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G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 11/25/2007 11:19:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey folks!! Got me a really neat kit from Greg Garrison @ G & L Hobbies. For all you old rc 'ers you may reconize this kit as It was formally kitted by RC City In Tullahoma, Tennessee. I bought one from Greg the other day and sometime this week I am going to go full blast on a build. I am posting some pics to show you all what this kit consist of. Fiberglass fusealage and cowel with pannel lines and rivet detail. The plane comes just under 1/4 scale which I think will lend real nice to the evolution 26 gas. That is the route I am going with this plane. The wings, horizontal stab, and rudder are all foam core and get this !!! All have a complete airfoil!!! Now how many planes this size do you run across that has a complete airfoil on all surfaces? Even the elevator surface is an airfoil!! Comes with a very nice canopy and landing gear with nicely done fiberglass wheelpants. A nice 3 page set of plans. This is going to be my first, but I am sure not my last kit of this type. For the last few years I have wanted to do a kit of this type but have awlays been reluctant to persue it because I was intimidated buy the build process and the size of their kits. Well Greg made a few up so I thought this would be a great start to do a build thread .I finaly got the nerve so lets take alook at the pictures.

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 11/25/2007 11:34:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		As you can see in the first pic is all that it comes with except the wood and I forgot to include the landing gear which is nice looking aluminum.
The next pic is of the cowel. I went ahead and cut out the air holes which took all of 20 min. with a Dremmel tool.
Pic three is another shot at a different angle. Notice the nice wheel pants?
Pic 4 is a inside shot of the fusealage. As you can see I got excited a installed the landing gear block out of 1/4 in aircraft grad ply. A little note, I almost messed up here and got ahead of myself. There is a bulkhead tha gets installed before the landing gear block gets put in. Then you install the block and tie it into the bulkhead. This will all eventually get tied into the firewall for added strength. I made up the rest of the bulkhead templates and am waiting on my wood order to arrive sometime this week. As soon as I get it I will follow up with more pics building processes.

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 11/26/2007 12:40:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice, very nice. What are they saying about the weight, plus and minus, low and high? My 1/4 scale Extra came in right at 13 pounds with the RCS 1.40 22cc engine and it was just about right for scale flying. Lighter would have been better but it flew all the IMAC stuff veru well.
The normal question is the price, that looks like some very nice glass work.

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 11/26/2007 1:23:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, Greg with G & L Hobbies does some of the finest glassing I ever seen. There should be very little puttying to do. The weight should come in way under 10 lbs I think maybe in the 8-9 lb range. will post weights asap. You will need to contact him for final kit pricing due to shipping to your area.http://www.glhobbies.com/ .

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 11/27/2007 2:20:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		I Thought I Was Familiar With All Of Greg's Kits But I Didn't Know About This One.....Not Under 1/4 Scale Anyway. I Have An 87" Span Extra 300 / 300L Kit That My Brother Built Several Years Ago And I Recently Aquired It. I Say 300 / 300L Because It Can Be Built Mid Wing Or Shoulder Wing. What Is The Wing Span Of The One You Are Building ?

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 11/27/2007 3:14:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		Greg and I measured it up and come to about 72" just shy of true 1/4 scale. I looked on the internet to see what the scale plane's wing span was and according to what I found was 27'. It may, by the time all the stuff gets put into it be close to 73-74 inches. If my transit eye didn't fail me. Greg is just starting to kit this plane and it is going to sell for $139 plus shipping. I am waiting on my wood order to come in hopefully this week cause I am dieing to get started on it. I have a paint scheme that is gonna knock your socks off if I can get it done with no problems. This type of kit is different than the usual kit say from Great Planes or the like. You have the choice to build it any way you want . as elaborate or simple. my mind has gone into overdrive on planning this build.

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 12/1/2007 4:12:20 AM   
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Greg is just starting to kit this plane and it is going to sell for $139 plus shipping.

This Would Explain Why I Didn't Know About It. I Haven't Talked To Greg Since The Cookville Giant Scale Fly In. I Have The Extra 300 Of His That I Mentioned Before, The 36% Ultimate, The 1/2 Scale Pitts, The 1/4 Scale GeeBee R2 And A 35% Weeks Solution X That He Used To Kit. I Had One Of The 36% Ultimates That I Flew A Few Years Ago Which Was A Great Flying Plane As Is The Extra 300.

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 12/2/2007 1:34:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Fantastic to hear that info!! I know all of his kits fly great. They must, cause he ships them all over the world. I am waiting on my wood order to come in. must be backordered.As soon as It does I will continue this thread and hopefully get more people interested in this type of kits.

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 12/8/2007 6:41:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Got my wood in and immediatly got down to building

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 12/8/2007 6:49:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		In the second pic you can see I installed a ring former on the inside of the firewall. THe plans originaly called for a 1/4 in firewall with blocks to screw the cowel on but I did not like that . So when I get the main firewall cut out it will blind nut to the ring former and the engine, tank, throttle servo,ignition and ignition battery will mount to the removeable firewall. This way if I need to get into the noe of the plane to make repairs all I have to do is remove a few screws and everything slides out . I have to give Greg credit for comming up with that idea. The 3rd pic shows the ring former installed.
the 4th pic shows all my formers cut out and ready to install.

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 12/8/2007 6:56:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok in the 1st pic shows the front fuselage bulkhead. I trimmed it up so as to cut down on weight .All my bulkheads were made of 1/8 in lite ply with the exception of the firewall and landing gear plate those are 1/4 in aircraft ply. as you can see I got a pretty nice fit in the 2nd pic.
In the 3rd pic. I glues the bulkhead in using 30 min epoxy mixed with micro balloons to make a thick peanut butter like paste.
So far this has went very well.

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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 12/8/2007 7:02:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		As you can see in the first pic is the rear blukhead that will be installed and become part of the headrest.
2nd pic shows a rough install with the 3rd pic showing my idea of making it lighter and glued into place again with 30 min epoxy and micro balloons mixed to peanutbutter consistancy.
I thought I would take a pic of all the types of glue I will be using on this build. the last pic showes that.
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RE: G & L Hobbies Extra 300 build thread - 12/8/2007 7:09:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok in pic 1 you can see I have glued a 2in p