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WIid Hare MX2 Prototype
Well Im a lucky guy. I got the new WIld Hare MX2 Protoype plane. Its big, bad, and green. This plane has all the right curves. Its just gorgeous!! Its built very lite with all up built wings and stab. The turtle and hatch top is sheeted foam. To say it looks like a Wild Hare model wouldnt be truthfull. Its different. Very different. But different in a good way. Its just not the famliar Wild Hare bulding format I am use to. But it is built very well and strong even for its lite weight. I have not flown it yet but that will change on Wednsday the 21st. I am using a ZDZ 80 on it. The motor mounting went really well even with that silly carberator sticking out ouf the inside of the motor box. Tom had a DA 100 on it and left me with 2 holes for the pipes but those will just have to be extra coolong until I patch them up. The cowling mount is very unique. Its held on by 2 screws on top and 2 tabs on the bottom built from an inner frame work in the cowl. You just slide the cowl on and lift up and they lock in place, put the 2 screws in and your done. Real cool design and sturdy. The ZDZ 80's spark plug was the only thing that stuck out of the bottom of the cowl with the exception of the pitts muffler pipes. Even with that there is plenty of air getting to the head. Especially when I cut out the little hole up front right under the prop where on a full scale is where the carb. intake would be. Its about 2 sq. inches total of air ramming right onto the cylinder head and it looks cool too. The air exits the compartment via 2 rectangular wholes right behind the cowling and f2 where you can hang a set of pipes.
Inside the fuselage is plenty of room due to it being a little on the low wing side of a design. Kinda like a Giles.. I used a 32oz. fuel tank and dual receivers. The batteries ride right on top of the wing tube. There is a numerous places where you can mount the ignition module also.
Something I have noticed is that it seems to have a short moment. Not sure but it seems short. From the trailing edge of the wing to the leading edge of the stab it measures 23". Cant wait to see how that works. I bet it tumbles good.
Well. I just wanted to right something about it. But the moment of truth will be a few days ahead when i take her up and fly it. I will be competing with it in IMAC in Sportsman class so beware of the big greeen machine.. [8D] It is replacing a short lived 35% Giles 202 so it to me has a tough role to follow.
I will be putting some pics up today as soon as my digi. cam batteries are charged. Check back and many tens yall....
Scott Shaffer
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