hrwatson68
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Joined: 1/1/2005
From: Dexter,
MO, USA
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I did not epoxy the tail either, just bolts and they are still tight after 2 flights. I lost a cowl screw during flight #1 and I did not bother to replace it for flight #2, The place I put the screw did not have any "meat" for the screw to grab hold, and I tried the CA trick which didn't work. As sweet as this thing flies with the CG where H9 says to put it, I do not want to change it. This plane is perfectly balanced where they say, and I agree with them. One thing I am going to try next sunday is to stay up for 10-12 minutes and burn more fuel. I think this will aid in a nose up attitude on landing with less weight in the nose and therefore a softer landing. When I landed on flight #2 last sunday, I had roughly half a tank left. I want to take baby steps and see what kind of run time the stock tank will give with some reserve for a couple of go-arounds for safety.
This week, My goal for the F-22 is to fix the small rip in the balsa near the nose wheel and to strengthen that area, and to remove all of the god-awful wrinkles in the covering that appeared on her first adventure outdoors. This plane had a couple wrinkles before, but after sitting in the sun for a couple hours, geez, it aged considerably.
I am also going to use our vinyl cutter to make some bright yellow graphics for the underside of the wing, it was pretty difficult to see which end was up at a distance. I'm thinking yellow flames that go from the fuse to the wing tips, they should really stand out against a blue/grey sky.
Speaking of the vinyl cutter...
If anyone is interested in flames or any other custom graphics, shoot me an e-mail for a quote. In your e-mail with the subject line "Vinyl Work", give me the dimensions of the design you want and if you just want your name and AMA #, let me know how long by how wide you want the letters/numbers. All of my graphics will come with application tape ready for you to transfer to your project.
I have very reasonable prices and you will be happy with the quality of the vinyl, it's a 7 year (outdoor rated) vinyl and it can be pulled around curves fairly well. I have White, Black, Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green, and I can custom order many Specialty, holgraphic and many other colors and shades depending on how large the job is.
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Fly it like you stole it! Happy Flying! - HRW
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