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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / February 2007Bud Nosen Gerry Sport
Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. >cough cough< What a kite. You should see it fly overpowered and heavy. I have one in the bones to replace the one that died due to a radio failure last summer, just after rotation. Lots and lots of toothpicks... :( Holler again in a couple of months and I will tell what the new all up weight is...pretty sure it will have a Q 50 unless I get obstreperous and put a G62 on it. It needs at least a G62. > > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > weight is...pretty sure it will have a Q 50 unless I get obstreperous and > put a G62 on it. > It needs at least a G62. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> weight is...pretty sure it will have a Q 50 unless I get obstreperous and >> put a G62 on it. I still want to talk to someone that flew it with the Nosen recommended glow .60 two-stroke. <G> The wife and I covered one of these behemoths for a friend many years ago. We started Friday night after work and didn't finish until evening of Sunday. The house stunk of heated Worldtex for a weak afterwards. I'd like to have one for myself. Ed Cregger Last years version flew extremely well with the Q 50 so the G62 will be overkill, especially since it was designed to be flown with MUCH smaller engines (Q35 for one). Don't know which one will wind up on this years version. > It needs at least a G62. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> weight is...pretty sure it will have a Q 50 unless I get obstreperous and >> put a G62 on it. > Last years version flew extremely well with the Q 50 so the G62 will be > overkill, especially since it was designed to be flown with MUCH smaller [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>> and >>> put a G62 on it. The one that the wife and I covered for a friend, which I bought from another friend and sold to the guy wanting it covered, was designed to be flown with a glow two-stroke .60 on a belt reduction drive. The owner intended to utilize a Q35 on it, but I had my doubts about the airframe holding up to the pounding. It had not been beefed up from the original design for the .60 at all and was making me wonder if the firewall would hold the engine without it running, much less running. Yes, it most definitely was intended to be a kite. The novelty of a model of that size flying at all in those days would have drawn folks from several counties to observe a flight if publicly announced. This was in the very late Seventies/early Eighties, IIRC. And I know I do. Ed Cregger >> Last years version flew extremely well with the Q 50 so the G62 will be >> overkill, especially since it was designed to be flown with MUCH smaller [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Ed Cregger Ed, Unless the FW was 1/4 ply unsupported, it should be fine without any significant beefing up. All I did to mount the Q 50 was put a double on the front of the FW to spread the load more toward the edges. Of course the double was 1/4 AC ply. Jim > Ed, > Unless the FW was 1/4 ply unsupported, it should be fine without any > significant beefing up. All I did to mount the Q 50 was put a double on > the front of the FW to spread the load more toward the edges. Of course > the double was 1/4 AC ply. ----------------------- Well, it was flimsy looking. But what do I know? Glad to hear that it wasn't. I offered to pay the gentleman his asking price for the Gere Sport kit he advertised for sale on this newsgroup if he paid shipping. Haven't heard a thing back from him. Now my interests have changed. I'm not interested any longer. Just as well, I suppose. I'd probably either have to build a trailer or trade-in the minivan for something larger. Hmm, now that I think of it, all I needed was a trailer hitch so I could tow it to the field. Ed Cregger Hi Ed I got my newsgroups to work,,wanted to say hi.. Thomas >> Ed, >> Unless the FW was 1/4 ply unsupported, it should be fine without any [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Ed Cregger > Hi Ed > I got my newsgroups to work,,wanted to say hi.. > Thomas Hi, Tom. Glad to hear from you again. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We did. Ed Cregger Radio Failure....isn't that a '70's term meaning pilot error?..haha :-) Phil AMA609 > > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > weight is...pretty sure it will have a Q 50 unless I get obstreperous and > put a G62 on it. Might have been, but this was actually traced down to a broken wire in the power circuit. The break was inside the insulation and only showed up if you moved the wire in a particular direction. :( A group of us were very upset over the loss of the aircraft and spent significant time trying to figure out why. The culprit was discovered by accident during a test of another system. . > Radio Failure....isn't that a '70's term meaning pilot error?..haha :-) > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> weight is...pretty sure it