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Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 2:36:42 AM   
biplanemurphy



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Mine weighs about 11 lbs. Has smoke system. O.S. 120FS surpassIII W/pump. 5" wheels (no wheel liederhosen)
standard Hitec servos. 14x10 master airscrew "scimitar" prop. Fully sheeted wings. du-bro remote fuelng valves for glow and smoke.
Push-pull switches. Air-alert warnng beacon. 14 oz. fuel tank. 8 oz. smoke oil tank.
2- 1650mah ni-mh 6 volt batteries for reciever and smoke system.

Covered in Monocote.
Cowl and struts primered, painted with lustrecote, painted with finishng epoxy for fuel proofing.

Usng 20% nitro fuel.
Using "Super-Dri" aviation smoke oil.


Murphy..................


P.S. here's mine.

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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 3:08:20 AM   
ChrisMH



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11 lbs, Saito 1.20, Covered in Koverall and dope.


Edit: 10lbs 6oz after installing a hatch and moving my rx battery forward.

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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 3:16:38 AM   
biplanemurphy



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Status: offline 		Sweet plane Chris........I was hoping to see yours here.

Hopefully we can get Minnflyer (supreme commander of all things Skybolt ) to post some pics of his (past and present).

Keep em coming guys. Tell us how she flies too.

Mine flies like it's on rails. "crosswind? What crosswind?"

Murphy....

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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 3:32:27 AM   
biplanemurphy



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Status: offline 		So .....here's a Skybolt story......About the 5th flight, I was starting to feel real comfortable and flew a little too long.....
On approach I ran out of fuel and barely made it over the trees at end of runway. Stalled so pointed her down and recovered. Made it to 4 feet above the deck and she stalled again. dropped 4 feet straight down like an elevator. Landed on all three wheels!!
But splayed that soft aluminum gear. No real damage. Bent it back and flew her again after I stopped shaking.

Spent over a year slowly building this one, so you can imagine how happy I was to keep her in one piece!!

Murphy........

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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 4:15:01 AM   
biplanemurphy



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Status: offline 		Hey guys.....I have a smoke system question?

I have a sullivan Skywriter and used the black hose for the hook up to the nipple on my muffler. It melts a hole through it every
3 flights. Any hose/line that is really heat resistant. my four-stroke muffler gets real hot it appears. Makes great smoke, but melts the smoke oil line.


Murphy........

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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 4:24:59 AM   
MinnFlyer



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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 4:40:17 AM   
biplanemurphy



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Status: offline 		Minnflyer.......Super-dri aviation smoke oil. My O.S. 120 w/pump had a screw where the exaust pressure nipple would be.
So I installed a pressure nipple and feed the oil in at that point.

Murphy......

P.S. I'm considering soldering some copper tubing to nipple and extending the mounting point for black tubing about 3".
Maybe coil the tubing around exaust header then a long extension 4-5" out to plug black tubing into.
Do you think a preheater coil would make it smoke even better? It already smokes pretty darn good now.

Thanks for any help/ideas .

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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 12:58:32 PM   
hrrcflyer


 

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Fly safe and have fun!!
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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 1:31:30 PM   
Gringo Flyer



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ORIGINAL: biplanemurphy

Mine weighs about 11 lbs. Has smoke system.


That seems pretty heavy. I knew skybolts tended to build heavy but I didnt realize they were that heavy.


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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 5:03:15 PM   
Deadeye



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Status: offline 		Here's mine. A tad over 9 pounds, with lightening methods employed to reduce tail weight. Magnum 120, 15X8 MAS Classic. Fast freaking plane for a bipe! Pilot is 'Stewey' of Family Guy fame. Over a hundred flights on it now.

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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/19/2007 7:02:52 PM   
biplanemurphy



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Status: offline 		Beautiful planes guys..........I thinnk mine is heavy due to the massive amounts of glue and epoxy I used. Added extra wood.
smoke system. and OS 120 four stroke weighs 2 lbs all by itself.


Murphy........

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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/20/2007 12:37:39 AM   
WYDAH



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Status: offline 		Hi,

Here's a few of my Skybolt. Weighing in at 10.5lbs. Has a GMS .76 (yes, 2 stroke) swings 12x6 APC. No smoke. Completed May 2003. Great flying plane.



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RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse - 6/20/2007 4:04:28 AM   
micagreenmachin