Lockheed Starliner Build thread

[legoman]

I may need to find an electric power plant for this plane. as the radials wont fit in my cowls by close to 10-15 percent.

 

[technoid]

I may need to find an electric power plant for this plane. as the radials wont fit in my cowls by close to 10-15 percent.

Well that will work.. what size wingspan did you go with?

 

[legoman]

Well that will work.. what size wingspan did you go with?

18 feet 9 inches and Hacker Q80-8M with a 10s lipo and 26x10 3-blade prop

 

[technoid]

18 feet 9 inches and Hacker Q80-8M with a 10s lipo and 26x10 3-blade prop

That should look good. After looking at the DC-4 a bit more I may go with a 20 foot wingspan on it instead of the 25 I was thinking about.

 

[legoman]

skyraider engines installed

 

[legoman]

more stuff

 

[uncle twist]

Looking fantastic Legoman. !!

 

[doug schluter]

excellent looking model legoman

 

[technoid]

Super cool stuff !!!

 

[asj5547]

Awesome detail !!!

 

[legoman]

I cannot decide whether to but the full engine in there or not since the e-motor I am using would not fit in the crank case there would need to be a short extension on the prop hub

 

[technoid]

I cannot decide whether to but the full engine in there or not since the e-motor I am using would not fit in the crank case there would need to be a short extension on the prop hub

You know me I have a different view about this type of thing, this is a simulator model so things can be done differently than in real life so I'd do what I wanted to. So if you want the full engine in there go for it. In real life you wouldn't but the virtual world lets us do more. Now if you were creating plans for a real model that would be different.

 

[legoman]

You know me I have a different view about this type of thing, this is a simulator model so things can be done differently than in real life so I'd do what I wanted to. So if you want the full engine in there go for it. In real life you wouldn't but the virtual world lets us do more. Now if you were creating plans for a real model that would be different.

I guess the motors are not too exposed

 

[legoman]

the cowls are fully vented

 

[legoman]

I imported it in to rf today and the cowls looked small so I enlarged them and they look better. so the Saito radials are back in business.

 

[legoman]

… so the Saito radials are back in business.

Never mind I miss-remembered the diameter on those motors

 

[legoman]

Oil cooler and cold air intake made

 

[doug schluter]

excellent looking Oil cooler and cold air intake , to bad the Saito Radials are out

 

[uncle twist]

Looking great Legoman, I can`t wait too see color on it, I just saw Techs. CS on the DC-4, it really brought the the plane to life, you have a CS in mind ??

 

[legoman]

Looking great Legoman, I can`t wait too see color on it, I just saw Techs. CS on the DC-4, it really brought the the plane to life, you have a CS in mind ??

The options are fairly limited with 44 aircraft across 4 operators being TWA, Air France, Lufthansa and Alaskan Airlines. I would probably do TWA or Alaskan