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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/15/2007 3:22:59 PM   
slick95


 

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Status: offline 		I have also thought about this! I think it would be either a normal flying biplane with the Pete wings seeing as the chord is not as long(I used to have one ), or a possible strange flying biplane with the massive wings of the Slow Poke. It would be interesting to find out and experiment!

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/15/2007 6:33:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		What about a slow poke with mechanical retracts...I always thought that would be pretty interesting....

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/15/2007 11:33:13 PM   
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ORIGINAL: lrtx1

Anyone thought of a bi-plane? A Slow Pete&Poke! I have the Pete, which is a great plane. I wouldn't want to cut it up to make it a bipe and, I just can't see buying 2 kits right now. I guess there are always more options. I just don't know if my building skills are up for those yet.


I've thought about doing this too. Hopefully I can get to something like this later on this year. I've studied both kits and it doesn't look like it would take too much work. They use the same fuselage so bashing these two kits together shouldn't be too hard. Could be a really interesting flying plane when it's done!!

Ken



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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/15/2007 11:49:35 PM   
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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/17/2007 12:18:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Funny. I also though about building a Slow Poke with retracts like a corsair or with folding wings, just for the cool factor!

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/18/2007 5:22:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here's my new p19 looking slowpoke. Pilot looks good coming by with him on the tail too...

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/18/2007 5:31:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		pt19 looking slowpoke.... The black tape is gone off the windshield now, but it is in the pictures.

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/18/2007 5:32:41 AM   
slick95


 

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Status: offline 		WOW! I love the Slow Poke in any military scheme...obviously!

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/19/2007 3:28:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Capt Todd: Nice looking plane. The PT19 is one of my all time favorites.

OK, now a couple questions for you experts. Some of the pictures on this thread look like the plane has dihedral and others look like polyhedral (both wing tips bent upwards). Is there more than one version of this plane or are their options on how the kit is built.

OK, now where to buy this thing. I've checked my normal source (Tower Hobbies) and they don't seem to have the kit nor an ARF....where can these things be bought...preferably as an ARF?

Thanks for the help guys.

Smooth

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/19/2007 4:41:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Smooth, the up-turned wing ends are on the .10-.25 size Slow Poke. Tower Hobbies show the .40 kit and the .10-.25 kit all in stock. The .40 ARF appears to be out of stock. Here is a link:Pokes

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/19/2007 6:59:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		TimC:
Wow, that's strange...I was searching Tower a couple times yesterday and the only thing that would come up were the spare parts. OK, so no ARF means I'm going to have to dust off my building skills which probably isn't a bad thing anyway. Thanks for your help TimC.

Smooth

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/19/2007 7:51:10 PM   
TimC



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Status: offline 		Smooth, you might get lucky like I did. I found mine for sale used in a Vegas hobby shop. It had about 12 oz. of lead in the nose and a pee wee bushed .15. I took it for its maiden on a fairly windy day. I flew it off down wind and it was kind of slow coming back. I pulled out the lead and installed a .30 OS four stroke. It flew great with this, but I had another plane I needed the .30 for, so I put in a .40 Saito. No power problems now.

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/20/2007 1:49:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		Smooth,
Here is the link for the Great Planes Slowpoke Sport 40. They definately still have it, Great Planes no longer makes an arf of it.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXRB44&P=0
It has dihedral, but there is a smaller version that is polyhedral. There is also the lil' poke that is very small. I have only seen the one I have. I wanted ailerons because I think this plane would look better turning the way ailerons make a plane turn. Plus it was my first plane with them, instead of 3 channel polyhedral. It has a .46 OS engine on it and it does real well. It is not overpowered. Since you have to add so much weight to the nose since the nose is so short, you might as well have engine weight instead of lead. The .46 weighed a little more than the .40 and I still had to add about 6 ounces of lead under the engine in that little compartment, wrapped in foam. Lead is from a bait and tackle shop. The star stickers are from Tower hobbies and are actually 60 size instead of 40 since the wings are so fat, so they would look right. I spent forever building this thing perfect almost. you don't see any seam at all on the top of the wings, the seam is in the middle. The on/off switch is in the cockpit to look like a control. Thanks for the complement,
Todd

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RE: Let's See Your SlowPokes - 3/20/2007 3:17:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		You will not be disappointed with this kit! Hope you build one!

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