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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 5/12/2008 10:59:41 PM   
yiotiscy


 

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From: limassol, CYPRUS
Status: offline 		hello there guys,i,ve just came back from a training course(marine and submarine firefighting) and im gonna start work on my tucano.what i would really appreciate is if anyone can tell me where i can find a decent retract set for my plane as i am having a lot of difficulties finding one here in cyprus!!!i,ve tried ebay but there's nothing on it.i need a good set as the plane is gonna weigh about 3,5-4kg,OS 70 FS goin on it.Any help would be really appreciated guys.i tried with robart but they said that their sets will be availiable in a month or so,i'm planing to get this bird up in about 2 weeks.thanks in advance guys

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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 6/21/2008 8:25:55 PM   
rcjets_63



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From: Albuquerque, NM, USA
Status: online 		How about an update on everybody's Tucano. I've been having a great time with mine and have received quite the number of compliments on how it looks in the air. I scratched it up a bit (wingtips and tail strikes) while figuring out the retracts so I've decided to recover the plane. I picked up a new canopy from Tower, and bought a set of the canopy lines from Jolly. I'll post a new photo when the job is done.

Dlan, have you gotten any flying in or are the soccer mom's taking up too much of your time?
Jolly, how goes it? What did your buddy say about the airbrake?
Yiotiscy, did you get your retracts installed?

Cheers,

Jim

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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 6/21/2008 9:44:25 PM   
yiotiscy


 

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From: limassol, CYPRUS
Status: offline 		Hello there guys,yes i have installed the retracts according to all the photos that i found in this forum(a very big thank you to everyone for sharing them,they proved very helpful) all i have to do now is to syncronize them to work properly break in the engine and im set to go...or fly!!
here are some pics of my beaty
the os 70 fl went in like a charm with room to spear too
last pic is a sky raider mach2 which i was playing around with so i gave it a retouch and made it a lot better looking that when i bought it.what do you guys think??

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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 6/22/2008 12:53:11 AM   
dlan


 

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From: french valley, CA, USA
Status: offline 		Hey guys,

I have two more weekends till 'districts' with softball. The girls are doing great which means no flying for pops. It's all good...

My Tucano is ready to fly. I have such a 'jones' to fly that fired it up in the garage this weekend just to listen to it, I have it bad!
BTW- the FS 70 fit just fine with a few mods...

This afternoon I applied the decal, again bored and wanting to fly. It's warming up out here, 110 F today...

I took my Tiger 60 out on the friday before fathers day, man was that fun!!!!!

will post pics and report soon!

Cheers to you all!!

Dlan

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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 7/10/2008 7:40:30 PM   
a00c2


 

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From: Maple Lake , MN, USA
Status: offline 		Anybody mount a pitts muffler on your tucano? I need some ideas on how to mount this...I could do it like in the pic, but you see the top of the muffler will come out the cowl, and blow oil all over too...or should I turn it sideways and drill new mounting holes for the engine mount and throttle?? I wouldn't mind the head sticking out the other side, I'd rather have the exhaust pointing down too.

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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 7/11/2008 7:29:10 PM   
a00c2


 

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From: Maple Lake , MN, USA
Status: offline 		Ok, I am going with some robart retracts, I have 1 side of the wing almost done and its looking pretty good, following your china directions rcjets....they arent bad. pain in the a** though, it is a lot of work. I butchered the cowl trying to rig something up so i need to buy a new one.

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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 7/12/2008 2:45:25 AM   
rcjets_63



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Status: online 		My OS46SF is side mounted and has a Pitts-style muffler installed. I trimmed the aluminum exhaust tubes down to about 3/4" and used silicon exhaust ententions. Apart from the cylinder head & carb clearance cutout (which eliminates the right scale exhaust) you only have to cut a smallish slot in the bottom of the cowl for the exhaust. Frankly, I think it's the optimal 2 stroke solution and much better than the big muffler sticking out the side. Maintenance on the engine certainly is easy.

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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 7/16/2008 4:53:17 PM   
ktizo


 

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ORIGINAL: t-6texan

This is my Phoenix Models Tucano. I used a O.S 46 engine, fly great with this engine. I also used a Pitts Slimline Muffler to keep the scale look.


Looks really nice, I still like the engine side mounted for easy maintenance. Can you show how the engine mount is mounted? Mine seems to be offset from the center.

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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 9/3/2008 7:37:12 PM   
rcjets_63



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Status: online 		ktizo,

The engine is mounted using an adjustable Great Planes mount. I had to drill new holes in the firewall for the mount. The engine is definitely centered.

I finally have some good flight photos including a couple of "down in the weeds" low pass shots. It sure does look better with the gear retracted. I also replaced the balsa block wingtips with CF plate to prevent scuffing during dumb-thumb bounce landings.

Regards,

Jim

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< Message edited by rcjets_63 -- 9/3/2008 7:56:57 PM >

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RE: PHOENIX TUCANO .40-.51 ARF - 10/1/2008 5:00:43 AM   
maukaonyx


 

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From: salem, OR, USA
Status: offline 		Can the guys who used the OS 70 (Surpass II?) post pics and describe the mods (if any) to fit into the plane? I've got one of these engines, for this plane if I decide to buy it. Also, how's the performance with this engine? Thanks! Jon

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