CARF Skygate Hawk in the house !
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Easy way to fix the blast screen as used on my three Hawks : The bottom of the screen is lightly glued onto the lower frame. The top of the screen frame is then secured by three small screws through the canopy, slightly contersunk. The screw holes are filled, smoothed and the white outer frame is painted over where the screws are so its all invisible and secure. Once in place the screen can be further secured with a tiny bead of Hysol. Job done !
David.
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KILLER:
http://www.altecare.com/carfhawklarge.JPG
Behotec Electric Gear for CARF SKYGATE only $1600.00
Airtech wants $3800 for there electric version... Carf wants 2600 for the air version without plumbing. The Altecare package including everything including gear control.
Guess where I'm getting mine
http://www.altecare.com/carfhawklarge.JPG
Behotec Electric Gear for CARF SKYGATE only $1600.00
Airtech wants $3800 for there electric version... Carf wants 2600 for the air version without plumbing. The Altecare package including everything including gear control.
Guess where I'm getting mine
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Disco, isn't that the electric conversion?? There's no way you'll get the complete set electrified for that price!! Something's amiss!
Last edited by schroedm; 11-15-2014 at 11:06 AM.
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Main Wheel Alignment - what datum do you use for main wheel alignment? If I use the flap hinge covers then it looks like I will run into trouble getting the gear doors closed. Thanks for any thoughts.
Bob
Bob
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Ok - with the main wheel parallel to the fus seam, I can close neither the main nor small gear door. Both sit up about two mill and that's after a fairly hefty sanding job on the bearers. The main strut cover is also in contact with the inside of the upper wing surface when the wheel is retracted.
So - I'm clearly missing something - any ideas what?
Thanks
So - I'm clearly missing something - any ideas what?
Thanks
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The Saudi hawk has also flown!! Test flight went without a hitch. Everything just worked. Glad to have that done.
Maine insights though. It's a very draggy airframe. Likes to fly very slow. Coming from flying an ultra lightning, I guess everything is going to be slower.
Maine insights though. It's a very draggy airframe. Likes to fly very slow. Coming from flying an ultra lightning, I guess everything is going to be slower.
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Surprisingly I have almost no elevator trim needed with flaps deployed.
One question I do have for you guys. How much are your intakes restricted. Though I have absolutely no gear retraction issues and I don't need any intake restrictions, I want to see if I can reduce some drag through restricting the intakes somewhat.
Any feedback welcome.
One question I do have for you guys. How much are your intakes restricted. Though I have absolutely no gear retraction issues and I don't need any intake restrictions, I want to see if I can reduce some drag through restricting the intakes somewhat.
Any feedback welcome.
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Surprisingly I have almost no elevator trim needed with flaps deployed.
One question I do have for you guys. How much are your intakes restricted. Though I have absolutely no gear retraction issues and I don't need any intake restrictions, I want to see if I can reduce some drag through restricting the intakes somewhat.
Any feedback welcome.
One question I do have for you guys. How much are your intakes restricted. Though I have absolutely no gear retraction issues and I don't need any intake restrictions, I want to see if I can reduce some drag through restricting the intakes somewhat.
Any feedback welcome.
I have slowly opened it up to a little bit larger opening. I have it to my liking now. If you watch my videos you will see it is pretty fast. We did get a 217mph in a turning dive about 2 weeks ago. Not really worried about the speed as much as the vertical climb performance.
Now post some videos
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My Skygate Has a full bypass and the difference is very noticeable in comparison to my Tomahawk,also you may want to open the exhaust ports on the side of the fuse as in the full-scale to vent some pressure.
J.C.
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Darn, I was going to be completely done with the cockpit but I messed up the MDC stickers. any great tips for application of these inside the canopy? I don't want to ruin the second set that is coming from Taylormade.
Thanks, Behzad
Thanks, Behzad
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Hi Jeff
Thanks. I followed the instruction and installed the smaller one first and it went great except it had a very small kink. But the bigger one got messed up. Since I was ordering a set again, I took the little one out as well. I will try again se what happens. Hopefully it comes out good.
Behzad
Thanks. I followed the instruction and installed the smaller one first and it went great except it had a very small kink. But the bigger one got messed up. Since I was ordering a set again, I took the little one out as well. I will try again se what happens. Hopefully it comes out good.
Behzad