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BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 6/30/2007 8:39:58 PM   
yel914



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Status: offline 		I thought I'd post a few pics of my recently completed Venture 60. This kit is easily the best quality kit I've encountered. The machine cut parts are perfectly formed, the balsa selection was excellent, clear instructions , just a superbly executed kit! But, I can't leave well enough alone so I did some modifcations. I put the rudder servo in the tail to counter the extra weight of the FG cowl. A hinged hatch covers the fuel valve, charge plate and on/off switch. I made a custom FG cowl to enclose a ST .61 sidemounted with a Pitts muffler. The pilots head turns with the rudder. The only structural change was to box in the wing joiner in the wings. If you like the 4* series planes, you might consider the Venture as an alternative. My thanks to Bruce Tharpe for an excellent kit!

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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 6/30/2007 9:10:07 PM   
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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 6/30/2007 9:22:19 PM   
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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 6/30/2007 9:37:21 PM   
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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 6/30/2007 10:22:08 PM   
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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/1/2007 1:37:02 AM   
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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/1/2007 1:39:49 AM   
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Status: online 		What method did you use to turn the pilot's head?

Nice looking plane!

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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/1/2007 1:48:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		Great looking plane. Please let us know how if flies!!!!

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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/1/2007 3:47:05 AM   
yel914



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Status: offline 		The pilot is a Ken doll. The head already turns but needs a bit of work to loosen the action. A shaft that can accept a screw is epoxied to the head and passes through the neck/body. then a servo arm can be screwed to the shaft and attached to the rudder. Hope that helps. I may get to maiden this thing in about a week, I hope.

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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/1/2007 4:13:13 PM   
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you'll love the plane Yel. Finished mine and it flys like a champ. Nice job on yours. Good luck.

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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/1/2007 5:53:37 PM   
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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/1/2007 7:04:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		That plane is yelling to get in the air, oh don't forget the video camera for the maiden.

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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/2/2007 3:32:32 AM   
bingo field



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Status: online 		Nice job on the cowl. You will love the way it flies. It is my favorite plane to fly right now. I have had it for 2 years. Wasn't the build a nice one? Everything so smooth to begin with, and the fit was great.

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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/2/2007 3:53:23 AM   
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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/2/2007 3:59:55 AM   
MikeG4936



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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/3/2007 5:13:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great looking Venture. I completed one about a month ago. see my build thread What did you do to color the landing gear?

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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/5/2007 4:57:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		Gorgeous plane!!! Could you elaborate on how you built your cowl? I'm always looking for different methods of making those things.

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RE: BTE Venture 60 is ready for maiden - 7/5/2007 12:09:57 PM   
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