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Old 01-22-2003 | 06:41 PM
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Paul - Hehe.. caught that huh? Yeah the servos were getting soaked with oil. Had to fix that.

rc- Thanks for the kind works on the covering. Upon closer inspection - It's less than perfect. I was a bit shocked about all of the weight too. Both sides of the nose have equal amounts of lead added. It calculates out to about 4.5oz. The motor on the front is a 10 year old O.S. 40fp. It's a bushing motor with an aluminum head. The current line of motors from O.S. has the 40la at 9.5 oz and the 46Fx at 13.2 oz. Once I grow tired of my SkyFire 40 (Delta Wing) - I will be upgrading the power plant in the GeeBee to a 46FX. The added weight of the motor will allow for most of the extra weight to come off. As it sites right now - it's a touch tail heavy.

All three flights on Sunday resulted in me flying it until the tank went dry. Landings on this plane are just about as easy as they come.

Who'd of thunk a profile plane could be so much fun!

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