Fokker D VIII

I have been eyeing the D VIII for a long time. This is just a rudder version I am thinking over the ailerons as I write. The parasol wing is an interesting construction. I thought it would be a challenge. Getting the wing to set up on the skewers squarely took a little fiddling, but it turned out. With its profile slab built body it is nice and stiff. It can take a pounding and not show any damage.

Yes, It can Fly!

I stuffed the guts in after work ( the glue was almost dry ). I placed the batteries to set a good C.G. It flew on the first toss. I had put some dihedral in with a thin piece of music wire. I turn the throws down a little, it turned more than I thought with that smallish rudder. Climb was good, but it only weights 6.2oz without paint and landing gear. A tree ate my plane - No damage. My home flying field is 40 acres with 20000 ten year old trees, so my planes have to like hanging in trees.

Landing Gear

I did not want just plain old litestik landing gear. So out comes the skewers and glue. I like the looks. NOW - what color????????
STATS
Wingspan: 32"
Length: 23"
Chord: 6"
Weight: 7.0 oz with No paint ready to fly with 42gram battery.
Speed: Faster than the litestick.
Build time: 5 hours or less minus glue time
Tools: Razor knife - Polyurethene Glue
Material: Bluecor 1/4" foam insulation - tape - skewers - ect.


Check out the first in the series The Tin Donkey
Check out the second in the series The Little Red Trainer.
Check out the Fourth in the series The Rohrbach Roland.
Check out the Fifth in the series Zippy
Check out the Sixth in the series a Cheap Stealth
Check out the Seventh and Eighth in the series New Blue Planes.

Check out the Ninth in the series a Biplane.
Check out the Tenth in the series a WWII Zero.
Check out the Eleventh in the series a 1908 Antoinette.
Check out the Twelveth in the series a Corsair.
Finally #13 is Catsup and Mustard a faster aileron plane..
Here is #14, Homemade Brushless Testbed - motor made from an old cdrom drive.
Airplanes by Jonathan Townsend - email - jon@jastown.com