Resurection "almost"

Here's my rebuilt Decathlon back after it was shot down (fm radio) by a fellow flyer.... Yes it was on FM because everbody has gone to 2.4 (well almost...smile). The bird has numerous alterations which made it one of my favorite planes, hence the rebuild. If you look closely at the angled profile photo you will see where there is a diagonal line running just behind the rear window; almost everything from there forward is new. The rest of the plane was perfect..... Until it crashed again fifteen minutes after the first crash. You see as I was riding back with the crashed plane on a golf cart if fell off the back and that gave it some minor road rash on the wing tip and tail. I was amazed how well it with stood the initial crash, being buried in the gound and all.... build em strong I always sy.

Anyways, It initially had a Saito 150 aboard, but now it has YS DZ140 as it was in the barn doing nothing. I loved that saito though, will rebuild one day, just need a cylinder head. Looking closely at the images many of you will see other changes, like the wing mounting method. It screws on from the top, leaving access from the top if you remove the small cap just behind the front window. Its not scrwed on in the photo so you will see a minor gap. The front window is just taped on for the photo, but you get the idea. I also shorted up the wings by four ribs total (say 9 inches shorter) and it now has a Fiberglass Specialty cowl. Great cowl but tight fit, I made the mistake and recovered it first before the cowl arrives so I had to sand a bit down and will recover... barely visible amount. Not being a fantastic flyer I did not mount the tuned pipe (mabe later) on the underside of the fuse; thats why you see the header only sticking neatly from the underside. Does anybody know if this will compromise the performance of the YS? I don't mind a power loss of say 10% as it's build super strong yet light weight. Finally the covering is Solartex, which I love working with. I will paint the cowl later.... Maybe, as I want to fly it sooner..

OK Guy's great to be a part of the Decathlon fleet again and keep em flying ... even after the crash.<br type="_moz" />