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Old 03-25-2010 | 04:41 PM
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Default CG Extra 300

Howdy folks, here's some pix of a build I recently completed kit I had lying around for a few years.
I heavily modified the original (can never leave anything alone...) to accommodate a OS 110 Alpha.

The firewall was moved 3/8" forward to make space for a 14oz tank, a platform was fabricated to mount the tank and the whole thing is accessed thru a hatch built into the bottom of the front end. Several lightning holes were drilled to save weight and the plane balanced nicely with 2 low profile servos in the tail for elevator.

The fillet around was the vertical fin is solid balsa because I could never get the 1/32" planking to fit right. Aileron servos were mounted per current practice instead of under hatches. The vacuum molded cockpit floor was ditched in favor of 1/16" balsa sheeting. Finally the landing gear is a 1/8" aluminum unit from TNT. The all up weight is 8.25lbs, which allows the OS 110 to move it around the sky nicely.

The result is a great sport plane good for up to intermediate IMAC.