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Joined: 1/14/2004 From: PELZER, SC, USA Status: online
I am starting on my AT-6 Texan and would to use dual elevator servos. Do any of you have a photo of your dual elevator set up if so could you please post it.
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Joined: 4/20/2005 From: new port richey,
FL, USA Status: offline
Rambuster....glad you joined us on the forum....can't help you with your question but you might want to think about installing the Robart at-6 texan landing gear you will not be sorry I switched am glad of it....just a suggestion to save you grief...they are tough strong and very scale looking for this bird.....
I have the Marines version and it is indeed made by CMP. The differences I noticed are that the formers don't have lightening holes and the decals are not pre-applied. Other than that it's the same airframe. As far as how it flies, I can't tell you that yet. I broke my first one trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear. I'm almost done building my second one as-is from the box. Be careful to keep the tail light. It has a short fuselage and the CG is up near the front seat. I'll post some video of my successful maiden flight.
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Joined: 3/14/2004 From: Bokeelia,
FL, USA Status: offline
Ramduster, I haven't checked this thread lately, but wanted to reply to your request for dual elevator control. I've assembled two CMP Texans. I've used the same set up for elevator. I use large scale tube-in-tube (can't remember the brand). I run the tube through one of the holes in the former that is just ahead of the horz stab. Use the length of the control horn to determing the location of the slot cut for the control rod. The slot needs to be far forward than the instruction pic. The outer tube can be stabalized to a couple of formers with light ply. Drill a hole in a scrap piece,apply slow CA, and slide the ply down the tube until it contacts the former. Most arms will reach far enough to hold the ply scrap to the former until the CA sets. TStick
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Joined: 12/9/2006 From: Chesapeake,
VA, USA Status: offline
Anybody have problems with this plane really trying to pitch down during the approach. My flies perfect in the air, hands off all day, but when i throttle back, it really wants to pitch over. I think im just going to try and program in a switch to add a few degrees up elevator during the approach. What do you all think?
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Joined: 4/20/2005 From: new port richey,
FL, USA Status: offline
trevtt600....sounds like your plane is too nose heavy...your CG may be off for the nose heavy condition......My plane is slightly nose heavy I like them that way but when landing my at-6 has a slight nose down attitude which is corrected durnig the flare...this attitude is a comfortable decent attitude I do not have to push the nose down.....In fact I was out flying mine today and every landing was a smooth wheel landing ...recheck your CG and balance...
< Message edited by RCPILOT78 -- 7/3/2008 2:58:02 AM >
I had a successful maiden yesterday. I used your advice and powered up slowly and carefully. It still wanted to hook left when it broke ground though. Once it's in the air, it flies like it's on rails. Landing approach was slow and very controllable. The G26ei ran perfectly, the Sierra gear worked flawlessly and even took a pretty good bounce from my crappy landing without bending or breaking. I was a little nervous and we had 10-15 mph winds. I have video of the flight and will post it on YouTube when I'm done editing. I brought it to Warbirds Over Delaware but did not fly it. I had a lot of people interested in it, and got to meet Kelly from NC who posted on this thread a little ways back. Thanks for encouraging me to build another one and I'm going to add some more scale detail as I fly it and get more comfortable with it.
Congrats on the maiden Dave. These plane are even niceer in person. I'll have to get one someday. Dave it was nice meeting you and good luck with your T-6. Later, Kelly
Ref your post 525 above, seems I have arrived at a good practical solution. I have sold the model. Among other things, we are organising to move house again, this time overseas, and so a temporary reduction of the fleet is required anyway.
The new owner already has a Harvard (AT-6) - the fullsize version - and wanted mine to hang in his new hangar. He was interested in the bare airframe only, so I get to keep the engine, radio gear, servos etc, and also those Eurokit retracts.
Apart from the geometry caused by those bent steel pins, I`m reasonably happy with the way they work, air up and spring down, and I quite like the simple plumbing and those Festo fittings.
Longer term I have a couple of O/D scratchbuild projects on the wish list - an 80" Hurricane and a Zlin 526 around 100" and by replacing the bent pins with straight ones and maybe replacing the complete oleos, they might be useful there....
In the meantime I still have that NIB Midwest AT-6 kit, complete with a new set of the relevant Robart retracts.
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Joined: 4/20/2005 From: new port richey,
FL, USA Status: offline
AlphaWhisky...good luck with the move.....and yes the EuroKit retracts have a great design its just too bad that they are not strong enough to handle the large forward rake to simulate the at-6 gear....you will be much better off with the Robart gear so far I have never had the gear fail to function....they are very reliable..
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Joined: 3/14/2004 From: Bokeelia,
FL, USA Status: offline
Can anyone tell me how you measure to balance the Texan. I had one for a year and a half. It spun in and was totaled. I had just changed engines, from G 26 to Fuji 24. The next TWO texans stalled and crashed on maiden flights, 45 seconds on one and 5 minutes on the next. I really liked the way the first one flew, but it's getting expensive to replace after only one flight. HELP! TStick
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Joined: 8/5/2005 From: New Romney, UNITED KINGDOM Status: offline
Hi All I Have the AT-6 Texan and it is nearing to completion, I purchased mine from Flair as it was the original supplier over here in the UK I will take a phew picture and post them up ASP. But in the meantime here are a couple of pictures of the Instrument Panel Front & Back I hope they are any use to any one wanting to make the cockpit as realistic without doing to much.
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