will have a Q 50 unless I get obstreperous and >> put a G62 on it. > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. Is the kit still available? If it is in pristine condition and you will pay the shipping, I'll pay your asking price via PayPal. Let me know. Ed Cregger >> Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 >> ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Ed Cregger He has a valid return E-mail. OOps....sorry Ed. Didn't see your post. I do have it but Paypal is a NO NO! www.PayPalSucks.com > > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Ed Cregger > OOps....sorry Ed. Didn't see your post. I do have it but Paypal is a NO > NO! > www.PayPalSucks.com Oh well. Thanks anyway. Ed Cregger > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. The Gerry Sport is tempting. However I have been looking for a Bud Nosen Trainer. Now thats a forest of balsa. If I cannot find the kit I would like to find a set of plans to attempt to scratch build this legend. Doc Ferguson I have a Bud Nosen trainer that's been sitting in the shed for a number of years, & the wing has suffered so much damage that I feel it would be easier to build a new on rather than try to revive the original. I am also very interested ing a set of plans. > > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I would like to find a set of plans to attempt to scratch build this > legend. Doc Ferguson  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com I built a Bud Nosen trainer a few years ago. I was dumb enough to put a 91 Surpass on it, which was WAY overpowered. For the "throttle back" chorus that usually chimes in at this point in the conversation, it wouldn't sit still on the runway. It taxied too fast all the time, plus it was just too much in the air. I suppose I could have tried some very low pitch props on it. Anyway, I wonder what it would have been like with the recommended .60 instead of a 91. I wouldn't mind building one again some day. > > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I would like to find a set of plans to attempt to scratch build this > legend. Doc Ferguson >I built a Bud Nosen trainer a few years ago. I was dumb enough to put a > 91 Surpass on it, which was WAY overpowered. For the "throttle back" [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > with the recommended .60 instead of a 91. I wouldn't mind building one > again some day. -------------- When flying off smooth, hard surfaces, just about any size engine will pull the model forward at idle. I used to pull the nose gear wheel collar off and insert a piece of fuel line over the axle, then reinstall the wheel collar. By adjusting the wheel collar closer or farther from the wheel hub, you could adjust the amount of "braking" you received from the piece of fuel liine. Ed Cregger > When flying off smooth, hard surfaces, just about any size engine will pull > the model forward at idle. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Ed Cregger That's a clever idea. My Nosen Trainer was also equipped with four optional engine pods and OS 26 engines. In four-engine configuration, the 91 came off and a cover plate was placed over the hole in the balsa cowling. It looked great, and the four 4-strokes running at the same time was a very nice sound. And the throttle linkage was an engineering feat to be proud of. Unfortunately, in this configuration it taxied at almost take-off speed. I had to taxi it in the grass, and it was still too much. The plane made me nervous enough that I decided to sell it before I wrecked it. I'm sure a piece of fuel line on the nosegear would have helped, but it was a handful in the air anyway. OK, I am wondering did the Gere Sport get sold? If not, where do I sen the check -- KT > > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I would like to find a set of plans to attempt to scratch build this > legend. Doc Ferguson OK< Who is hoarding all the Bud Nosen Plans. Yah you out there chuckling, clutching some of the only plans that were hung on to. Come on Share with the rest of us that did not hang on to plans thinking they would always be around. Pretty soon I will be asking for broken wings and do a post on them, recreate ribs, etc. Ah a fuselage broken. Another autopsy and the fuselage is created Elevator and Rudder................and a Bud Nosen Plane is " Alive," Its Alive. Doc Ferguson Hi, I've been looking for a set of plans for the Gere Sport. I have a older Nosen kit that somehow lost its plans. Would really appreciate i I could get a copy from someone who has the plans. Jeva -- tskj1 ok...lemme check > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jevan All I have to do is get time to rummage through the attic....promise to get to it in the next two days... Jim > ok...lemme check > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >> Jevan AV8R Wrote: > Got a NIB Bud Nosen Gerry Sport I'm never going to build. Great kit. 8 > ft biplane. $250.00 takes it. ANY CHANCE THAT YOU STILL HAVE THE GERE SPORT FOR SALE?? jOH -- TRDRJO |
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