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Old 05-27-2006 | 07:38 PM
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Default RE: U-Can-Do 3d 46?

Blisster... Yes that was two holes one on each side, I did mine as close and inbween
both blind nuts of the gear.. See pic... If you can see it:-)

What Gary was saying on the engine off-set... You can just use thin washers on the
left side of the engine mount... I have not added any to mine yet... The way I was told
to check was to have your plane trimmed out, and min./no wind.. Go vertical and see if
your "trimmed" plane veers to the left.... You should do this a number of times because
a lot can affect this test.... This may be wrong, but that's what was told to me)

On my canopy, I just spray painted it... It's working great so far in this AZ heat, I also
did my 4*60 and it's still good after about two yrs... Don't drop nothing on the canopy,
If it does not break the canopy, it will damage the paint... Don't ask how I know this

Also, If you have not done so, A lot of us do not use the cowl mounting blocks, instead
just screw the cowl into the fuse/firewall area.. "on the side"... see pic... It saves a small
bit of weight, that is if you do not need the weight... It's no big deal tho....


I also upgraded to 4-40 rods on all control surfaces, and used clear ultrakote on the bottom
of all.. On "Do" # 1.... I just used Schotch tape( at least 75 flights).... it stayed on until her
demise due to a bad battery connection on the solder joint on the battery itself(.. It not
only killed the "Do", But it hurt my S-100 that was on it, As she went in inverted at 1/2
throttle:-((((((((((((((... And that's a lot of throttle with the 100 on the 46 "Do"....
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