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Old 01-25-2005 | 10:51 AM
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Miniflyer
 
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Default RE: TRIM F86

Hi.
Good looking Sabre from Trim. That bird simply looks great in a metal finish...

I do have one question, though. Your pic states "ready to fly"....are those barndoor-geardoors going to stay open all the time? The real Sabre closed them once gear was extended.... (doors open, gear up, door closed; doors open, gear down, doors closed). They only re-opened by gravity once the hydraulic pressure went off the system a while after shutdown...

See here:
[link]http://www.chew76.fsnet.co.uk/concorde/f86.jpg[/link]
[link]http://www.goldenappleoperations.org/images/gallery/twsabre.jpg[/link]

Really helpful is also this:
[link]http://www.goldenappleoperations.org/gallery.htm[/link]

I'm finishing up my sabre now, too, about your size. Wanted to cover it in Coverite Presto and make it the Skyblazer bird, but for now i'll stick to a simple scheme and fly it for a season....maybe re-finish it after it has flown successfully and i get bored in the next winter . Just finished my nosewheel-geardoor setup, thats why i was wondering how you solved this....