Carden 35% Extra 260
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4000686798:
Would you kindly give a measurement of the width of the fuse just fore and aft of the wing? I am going to get some aluminum landing gear to mount the floats and i need these measurements to buy the best-fitting set.
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The measurements are about 4-7/8 inches edge to edge. There is about a 1/2 inch radius up front, and 1/8 to 3/16 in back. Hope this helps please check the pictures. I also included two pictures of the area inside in front/behind the wing for hardwood mounts.
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Joined: 11/16/2006 From: Las Vegas,
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I just picked mine up at my LHS last saturday. I am going to put the OS 56FS-a in her. I am hoping to have her flying this coming Sun. Though it has been windy around here the last few days.
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Finished the floats, now i just need the plane!! Each float weighs 14oz and installation takes about 6oz of hardware. So AUW of the floats is going to be about 2lbs and some change...
sevans16: have you run that motor yet? If so, how do you like it? I would have a hard time justifying paying that much money for an engine if it didn't perform all that well. For that price a YS 63 could be had, which is a real monster of an engine. I have seen the OS 56 in person and wasn't terribly impressed...
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No I have not run it. I just bought it with the plane. I already have two of the 81's for my TF B-25 arf. So I figured what the hey. I have always been an OS man. I am always willing to try out the new stuff.
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I got mine in the air today. I flew it with the brand new OS 56FS-a . I ran the engine up for about 10 mins, the set it a little rich and off to the air. It is a wonderful engine. It has a low smooth idle with only 2 tanks through it. It seems to fly forever on the tank provided. I rarely went over half throttle(still running very rich) and I flew it for about 10 mins with over a half tank left. The plane flew great. The flaps are really cool but not needed. I need to program in some mixing between the ailerons and elevator. The plane goes in a serious climb when you give it aileron. Other than that it was very smooth and predictable. Quick build!!!.
< Message edited by sevans16 -- 5/25/2008 8:12:35 PM >
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Humm 2lbs?? Yeah for scale like flight it should be fine and the flaps will help quite a bit with landings. I might lean towards a little more power?? Maybe a 55AX?
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OK, got some more time on her this weekend. Had about 1hr in the air. The thing barely crawls with full flaps and is very stable. I have about a 1/2 gallon through my OS 56 FS Alpha now and the idle is around 2800 and full throttle tach reading of 10,100 RPM with 15% CP and 13x6 APC sport prop.
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