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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/7/2008 5:23:13 PM   
mkharv3



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Status: offline 		Forgot to mention to the post before mine. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE LINKS. Alot of cool information. I really like that **** did a mass PNP build thread. Cool pics too. Thanks again

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/7/2008 11:51:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here was the video of my Magnum 4 Stroke. I put it on You Tube a couple weeks ago but just found out how to put it on the thread here for viewing. It is a short clip of the first time I turned it over. Enjoy.

HOPEFULLY THIS WORKS


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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/7/2008 11:54:32 PM   
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=uhDEaSqgz4Q

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/8/2008 4:07:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		The F-F-F-Four stroke looks pretty good, will it have the power to pull the extra weight, so where are you putting that plywood on the engine mount area, you don't want to change the thrust line on that thing but I am sure you know that. I thought I was the one that lost engines on landing, but that was with a cutting board engine mount, and I think that I have got building those down pretty good now

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/8/2008 4:29:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		I sure hope so. It will I only added a little 1/8 pieces below the engine mount to add some durability. All the other threads I have read did too. Alot of people complain of engine mount issues. Thanks the lord for rcuniverse.com...

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/14/2008 7:14:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		First here are a few pictures of the work that I was able to get done this weekend. I got most of the fuse done except for skin and now I will be starting the wing struts. I am not looking forward to doing it because I will screw it up. Anyways I will work that one this week some time. Without further ado here they are. Oh one more thing I think the stringers on the tail turned out great. hopefully you can see it but the top string is a twisted piece of balsa. Looks cool!

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/14/2008 7:19:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		One more post for the night. Here are a couple pictures of the vertical and horizontal stabs. The vertical stab is obviously glued in but the horizontal stab is not. The plans state to wait but I don't see why. What s everyone else's experience with that part? Anyways I think everything looks really straight and perpendicular. So far so good. Enjoy and let me know what you think. Mark

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/14/2008 11:34:18 AM   
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The plans state to wait but I don't see why.

I think I waited until after I'd covered the parts. Easier to make it look good that way.

Your frame is looking good, by the way. Keep up the good work!

Phil


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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/14/2008 4:13:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the words of encouragement Phil. Honest truth how hard is it to screw up the wing supports? I am worry that it is possible to get them hard mounted and then I install the wing and the hole dont even come close. Of course everything is built per the plans but Newtons Law. How was your experience? Thanks again. Mark

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/14/2008 5:25:17 PM   
mkharv3



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Status: offline 		Another video from the shop. If I new how to put it in the post I would. If you know how please share.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SKT6htSq0aA

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/15/2008 4:39:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		nice video, plane is looking good, just keep plugging away at it and posting the pix....and the video was good

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/15/2008 5:47:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks buddy! I keep trying to plug away, I will be on leave next leave so I plan on getting a bunch done. i think that it is time to purchase some monokote. I need to start planning my design. What colors do you suggest? By the way where r the picutres at that you speak of. Mark

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/16/2008 4:22:35 AM   
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ORIGINAL: mkharv3

Thanks for the words of encouragement Phil. Honest truth how hard is it to screw up the wing supports? I am worry that it is possible to get them hard mounted and then I install the wing and the hole dont even come close. Of course everything is built per the plans but Newtons Law. How was your experience? Thanks again. Mark

I had no trouble at all with the wing struts. Getting the wing incidence right wasn't difficult either. Just make the parts match the plans. I epoxied the struts into the pockets that are built into the fuselage, and have had no problems with them loosening up at all, even through two crashes. In fact, after the bad crash, when I made new struts, the hardest part of the rebuild was getting the remnants of the struts out of the fuselage.

I'll repeat again, 'cause it bears repeating! the junctions at the top of the struts is another matter! But the simple addition of a screw (I used an inch-long sheet metal crew in each of the four junctions) through the upright struts into the horizontal wing attachment pieces fixes it. No more worries.

Phil


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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/17/2008 7:40:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Could you by any chance post some pictures of the way you added the screws. We love pictures.

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RE: Great Planes 40 PETE N POKE Sport Build! - 7/21/2008 5:13:19 PM