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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/18/2013 6:45 AM

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my wheels almost look like williams Bros smooth baloon? maybe?

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/18/2013 1:23 PM

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Bandit 357. I have 3 set's of wheels that I use. Depending on the field I fly out of. DuBRO 6" inch ( ballon, & cub wheels) . Depending on how much you want to spend , you can look up ZEROLI on the web. Not cheap. But scale looking . Hope this helps some. I mostly fly out my field in the back yard. 50x500 FT. 10 acare land. HANK # 20

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/18/2013 3:09 PM

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I use DuBro 1/3 scale Cub wheels for mine.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/18/2013 4:52 PM

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Bandit I use these:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXD787&P=SM

Other choices could be these:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXD804&P=SM

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXD770&P=SM

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/18/2013 5:00 PM

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I don't know of an RTF, but if you have the urge and not the source, take a look at Hostetler's offering:

http://www.hostetlersplans.com/voyager108.html

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/18/2013 5:17 PM

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Hank #20,

I have the ECOM R/C Stinson 108A Voyager (91" span), that I got from Troy Built Models in Florida. Currently they are out of stock, but the next batch of ARF kits from China may have some of these in the shipping container. I haven't started mine yet, but it looks to be a nice model, with good scale fidelity and acceptable laser-cut thin-ply construction, covered in Oracover. I will be putting a RCG26 in mine. Keep an eye out for it on the TBM website, or give them a call.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/19/2013 4:35 AM

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thanks guys, i have thought of using the 6 inch balloon tires, however, as you can see from the pic, the scale landing gear may not have enough axle length for the balloon wheels, i an thinking of getting them anyway, they will fit my CUB.

check out the pic, you can see where the wheel is held on from the inside of the inside hub half. the outer half has a socket over the end of the axle, soooo, for now i have tried to fix the tire with SHOEGOO, i will try it this weekend and see if it holds up..

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/19/2013 5:29 AM

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You can easily fix the short axle. Take a piece of brass tubing that fits snugly over the axle and cut the length you need to clear the hub with a bit left over to allow a hole to be drilled through it beyond the existing axle. The drilled hole will allow a cotter pin and washer to secure the wheel. A small stainless 00-80 screw can also be used with a nut to secure the wheel. I have used this on a number of models and it works. I have my wheels on the 24 lb. Fleet secured in this manner.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/19/2013 9:16 AM

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if needed, i might go for it, i am still hoping the Shoe goo does the trick. and for more pics, thanks to Mike Gaasch for the great shots, she is a beauty in the air for sure.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/19/2013 1:45 PM

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Nice color scheme.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/19/2013 5:22 PM

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Thank's Don. For the info.. I have been watching TBM. to see when they are availibile. I wished they would come in different colors. Right now I am in the process building one nown. From Holster plans. That my DAD had built some year's ago. The plans are old & faded some. I will be using F&M ENTERPISE ( sitls) covering on her. And be putting a saito twin gas eng. in. It will be modify some like my dad's. I already had cut the wood. Almost finished with last fleet I am building for a friend. Thank's again HANK # 20.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/19/2013 5:45 PM

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Thank's for the info. BOB. I do have a set of Hostetler plans. They are old and faded some. ( like me). I was thinking of getting one from Hobby Lobby. But the Frght chrg is out of line. $250.00. For what they are charging for the plane & frght.. I could build 4 complete. Since I do my own F/G parts. And cutting wood. Thank's Again. HANK # 20.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/22/2013 7:29 PM

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GORDON. I rec, your CK, today for the fleet plans. Will ship out tomorrow 4/23/ 2013. I do have one that is built. IT needs to be recoved. If interested E MAIL me . It can be broken dwn, for shipping. Very good shape. HANK # 20.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/30/2013 3:09 PM

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Now doing the last bit of diddlying around before painting, since it's been windy and other things going on. I did the gear struts starting with the triangular piece from the kit then added around the wire legs using the same method as the cabane struts. Then a 1/4" ply piece on top of the triangle piece to screw mount the aluminum. Struts painted silver for fill but will be green. Wheel hub caps will be green or silver...can't decide.

I mentioned before, but for reference, this is aluminum sheet from Home Depot. Cuts with scissors and overall easy to work with. $3.49 for a 24" x 12" piece; used for dryer vents, etc. #2 screws from Microfasteners these may be slightly too large for scale. They also sell smaller (much smaller!) but that's going beyond my fingers', eyes', and drill bits' capabilities.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/30/2013 3:49 PM

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Really neat work, Dave.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 4/30/2013 3:53 PM

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'Tis a nice treatment for a difficult area.

I'll remember that one.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 5/1/2013 5:43 AM

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Shoo Goo WORKED.. i put several flights on her, and even bounced her sideways down the runway during a cross wind landing... tire is still perfect.. ( a little history here with Shoe Goo, while racing sprint cars, we would use Shoe Goo to fix our fuel cells, so i figured it would work on a tire.. YEP, sure did) now i know what to use on these foam rubber tires..

here are a couple pics from this weekend, check out the new plane, a Bridi Rearwin Speedster, this baby flies like a pattern plane, just a thrill.

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 5/1/2013 5:36 PM

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Does anyone actually use Shoe Goo on shoes?

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RE: Fleet Brotherhood - 5/1/2013 6:23 PM

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I did. A long time ago family member was an avid runner. He ran daily 5 miles on his lunch hour. He used the goo alot to get his running shoes to last longer. He routinely wore the sole off before the uppers were broke in.

Interesting, all the running led to hip fissures and he got grounded for a spell to see if his hip bones would heal up. They did heal, he retired , got a job with NorthWest Airline and within the year , doctors found a heart fault that took his medical away for good.

There is your shoe goo story with a moral in there somewhere.

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