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Evil Merlin, Mrbigg
I have well over 100 flights on my Balsa USA D VII with a Evo 35. I have had no issues with the power on it. The only problem I have had is when I loop or roll with power on the wing bands that come with the kit are way to weak. I have had 4 break on me at different times due to the stress. If over powered they might all break at once due to over power. I have been lucky in this respect that it is easy to tell when one breaks. Trim goes out the window and starts to climb like crazey.
I like to fly like they were meant to. The other day at War Birds over the Rockies. Late in the day, I was flying with a Dr 1 andf we both went into a loop at the same time. We both stalled out at the the top and I recovered about 10 ft from the ground. The extra stress broke one of the heavy duty replacement straps. If over powered might have been worse. I was told that there has been several in flight failures due to the straps on the orginal kits. Might be an issue if over powered.
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Les, I'm in complete agreement with you. The G38 is the largest engine I would go with in the D.VII. As I said, even it is a little overpowered but does allow for some performance when needed. Scale flight for a 1/4 D.VII should be no more than 25ish.
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That I agree with, I have a friend who flies with the G-26 but no power to spare. I fly at 5500 ft and on a hot day a 35 is hard pressed to get off in a few hundered feet at this height.
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i can't wait to get mine in the air. My flying buddies is one of the best things I've seen in the air.
During some stall drives this weekend he had a dead stick, it came across the landing area so fast you could hear it whistle thru the air. Got it down safe and sound with no damage. However the 6 of us flying that day had a slight case of extreme pucker for a bit.
I also fly a 1:4 D VII, not from Busa, from a german seller.Weight ca.8,5kg. First flight I take a 180 Laser 4-stroke ( 30ccm ), but the D VII would have a little more power. I change the engine to a Sito 220 ( 36 ccm ) 4-stroke.You must see the video on my Homepage, this is a little bit too much power. It's not realism at full speed. So I think a G62 - uuuuuuuh very much, like a rocket.Only one thing - you can take a big prop.
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I have been very happy flying my BUSA DVII with the G-38. One nice thing is you can completely conceal the engine. I am even using the stock muffler and it sounds great. It was great flying with you Les at the Warbirds event.
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I am using the Goldberg tailwheel assemblies on the DR1 and the DVII. If you fly off of pavement I highly recommend a wheel. I am sure I will get some arguement about scale fidelity and all but it increases the fun factor immenesly. It is also much quicker to clear the runway when you have a busy flightline.
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Even on dirt I like a tail wheel on these planes. I got the pitts to skatter more than once before I started using the tail wheel. If you fly it more often you get used to it. But it is sorta big to move around. Oh it is electric powered. [image][/image]
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Hi all; I've enjoyed reading this thread - twice! I have just received a Balsa-USA triplane kit, and spent several hours studying the plans. I built a Flair triplane about 25 years ago - and flew it for 15 years before the inevitable...
Has anyone any comments or advice on this kit - particularly regarding improving the scale element? I am particularly concerned at the tail incidence - this is very non-scale. The Flair triplane had 2-3 degrees positive, like the fullsize, and I plan to modify this kit similarly. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
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In the past few weeks I've gotten two new Fokkers.
A Fokker D.VIII from CT Designs in Germany. Its a laser cut 1/6th scale bird. Very nice looking. A Fokker D.VII from Oline. This one I picked up from Ebay for not too much money. It includes a pilot, William Brother's wheels and guns and some other goodies to make it more scale.
While I am a WW2 nut, the WW1 stuff, especially the Fokkers make me happy.
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