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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/13/2007 9:44:03 PM   
Spuetz



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put a nine cylinder Seidel in it! And Solo-Prop, painted silver... Oh,,, ah.... the sight, the sound...



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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/13/2007 10:14:26 PM   
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How did he ruin a mezjlik, they are carbon fiber, I can see wood prop go bad.
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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/14/2007 1:50:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		I never felt very comfortable around gas engines swinging APC props. At least a wooden prop has a chance to break if an accident occurs (flesh, bone, etc...).

Mine is 20 x8 Master Airscrew is polyurethaned and balanced. Never any hint of water damage or imbalance after 5 float flying sessions.

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/14/2007 4:32:03 PM   
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Paul,
How did he ruin a mezjlik, they are carbon fiber, I can see wood prop go bad.
Wade


The prop was on his 1/2 scale spacewalker with a 3W200 in it. He said he was shocked at how fast the erosion took place. This is a big plane with a big motor and I'm not surprised he had problems, however, I am surprised at the speed at which the problems ocurred.

Paul

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/14/2007 4:34:54 PM   
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Paul,
put a nine cylinder Seidel in it! And Solo-Prop, painted silver... Oh,,, ah.... the sight, the sound...




Ahhhh.... you make me drool. If only the budget would allow.

I have seen some of the videos with these radials running and the sound is incredible!

Next time I'm in Germany, maybe you can show me yours!

Paul

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/27/2007 9:57:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		a couple new pics.. took me forever to get them side by side but I finally accomplished it at our last float fly! Now I need a bigger one..

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/27/2007 11:39:21 PM   
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now , thats a beaver!

very nice .

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/28/2007 6:56:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ooh Nice one there AK, brilliant job - well done. Have you weighed it ( your one ) at all? and has/ is anyone using a four cycle engine like me? After noting your prop sizes with the gasers I'm just wondering if the Saito 180 with a 18x6 will be strong enough....

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/28/2007 2:08:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Mine is 22# G-26 16X8 3 blade graupner. Not overpowered by any means, but flys great! Has way more than scale power.

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/28/2007 2:33:19 PM   
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I'll be in your neighborhood July 22nd-28th....got any float flying going on while I will be there? Or if you have any advice on where I can go sightseeing for full scale Beavers and any other floatplanes let me know!

Thanks,

Chad

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/28/2007 3:17:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		We have one scheduled for the 14th and 15th, but that does not mean we cant get together and burn some air! To find beavers....Check out Longmere Lake just North of Soldotna, High Adventure Air operates 2 beavers off that lake. Island Lake in Nikiski has several Beavers and Turbine Otters operating off it. If you are going through Anchorage you have to swing by Lake Hood... There you will see more beavers, and every other type of float plane known to man. Lake hood is one of the buisiest seaplane ports in the nation i think.

I will drop you a PM with more contact info if you want to get together and do some float flying. I have lots of electrics and a LT40 on floats for anyone who wants to fly!

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/28/2007 3:37:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks AKflyer,

I've got your info, and hope to make something work out! You are quite lucky to have such a beautiful environment to fly in....and heck, in the summer you can pretty much fly around the clock right?

Noah, can you imagine getting that call from me?.....hey man, it's midnight and we're going flying, let's go!

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/28/2007 3:47:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Of course I'm jealous! Sounds like a fun trip, Chad.

If you do get together, be sure to closely inspect the rigging on AKflyers' KMP Beaver. Looks pretty scale! I'd like to know more about the Sea Commander set-up... stock, or highly modified from Sea Commander compoentents? Water rudder rigging, too.

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/28/2007 4:07:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		I am at work right now, but I can have the wife takes some close up pics of the rigging if you want me to. I machined the fittings from 6061-t6 bar stock on a borrowed mill that dates back to about 1859...it was impossible to hold any type of tollerance as she was just plain worn out but they still look OK. One of these days I will get around to running them through a CNC mill as I have the cad files completed for the scale EDO fittings. I sent the files to several companies and was quoted about 450.00 for the CNC work on the fittings...OUCH

Yes we can fly at midnight if we wanted to! infact, we may have to make a point of getting some video of it for you just so you can say you did lol..

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RE: Show us your Beaver! - 6/28/2007 4:12:33 PM   
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