De Havilland Canada DASH-7 PSS Segler

[Ben_E]

I just want to share the maiden flight of my own design, scratch built Dash-7.
Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ht1lmIf6TY?wmode=opaque&start=0

 

[waldopepper]

Great plane, perfect video - thanks !
Can you give some words to the building technique and data like weight, wing loading ? Is it foam / Obechi ?

The motor gondolas are missing, hmmm (:-))).
Regards from Austria, Walter

 

[Ben_E]

Great plane, perfect video - thanks !
Can you give some words to the building technique and data like weight, wing loading ? Is it foam / Obechi ?

The motor gondolas are missing, hmmm (:-))).
Regards from Austria, Walter

Thank you for your kind komments!

It's made from Foam, covered with balsa and glassed.
Dummy motors are next step. But wanted to see if it flies before investing my time in making the motors from glassfiber.

Wingspan is 240, weight is ca 5,2Kg.
Detailed build blog: https://www.modelflying.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/42170-pss-dash-7-dhc-7-build-blog/#comments

Ben_E

 

[J. P.]

Hallo,
What a Hell of an Airplane .Real good flight characteristics.Great Work.
Jens

 

[bjoernohlau]

Wow well done and superb landing

 

[Malanger]

One of the coolest planes i have seen! This is a real eyecatcher and pleasure to watch. What maneuvers are possible to fly? Imho, there is no need to add the engines. It looks so clean this way. I like it.