The Lado retracts arrived and apart from one of them being 80 degrees instead of the 85 degrees I ordered, they look pretty good. They've made the set screws on the pinion and the struts much larger which is a needed improvement over the older version. The 180mm struts are a perfect match to the plan and are much longer than the Corsair's struts (which also arrived today after having the set screws tapped larger under warranty). So I'll send one retract back to France and keep the other to continue building the wing and wheel wells. I have no idea how or if I'll build working gear doors - will start researching.
Also on the supply side, the LHS has ordered in some Ultracote Corsair Blue (boring, but familiar) and I'm trying to
place an order for some matching Oracolor paint and hardener from a shop in the UK. The German factory won't ship it overseas. If that fails there's a
supplier on eBay who'll probably ship it. I'll wait as long as possible to order a couple more 6S Lipos from HK - the technology is changing so fast it's best to wait.
The AXI motor mount and a prop radial mount have been ordered from a shop in Quebec. I need to start looking at props.
I'll also start working on the
cowl modification so that if it doesn't work I have time to get a new one ordered in.
Shipping from Europe to Canada takes a week, within Canada about 10 days, and from the US or Hong Kong it's 3-4 weeks.
I replied to an older post talking about
washout on the Bearcat and the jury is still out some people say it tip stalls too easily, others say it's not a problem. In any case I don't know how to modify the ribs/airfoil to do it properly so I'll continue building the wing per the plan. When it crashes I know what to blame
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