n8622t

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That tailwheel looks great but.... I'm with you on the mounting it needs something

n8622t

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Prekin your spinner is awesome but what did you use for a back plate?

Prekin

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As a back plate I used some aluminium plate from spinner which you can buy. You can see the kind of spinner in the picture.

Joespeeder

Hey Guys,

I picked up on of these for my LA-7 http://www.skysharkrc.com/item/ME109G-Scale-Spinner-103




Joe

Prekin

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It sounds like a barbarism to use a spinner from Bf-109 on La-7 or some another Soviet aircraft..

Joespeeder

Hi Perkins,

lol... yea, my LA-7 is painted in captured colors and the spinner was close enough and once painted to match the yellow nose it'll look great !!

Joe

Prekin

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Joe, I followed your intersting project, but I can´t see any shot of completed airplane. Could you show some picture please?

Joespeeder

Hi Prekin,

I will be maidening it in a few weeks.... The weather is just getting back to flying weather here and the LA-7 will fly soon. I have a DR-1 and a Pfalz to maiden plus a couple others to re-maiden after some changes.... All in all about 6 new projects to tune and test this spring !!

I promise I'll post photos of the LA-7 as soon as I can.

Joe

Prekin

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6 new projects???!! How do you do it? It looks like you are without a job and your day has more than 24 hours!

Prekin

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I´m looking forward to some picture of your La-7.

n8622t

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Joe yer spinner looks pretty good....Prekin what diameter is your backplate?

Prekin

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I´ll write you the diameter in the friday evening. But I found some pictures and compared the diameter of the spinner and space for the engine.

n8622t

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That's great! Look forward to seeing that and thanks

Prekin

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Now is Friday evening, so I´m typing. The diameter of the backplate is 105 mm.

n8622t

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Thanks Prekin I have a spinner I will measure to see if I can use the backplate

Prekin

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You´re welcome.

Lerch32

Anyone have retracts they want to sell for the pa-7?

djmoose

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My LA-7 is officially ready to maiden.

The new G38 has been a handfull. First the magneto/flywheel gap was too big, then the black carb insulator was cracked and was causing tuning problems. Now everything is tightened up and ready to go.

I also thought you guys would like to see my landing gear plate I made so the LA-7 can sit in my trailer a little easier.

miklos

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OK... that is not finished..... Ya gotta skuff it up a bit. Make it look like it's been in the war like this..
Believe it or not, that's just some number 2 pencil lead rubbed into the covering and panel lines....

djmoose

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That will all happen after it flies and I get it dialed in.

n8622t

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Miklos you did a real nice job of weathering that airframe....I'd like to see what yer fingers look like

radfordc

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Look what showed up on my doorstep today! UPS tried their best to break it, but everything inside is in good shape. This one will have an XYZ 53 and HK electric tailwheel and mains.

rcfan450

Heck ya Radfordc! I love the xyz 53 in mine. That motor rips and has run like a dream (since I had the ignition replaced). Just make sure you give the motor some right thrust, 1 degree of down thrust on the horizontal stabs, and whatever else has been mentioned in this forum. I didn't do those things cause I thought I would be ok without doing it. Nope. 3 crashes later I made all the adjustments (and some airbrushing) and now it flies great. It's a show stopper anywhere you take it!

radfordc

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That smoke looks cool. I've never done a smoker....might have to think about that.

n8622t

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Thanks for the tailwheel tip radfordc. I ordered two today one for the 190 D the other for the LA7