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Old 05-25-2008, 09:12 AM
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I guess this is as good as any thread to do this; I am just finishing a "60size" Super Chipmonk , almost ready for it's maiden. Although, my wife said it's too pretty to chance it. Jeese a woman can make a plane "girly sounding" Show off your handy work guys !!!!
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Old 05-25-2008, 11:19 AM
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Not as pretty as your Chipmunk, her's my old Rascal 40, recovered in white Solartex and painted with TopFlite paint
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Old 05-25-2008, 11:50 AM
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Hey, khodges.Your plane looks great !!! I tried to do the triangle looking stripes & couldn't get them to look right. I ended up w/ the stripes by making a tool out of a 1 by 2 by drilling 2 holes in it the distance apart that I wanted my stipes to be wide. & just cut away.. If ya want to see a real neat stripe job, ( This is an older thread & he shows you how to do a really cool set of stripes) http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_60...1/key_1/tm.htm I hope this link works !!
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OK. The link works after a couple of tries..
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Here's mine; a Byron CAP 21 with a Homelite 45cc, SIG SSE with a Saito 82.
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Old 05-25-2008, 02:43 PM
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Heres my Top Flite Contender.
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Old 05-25-2008, 03:33 PM
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Wow !!!! Is this the plane from that link that I mentioned? I'm going to try that on my next build !! It looks great !!!!!
Old 05-26-2008, 08:07 AM
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Here's mine - Sig Mid-Star 40.

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Old 05-26-2008, 10:00 AM
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Since I am Canadian; here is my 'Twin Stik' with the Red Maple Leafs; EH!
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Old 05-26-2008, 02:05 PM
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Here's mine! It's a Phaeton II that I havent flown yet. Some day I'll get up nthe courage to maiden it.
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Old 05-26-2008, 04:00 PM
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This was my first trainer. It's a Tower Trainer with OS 40LA. It's been passed from new guy to new guy after I moved on to more challenges. It's still flying today after 7 years.
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Old 07-01-2008, 12:27 AM
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Thanks for the images and ideas here. Bump - show us more, please.

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Old 07-01-2008, 10:30 PM
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Old RWB.
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Old 07-02-2008, 06:58 AM
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Here's mine, Although it met an early demise when I dead sticked it into the ground last year. Its a Tower Kaos with a YS 53 four stroke.
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Old 07-07-2008, 10:45 AM
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Here's my Force One.
Jim...

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Old 07-07-2008, 10:56 AM
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Jim:

I was thinking about getting one of those. How is the kit for building? And how does it fly?
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Bob,
The Force One is an easy and fun kit to build if you have any kit building experience. And it comes out as one great flying plane. When I build mine, I waited some three years before I had the courage to fly it and the maiden was 100% uneventful. The plane just flies great due to Laddie's design. The only challenge is just getting use to it's orientation being different being a delta wing.
Mine by the way is covered in Monokote and is powered with an Irvine .39 engine. The only modification I did in the design was to change the ailerons/elevator to elevons.
Take care...
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Old 07-09-2008, 01:48 AM
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This is as close as I have right now..

Not a flag but a tribute to the flying tigers

Old 07-11-2008, 05:29 AM
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Here's mine. Maiden flight was last Friday 7/4/08. Pilot is Capt. America. Still thinking about putting on some Wonder Woman nose art.


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Here is my Miles Reed fun fly.
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Added another patriotic one to the fleet this spring. A SuperFly.

Bottom side is plane white with a Star in Circle USA Roundel.
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I'm not Canadian, but I think it qualifies.
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Old 05-29-2010, 07:54 AM
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Don't look at the messy shop. This was my first attempt at building from plans. It's a "60" size Hots with a "90" Super Tiger for power.
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Restored Wildhare Edge 540T V1:




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