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Old 08-22-2002 | 06:59 PM
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Default Re: All Composite Quickee under $200.00

Originally posted by MikeyD
Don

Do you have a pic of this quickee? I did not see it on the WEB site? What is there definition of an all molded composite aircraft?
(Hmmm...that could be a whole other discussion). I did not see the type of construction on the WEB site for the F3D/30.

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Mike DeNeve
Mike,

There aren't any pictures of the new Quickies on the web site, but you can get a glimpse in the thread mentioned in my response to Dan.

The F3D/30 has a polyester fuselage. The wing and stab are hollow with the skins being bagged 2 oz cloth and 2 mm obechi. They do not have cloth on the inside of the skins, which will be corrected on the Quickies. They have skinned hinges and they have carbon fiber capped spars. All of the linkages are external on the F3D/30 and it uses two wing servos.

I've been going around with them on using English hardware, which they don't want to do because they sell worldwide. So the first one (project name: The Martin) will not have internal tail or aileron linkages and will be like the F3D/30, but with an epoxy fuselage. It also has a more forgiving wing than The Smasher, which will have internal linkages. It is possible that they may not produce The Smasher and I will produce it, or have it produced domestically. A lot will depend on the response to The Martin.