sorry wrong post

Jim

I've never really looked at the Venus... maybe I'll take your advice and avoid it! I would really like to do an Extra some time, but I'm stuck in the 1940's and I like it. I must be a GP fan also, I would like to see them upgrade some of the ARF parts but I'm still happy with it overall. I just upgrade pieces as I like.

My trickiest plane is the GP Shoestring with a 91Saito. It's really nice, just a little fast. (Get's away and I have a hard time seeing it clearly.) It's fine if I keep it close. Landings are a little tricky with that thin short wing, but you just fly it right down to the grund and cut the power. Does great! Just don't hit the deck too hard! Not a good plane for a windy day. Probably similar to the GeeBee. By the way, I got the Robarts today, those things look great! My first Robarts.

My others are,
GP Spacewalker with Saito 120... fun, slow.
Hanger 9 AT-6 Texan with Saito 91... not a fan, flew it once and will probably donate to our club... (crappy stock retracts)
Kankge Monocoupe 90a. (last year) sweet plane, I put a Saito 180 twin in it. Sounds, looks and flies great!

But I "needed" a Gee Bee, this should be fun. I have a Saito single 180 for the "G".

Didn't mean to do a "Saito" commercial, but when I got back into airplanes, a Saito 91 was my first new engine of the 21st century! So much better than my 1970 Cox 049! I just suck with them. I have several planes that are set up for that engine, and I figured if I crashed one I could use the engine in another plane. It's only worked once when I augred in a Sig Something Extra (only the last foot of the tail of the Extra survived and is mounted "in" the wall of my garage") I put the motor in the Shoestring. Still going strong! I was really thinking of doing a nice 2 stroke with the Gee Bee, but fuel economy and memories of the 049.... Thanks for the info!

Anyway here are some pics of my gee bee, WOW the shoestring (I WANT ONE UUUHHGG). I love the old planes myself. I wish I could find a Spirit of St louis ARF. I probably will not have the Extra done till the end of summer. I like Saito as much if not more then OS but $$ more then OS, Also I have never had trouble with OS or saito (saito better looking by far) I like to fly my 60 size U-CAN-DO, This plane is riot. You can actually relax when it's in the air LOL. I am using an OS 91 4 stroke in this bird. It has been a good plane, I also have the 46 size U-CAN-do with a 70 4 stroke. My electric is a E-flite Mini Ultra Stick. Also a nice throw in the car and go plane, But boy are lipos expensives (80 bucks a pop ouch). I would love to get back in the hobby the way I was 15 years ago but no time and kinda stretchin the $$$. I spend alot of time on the sim GP G4. I have a question I live in Monroe MI. Where are you from if you do not mind me asking - STeve

how about these,,,

Hi Wasp. Well I have some bad news for you. The president said I can clame your gee bee in the name of the united states of america - (don't worry I'll give her a good home) LOL
Anyway beutiful BEE, I beleive it is a Z ?? - Steve

it'a model Y

Jim

Steve,

The Robarts are actually just a replacement for the stock wire in the GeeBee Landing gear, with shock absorbers! I'll try to remember to take a photo of them this weekend. Kind of pricey, but they look really nice...

Wow, you did a great job on your plane! If you have time, I'd like to know where you got some of the hardware. It looks great! I live in Boulder County, Colorado. It's supposed to be 70° tomorrow and snow on Sunday here! (flying on Saturday, building on Sunday)

Thanks for the photos!

Here are a couple of the Shoestring...

Wow The shoe string looks so awsome. Anyway let me know what hardware you are interested in. The flying wires are flat plastic laceing that you buy at a craft shop (chrome colored) and the attachments are sullivan 4-40 clevises with dubro steel landing gear straps. 70 on saturday, I think in michigan it will be 20 and snow (UUUHHGGG) I hate it here LOL. I will send some more pics to you. Anyway enloy flying this weekend and let me know how it goes - Steve

yea, 70° will be nice! (we'll see if it happens) My daughter is in Syracuse and has been giving me grief about the weather. Hey, she picked NY!

Anyway, do you have an on board glo? It looks like one of those lights might be a battery charge indicator? I'd like to try both of those. I was going to try to do that on the Monocoupe, but just got to anxious to fly it. I don't have any pictures of it flying but a few building pics at

http://www.geosurv.com/costner/monocoupe_90a.htm

More photos would be great!

Thanks,
davcos

Yeh I saw the pics- (can I have the engine ??) Yes the onboard glow is a Mcdaniel single cylander. I have set to come on and off at the flip of a switch, Also works great to keep low idle by leaving it on. It is good for almost 2 solid hours of continous use. I purchased it at horizan hobby for around 60 bucks. They work well. The led comes on to indicate the plug is hot and goes off when it is out, the hole unit including the 5000 Mah NiMh battery weighs 3.7 ounces. It is all in a rather tiny unit also. But in the Gee Bee there is enough room to put furniture inside LOL. The switch unit is a ELEKTROTEC super rocker, the LED blinks continuoisly to let you know your system is on. You can purchase the switch with or with out this option, including the alluminium plate and barrel charge receptacle it is aroun 35 bucks, but I figure hey the switch that controls the heartbeat of your aircraft better be good (check out MADISON COMPONETS). I love that twin Saito in the mono coupe. Is that the stock carb ? or did you have it made. I know the OS twins only have a single barrel carb. Here is a G4 simm pic of a gee bee I fly. Steve

I love the look of your switch harness, what is it? And what glow extension is that? Thanks.

