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Old 01-27-2008 | 03:12 PM
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Default RE: Doubledog's building a luftboot

still chugging away at it.

This weekend got the tower together & epoxied in. Using West Systems 206 and this stuff is good. Look under the engine & you'll see the IV bag that just layed in there for pic's. Its a challenge coming up with ideas and now the most interesting is going to be building the rudder system.

Any ideas on how to do it? Hope to make some brackets off the back of the tower extended out to two verticle rods. Fins will be out of thick stock aluminum.

How tall should the fins be? Swinging a 14 inch prop so I'm guessing... der' 14 inches?

Btw,
Once things started coming together, its pretty dang big. Now I'm worried about the CG. Haven't put it on a balance stick yet, but by looking, it seems too far to the rear. Will try to push the radio up front as best as possible.
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