My Top Flite Staggerwing was purchased at an RC estate auction in Illinois about 2 months ago. The plane was about 95% completed, it came with OS160FS 4 cycle twin engine and all but one servo. Thanks to all who posted to this thread for the suggestions on setting up this plane. The plane was balanced using a
Vanessa CG Machine (see http://home.mindspring.com/~the-plumber/Vanessa%20CG%20Machine.htm) and required 24 oz of Pb which was attached to the engine standoffs. The radio was setup per the manual. The first flight (and next two) went very well, the plane lifted off nicely and required just a few clicks of up and right trim. Full flaps were used for landing. I used an on board glow system for a 3 cyl engine, used 2 for the glow plugs and the 3rd to light a low voltage LED (green) to tell when the plugs were getting voltage
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Sorry about the poor video quality but we are new to the video part of this.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=9G_BQrmd0-4