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Four Sar 40 Rebuild - 6/16/2008 11:21:37 PM   
fredy


 

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Status: offline 		My four star crashed after the reciever battery got disconnected from the switch lead while doing a snap roll. Since then I have started heat shrinking any servo extensions or battery extensions to help prevent this same mistake in the future. The crash landed pretty much nose in, so there was minimal damage to the wing or tail, although the nose of the plane was a complete right-off. So, I bought some wood and got creative. Since I was rebuilding anyway, I clipped the wings two bays (but added wingtips), and built a bigger rudder. The fuse is a tad wider to accomadate the bigger battery (plane is electric conversion). First flight was yesterday and she flies great, but not as forgiving as before: wing loading is 31 oz/ft^2.


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RE: Four Sar 40 Rebuild - 6/17/2008 12:05:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		Excellent rebuild! Amazing how much a plane can change with a little imagination!

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RE: Four Sar 40 Rebuild - 6/17/2008 1:22:40 AM   
fredy


 

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Status: offline 		pics from the first flight yesterday. There aren't any low flybys yet. I kept the altitude high while exploring the flight characteristics.

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RE: Four Sar 40 Rebuild - 6/17/2008 3:17:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Your wing loading is very high. Compairable to war birds. You may have just developed a "war-bird trainer". Nice work on the rebuild.

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RE: Four Sar 40 Rebuild - 8/7/2008 6:10:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		How does she fly with the clipped wings? Im thinking about doing the same but not sure if I should clip one or two bays.

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RE: Four Sar 40 Rebuild - 8/8/2008 7:52:15 AM   
thuebner


 

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Status: offline 		Wow, love the cowl. Well done.

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RE: Four Sar 40 Rebuild - 8/10/2008 3:10:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		That's nice.

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RE: Four Sar 40 Rebuild - 8/10/2008 11:36:13 PM   
bayareajeff


 

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Status: offline 		Very nice... Very cool!

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