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Old 01-01-2003 | 07:41 AM
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Default Balsa USA enforcer

Constrictor, Thanks for the thread. Got me thinking about an airplane that i had a ball with years ago until it died before its time in an inverted flat spin that it wouldn't recover from. The retracks i had installed changed its geometry. Before the gear change, it would do a full power ,inverted, flat spin that it would hover or slightly rise in and easily roll out of. With the lengthened nose, i found out this was not a good attitude for it. Anyway, i ordered another Enforcer and am in the process of building it now. Had the fuse. framed up and skinned in one evening. After a week of " spare" time, the wing is about 2/3 done. I do use nyrod type push rod for this wing, but i get the carbon fiber core not the nylon and fill the bays that they run through as well as the leading edge bays with non-expanding foam after the bottom sheeting is in place and before the top is sheeted. Just let it harden, trim off the excess (I use a hack saw blade), block sand, and sheet as normal. No flex in your push rods and adds a lot of strength with very little weight. I have an OS91 2 stroke I think I'll put in this one, so i added some tri stock around the gear mounts for the additional weight. Can't wait for spring in Ohio. Thanks again!