{"id":2546,"date":"2016-12-22T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T19:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/blog\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2016-12-22T14:44:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T19:44:15","slug":"a-competitive-indoor-nocal-short-kit-turbo-cessna-195","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/a-competitive-indoor-nocal-short-kit-turbo-cessna-195\/","title":{"rendered":"a COMPETITIVE Indoor NoCal Short Kit – Turbo Cessna 195"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a new Short Kit that I’ve been working on.\u00a0 Doing a google search, I found this one-off example of a Cessna 195 that had the radial replaced by a Garrett turboprop engine and the rounded wing tip clipped.\u00a0 Of course, the 195 is a high wing and has no struts at all.\u00a0 So, this created a NoCal that has 56 square inches and a 16″ long fuselage.\u00a0 What great specs for NoCal!<\/p>\n

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full scale Turbo Cessna 195 – used for skydiving in Brazil<\/p><\/div>\n

I had been studying indoor guru, Don Slusarczyk’s “Indoor NoCals” page (long off the web, but soon to be hosted here again).\u00a0 I worked with Don to integrate his practices into this kit – we feel that everyone can build this plane with “hobby shop” wood.\u00a0 That is, go to your local store that stocks balsa and find yourself some 1\/16″ x 3″ x 36″ sheet wood that weighs about 11 grams or less – this will be about 6-pound wood, and that is what Don recommends.<\/p>\n

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My build at 6 grams. This fat bladed prop has been replaced with a narrower prop blanks in the kit.<\/p><\/div>\n

My model weighs 6 grams without rubber and Don’s weighs in at 5 grams.\u00a0 The Short Kit will be laser-cut from this type of wood – nothing greater than 12 grams a sheet or about 6.7-pound wood.\u00a0 I am even including laser-cut prop blanks from 1\/32″ sheet and instructions on how to create an indoor prop that will properly fly this plane.<\/p>\n

In addition, I have created two tissue print files – one if you have a wide format printer (11″x17″) and one if you only have a normal printer (8.5″x11″).\u00a0 They can be found here with all of my other free tissue print files:\u00a0 https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/blog\/?page_id=2293<\/a> Note, all full scale photos show a white wing and red horizontal tail, so only the fuselage profile is included in the print file.<\/p>\n

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Don’s 5 gram version – built to plan with provided kit wood<\/p><\/div>\n

Don is writing up his build of his model and posting it in segments on Hip Pocket Aeronautics.\u00a0 You can find the article here:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.hippocketaeronautics.com\/hpa_forum\/index.php?topic=21522.0<\/a><\/p>\n

We believe that, if you are a modeler that builds small stick and tissue, you can build this kit and have yourself a very competitive Indoor NoCal.\u00a0 You can find the $10 short kit here: https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/blog\/BUY\/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=1055<\/a>\u00a0 (note, I will start shipping these after the New Year).<\/p>\n

Here are three videos that show how this model flies.\u00a0 The first is my prototype, not yet fully trimmed and the other two are Don’s as he has progressed in his testing:<\/p>\n