I’ve been concentrating my time on a P-51D with a os 1.2 4c. I had to put bearings in it then it would run for 4 minutes and quit. I tried everything I could think of and finally gave up and put it out of the way for the summer when I thought of a bad glow plug. Turns out the plug needed 1.25 turns to tighten it back up. I finally got a good flight on it Sunday. Hopefully tomorrow there will be someone at the field so I can test fly it to verify all the trim is correct then I will mark the trims and install a spectrum DX7 which I want to ring out real well this summer.

Next I have a IMP Macchi ready for maiden. Again hopefully tomorrow. With all the problems this summer I’m due for some luck. But this is the second plane out of the 120 models I’ve built that I’m not sure will fly so I plan to hope it. If at that moment it leaves the ground I’m able to keep the wings level we’ll climb out if not I’ll cut the engine and take what I get.

Then its back to the zero!

I’ve been thinking about cutting the cowl, it is pretty thin and I have to cut allot of it away and I’m worried about the cowl curling.

Dick, if your still tuned in I will have to cut it all the way to the back, do you think it will curl? Would a couple of layers of 2oz glass be a good idea?

Joe