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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 12/31/2005 3:46:41 PM   
Medevack1


 

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Status: offline 		Well im off to go flying i might take a shot with the Shrike wish me LUCK!!!!!

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/4/2006 6:47:23 PM   
Medevack1


 

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Status: offline 		Well she flew GOOD nice sound on fly-by the landing was a little rough but no damadge im defenatly looking into a Shrike 40 the plane handles AWSOME.....

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/4/2006 7:51:16 PM   
Joe Ortiz



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Status: offline 		Sweet, glad everthing went well.

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/5/2006 3:52:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Good to hear you enjoyed the flight. The .40 shrike has to be a ball to fly . I am contemplating getting the ARF version of the .40 from tower hobbies. Spring is around the corner and I don't want to get caught in the middle of building and wanting to fly.

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/13/2006 2:19:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Anytning new on new Shrikes?

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/13/2006 11:21:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Not yet , I am trying or planning to buy separate receivers for all of my planes so there goes a bunch of money. Also maybe it's just me but hobby people has some really decent planes I am looking to buy.

First things first I need to get out of the slump I am in as far as crashing . So back to the trainer , after i repair it , I hope it's just passing bad luck.

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/14/2006 1:21:12 AM   
Medevack1


 

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Status: offline 		too bad you are not down here, the 28th of Jan there is one of the biggest swapmeets in the tri-state area NC-VA-SC, etc etc

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/14/2006 3:37:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Medevack1
Anytning new on new Shrikes?


Well here are some pics of my almost completed Shrike 10. It has the .40 LA on the nose that I spoke about early on in this thread.

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/14/2006 4:10:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Looking good. I hope I'm not imagining that I see wide stripes on the bottom of the wings, you'll need them for visibility. The white will be hard to see on cloudy days.

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/14/2006 5:23:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Is this visible enough for ya? I am considering smoking the canopy to make the top a little more visible. I agree, white can all but disappear on a cloudy day.

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/14/2006 6:56:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		How is the balance with all that weight up front? I know that CG has been an issue with Shrike 10s with big engines. I am building one with an OS32 F on a pipe, and have dropped the firewall back almost 3/4" to help with the balance. Also, am going to replace the spars with carbon fibre to avoid the possibility of breakage under high G loads.

John

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/14/2006 7:09:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		VERY NICE , as cheap as the LA series is now I would even say you made a good choice in the engine. Get ready to have a ball and remember throttle management.

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/14/2006 7:52:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		I moved the firewall back a full inch. The spinner backplate is basically the same place as stock. I decided to go back a full inch after reading so many posts where people ended up dealing with a nose-heavy airframe after installing a big engine on this plane. The real limit to how far back you can go is the second fuselage former. If you go back too far there won't be enough room for the fuel tank.

Take a closer look at my pictures you'll see I haven't added the sheeting to the center of the horizontal stab yet. This is in case I need to locate the battery or elevator servo back there to deal with balancing issues later on. I'll post some final pics and weight once I have all the radio equipment so everyone can see what is needed to get the correct balance with this engine.

Some other minor changes in my overall plan are a slightly larger elevator than stock and I fully sheeted the wings (along with spruce spars) instead of using cap strips. The sheeting will add a small weight penalty over the cap strips but I am hoping it adds considerable torsional rigidity to the wings that they wouldn't have otherwise. I am also installing a 6 oz. tank instead of a 4 oz. one. The tank will have to be put in on its side to fit in the fuse. That is the only area where I feel I may run into trouble - the outlet on the tank may be a bit low so I plan on some testing to make sure it is working OK. I will revert to a 4 oz. tank if it ends up being a problem.

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/14/2006 9:29:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice thats what i like to see more shrikes i will pot mine this weekend i just got the disk back......

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RE: SHRIKE CLUB # 1 - 1/16/2006 9:51:28 PM