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Is TruTurn spinner's size 1'' or 1.5'' ?
and Top Flight dummy radial engine's size 1/7 or 1/5?

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ORIGINAL: RaiBalboa

 No problem, Hoonny. 
Anything, PM me.
Post your jug here.

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ORIGINAL: iceaxe

hey guys I just maddened my p47tonight I have a dle 20 in her and am also running eflight 60/120 etracts in her
how did you guys go with the cg mine was just in front of the recommended cg but still feels slightly tail heavy in flight I'll drop a bit of weight in the nose I think

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ORIGINAL: flycolorado

Not sure if anyone is still following this thread but I thought I’d share my Jug just in case.

It’s got a DLE30 and a Great Planes LiFe (2100mA) running everything. I used an ignition battery eliminator/optical kill for the motor to save weight and it came out at 11lbs 4Oz. CG is at 4 ¾” and it feels perfect, it fly’s light and with authority. I found that the elevator needed to be set up looking like it was a flat bottom airfoil, not a symmetrical as you would expect. We discovered this to be true with 2 other Jug’s at the field. I set it up symmetrical and ran out of down trim trying to get it to fly level on the maiden. Just put a ruler on the bottom of the horizontal stab and bring the tip of the elevator down close to the ruler. It’s no speed demon so don’t think the DLE is over powered but the climb outs are awe inspiring!


flycolorado-

Thanks for your post. what altitude are you flying? What prop do you have on the dle30? Seems like you are propped for thrust since you have unlimited vertical.

Regarding your comment about the elevator trim - are the other two jugs also the twm (World Models) p47? I have their 60 size mustang and their GS mustang and neither of those need much down elevator trim from neutral at the cg that world models recommends. They both fly VERY well.

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ORIGINAL: coronabob

I flew my Jug for the 2nd time today. Found out that my DLE30 was overheating and stalling. I have but one cutout in the cowl for the factory muffler exhaust. Does anyone have a suggestion for baffling? I do not want to cut holes in my cowl.

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ORIGINAL: flycolorado

Not sure if anyone is still following this thread but I thought I’d share my Jug just in case.

It’s got a DLE30 and a Great Planes LiFe (2100mA) running everything. I used an ignition battery eliminator/optical kill for the motor to save weight and it came out at 11lbs 4Oz. CG is at 4 ¾” and it feels perfect, it fly’s light and with authority. I found that the elevator needed to be set up looking like it was a flat bottom airfoil, not a symmetrical as you would expect. We discovered this to be true with 2 other Jug’s at the field. I set it up symmetrical and ran out of down trim trying to get it to fly level on the maiden. Just put a ruler on the bottom of the horizontal stab and bring the tip of the elevator down close to the ruler. It’s no speed demon so don’t think the DLE is over powered but the climb outs are awe inspiring! I can do a short takeoff (20 ft), pull up the gear and point it straight up until it’s a dot! Then a pattern roll inverted and a half loop to bring it down the runway for a strafing run. It is my first Warbird and I fly mostly your average sport planes. It is an awesome Warbird trainer! It’s still on the factory gear because it handles so well. I can drive it the entire length of our 800’ runway on the mains and lift off when I please. Landings for me are done with a small amount of flap (what you would use for takeoff). It really does not need the flaps as it slows wonderfully. Fly with a little power to the threshold, cut to idle when a few feet of the ground and lightly push the mains on the runway. I hold the tail up till I stall the elevator and it sets down ever so gently. At this point she is moving at a brisk walk and it simply rolls to a stop. Very forgiving plane, I love it!

Here is flight number 4 from start to finish!