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Old 09-13-2007 | 10:24 PM
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khodges
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Default RE: Balsa USA Bristol M-1


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This simplified my spinner problem. Having said that someone supplies a spinner in aluminum for this size Bristol, just can not remember who. It was pricy as I recall.
JEB
Arizona Model Crafters has an Albatross spinner that works, about $70 as best I can remember (almost as much as the whole M-1 kit). It's not truly scale, although it's the right diameter. The Bristol's spinner is spherical, the Albatros is parabolic, but the difference at that scale is small.

I also changed my Bristol somewhat. I enlarged the horizontal tail to make it closer to scale, and stick built it instead of using the balsa slabs that come in the kit. It probably saved a couple of ounces in the rear.

What is the diameter of the 90R3? I bet that would be a great powerplant for the M-1D, of which there was only one built. It had a 3-cyl Franklin radial.
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