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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/10/2008 9:45:17 PM   
AFSalmon



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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/11/2008 7:00:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Mike,

Hope you guys had a good festive season and all. I'm rocking on this thing but yea progress is still oodles slower than I would have liked it to be. Got the bottom all done last night and started on the top and fuselage, think I finally got the trick with the Ultracote under control but dang I wish this stuff would have worked with the windex trick like Monokote. I tried all kinds of funnies though and there's no way. So yeah now it takes me 30 minutes to an hour to apply one stripe or trim piece instead of 5 minutes.

I'll battle on tough. Get my bird all pretty and such. Haha

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/11/2008 9:08:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		For just that reason I use Ultra for the main colors and Mono for the trim.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/11/2008 9:59:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		If I had the option of Mono make no mistake I would have gone that route definitely. O well, such I life I suppose.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/11/2008 12:39:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		I started to color trim my all-white ARF version last night, and hope to post some pics today. I went to my LHS yesterday and asked about getting a YS 1.10 on order. They said they were out of stock from the supplier and wouldn't have any until late in February. Now I'm thinking about a 2 stroke, besides the fact that the 4 strokers seem to be weakening the front end of this thing due to vibration. Isn't the OS 1.20AX a little much though for this plane? I live at sea level, so thin air isn't an issue. In fact thick, humid air is more of an issue.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/11/2008 12:45:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nah OS 1.20 AX is a good bet. Otherwise maybe a Saito 1.25 (What I'm putting on mine). The Saito doesn't need as much nitro to run nicely as the YS from what I've read and the Saito's throttle response is definitely oodles better then the 1.20AX 2-stroke btw.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/11/2008 5:38:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have both the YS 110 and an OS 120 AX. I love the instant power response of the YS but the 120 AX is a tad stronger. I can swing a 17-6 prop with the 120 ax plus I run 10% nitro versus 20% in my YS. Don't discount the 120, it is a tremendous engine and by far the best value going I think for this size power plant.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/11/2008 8:45:31 PM   
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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/13/2008 2:04:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		We had nice weather today so I went to the field with one of my other planes, a Combat Gremlin. I told everyone I'd bring the Fusion tomorrow to show it off even though it's not complete (engine and radio). I was going through the hardware pack tonight and needless to say, it was a bit confusing. The ARF instructions don't identify any of the bolts or screws. I figured out most of them, but there are a few I'm still not sure about. Oh, and the wing alignment pins, do you glue them into the fuse or one of the wings?

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/14/2008 2:21:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey just ask away if you are confused on any of the hardware. The wing alignment pins should be glued into the fuse so that they are centered. Thought the manual said that. I do know some glue them into one wing panel instead but I like them in the fuse.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/14/2008 2:44:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Didn't get it finished today, the weather was too good here, went to the local field instead. One of the many benefits of southern living! (I grew up near Ft. Wayne, IN)

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/15/2008 1:07:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		hi guys, i bought the 52'' fusion last year, that plane absolutly rocked, it did every thing great, unfortunatly after 250-300 flights i had to retire it---fuel soaked fuse---several repairs to the wings(whats up with the wing tube sleeves being only glued to a balsa rib with no reinforcement?)---rehinged surfaces(too many tail touches)---broken props---bent gear legs. even after a year of very hard abuse i still loved this bird(just wished it had a one piece wing and ultracote), maybe i'll buy one of the next batch arf's and glue the wings on.

matt.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/15/2008 12:49:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gluing the wings on is always an option. Many folks want the two-piece wing so this way you have both options. Plus gluing the wings flat onto the fuse is much easier than sliding the wing into a giant cutout on the fuse. Advantages are the fuse is much stronger and no glue mess all over teh wing after putting the wings on. Plus the wings are automatically centered!

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/16/2008 1:31:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		when's the new batch comming?
different color schemes?

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 1/16/2008 12:54:21 PM