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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 6:40:34 AM   
RobertC



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Status: offline 		I hoped that I would not need to trim much of the cowl for the cylinder. That was the plan anyway... turns out that because of the curvature of the lower-front part of the cowl I needed to trim a bit more that I would have liked (plus, of course, I wanted to allow for cooling):


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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 6:42:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am not unhappy with the final amount of the cowl that needed to be removed, but I was hoping for less of a "gaping hole" and more of a "simple opening." The nice thing is that (if you look at the left side of the plane in the picture above <same as the picture in my avatar> ) it is very clean looking. It did accomplish the above goals too!

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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 11:00:19 AM   
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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 2:36:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Can anyone see the pics?

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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 3:56:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nope. He e - mailed me and knows there is a problem. We'll just have to wait until he figures it out.

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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 5:42:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sorry about that guys... RCU didn't seem to like my upload of the images last night but when I sent the same files this morning they were fine!

Anyway, the only "major" change that I made to the plane was to move the tank back to the C.G. (since I am running a pumped engine). It looks like they could have *almost* setup the kit to easily allow for this without any surgery, but the there is really only a small amount of cutting necessary anyway...

The C.G. seems to fall (if my calculations are correct) right on the former in the middle of the fuselage. Here, I marked the area that needed to be removed:


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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 5:44:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		I then removed that area (including the lower portion of the former... doesn't seem to be quite enough room to slide the tank in underneath it):



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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 5:49:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		I then mounted a small hardwood stick (to the sheeted area where the tank will mount) to give me something to fasten the tank to. It is not actually shown here, but I just used foam around the tank and a zip-tie to hold the tank in place. Also, a short balsa stick in front to prevent the assembly from sliding forward.

End result works really well. I removed a little light-plywood (and didn't use the "tank-holder" piece of wood that is provided in the kit), but I guess that it's not that big of weight savings (hey, every little bit counts right?).


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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 7:08:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the pics. Robert. As an alternative how would it work to invert the engine straight down and stick the exhaust out the cowl ?

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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 9:45:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great! Thanks a lot. I'll be doing the engine installation on Monday and Tuesday and these pics will sure help a lot.

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RE: Venus II - 4/29/2006 9:46:35 PM   
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RE: Venus II - 4/30/2006 4:13:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		Of course you could mount the engine in the standard way, Don! I always dislike that muffler "hanging out" the side of the cowling so I tried the above method. It would certainly look more "typical" (normal?) with a standard inverted mounting...

You might also notice that I needed to install a remote-glow connector with this setup also. Well, I could have cut a hole in the cowl that would allow the connector to attach directly to the glow-plug but, because of the position of the cylinder, that would have been on the side of the cowling (and been yet another strange looking cut-out in the cowl).

Oh, in case you didn't notice, Great Planes just posted a video of the Venus II on their website:

http://www.greatplanes.com/gallery/index.html

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RE: Venus II - 4/30/2006 5:03:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'll be using a Du Bro Soft mount. On the 125 Saito. Watching the Dave Patrick, "Wring it out Vol II" Made me wonder. Is it a good mount? Thats all "The" Hobby shop has in these neck of the woods. What are you guys using?

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RE: Venus II - 4/30/2006 5:30:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just could'nt resist! WOW! great video! That's what I'm looking forward to.

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RE: Venus II - 4/30/2006 10:53:33 AM