JCunny

She doesn't swim, but like all good looking women, they like to be seen by the pool!

JC

Austin, Tx

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Welcome Paul # 59 to the gang

Got any pictures?

Happy landings

CARS II

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I noticed that we have a new group of Citabria owners looking and asking questions, and I'm thinking they may want to join the Brotherhood, also I will be posting a video or two on the Citabria thread.

EJWash1

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Good to see the membership growing.

My GP Citabria sits, waiting for the completion of our home remodel, so I can *finally* get back to the hobby.

CARS II

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I know the feeling EJ.

RDJeff

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Please sign me up! I have a Dynaflite Decathlon on the way that I'm going to do a quick build on. Planning on using a Super Tigre G3250 with a Davis Diesel conversion head on it. Should be fun!

jaycam

Great thread guys. Here's a pic of my 1/4 scale Pilot Decathlon, built by a great builder friend of mine. Probably the best example of this kit that I've ever seen. I love Decathlons!

tailskid

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He sure did a beautiful job!

CARS II

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# 61 Jaycam

Welcome to the new members RDJeff and Jaycam, that is an awesome Decathlon and Jeff please post pictures of your build and finish product.

rossmick

After reading your thread, I would like to join the group. I have just bought a used 25% Bill Hemple Decathlon from a fellow club member that came with servos.
For some reason the photos are not posting as usual.
I have added the following equipment; DA 50, JTec muffler, JR 8 channel radio for my JR 28X transmitter, Safe Fly receiver and servo board, Safe Fly power control, Safe fly ignition control, 3 1900 LIFE batteries.
More detail, when I figure out the problem with the photos.

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guapoman2000

Hello Carlos R.

I am Carlos M. and since 2007 I have acquired a built-up (fully assembled) Midwest Citabria (80 - 3/4 inch wing span) and she is a true lady of the sky. Being only Electric RC Flyer, I converted it over from formerly being SAITO 90 to being powered by a large 55mm diameter Hextronix 400Kv brushless outrunner motor and commutation handled by Castle Creations High Voltage HV-45 Electronic Speed Controller (without onboard Battery Eliminator Circuit) thereby, I use a separate Receiver Battery with switch harness.

Of course being that I have owned this large Citabria since 2007 the history first starts at when I converted it to Electric using the large ASTRO FLIGHT 60 Brushed Direct Drive with 360Kv. and back then, using the 2200mAH 3-Cell, Lithium Polymers in series using three (3) in series and another (3) in parallel for a grand total of 37.8 Volts (Off the Charger) and total capacity of 4,400mAH. The brushed motor did very well and it flew like the majestic large Citabria that it is. However, being this my very first large scale model, I encountered some mishaps and one of them having it stall and bending the frontal shaft of the ASTRO FLIGHT 60.

Fast forward to today, the Hobby King (Formerly known as UNITED HOBBIES) the Hextronix 55mm Brushless outrunner performs very well and with great power using the 3-Cell, 5,000mAH, 35C, Lithium Polymers by TURNIGY. I have a total of 4 of these packs and fly the Citabria with two in Series for a grand total of 24.84 Volts (Off-The-Charger). Being that there is less Voltage is not a problem since the Hextronix 55mm Brushless motor has a higher 400Kv rating and pumps out the power well and its less weight than the ASTRO FLIGHT 60. Additionally, the use of a larger propeller also adds significant power at the business end.

A few recent pictures of my Midwest Citabria:

Picture credit: David Hart of Orlando, Florida


Picture credit: David Hart of Orlando, Florida {Showing one of two mistakes on my part - Stall due to incorrect aileron settings - too sensative}


Picture Credit: Me! {Showing what powers my Citabria today - Hextronix 55mm Outrunner brushless:


Some improvements:




New Larger Tail Wheel Installed:





Some very recent repairs (Two Weeks ago) that I had to repeat from those repairs that I just didn't like how they turned out from 2011 from the dregged Tip Stall incident:















Okay, Recent Picture at the RC Club:







Some Recent In-Flight Pictures (Picture Credits: Gerardo Rivera a.k.a., simano):

rossmick

guapoman2000

Nice photos and nice work. How did you get the photos to post??

guapoman2000

The photos links were taken from another RC Website and here I used the

"[IMG] picture link [/IMG]"

Hope this helps.

CARS II

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That is a nice Decathlon rossmick, a DA 50 hey? What's the weight of it as it seats? Guapoman2000 thank you for the details of your MidWest Citabria, I always wanted to build one, I think they look really cool.

Welcome to the gang.

rossmick # 62
guapoman2000 # 63

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Welcome to the new members, very nice Decathlon and Citabria.

guapoman2000

Carlos R. (CARS II),

Thank you for adding me to the membership!

Carlos M.

guapoman2000

Hello Again!

I am pleased to announced that the Thunder Power 2-Cell, 1800mAH, Receiver pack is performing very well and after 6 flights I am finally topping it off on the charger.

Just measured it and it was at 8.16 Volts and the full Off-The-Charger level should be at 8.4 Volts so, not bad on the amount of flights with an average of 7 minutes each flight (total of 6 flights) and using an in-line Voltage Regulator at 6-Volts.

Here is a picture of the newer Lithium Polymer receiver pack that replaced the 5-Cell Ni-MH that got really tired.

Joshsubmec

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Got myself an rcguys decathlon last year that I stripped and recovered in solartex. Have a g38 for it but am actually going to throw a 1.6 rimfire in it. Hoping to get it on floats in a few months. Photo was taken before covering was removed.

CARS II

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I'm sure you'll have lots fun with it specially on floats, aaaaah summer months are on the way float flying is awesome.

Joshsubmec

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Hopefully so, I do enjoy float flying more than land. I need every bit of the winter I can get to finish this thing with my slow work.

jwrich

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It has been a while since I have been on this site since my GP Decathlon took a "Dirt Nap" in '15. Last January, I found a RC Guys Decathlon with a G-38 and hd servos for a very reasonable price. I did fly it and it flew well, but the covering was not that great and I wanted to put a DLE-35Ra on it. I covered black & white because I could match the paint with the covering. I am very please with the results.

The last two days the weather in northern Oklahoma was beautiful, little wind and temp. around 55 degrees. Our club always has a New Years Fun Fly, I spent the last two days at the field. It was wonderful, flying and the chily and fixin'.

Here are some pictures before and after.











Fair Winds & Happy Flyin'
Citabria/Decathlon Brotherhood #10
Rich

CARS II

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WOW!!

Rich, you did a super nice covering/painting job on the Decathlon, I hear you about WInter flying, around here we get those rare days that are warm and calm, perfect to spend the afternoon flying at the field.

outacontrol41

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Gentlemen, Please add me to your brotherhood and assign a number to my name... I have two decathlons and have been flying them for years. One of them, pictured here is an RC Guys.com decathlon with a DLE 55 engine with smoke. LOVE this plane and how it flies. My other Decathlon is a H9 giant scale 138'' wing span...it's huge. It has a DLE 120 twin. This plane also has a smoke system in it.

Notice the broken prop... it nosed over on a windy day after landing, an up draft caught the tail feathers before I could kill the engine. Seems it was safer in the air than on the ground that day.

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#64 Joshubmec
#65 outacontrol41

Let's welcome to brotherhood the new members, Joshubmec and outacontrol41.
Welcome, post more pictures of builds, complet, repairs or goners if you like.

Tks.