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Old 06-24-2022, 07:19 AM
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Keith,

Unlike the ten foot long original one piece movie A6 fuselage we created a 3 piece mold...radome, center/wingroot section, and rear section just behind the exhaust. Our method of attachment makes for a strong non-slip fuselage with improved portability. Original movie fuselage weighed four times the MAC A6. Our extensive use of infused laminate foam provides regidity with huge reduction of glass and resin.

As for gear, original movie A6 gear manufactured by Matrix Machine weighed over 14#. We have worked with the two "Made In America" gear manufacturers to create an our initial gear. These have molded scale sheaths over proper scale dim retracts. A CNC milled aluminum gear will be available from Darrell at Sierra.
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Airex infused laminate foam sheet (green and white) used to reduce glass, increase strength, while reducing the fuselage weight. In our case our fuselage weighs 25% of the original movie A6.
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