Hey Dan!

No sweat man!

I did have an opportunity to fly the props today, but got to working on my van (heater won't work and winter is nearing!), then the firewood guy came by and I spent the afternoon carrying firewood from my front yard to the back! We finally got some descent weather today (overcast and gray, but calm), but that other stuff came up so I didn't get out.

I did run the engines on the ground after work last week and "tacked" them with all the different props. I have all the RPMs written down and am going to post them, but was going to wait until I got to fly them too. Hopefully tomorrow. I can tell you that I don't know if those Graupner 12 x 8s are going to work. They take the RPM down to like 8,200 and that seems too low to me. They were spinning about 8,600 with the Master Airscrews in the same size. I'll be sure to give a complete report about all the props after I get to fly them.

The first shipment of kits did come in. We finished our Q.C. check on Friday and everything looks swell. The hold up now is with the decals (I guess that sounds like an excuse, but it's true).

I don't think I should divulge the quantities of kits that came in, but it is almost (but not quite) enough to fill back orders, so most everybody should get theirs from this first shipment. I don't know what the allocation breakdown is between dealers (hobby shops who have purchased them through Great Planes Distribution) and Tower Hobbies. I do believe this first shipment is only about half of our first order, so the other half of the order is probably close behind (I think that's the case, but not certain--I can check).

I have also developed a list of suggestions for building/setting up/flying your B-25. These are simple hop-ups and other things I've learned after spending more time with my own (some I have already mentioned earlier in this thread). I'll post that stuff (with a few photos) soon.

In the mean time, feel free to ask whatever you want. I'll gladly answer what I can!


Tim