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RE: New 50cc Yak - 8/30/2007 6:10:19 PM   
ham870



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Status: offline 		Thanks for the info Elderair. I sent John an email earlier today hoping for a response. It shows the Yak is out of stock. Did you end up paying for the 2nd set of wings or did he replace them due to the packaging?

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RE: New 50cc Yak - 8/30/2007 6:17:40 PM   
elderair



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Status: offline 		Since I had the plane in my basement for nearly two years without touching it John charged me $120.00 for the pair and shipped for free 2nd day delivery. I thought that was fair enough at the time and haven't given it a thought since. I know the UPS truck didn't do any damage to the box or contents upon initial inspection. If you get one look inside the wing roots and all around for damage right away as I should have done. It may save you some $$$$ down the road. The Yak flies fine as near as I could tell from two flights on a windy day with a slight tail heavy condition. In other words, the jury is still out. During assembly I had to adjust the horizontal stab incedences (slotted the mount screw holes and put a dab of silicon on the root when I tightened them) to get them to match each other and the wing at 0.

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RE: New 50cc Yak - 8/31/2007 4:23:10 PM   
Aerotech


 

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Status: offline 		Hello,

I have been in and out of the shop alot. We do runs of kits. Also we are at the mercy of our outside vendors for items that can cause delays. I will respond to all today and tomorrow.
Thanks

John

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RE: New 50cc Yak - 9/7/2007 5:27:50 PM   
elderair



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Status: offline 		I got six more flights on my Yak now and have been flying it with the tail heavy condition. It really drops the tail when you slow down and inverted has a climb rate that requires pulling on the stick to level it off. I just ordered my 3" standoffs from D/A and will try these in place of the 2.5" I now have and see if it does the trick. Hopefully it will since I really don't have anything else I want to hang on the engine box. Has anyone had to do this. I have read that some use the 3" but did you switch from the 2.5"? Thanks,
Kent

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RE: New 50cc Yak - 9/9/2007 4:58:52 PM   
fatfreddy17


 

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Status: offline 		I have been flying my 50cc Yak for a year now. I have over 20 years in this sport, and the Aeroworks Yak is one of the best planes I've had the pleasure to fly! The DA 50 with a KS pipe lets me hover at 1/3 throttle. Some manuevers get so violent my buddy says I'm gonna snap the Yak in half, but after one year, not so much as even a broken hinge. I didn't have any of the fit up problems that I have read in this thread. The only additional things I recommend to to add some CA to the engine box, add some hardwood to the gear support, and seal all the control hinge lines.

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RE: New 50cc Yak - 9/9/2007 8:58:56 PM   
tashley



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This is an AEROTECH Yak thread, not an AEROWORKS thread.

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RE: New 50cc Yak - 9/29/2007 2:23:49 AM   
ram3500-RCU



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Status: offline 		Just picked up an NIB Aerotech Yak today. It will be my replacement for the Extra I have been flying for 5 years, but was lost to stupidity a week ago. Hope to get mine done in a little less time than some of you. Two days. We'll see if I can have it ready for Sunday. Going to be a looooong night.

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RE: New 50cc Yak - 9/29/2007 11:11:28 PM   
ram3500-RCU



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Status: offline 		Curious. Anyone done anything to block all that air from entering the fuselage? It looks to me like a lot of openings with no way to exit in the fusey. Rather than cut the cowl all up with exit holes, I'm considering blocking the lightening holes on the firewall and around the tank compartment and directing the incoming air into the canister area and then cutting away the covering at that exit point. This would give a flow-through of air without charging the fuselage and putting all that pressure on the canopy and such. Any issues with cooling so far?

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RE: New 50cc Yak - 9/30/2007 12:05:13 AM   
elderair



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Status: offline 		Mine seems to run nice and cool. I haven't run it in extreme heat though. I cut all but one inch of the scoop and opened up the bottom of the cowl back to the first former and left about 1.5". I nearly lost my canopy last time I flew it. One of the blocks that the screw goes into on the side of the fuse come unglued and the canopy was raised up on that side. I don't know if it was the blender or all the air press. inside the fuse. Just reglued and flew again. Go over all covering seams with some sort of glue if you plan on using snoke.

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RE: New 50cc Yak - 9/30/2007 12:09:22 AM   
ram3500-RCU



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Status: offline 		Thanks for the tips and flight report. I think I will close off the inside to air and direct it all out the bottom hole.

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