Anderson Pylon (Texaco)

Glen Poole's AP dieselize

restricted Ohlsson .60

PAW.49

Folks, Three SAM 117 members (Poole, McIntyre and Hiner) flew today at the SOAR Old Grove Road field today. Our second day this March flying at this field. Today's high temp: in the 50's. Two weeks ago, in the upper 40's. Both days wind: less than 10 mph. First flights on Glen's Speed 400 Twin Cyclone. I made the first and only flight on this new model. Needs some trim and radio changes before next flights. Original size of this design by a Fort Wayne modeler. Glen plans on flying this model at a Fort Wayne SAM contest this year. Here is the photo with Glen holding his new model. Two weeks ago, McIntyre took some photos of the Anderson Pylon built for me by Burkart and McIntyre. 99-inch wingspan with geared Neu motor. 21/14 carbon fiber propeller 11 pounds 6 ounces. Klarich kit & John Pond plans. Long tail and large wood sizes. Twelve 2500 mAh Nicds for the motor. Heavy powerful servos. Two-piece wing and large radio battery. Jack Hiner

Anderson Pylon

Flying the Anderson

Twin Cyclone

Second Flight of Jack Hiner's Anderson Pylon (1,500 square inches)

 

 

1500 square inch Anderson Pylon

I took my simple point and shoot camera (2meg. pix - 20yrs old) out to the field for some quick shots.

Have one in the distance flying.

Others are of me ( Meaghan) holding the plane and one of Jack in his chair with the plane.

Jack can fill you in on the flying/ handling of the plane.

Regards,

Meaghan McIntyre

Folks,

 

Yes, I flew the big Andersen Pylon this morning early at the sod farm.  Meaghan and Glen present and helped.  Perfect weather for first flights.  I made four flights.  Light wind and sunny sky.

 

The four flights ranged from 11:34 to just under 13 minutes.  I was hoping for 20-minute flights.  And the take offs were rather long.  10 cell 2500 mAh Ni-Cd motor battery.  Neu 1107/6D geared 6.7 with Falcon 21/14 CF prop.

 

I figured this power train would handle the 1520 sq. in. Andersen Pylon at the 9 pounds needed with the big Ni-Cd motor pack.  After the four flights we weighed the model with batteries and to my surprised total weight was 11 pounds 6 ounces.  That is a wing loading of 17.24 ounces per square foot.

 

At 11 pounds 6 ounces I could use a 4S2200 mAh Lipo motor pack.  I wonder what kind of flight times I would get with this size Lipo?  Maybe Jay can run the numbers on this change?  Would it be worth it to go with this size Lipo motor battery?

 

It is a nice handling model.  Also, glide is much better than I would have thought at that weight.  Just need to get flight times to 20 minutes early mornings.  If that is possible?

 

Jack

Jack,

I can't run ECALC,  my computer crashed a couple of weeks ago and the disc is toast.

I won't be able to do tasks like that until I get a new computer and just haven't been able to to do so with other stuff happening. Plus I need to get the $$ together to make the new computer.

My old computer was about 20 years old.

Sorry,

Jay

 

   

Gents, 

I have the longer bolts needed for the motor mount ( arrived today (6/11/2024) 

Down/side thrust wedge flared into the nose of the plane completed. 

Blind nuts epoxied onto the firewall done. 

White spinner cut out for the clearance of the carbon prop done. 

Plane has been given a coat of Coverite's  formula sealer. 

  

And have covered the pylon with "white" Ultracote which took 5 hours to do. (completed) 

  

Plus, added decal on the pylon as it needed something on that big thing? 

About an hour for the vinyl decals. 

See attached photo. 

  

Just need to have the balsa block delivered so that I can cut and shape the nose cowl. 

Then cover the rest of the fuselage. (hope the weather doesn't get too hot as the fuselage doesn't fit in my building room?) 

  

Little background for Allan. 

The U505 was captured during WW-II by the US Navy. 

The Germans tried to scuttle the sub but someone forgot to pull the plug in time to sink it before the US Navy boarded it and also the Germans forgot to set the explosives to blow the sub up. 

  

Now it is on display in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry (pretty cool display!) 

  

Meaghan

 

Anderson Pylon maiden flight

 

Anderson Pylon

 

110% Anderson Pylon

 Here are pictures of the tail feathers and wing all covered on Jack’s Andersen Pylon.

Also the pylon is sheeted and ready for installing the rest of the radio gear and covering the fuselage.

 

Meaghan, She’s looking for your skilled finishing.

 

Jay Burkart

Thanks!

Meaghan

Pylon construction for 110% Anderson Pylon

 Finally got the pylon framed and installed on the fuselage.

Also tied and braced the pylon to the fuselage with front and back carbon fiber hollow tube struts.

Jay Burkart

And so, another adventure in the world of Klarich Kits is coming to an end.  All that remains is for Jack Hiner to drive down to KY, pick it up, and start the covering process.

110% Anderson Pylon

I finished up the framing of the wing tips today.

The drawing issue strikes again!  The left tip plans are different than the right tip in the dimensions.

Looks like what I’m seeing is some kind of distortion in the copying of the plans and also where Harry Klarich put the spars and and the spar sizes. Totally different from the plans.

Also, since the leading edge is a piece of ½ x 1” balsa I had to kerf cut it all along to make the bend.

 

Anyhow,,,,,,,,making some progress.

Jay Burkart 

110% Anderson Pylon

 Jay Burkart has begun construction on a 110% Anderson Pylon for Jack Hiner for dry Texaco.  Jay spells it with an e as that's the way it appears on the John Pond plans.

I've never been able to find out much about this model.  I don't know when or if it was ever published before it burst onto the Old Timer scene in the 1970s where it was popular in FF and R/C Assist.  People have said that Alva Anderson was a friend of Carl Goldberg's and that they developed the pylon for models together and that he was shot in a parachute over Europe.   I haven't been able to verify this.

Ok Jack (Hiner)

Here you go,  I got some time waiting on my motors for my TWO Pelikan 3 meter builds.

So I built your Vertical Stab and Rudder.   Next will be the H. Stab.

 

Jays Airplane factory…

 

Jay Burkart,  President, CEO, Engineering manager, Production Manager, Union Representative and finally Production technician and floor cleaner…….

Not a bad day,

 

Built all the tail feathers for the Andersen Pylon……

 

Next will be the Wing, when I get to it…..

The H. Stab was  a pain in the butt….I forgot what it was like to build from poor plans.  

I wonder if Jim O’Reilly ever drew Pylon plans and cleaned them up. Well, at least I didn’t have to cut the ribs

 

Jays Airplane factory.

Here you go Jack…….

 

Main panel pasted together.  Needs rear spars,  then second glueing joiner tube reinforcement and plywood shear webs and regular shear webbing, epoxy and micro balloons, sheeting and

Then goes in for the big SAW job……..right down the middle!  I call it a surgical procedure of Wing Bisection……

 

Then  the tip builds.

 

Jay

The Klarich kit has solid ribs unlike the plans.