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    New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/4/2004 3:12:35 AM   
    PlaneKrazee



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    Status: offline     		Anyone else interested in the soon to be released Chipmunk? I went to the website and read through the manual. The only thing a bit different was the removable bottom fuselage section, other than that it looks pretty straight forward.

    Hope it will fly as good as a Goldberg and that Santa will bring one to my door.

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/4/2004 3:22:34 AM   
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    Status: offline     		Always liked the looks of the Chipmunk, BUT they have similar flight traits to the Raven or Cap 21.


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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/4/2004 5:02:55 AM   
    tIANci



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    Status: offline     		RREISS - you mean the Chipmunk will snap? My Global Raven was a dream to fly ... no such thing as snapping etc ... I think its in the set up. Also, I am not a great flyer but the Raven was just a dream! Easy landings ...

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/4/2004 8:48:50 AM   
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    Status: offline     		I don't find the larger Chipmunks prone to snapping. Quite the contrary. Very predictable

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/4/2004 9:09:56 AM   
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    Status: offline     		Woops, the Chipmunk pilots are a tight group.
    My reference was an older 40 size plane I had traded for and it was a handful. Should have realized the larger ones would snap much slower.


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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/4/2004 9:32:19 AM   
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    Woops, the Chipmunk pilots are a tight group.


    Yes we are

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/27/2004 12:26:10 AM   
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    Status: offline     		MY Girlfriend just ordered me one for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/27/2004 3:14:43 AM   
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    Status: offline     		Boy it was nice to find this post. I saw the ad today for the GP Super Chipmunk. Did a search here earlier and didn't find anything. Just did it again and this thread popped up...........go figure. Anyway it answered a few questions and raised more. I've downloaded the manual and have been looking that over. Looks like it would be a great step up from the 60 size I've been flying (Venture 60 and Astro Hog Bipe, both OS91 FS powered). So what would be a good motor for this? In the manual it looks like they set it up with the OS 120 FS. Also, an OS 108 two stroke looks like a good option? A friend of mine had the OS 108 in an Ohio Super Chipmunk which I think is about the same size. Maybe a thread will get started for it like for some of the other arfs when it gets on the market.

    Best Regards, Jim

    P.S. Brian, According to Towers website it looks like Xmas may come in early Nov. this year.

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/27/2004 3:41:10 AM   
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    Status: offline     		I love my WM Super Chipmunk ... flies so well and real. I over powered mine with an ST G90, I would love to go with a simple gas engine with the GP one ... maybe something like an MVVS 35cc gasser I bet the 26cc gasser would be sufficient to fly it. I bet a Saito 150 would be nice for this plane.

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/27/2004 5:35:01 AM   
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    Status: offline     		Considering the amount of nose weight needed (as shown in the inst. manual). I was thinking of a few gas engine choises of my own. YW 24, RCS 140 or 180 or a ZDZ 40.

    Decisions, decisions.

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/27/2004 4:06:33 PM   
    PlaneKrazee



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    Status: offline     		I have an Enya 1.55 ready to go for this plane. If I mount it inverted I think it should fit without cutting the cowl. I figure I'll just make a heavy muffler supported off the engine mount to get some nose weight and make it very quiet. It should fly scale with this engine, plenty of power for scale aerobatics. I am really looking forward to flying this plane!

    If turns out to be under powered I'll go with a OS160FX or a ZDZ 40RE. I would think a G-26 would fly it scale also.

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/27/2004 4:09:21 PM   
    PlaneKrazee



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    Status: offline     		tIANci,

    If it comes before Christmas I'll see if I can get permission to assemble it so it will be ready to go Christmas day!

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/27/2004 4:52:48 PM   
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    Status: offline     		Just curious, but given the size and projected weight of this plane (I can't ever remember building a GP model that came out LESS than the weight specified by GP), I was wondering if anyone else had doubts about this really being a 1.20 plane? Sounds like for real Chipmunk preformance, one will likely need at LEAST a big bore 4 stroke (YS 1.40, Saito 1.80, etc) or maybe even the larger 2 stroke glow (Moki, ST, etc) or as the others above have suggested, smaller, lighter gas engines.

    Lee

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    RE: New 81" GP Super Chipmunk - 10/27/2004 6:05:37 PM   
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    Status: offline     		All I know is when I downloaded the manual and saw how much weight they added to the motor mounts (24 oz) I decided to wait. I figure that I will read the plusses and minuses here on RCU and then make an informed decision.

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