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Old 12-21-2007 | 02:00 PM
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wphilb
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Default RE: Building the Proctor Nieuport 11

Mike,

Your N11 is coming along nicely! I have one flying, I flew it at Rhinebeck this year and at Gerry Yarrish's MWM in CT as well. I'm traveling so I can't post a pic, but there's one of it on the Proctor site.

One trick I did with the rudder was build a removable frame that, while in storage, holds the rudder outline from warping. It's basically a copy of the old frames that used to surround wooden tennis rackets.
I had some warping trouble with my N11 and my GTM DR1, but the frame solved it. When I get home I'll take a pic and post it.

The plane flies great, very docile in the air, though take-off is a challenge. I'm using a Saito 90 twin and it sounds great as well. You will enjoy flying this plane. I also have a thread going on my 1/3 scale N28 over at RCscalebuilder if you're interested.

Cheers and please keep posting!

Whit