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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 11/15/2005 8:41:20 PM   
8178



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Status: offline 		Thanks for the positive comments and I’m glad you find the build info helpful.

Cutting the notch in the front of the wing so the landing can be longer is a common thing to do. This allows all three gear struts to be longer so the aircraft has good ground clearance. The other option is to use a belly mount nose gear to move the nose gear forward under the engine but the mounting gets very complicated. My first Kwik Fli III had a belly mount and was difficult to install and remove so I went with the firewall mount on the last one.

The Tiporare is easy because it has a pretty long nose moment and the nose projects low from the front of the wing giving lots of space for the nose gear.


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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 1/5/2006 3:33:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have a triporare whith SF60 OS and MAC pipe is the best of the best. But I have a trouble whit the landing gear. Can you tell me the size of your tires?

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 1/5/2006 5:45:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: chocos7

I have a triporare whith SF60 OS and MAC pipe is the best of the best. But I have a trouble whit the landing gear. Can you tell me the size of your tires?


They are pretty awesome aren’t they! The tires are 2 ¼” on all three gear and I fly only on blacktop.

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 1/30/2006 12:29:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		OH MY GOD.....

I almost forgot how beautiful these planes were.
You have really inspired me to get out my planes from storage.
I have been into the 30% planes, and even thought of a turbine. What was I thinking!!!

I have an Atlanta that I rescued from the trash bin. It flew into a tree and put two dents into the right wing about 3" wide and 1" back. I had it all fixed and ready to fly when I decided to change the MK retracts to Spring air. Then off to the storage. I'm getting it tomorrow!!

I got the bug now!



DM

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 1/30/2006 6:03:37 PM   
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ORIGINAL: vintageflyer

OH MY GOD.....

I almost forgot how beautiful these planes were.
You have really inspired me to get out my planes from storage.
I have been into the 30% planes, and even thought of a turbine. What was I thinking!!!

I have an Atlanta that I rescued from the trash bin. It flew into a tree and put two dents into the right wing about 3" wide and 1" back. I had it all fixed and ready to fly when I decided to change the MK retracts to Spring air. Then off to the storage. I'm getting it tomorrow!!

I got the bug now!



DM


Glad you are inspired! The Atlanta is a beautiful airship!

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 3/14/2006 3:49:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		What is your all-up-weight for that Tipo? I've got one that I've been flying for a long time - I've got an ST75 w/pipe in it and I've always wondered what these things were supposed to weigh. My Tipo was wood built up with foam wings.

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 3/15/2006 1:15:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		It is 7lb 12.5oz and would have been lighter if I hadn’t repainted the fuselage and wing center section to get rid of the yellowing problem. At that weight the wing loading is 24.9oz it flies very nice.

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 9/27/2006 2:09:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Somehow the other video was lost. Here is a new unedited one of the first flight with the brand new engine running rich and trying to keep it flying slow for the video http://media.putfile.com/Tiporare-First-Flight-2005

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 9/27/2006 2:38:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey there 8178! The video was great! Who needs a wide body when you can have these old birds to play with! Thanks for sharing.

Joe W.

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 9/28/2006 12:04:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		8178, Enjoyed all three videos. That Irvine 53 made your Kaos a real smoker.

Ron

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 5/2/2008 6:49:06 PM   
ChiefK


 

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I'm a new member of this forum so I just saw your Tiporare 13 year build saga. I think I have you beat. I bought a W-K Hobbies glass and foam Tiporare kit over 20 years ago. It was the last kit I bought before putting my RC hobby aside until now. I've carried that kit around with me for lots of moves, and now I think I'm settled enough to resume RC. A neighbor and member of the local Sandhills Model Airplane Club (SMAC) suggested a Sig Somethin' Extra as a first project for my second RC life. Finished that last month and proved I could still get an airplane up and down in one piece. Now I want to complete the Tiporare. I had skinned the wings and stabilizer over 20 years ago. I think I have all the pieces necessary to complete the project (except for an engine - so I just ordered a new O.S. .75AX). I also have a new Spektrum DX7 radio system. What I don't have is the detail for joining the wing and stabilizer halves. Can you tell me what the wing dihedral is supposed to be and the stabilizer anhedral angle too?

By the way, the photos of your Tiporare are great. I'll see if I cann add a few photos of my previous (long ago) efforts.

Greg
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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 5/2/2008 8:54:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Glad you found the thread and an interesting story. My Tiporare went through six moves in a partially completed state while we were trying to survive the down turn in the economy in the first half of the 90s. Most interesting after surviving 3 ½ year ordeal, in 1995 we ended up back in the same house where we started.

My manual shows the following:

Wing

With one panel of the wing on a flat surface there should be 3” from the flat surface to the bottom edge of the other wing panel tip.

Stab

With one panel of the stab on a flat surface there should be 4 3/8” from the flat surface to the center the other stab panel tip.


< Message edited by 8178 -- 5/2/2008 8:59:27 PM >

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 5/2/2008 9:16:03 PM   
ChiefK


 

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Status: offline 		My issue was starting a new career after the Air Force. Lots to learn, lots to do, and lots of responsibility. Hardly any time for personal stuff.

Thanks for the joining instructions. I couldn't get started without them. Couldn't get my photos attached to my email, but they did download into my profile. Take a look.....

Greg

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 5/2/2008 10:05:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great bunch of aircraft. From the color scheme on the Troublemaker it looks like you might like to build a Blue Angel.

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 5/2/2008 11:41:00 PM   
impactiq


 

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Status: offline 		Greg,

If you want, I have a WK instruction manual I could copy and send it to you if you want. PM me your address and I'll get it on its way.

Mark

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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build - 5/3/2008 12:35:05 PM