RE: Looking for a Biplane
Thanks RC, Yes I am very happy about the way it turned out, it is always the talk of the field and everybody always wants to see it fly, it took me from March until October to complete because I built it with the "Glue a piece on, every time I walked by it method" then in October I decided that wasn't quick enough before the end of our season, so I buckled down and finished it off in 2 nights, but it too was one of those get to it when I can type things, I normally build a plane from scratch in about 2 weeks to a month just because I love to build em, but I was very busy that year, Another reason for the purchase was a friend of mine was building a Tri-folker so we could re-inact the Waldo Pepper Ernst Kessler dogfight, Unfortuneately I couldn't find a good kit in my price range at the time that Waldo was flying, so I bought this one, I wasn't dissatisfied at all except that it doesn't really look authentic next to my Buddy's Tri, he did an awesome job on his, it took him 3 years to build it. the pics are in my Gallery. The Pilots head even turns with the rudder direction. Very cool.
I wished I put all the cabane in before I closed up the nose and fuel tank area, it was really hard to get those little nuts on the screws inside the tank area, so if your not that far yet, its something to consider, and the OS 46 can't extend as far out on the nose As they say to put it on the motor mounts supplied, so I just mounted it at the farthest point forward that I could. it still balanced out fine.
This is the 3rd great planes plane I've seen with the same problem, I owned 2 different GP planes and a friend just bought one that had the same problem, If you want to use their Measurements, the front 2 engine mount holes are right off the engine mounts. leaving you short between a 1/4 & 1/2 " whats up with that I say??[sm=confused.gif]