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James: Looking great there bud. Your really going to town on this model. Yea for my hard points I used a dowel rod. Easy installation and they are great. You dont haft to worry about them coming loose or wearing out. About your engine choice. I think the GT-26 Might be a little to much for this plane. Why don.t you give Bob Mackie a call and see if he has a Zenoah G-20 IE in his Taylor craft. I think he does or I think he has one in one of his planes. I'm not sure. Anyway check and see if he will give you the measurements or or get together and look for yourself at his plane and maybe see if it will fit. I think it would be great if it did. Of course I don't know the weight difference between the two engines. RCV Engines has a great looking 90 CD and a 91 SP engine for a good price and the SP is round and the CD is a low Profile that I know will fit in your cowel with no problem. They also have a 120 SP size but it is a little pricie. Check out there site RVCeng.com. I heard them run on there site and they sound great.Deep and rummble and they sound like a gas engine. I know you want gas in this plane but check out the options anyway. Ok james i'll be waiting for your next entry on your fantastic build. Steve M
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Folks, I got the other wing cut and the aileron and wing ready to sand down for robart hinge points. Also got the rudder sheeted and should have more pics in the next few days. I ran out of gorilla glue . I still have not decided on servos . The ailerons are not that big and I was thinking of metal gear standard type. All servos run at 6 volts. the rudder should be 100 oz and each elevator could be metal gear standard type. any suggestions or ideas? Gonna do a pull pull on rudder. all hardware is going to be 4-40 type.
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Go on over to Servo City and take A look there. They have A section for sale items you should look at. When HT changed servo models I got A pile of there 6985s at half price or less. Read the specs on them too, not all servos are 6v, these days they mostly are but there are still some 4.8 only servos still being sold and used.
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Greybeard, I checked their site out and they had some good prices especially on the standered hitech servos. I still have not made my mind up on servos. heck the ailerons on my 4* are longer than the extra 300 but not as wide. Hummmmm....... Well I got the other wing completed except for the root end and servo pocket. ready for robart hinge pionts. Also got the rudder fully sheeted and some of the 1/4 in balsa strips glued on. I tried a tad bit different method of gluing the sheeting on the rudder this time. when I applied the glue, I didn't put too much on this time. I think I put too much on the wings but I still ended up with 2 nice wings lucky me. But I did take some advice that I learned from that web site a few post back and added a bunch more weight to really put the pressure on the cores. close to a 100 lbs. got a real nice fit on this go around. Will do the horizontal stab and elevators in the next few nites. I have the skins ready to go.
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Hello James : Just seen your thread and sounds like the plane is coming along great. I also checked the site that graybeard said and It didn't impress me that much. Go to Troy built models.com and look at there prices and they have alot of choices to look at. I think if you want a digital servo a HS-5945 Would be a great choice or the HS-5985 is a good one also. There is no price difference in the two. I think one has a stronger case and the 85 has more torque than speed. I am sure you can get them for about $45.00 Apiece if you order two or more at the same time. Check them out. See ya soon, Steve
Irglnman......Lookin Good With The Extra. I Haven't Heard From You . Looks Like You've Got It Figured Out And Moving Along On The Plane. Keep Up The Good Work. I Read In An Earlier Post Where You Are Thinking About Th 50% Pitts Next. Let Me Know If I Can Help Any.
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Just rolling the pitts around in my head. Gonna have to come up with some big bucks for that one . Yea I got just about all the bugs figured out on this build. I am sure there will be a few more . Dadstoys I have been thinking about Jr's servos I all ready have a digital mighty mini that will work great for 1/2 of the elevator . I am goint to put 2 servos on each elevator half. I think I will go digital all around on this plane just to see what all the fuss is . I guess the biggest thing is paint. what to do on that is now on my mind heavy. I have a scheame planned but I can't get the base colors in my head . Also should I go with monocoat or ultracoat. I have experience on ultracoat but not monocoat. Which is going to give me the most rugged and best looking finnish. Also which one is going to accept paint bettter. There is going to be some airbrushing on it. Can't tell you my ideas until its done!!!
Since you are going with gas power on this one, cover the wings with Koverall (or 0.75oz fiberglass if you like) and use Minnwax Polycryllic to seal it, then latex for the colors on the fuse and wings. It's light, tough and completely fuel proof with gasoline. I would never go with film on a plane this size, the Koverall and paint looks much better and is far tougher. If you have to use film, I would avoid Monokote at this time.
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Irglnman,,, Halfscale here,, I guess it is time to put my two cents in,, I have been sloping this fiberglass and makeing these kits for almost fifteen years now,, And it gives me great pleasure to see someone take one of my kits and do such a great job !! ( This is the real payoff for me, it's not the money ) These are short kits and not for everyone to build, but they do give the builder a chance to change or build them the way they want too..... Keep up the great work !!!! Just call if you need anything.... Oh, PS. I do have a couple more of these kits made up in the shop that are looking for a builder... He,He,,,,, Thanks, Greg Garrison www.glhobbies.com
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Pic 1 &2 shows me bandsawing the ailerons out on the bandsaw. Some folks use a hobby knife to cut it out. I like the bandsaw better. Pic 3 showes the rudder being sandwitched together . Notice the extra weight I used . Close to 100lbs. Pic 4 shows a foul up. but represents what a good coating on gorilla glue should look like. very thin. I buttered the wrong side on this one.pay attention to detail. Pic 5 & 6 showes the completed rudder. Pic 7 shows the rear stab being glued up .Now I did this in one step. If I did it again I would do each half seperatly. Pic 8&9 showes another shot of plane Pic 10 showe the completed stab
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. Yea I got just about all the bugs figured out on this build. I am sure there will be a few more . 
Dadstoys I have been thinking about Jr's servos I all ready have a 
