even a wiff ..so lovely stuff bud 

[PR19_Kit]

Frank i tryed the science bit with my ex when i was "testing" a ME 163 i was building..she said its not testing if im making engines noises 

You can't fully test anything unless it's in full power mode at least once during the test run. The 'Audible Parameter' is an important part of the performance spectrum.

Trust me, I was a test engineer.............. 

[Wardukw]

   Kit
Its only now i wished id bloody thought of that 

[Dizzyfugu]

Very pretty, lovely build.   

[frank2056]

A ball joint would have been interesting - I have several suitable steel BBs that I bought to drop in paint bottles.

I was tempted to photograph the model on the railing, maybe on a board, but there was a breeze and I was surprised to feel a bit of lift from the wing. It wouldn't have flown but I could see it topple off the railing.