daven

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Claude how does the wing fit the wing saddle?

I ordered one this morning, I have time to get this ready for our last club race.

clb

Not bad.
I have only a maximum gap of .0157" at 60% of the MAC.
Claude.

lmotv1

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Hello Dave, can you fit a Predator II wing on your fuse? Pls let me know I'd be interested in one. Got an extra wing aound the house and would much rather use one of your fuses instead of the original. Good Luck,
Luis

clb

Dave, I think your last club race is today.
Does the Seeker/Viper is ready for the race?
What are the results, if it flies for the race?
Claude.

daven

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We had our last race of the year today. I flew the same seeker I have used at every club race for the past two years and came in first. We then had our chase for the race flyoff, top 8 from the season. I came in 2nd, and another competitor with a seeker came in first.

I have not finished my Viper / Seeker combo.

Dave

PylonDave

do the q500 rules allow a chord of less than 10 inches??

daven

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Yes, I use a 9 3/4" chord, but you need the full 52" span and you can't round your tips too much or you'll fall below the required 500 squares.

daven

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Dang,

I see I missed Louis' question above. I have never tried to mount a predator wing to a seeker. I am sure it can be done, but it will most likely require some filling with balsa and a new potting job.

clb

Here are some pictures about how the Seeker fuse and Viper wing fit.
1- shows the gap between the fuse and the wing
2- the balsa fill on the Seeker fuse
3- the tight fit of the control of ailerons from the downside of the fuse.

daven

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I would just dremel away some of the wood around the aileron torque rods, but don't remove too much, it doesn't look like there is a lot of room or you'll not have enough wood for the wing mounting bolts.

clb

I "dremel" away a very thin part of wood and the nylon wing bolts are already in place.
Claude.

clb

My first Seeker fuse kit with a Viper wing is ready to fly at the beginning of this year.
The weather is not really fine for a first flight but I can wait.
This plane will be my number three for the Q500 Eurocup 2007. Number one and two will be a Seeker composite and a Vortex with Nelson Q500 engines.
Happy New Year to all pylon racers on this forum.

PylonDave

Dave which fuse kit is the closest match to Randys Wing???? seeker?hurrikane? or the one you made for the viper wing?

daven

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Both the seeker and hurrikane use the same airfoil as the Vortex. Either would be fine.

Randy Etken

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R-200 matches perfect.

PylonDave

Randy , What are you asking for the R-200 fuse??? are they available??

Randy Etken

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I just finish up new Fuse and tail molds, will be pulling first this week. They will be painted in mold and have a removable tail. The old R-200 would pull to the left on take off, new one has a larger tail and tail moment is a little higher. I have orders for a dozen right now so would be a couple months out. If you check out the NCPL web site you will see the R-200 won both 426 & 428 point totals. The R-200 and R-140 are the winningest plane in NCPL history. I will get back to you on price once I start making.

daven

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Randy,

You loved throwing in that R200 comment in a seeker thread, didn't you

You also know, that if I hadn't skipped a 426 (NCPL 500) race to practice for the Nats, a Seeker would have won that title.

Add to that, 2 seekers and a viper of all planes beat you in the NCPL Shootout this year. Let me guess, the starter got the order wrong again, and you really came in first?

Lastly, since were having fun, the seeker I've been flying for the past two seasons is completely wood and foam, none of those fancy composites were using now

See ya Saturday, should be fun!

HighPlains

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Let me guess Dave, if he flew a Seeker, he wouldn't 'feel the need for speed'?

daven

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Ohh, he has speed, its the control thats lacking

He's the kind of guy that will chop your tail, AFTER the heat is over.

Randy Etken

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Why would you pick on a senior citizen over 62 that has had cataract surgery in both eyes, wears thick glasses to see, has had a triple bypass and a heart attack. Believe me if I had to fly a Leeker they would time me with a sun dial. It’s the plane not the pilot.
Also I would have won the race in Amery this year if you wouldn’t have invited a ringer in named Seafoam (funny name for a guy from KC) who midaired me after cutting 3.
And as for your tail, you should try to stay out of the way of a faster plane.
See you Saturday.

Randy Etken

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As you can tell the Minnesota winter has started to get to me![&o] So let the bench flying start.

Super Splatter

So, I supose you were having a senior moment when I beat you with my leeker than, right ?

diggs_74

For anyone who is interested in the kind of guy Randy is.. One time he clipped off the tail of my Seeker and without missing a beat yelled at me to get out of the way, yes this was during the race.. I will have you know that I landed the Seeker in the trees upside down and it was flying again the next weekend.. I've had an R-200, a hit like that would have taken everything behind the wing..

aseaholm

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Cut 3???

If memory serves, after a blatant R-200 first lap cut on #1, probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 feet short. The venerable BoP closed the gap and began the pin high perfect line pass around 3. The massive speed through 2/3 caused a Vortex and sucked your R-200, from 100+ feet wide, back into it's path...

It might have been a gravitational field as well, it IS pretty beefy. I say it IS because it still resides poised for action in the fleet. While out of shame for such a speed deficit, the R-200 tried to replant itself in the parched WI soil...

That's how I remember it anyway.

Winter blows, let the games begin...