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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 12/28/2005 3:55:01 PM   
babenson


 

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Status: offline 		what do you mean by castor? Do you mean not a steerable wheel, but a free floating (so to speak) wheel?

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 12/28/2005 4:09:45 PM   
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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 12/29/2005 3:15:21 AM   
cochinito77


 

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Status: offline 		so how did you gous mount the .46 fx on this stick??? isint that alot of motor? do you fly it off of its own wheels or handlaunch???
-Raf

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 12/29/2005 12:57:30 PM   
ARF Guy


 

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Status: offline 		Yes, Babsen, like a castor on a chair. It will pivot but the rudder will do the steering. Mine works well.

Arf Guy

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 12/29/2005 1:05:09 PM   
ARF Guy


 

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Status: offline 		A friend suggested a way to make a steerable tail-wheel for the Corsair without too much trouble. You buy one of those tail-wheel kits where you bent the wire horizonal to the rudder EXCEPT you don't bend it. You install the pivot mount directly beneath the rudder hinge, run the wheel wire vertically through the fuselage, then bend it to attach to the rudder or clamp it under the clevis backplate. I might do that IF I have to make another Corsair.

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/5/2006 8:03:02 PM   
babenson


 

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Status: offline 		OK I need help bad and fast!!!!

I decided to go with an OS fp .25 on my Corsair.
I added landing gear and a steerable tail rudder and castor wheel to the new one and when I went to balance, It is TAIL heavy. And hugely. I need to add about 6 oz of weight to balance this sucker. What is going on?
Now I had another Corsair that I put a OS .15 CV but crashed.... On this one, I actually had to add weight to the tail to balance properly. But I did not have landing gear or an extra rudder servo.

For those of you that have added landing gear and rudder functionality with a .25 on it, how much weight are you adding to balance.

Any help appreciated.....

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/5/2006 8:22:55 PM   
dschmid37



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Status: offline 		babenson,
Mine balanced perfectly by placing the 4 cell receiver battery on top of fuel tank! It wasn't easy to get it there with the foam on it, but it will go.
I didn't have to add any weight!

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/5/2006 11:52:26 PM   
ARF Guy


 

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Status: offline 		babenson,

Though I used a .30 4 stroke, I had to cut a piece of webbing out of the bulkhead ahead of the wing mount so I could place my battey pack in the tank area. I added maybe an ounce if that much of lead to the firewall to balance it. I guess that extra servo is enough to mess with the CG.

Arf Guy

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/6/2006 1:10:25 AM   
konatiki



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Status: offline 		How hard would it be to use a 2 stroke 25 size on this plane but install it up right. Will the cutout on the right side of the plane (looking at it from the front) show after the cowl and would I have to cut a new one on the left side or could I just use an muff extinsion?

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/6/2006 3:14:34 AM   
cochinito77


 

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Status: offline 		ive seen guys use a .25 with no problem, what i wanna know is if i put a .46fx (a spare one lying around) do i have to hide the women and children on take off!!!!!

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/6/2006 4:06:17 AM   
ARF Guy


 

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Status: offline 		kona,

The muffler for a 2 stroke is different than on the 4 stroke. The factory cut out is made for an inverted engine but if you have a custom muffler set up, go for it. The beauty of the sport is that it is only limited by imagination and ingenuity.

Let us know how it comes out.

Arf Guy

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/6/2006 4:14:05 AM   
ARF Guy


 

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Status: offline 		cochinito77,

The plane is made light for combat and combat is flown at 'subsonic' speeds. If you do power it with a .46, there are areas you might strengthen or replace with heavier materials. I would think the rudder and horizonal stabilizer might not handle the stresses of such over-powering. Appropriate servos will be needed for the additional stresses.

Again, if that's what lights your fire, make sure your plane is safe and doesn't become a weapon.

ARF Guy

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/6/2006 12:21:30 PM   
dschmid37



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Status: offline 		OK babenson, here are the pics for you. I don't know what else to tell ya. I'm surprised even ARF Guy had to add weight with his .30 size 4 stroke!

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/6/2006 12:51:13 PM   
dschmid37



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Status: offline 		konatiki, why do you want to mount the .25 upright? If it's just for easier access to the glow plug you can relocate it to the top of the plane with this. (see link)


http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXBC35&P=0

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RE: Great Planes Combat Corsair and Mustang - 1/6/2006 1:29:26 PM