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I recently obtained a full built, but never flown royal corsair from a friend in a trade. Sheeting has seen better days so I've been stripping the covering and glassing it.
3/4ths of the wing has been glassed just have to do the top right side. I'm not using retracts and no this isn't going to be hanging from my ceiling, I'm going to fly it. Power is a o.s. .61 FX and 2 standard futaba servo's. one JR,and a futaba micro, and futaba receiver. My 16 year old flying buddy got it for $40 at a swap meet and he was the first to intall an engine and radio equipment in it. some pictures are attached. I bet a few of the older members are going to go nuts when they see a 19 year old with a royal corsair!

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Are you a female?

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No I'm a guy, what are you some sort of perv?

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avaiojet see this for my reply http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-xvjlsm8oI

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y yes

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OH MY GOD!!![X(]

As rare as these beauties are it looks like a handfull to restore. BTW no undercarriage bearers?was someone planning to hand launch this???

Im finishing a royal senior p51 mustang (built over a period of 12 years!!) and I have a royal b25 in the box as part of my kit collection. Its amazing how these kits were state of the art 20 years ago and now they just seem a pain to build compared to laser cut kits...

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No I have the wire gear and williams bro's wheels! It is quite obvious that I'm not finished, but she should have the maiden either friday may 15th 2009, or on the weekend.

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Have to hinge the ailerons, and rudder, secure the battery and receiver, and balance. Power is an o.s. .61 FX andguided by aFutaba radio.

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not sure what to do.... would like to fly it but at 13.5 pounds finished and an o.s. 1.20 fs.......

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what sort of glass cloth did you use on it? Looked like it might have been a little heavier than what you needed. 13.5lbs for a "60" sized plane is pretty heavy, I think. I could be all wrong, though.

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well since I went at this alone and it was my first attempt I went with what I could easily buy in bulk, you know the stuff that is used for automotive body work and 1 1/2 cans of resin can add up quick when I got her she was 4.5 pounds Ready to fly.

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that stuff is probably like 6 oz / sq yd cloth, and would indeed soak up a lot of resin.

Next time, try some 3/4 oz / sq yd cloth, or even 0.6 oz if you can find it. Probably have to order online.

It doesn't take much resin at all to adhere it, I lay the cloth on the wood dry, drizzle a little resin (I use finishing epoxy, but you can use the stuff you get at a car shop, it's polyester typically). It doesn't take much - then you use an old credit card ( once they're maxed out and you can't buy airplane stuff any more.. ) to squeegee the resin on the cloth, until there is barely enough to hold it on - you should still see the weave, you don't want the first coat to be glossy and full - that's just heavy.

After it all sets up, sand it a little with fine paper, and you can lay down another THIN layer of epoxy / resin if you have dry spots or spots with too much weave showing.

Sand it just a bit more (fine paper) and then you can primer and paint. It doesn't take much primer to fill what little weave is left on 3/4 oz cloth..

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I know from experience that you are right the 3/4 ounces cloth is the way to go and will be using 30 min finishng resin. heres link for current build http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=9679328