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Old 08-11-2006 | 12:40 AM
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Default RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

ORIGINAL: Neurotex
Looks like the squirrel's were nib'lin on it![:'(]
Well, part of it is 3 holes where I shot it with my son's BB rifle. It was way up in the pine tree and I had to use binoculars to see it. It was behind so many branches and wedged in tight. Being a pine, there are no leaves to lose in the Fall, so I thought it was up there for good. They all thought I missed with the rifle, but I knew I had to hit it a least a few times in the 10 shots I took. I'm an Expert marksman. I couldn't see it without the binoculars while I was taking the shots, but I still knew exactly where it was. My son was the first one to see the BB holes after my wife recovered it.

Gtx, why not switch the channel now that you have it back? ... is that an entire lower wing glued on under the main wing?
I was thinking tonight that I might make a C channel out of it. I fly C and my son's planes are B. My red C has a Rx motor out problem. That makes 2 for me. This one went while it was flying. So, I may as well turn this into a C so my son and I will still each have 2 planes.
The lower wing is attached to the bottom of the upper wing with an overlap of 1/2". Double sided clear tape between the wings holds the entire seam, and short pieces of single sided clear tape reinforces the leading and trailing edges. I was going to attach them properly if this test configuration worked, but it worked so good that I didn't want to mess with it. The plane flies great. Smooth turns, stable, a real treat to fly.

I don't have any problem understanding your CG Finder drawings. Hey, I work on a CAD system every day, and I still do that type of drawing occasionally.

BTW, it wasn't as wet as I thought. It dried out already and I had to try it. It still works.