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Old 08-20-2007 | 04:06 PM
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Default RE: Hobby Lobby 50" Tigermoth

I finished installing the wings this morning. This was a little irritating because the kit didn't have nearly enought 2mm bolts and nuts to do the job. So I had to substitute 2/56 bolts and nuts from my own supply, redrilling many of the holes to make room for enough clearance to get the bolts through.
I found I had to do a great deal of grinding on the battery box to be able to put the recommended 3300 mAh lipo in, because the landing gear restricted the access. Just another example of how this model IS NOT worked out for electric propulsion, in spite of the big claims on Hobby Lobby and in the gushy "review" on Fly RC Mag. Very irritating.
Here are some pix of the thing, just about ready to test fly tomorrow. I added 1.75 oz of lead to insure the cg location.
I will report on the test flight. All in all, it looks fairly good and the motor is very strong, servos all give good movement, etc. Should fly well.
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