Has anyone ever...

[BIG DOG]

put a plane flying around part of their layout?

I have a rather large crop field that needs crop dusting, what I want to do is have a plane "fly" over a the field kinda low and pick back up over the river and swoop down and do it again!

I know the plane needs to be on some type of rod then connected to a motor but I don't know what type motor to use
THANKS

 

[jbaakko]

Never done it, but I remember seeing it done when I was younger, but not quite the complex.

 

[SpaceMouse]

There one theat flies around the airport at my club.

 

[BIG DOG]

chip do you know what kind of motor they use or how its rigged up?

 

[NZRMac]

What about a slow switch machine motor they just keep rotating with the turnout. mount it in a farm silo and use piano wire out to the plane.

Ken.

 

[BIG DOG]

that might work, I also thought of a turntable motor as well

 

[GandyDancer]

I have a rather large crop field that needs crop dusting, what I want to do is have a plane "fly" over a the field kinda low and pick back up over the river and swoop down and do it again!

I saw that on a module at the 1999 NMRA Convention in St. Louis. I don't remember how they did it. As I recall they even had smoke units on the plane for the "dust".

How about a turnout stall motor without the stops to stall against? Oh I'm sorry I see NZRMac already made that suggestion.

 

[Larry]

I used a windshield wiper 12v. motor to operate a turntable once a few years ago & most of them have about 6 or 8 diff. speeds. All you have to do is fasten it under a table & attach a piece of piano wire to the shaft & bend the wire to whatever heighth you need. A junk yard sells them for about $5.00 to $10.00.

 

[Larry]

There's also a book you can buy that tells you how to make almost anything movable & in scale.

 

[BIG DOG]

thanks for the help guys!!