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Lynn,
I cannot speak from personal experience, but the US25 has a reputation of being very under powered for its size and weight. The weight won't be a problem, you will need it on the nose anyway. The lack of power is going to make for disappointing performance.
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What He Said! My Precedent T240 flew with on of these motors, ran very smooth , but under powered. It is a Homelite motor ,runs good but not very strong . See the r/w/b/ plane, the Quadra "same size as G38" on the y plane. I now fly the 240 with a Quadra 35 same weight and about the same size as the Decathlon.
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Lynn,
I cannot speak from personal experience, but the US25 has a reputation of being very under powered for its size and weight. The weight won't be a problem, you will need it on the nose anyway. The lack of power is going to make for disappointing performance.
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Its not realy the size as the type,most use a 3/32 line, on larger models some jump to a 1/8 tygon gas line Dont forget to convert your tank stopper to a gas one.
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Great thread, I just got my Super Decathlon yesterday, can't beat Towers price with the additional $25 off coupon, this will be my first gasser as well, but I wont be building it for a while since I'll be working on a 1/4 scale Laser 200. I'm intending to install some kind of micro video equipment, also lookin for an engine in the 32 range. Has any body tried a Ryobi coversion engine?
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The plan design is good. On mine, I cut new firewall and engine mount parts from 1/4" aircraft ply instead of laminating the 1/8" lite ply pieces. Just my personal preference. The kit wood will probably work just fine.
Hi all. I just have purchased my Dynaflight Decathlon today. I made the decision from this thread, and will incorporate some of the ideas of this thread. I plan on using a G26 that I already have and by the looks of it I will have to move my servo's forward. I'm just in the process of completing a TF GS P47.
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I'm just now putting together my list of what I need to buy to build this plane. I'm planning on getting the Zenoah G-38 for this, but I Have a question abut the muffler. I was looking at the Bisson Pitts muffler for this plane, but the one I found I'm not sure about it fitting properly in the cowl. Here is the Bisson muffler I found on Horizon Hobby: http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?ProdID=BIS07138 Is this the proper muffler to fit in the cowl of this plane??
Thanks in advance.
Ken
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