I posted a little about this in my flight log, but here is a dedicated build thread for my World Models Zero. I've been wanting a backup warbird for the local meets. This airframe, and much of the necessary equipment was given to me by my good friend Tim. I am very grateful for the gift, and promised him he could fly it when it's finished. He had hired me a over a year ago to move the firewall back to accommodate a DLE-55. After that he gathered most of the bits and pieces the sheer cost of the retracts and an electric conversion made him re-think the project. $800 for the Robarts and a Down and Locked conversion pushed him over the edge. At this point, I'm seriously considering using the stock mechanical retracts with some digital metal geared servo's. Cheaper and easier then a Robart conversion- and probably more reliable LOL! Also, we discovered late that we could not mount the cowling with the muffler, even a pitts style in place. SO, we need the rear exhaust version. I have no idea if the RA is any longer then the standard 55, so that might be something to contend with down the road. The DLE RA is brand new, and the money I earned working on this airframe in the past covered the cost of the motor with some left over.
This is not going to be a quick build, but rather something I putter away on when I'm not maintaining my aerobatic fleet, working on my Waco, or my Cubs.
The World Models Zero is not the most scale warbird on the market- and ESM's new 88" looks fantastic, but this little airframe with a DLE 55RA and a 21X12 prop ought to out-pace just about everything else at the local Warbirds meets! :yikes:
I've never really had the majority of components on hand before a build like this, so I took some obligatory photo's of my pile-O bits. And a few of the airplane next to my 87" Top Flite P-47 for scale. Both models are the exact same 1/5 scale, even with the different wingspans.
Anyway- here are some pics to keep you entertained until I can actually start the assembly process...
This is not going to be a quick build, but rather something I putter away on when I'm not maintaining my aerobatic fleet, working on my Waco, or my Cubs.
The World Models Zero is not the most scale warbird on the market- and ESM's new 88" looks fantastic, but this little airframe with a DLE 55RA and a 21X12 prop ought to out-pace just about everything else at the local Warbirds meets! :yikes:
I've never really had the majority of components on hand before a build like this, so I took some obligatory photo's of my pile-O bits. And a few of the airplane next to my 87" Top Flite P-47 for scale. Both models are the exact same 1/5 scale, even with the different wingspans.
Anyway- here are some pics to keep you entertained until I can actually start the assembly process...
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