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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/22/2008 6:59:42 AM

Spacey

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Hey guys!

Good news I reckon. Finished up my Fusion last night apart from setup and final balancing....just another couple of hours of work left I guess. Everything's mounted and installed otherwise and looking good. At the moment it looks like my AUW dry is 3,250kg (7,11lbs). I'm looking about 1/4 inch nose heavy so sitting at 8 1/2" now rather than 8 3/4" but I'm going to try moving the battery to the TE of the wing as it's currently in the LE. If it doesn't need any erratic balancing weights I guess I can keep it around 3,3kg without fuel. I hope my scale can measure the big weights accurately but I'm going to weigh the parts individually tonight to confirm the AUW etc. So far so good! I'm actually a little sad the build came to an end now, I really enjoyed it.

More to come over the weekend.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/22/2008 2:50:37 PM

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Congrats!!!!!!!Fly her at 8.5 back ya might like it.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/22/2008 2:59:39 PM

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Flying's always better than building to me, try it at 8.5 if you already have it locked in, I bet it flys pretty good there too.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/22/2008 3:53:02 PM

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Question for Mike P.

I'm guessing that the supply of 90 size Fusions is getting low. I earmarked some cash for a Razoryak

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Can you say whether or not there will ever be another run of Fusion ARF's?

Thanks,

JW

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/22/2008 4:01:45 PM

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JW, yes indeed there will be another run of Fusion ARFs but probably late summer to next Fall as I have several other projects in the works. Actually the new 80" Fusion will arrive before the smaller ones are redone. As you know we are also working with Brent on RazorYak ARFs.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/23/2008 1:31:33 AM

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Thanks Mike. I can't pass up a Razoryak ARF. They're awesome with a Saito 100.

Patiently waiting on them

JW

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/24/2008 12:40:29 AM

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Patiently waiting on them

JW

Me too. Can't wait.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/24/2008 7:03:37 AM

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Hey everyone!

Fusion's ready for maiden today, that's if something doesn't come up at the most impossible time of course (knock on wood). CG came out acceptable and I left it as is for the moment, it's easily adjustable at the field now so we'll first see how it goes. AUW without fuel is officially 3,350kg (7lbs 7oz). Definitely not as light as I wanted it to be but my friend at the LHS agrees to flying it first and making impressions from that rather than speculating now and getting sleepless nights over possibly nothing. If all fails however the girlfriend's trainer is getting a shiny Saito 1.25 on the nose and borrowing me the 1.20AX that's on there now. We'll get some in flight pictures and things today if everything goes as planned.

Hold thumbs!!!

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/24/2008 12:30:54 PM

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Man, that is the nicest fusion I have seen! I need a 90 size now!

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/24/2008 8:24:14 PM

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Flies really nice too!

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/25/2008 1:17:00 PM

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Spacey, that is one badass Fusion man. Love the scheme! Get some video of that bird flying.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/25/2008 2:38:58 PM

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Its awesome looking, I'd get a poster size pic of it! It was OMP day at the field here in SJ, I had the Fusion & a friend had his 80" Edge profile. He built the kit, used some contest balsa to get 11lb plane w/OS 1.60, tuned pipe, 80" fat wing, perfect for 3-D. I got a video of some huckin & tail touchin, will upload it soon, the Edge was especially cool, hovers were so low & close in.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/26/2008 11:26:03 AM

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Mike: I'm considering making a little video for memory sure, want to convince my one friend who has a decent video camera to help out so we can do something proper rather than the old grainy stuff that my still shot puts out. But yea I'll first see if I can get the plane trimmed and balanced, Sunday's flight was litterally an up and down as the wind was absolutely terrible. It was basically parked in place on that knife edge shot, we were just lucky to get a slight gap when it died down to get that inverted harrier shot.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/28/2008 6:27:21 PM

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I am just getting my Fusion 90 with O.S.120AX ready and ran into a list of questions:

1. Which servo do I use for the throttle. The space provided is small for a regular servo and big for a mini/micro.
2. We have to use 24" servo lead extensions for rudder and elevator? I wish the website or manual mentioned a complete list of items required to complete the plane. I dont have a hobby store near where I live and there is no quick mail order available either.
3. I saw some pics in this post with wheel pants that looked really cool. Are they a part of the arf? i didnt get any wheel pants.
4. The wheel axels are regular screws with threads on them? thats sad, they will wear out the plastic hubs in no time. I had to replace it with proper axels i had from another project.
5. Where is the receiver installed? in the wing? Wouldnt field assembly of the plane be difficult if we have to connect all the servos into the receiver on the field? Has anyone installed the receiver in the fuslage? I have a Spektrum 7, the receivers are really small but i cant figure out where/how to install it.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/29/2008 2:24:21 PM

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Yes the extensions are quite long, I think mine were either 18" or 24" too. I have the rcv. in the fuse rear opening, I had to open it up a little to allow foam padding. The antenna is routed down to the bottom under the opening and to the rear of the plane. The rcv. is a "mid-size" & it does stick outside the fuse a little, had to open up the wing openings a bit too, they are doubled so strength not an issue to me. The best method of connecting the ailerons & power is using a "Y" harness on the aileron channel with the battery in the hatch area. This method works well, you are supplying the power thru the aileron channel, not the highest channel whis is the norm. This way, you have the normal 2 aileron connectors to plug in, nothing more. The difference is you are supplying the battery power thru the aileron connector as well. Get a "ball driver" with long handle for the wing bolt, its a pain with regular allen wrench.

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RE: Why you love the OMP Fusion? - 2/29/2008 3:04:11 PM