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RE: KMP / YT FW-190 Build Thread - 5/4/2013 8:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes Ive been attending Models Anonymous but the other day fell of the wagon and bought another Turbine doctor tells me ill be fine but my friends don’t hold much hope for me lol, if your having trouble spending money (come shopping with me years of practice at it mate even have the courier trained not to deliver kits to the door but rather down the flying field) ahhh i can see you buying that D9 hahahhhaa

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RE: KMP / YT FW-190 Build Thread - 5/4/2013 9:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		Frank, you are probably right...

OK, back on topic @ Volkert.
The constuction that I've seen is pretty good.  I've pranged a few of these and the wings have held up pretty good.  The weak parts that I've noticed are the landing gear areas like most planes.  If you land perfectly then disregard, but I have my days sometimes and an occasional ugly landing.....I know, I'm sure I'm one of the few.....but, I've noticed spongy wood during the autopsy at the leading edge and sometimes not enough epoxy to really hold the LG Bearing ply or formers together. 

I'd reinforce that area with sandwiched ply or G10 ribs and maybe glass it etc. or add epoxy with microfibers etc.  Other than that, I haven't had any other issues with the wing construction.  My biggest peave is that they sheeted everything and left a couple bays unsheeted......why?  Weight would be almost negligible.  They should have sheeted the whole thing. 

For the fuse a few people have noticed not enough epoxy in and around the firewall which has already been discussed.

Hope that helps.

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RE: KMP / YT FW-190 Build Thread - 5/4/2013 5:49 PM   
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Stick Mode:Your right on that, I always fill the holes. Why they left them open is beyound me. That is not going to lighten this unit that much. But with the ones that are there is helping
me in the point of running my lines for my lights and putting in my hinge points. I was thinking about doing a two piece wing. the tailwheel is better than the one that it came with.

Wagen017: the wing and this unit is put together better than I expected. even in the fuse other than the firewall..that I filled with Hysol. The former I had to take out to fit my cock pit took some dremel time. It is clean down to the fuse.

My pilot did not want to be stuck in his seat so I made his canopy open (and I put him on the table to have leg surgery). His recovery was great.  MY FRIEND got on me because I did not have the deck slide with the canopy lol. now if this was my STUKA.....
Out of my 17 planes I now have (2) two german units. 

I ordered my box muffler from Jtec, and got a spinner from Skyshark (2blade). I will still be looking for  the 3 Three.



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RE: KMP / YT FW-190 Build Thread - 5/7/2013 11:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		FW-190 guru's, Sorry to hijack this thread......but considering the reoccurring theme of the adding weight to the nose to get this plane to balance correctly I wanted to share a photo of what I am attempting/doing to solicit your feedback on the potential downside of hanging the batteries on the engine mounts. I constructed a battery box of ply and then screwed it into the mount and will strap the battery to the box with a healthy wrap of foam. Not sure what the engine vibrations will do to the battery, provided it has sufficient padding. Bad or good idea....Thoughts? Thanks, Jonathan

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RE: KMP / YT FW-190 Build Thread - 5/7/2013 2:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I did pretty much the same thing. So far so good. The wood tray is bolted to the motor mount and then also screwed down against the firewall. Its carrying a lot of weight....two rx batteries, throttle servo, onboard glow unit and about 9oz of lead

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