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Old 06-25-2004 | 01:00 PM
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Default RE: Citabria Pro by Balsa USA

No, I have not quit at all. I ordered some parts from the mail that got lost on the way here. (FedEx). So, I had to pay a little more for the prop I need and some servo arms, and ordered them from Tower Hobbies.
I ordered some longer servo arms for the ailerons, since I want better travel than the stock arms I got. The stock arms only gave about 3/4" travel which I know with such a small aileron, it will not be enough, and I really need a bigger prop as well. The 16x6 Zinger I was using to break in the engine just isn't big enough. The engine really over revvs with such a small load, and I can here some knocking and such at full throttle even when set slobbering rich, so I want to load it up some more. I just installed a new Zinger 17x6 to try next. A hard prop to find, but Tower and Horizon does carry them, and Zinger still makes a few.
I am sorry I haven't updated guys, but I am getting ready for some vacation in a week, so I will try to get it assembled and get some good pics of it fully complete for the thread. When I get back off vacation, I will be flying it for sure. I am kinda bummed out, the June flight test looks more like July now.[]

I installed the new muffler and it leaked a bit while test running, so I removed and cleaned the whole area, and reinstalled with some copper high temp RTV silicon, and then it held up fine for my latest test run.

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