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11-26-2015 | 10:49 AM

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boberos

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From: peterborough, ON, CANADA

Maybe we can bring this old thread back to life.
I think George H. is around here somewhere.
I wonder how his Impulse flew?
I have an old "Impulse'' by Bill Johnke here.The plane looks to be in quite good condition except for a little hangar rash to the silkspan covering. Patched the covering last night with more silkspan & dope.
It has a Babcock compound esc. with a Relayer (super regen) rcvr.
Nicely built but appears to be a scratch built version as it has some ''Easybuilt'' Micro balsa sheeting in it.
Since I have the original M.A.N. Feb 54 construction article, I see that mine is rudder only as it does not have a kick up elevator as shown on Bill Johnke's plans.I do not have the Berkeley plan for comparison.
I plan to electrify it with a 400 XT outrunner and modern servos then add an elevator before flying it.

Bob

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