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Old 10-09-2006, 08:44 PM
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Default RE: Hangar 9 Tribute 36 --PnP ??

I love Hanger 9 planes and I think they have some of the best offerings in the market. I don't have any pictures but the only complaint I would have about the Tribute is that the designer thinned the fuselage sides where the structural spans meet. I would probably put gusset plates in those areas or at least make them wider. The thinning idea works good if your building bridges but stinks when building a fuselage side. The reason is that a fuselage is exposed to so many more forces than a bridge and the twisting a plane does in aerobatics is more than it can take. All it takes is one sloppy landing and it puts a kink in the fuse.

OK, that's my engineering lesson for the week.