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Old 03-05-2012 | 08:57 AM
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Default RE: Converting Tower Trainer into a scale plane?

Hi
I had a Tower 60 trainer with a Tower 75 Glo on it. Flew it until it absolutly wore out. I then stripped all the covering off of it, recovered with SIG AEROKOTE: thats the only covering I will now use. Its soooo easy to work with. You'll learn right away that it shrinks a bunch. so be carefull. Thats a plus though, because it is easy to get rid of the wrinkles. Anyway, i then converted to a taildragger. Why,?? because my Father was a flight instructor during WWII. I heard him say a thousand times. They should not give anyone a pilots license unless they first learn to fly a tail dragger!! Real airplanes have a tail wheel. I found out, that tail draggers are much easier to fly. He was right. I put very large wheels on also because I have a dirt runway and it made it look like a bush plane. I also just used the ailerons a flaperons. (much easier and less servos) I flew it for a couple of more years, until one evening the big one happened and destroyed it. without a doubt it probably was my favorite airplane. I loved it because it would let me be the Boss all the time. Note: I had a Tower 40 before the 60, but bigger is better and easier to fly.

Bill