Jay Honeck-- Your "Airplane On A Pole" problem is solved

Jay --

Some time ago there was a thread in this ng about what sort of light
aircraft on a pole ("pig on a stick") would be appropriate for your
establishment. That thread sort of bogged down...

Just for grins, go to http://www.rst-engr.com/weathervane/ and think about
making a 4x or 8x model of this thing. It is the July/August/September
Kitplanes project column device.

Note the red/green wingtip lights, the white tailfeathers light, and the red
flashing rotating beacon atop the vertical fin. While I used plain old T1
size LEDs on this little rascal for weight, we could use the moosey
stoplight size on a larger model.

I can design the electronics if you can get somebody in your neck of the
woods to do the woodwork and metalwork. I used an off-the-shelf gas engine
model airplane propeller for the model; you will have to do some thinking
about what you want to use on a larger model. Yes, the prop spins in the
slightest breeze.

Jim

Jim,

Not to be to critical, but you should be thinking on a bigger
scale for Jay. Something along these lines :-)

http://www.pilotmarket.com/category/...and_Hangars/6/
http://www.airplanehome.com/
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2485893359

Ronnie


"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...
Jay --

Some time ago there was a thread in this ng about what sort of light
aircraft on a pole ("pig on a stick") would be appropriate for your
establishment. That thread sort of bogged down...

Just for grins, go to http://www.rst-engr.com/weathervane/ and think
about making a 4x or 8x model of this thing. It is the
July/August/September Kitplanes project column device.

Note the red/green wingtip lights, the white tailfeathers light, and the
red flashing rotating beacon atop the vertical fin. While I used plain
old T1 size LEDs on this little rascal for weight, we could use the moosey
stoplight size on a larger model.

I can design the electronics if you can get somebody in your neck of the
woods to do the woodwork and metalwork. I used an off-the-shelf gas
engine model airplane propeller for the model; you will have to do some
thinking about what you want to use on a larger model. Yes, the prop
spins in the slightest breeze.

Jim

("nobody" wrote)
[snip]
Not to be to critical, but you should be thinking on a bigger
scale for Jay.


Or smaller...

White plastic round Hilex bleach bottle.
Cut out maybe seven fins from the side of the plastic bottle.
Fold the fins out maybe 45 degrees to catch the wind.

This is important:
Paint the fins red, then leave one white, then blue, then one white again.
Repeat.
Put 'front yard art' up in the front yard, on an old round wooden tomato
stake.

Now, sit back in your lawn chair and watch your creation spin in the wind.
Ball game should be playing on the transistor radio while you enjoy a cold
one - for the full affect.


Montblack
Don't thank me, thank Better Homes and Gardens (1965?)

At the Whitehorse, Yukon Territory airport, the wind tee is a DC-3. A
real DC-3, on a pedestal. It rotates.

vince norris

("vincent p. norris" wrote)
At the Whitehorse, Yukon Territory airport, the wind tee is a DC-3. A
real DC-3, on a pedestal. It rotates.


http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3vane/dc3vane.htm
DC-3 on a stick ....fun!!!

http://www.explorenorth.com/library/...on/cf-cpy.html
More DC-3 ... "The World's Largest Weather Vane."

http://www.centercomp.com/cgi-bin/dc3/gallery?5038
Puting it back up on the post after restoration



Montblack

I see you're (once again) not getting out much Paul. :-)

I, on the other hand, flew *my plane* to a fly-in today. Watsonville,
CA. Arrival was a piece of cake compared to Oshkosh (which, IMHO, isn't
really difficult if you can read and follow the NOTAM). Had tons of fun
initiating brother Steve in the right seat. Oshkosh, here we come! Oh,
wait, IOW first for Jay's little shindig :-P


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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On Sat, 28 May 2005 09:40:47 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

Jay --

Some time ago there was a thread in this ng about what sort of light
aircraft on a pole ("pig on a stick") would be appropriate for your
establishment. That thread sort of bogged down...


You've owned a Pilatus P6 Porter and thought it beautiful havent you
:-)

Just for grins, go to http://www.rst-engr.com/weathervane/ and think
about making a 4x or 8x model of this thing. It is the
July/August/September Kitplanes project column device.

Hee hee! That's cool!

I *almost* bought a giant-scale P-51 Mustang wind-vane at Sun N Fun a year
or two ago. It was beautiful, about 6' long, all fiberglass, and very well
made.

Unfortunately, it was over a thousand bucks, and I have NO idea where I'd
mount it. The problem with a wind vane is that you need dramatically more
real estate for it, so that it can rotate. My frontage at the Inn (as you
may recall) is a thin (~18 foot) "island" of grass directly in front of two
of my three parking lots.

Obviously, having a big rotating thing out there is probably a bad idea, due
to proximity to the road and parked cars.

Which leaves an area of grass up near the tower, which maybe gives us a
circumference of 12 feet or so to play with. Trouble is, this is a
pedestrian walkway! I can just imagine what my insurance guy would say
about having a big rotating plane that might swing at any moment into the
walkway...

Ideally, we would put such a contraption over on the airport side of the
hotel, on the open land between us and the road that runs between us and the
field. Unfortunately, that's runway clear-space that we don't own -- and we
cannot put anything permanent in that space. (I just put a big ol' 12 foot
picnic table out there, and I'm waiting for someone to come tell me to
remove it...)

I'm afraid in the end we need something stationary, Jim. But thanks for
thinking of us!

(BTW: I have added an EAA windsock and a small aviation-theme rotating
windvane near the hotel entrance, just for fun!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

nobody wrote:

Something along these lines :-)

http://www.pilotmarket.com/category/...and_Hangars/6/
http://www.airplanehome.com/
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2485893359

Not only do you get a weathervane, but you could set up a suite in something
like a 737.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

I'm the engineer.

You are the "client".

You didn't give me the whole sheet of specifications. Deal with it.

{:-)


Jim