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Old 05-15-2009 | 11:50 AM
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turbojoe
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Default RE: "USEFUL" Telemaster 40 mods?

Thanks guys. I've been looking at all the online forums lately and it looks like I should probably just leave the incidence alone. A bolt on wing is definite though. I just have to decide which method to use or maybe even come up with one of my own. Glow power is out of the question. It'll be electric for sure. I went ahead and built the firewall/motor box last night as well as mounting up the nose gear because I prefer trike gear. I also cut all the cooling holes in the firewall. The firewall is ready to accept a motor but I don't have one that isn't too small or too big for the application. I do have everything to make it a twin though so I plan to go that route. I simply can't come up with nacelles that I'm happy with.

I've only just started on the fuse and am taking my own sweet time as I have dozens of other planes to fly in the mean time. This isn't a rush build. I'd really like to take the time to do the twin motor mod right though. The nacelles are what are keeping me from getting really excited with this particular build. I have a bunch of late 60's-early 70's design twin plans but those nacelles are almost all carved from balsa blocks. That ain't gonna happen! I really like the look of C-130 nacelles ( I was a jet-mech on C-130's in the Navy). I have some plans for an "A" model C-130 but they suck beyond belief. If anyone has nacelle plans that they are willing to post up that are well designed and relatively easy to build I'd be forever grateful. Modifying them to work with this particular wing is not an issue. That's the easy part.

Joe