Thanks for the info Steve, I should have had mine delivered to you! Great Job!

How many flights on the Gee Bee? I'm gluing the wing this afternoon. Also a photo of the Robarts. (with my phone!) :~)

Thanks again for the info....

Which Real Flight has the Gee Bee? I looked must have missed it!

G3 or G4.

It's on the add-ons and a better free version is available for download.

Do you have a link to the download? I'll take a look. Thanks!

Here you go:

[link=http://www.knifeedge.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=4047]G4 Gee Bee[/link]
[link=http://www.knifeedge.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=4243]G3 Gee Bee![/link]

Great! Thanks!!

Hey how it go saturday ?. No flights on the R2 yet just got her done. The robarts look great I might get a pair depending on how she handles with the wire landing gear. Opjose showed you the rite link for the gee bee for the simm. I had to tweek it some what but it flies great. - Steve

Hey revgo, The switch harness is a elektrotek with a super rocker switch and barrel charge adapter with the cap. The LED blinks to let you know your reciever is on and you can purchase the switch with or without the LED (all comp[onents available through MADISON COMPONENTS) the glow driver is a Mcdaniel with a built in Battery. What you see on the side of the plane is the LED - again shows the plug is hot when lit. It can be controled by a switch on your TX in a number of various ways. The other small black receptacle is a deans micro charge plug. (all included with the unit) but can be baught seperatly. I love the set up it works great. - Steve

It's going a little slow. The Robarts look great, but I spent quite a while tonight filing off poor welding "globs" so the parts would fit together? Not exactly what I expected. The wire is quite a bit heavier than the the stock wire, so it doesn't fit down into the wing groove. Maybe I should check with someone else who has done he Robarts and see what they did?

The wing went together great! The fit into the G is a little tight, but I think it will be OK.

I have faith in you oh great ohbee whan of older race planes LOL. Anyway here are some other sim pics of the R2. MAN those struts look so cool. With the regular wire I know I had to dremel the channel and the 90 degree bend (had to round the edge a little for a flush fit. I am about to order a pair myself, they look like they will do a great job and look great to. Keep me informed - Steve

Has anybody tried the Zenoah 20ei in the GP Geebee?

How about the fuel tank, should I get a larger tank for a 180 four stroke? Stock is 420cc /14oz. Thanks

I don't want to be a "flamer" but I always thought the "Bart's" brand was the "stuff" I can barely spell engineering, but could have come up with a dozen ways to improve this setup... I guess I need to "sand" down the recommended 4" Robart tires to fit in the Robart landing gear? They do not fit between the wheel forks. (rub on both sides). The pin to hook up the shock is well into the narrow part of the wheel pant. I have no idea of how to do this without drilling a hole in the wheel pant, or trying to get a five year old neighbor to do it? I can't even get part of my needle nose pliers inside the thing. If you would like to see the wording on the Robarts package, just let me know, it hilarious!

I feel "duped" for even spending the money. They could have made this so easy by doing a motorcycle type fork end, and everything would have been simple, including repairs! (Which seem imminent after the first flight/landing?)

After taking a step back and re-thinking this... It IS the worst ... OK the web site says no flaming, but give me a break!

Rouper Duper

Don't feel duped. The Robart gear for the GB are quality and I would recommend them to anybody with confidence. It is inconvenient that the stock wheels don't fit, though. 4" Dubro Treaded Lite Wheels wheels may fit http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXD783&P=C . The Dubro wheels are a tiny bit narrower, but if they are too square, they will rub the same as the stock wheels do. I did sand down the stock GB wheels to get them to fit in. I may have fitted in a tight fitting drill bit or dowel (I don't remember which) and chucked it up in my drill. The foam rubber doesn't sand easily but I found that coarse grits worked better than fine. I didn't try anything coarser than 80 grit, but I'd suspect coarser is better.

If I remember correctly, the trick to reaching the pin is to install the fork without the wheel. It has been a while since I have used the stock Robart setup, so I could be wrong about that. I would recommend that you use my "non-stock" setup for the Robart gear that allows the pants to telescope with the gear. Telescoping pants eliminates any possibility of them contacting the ground when the gear bottoms out on a hard landing. The real GB and all planes that have wheel pants (Stuka etc.) had telescoping pants for the same reason I'm sure. They are not too difficult to do either. If you have any questions that are not covered in the below thread, let me know. (PS. the first video in the thread was lost when RCU's video site crashed. It was just a closeup of the finished setup in action)
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_56...tm.htm#5615263