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Build one out of balsa and cover it with monokote . It'll be lighter than stock and then you won't need as much nose weight

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Justin, send it to me and I will build one for you. Put two 12" sheets of medium to hard balsa and the rudder in a bubble pack and send it to me. Also, put two 12"X12" monocote pieces in with it. I'll supply the post material and glue. I will have it to you in a week of getting it. Put five bucks in with it so I can ship it back to you in a box. It will survive better that way.
Bob Bray
4102 VT. RTE 14 LOT #1
Williamstown VT. 05679
802-433-6602
I promise it will be nicer than the original.

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give me a couple of days guys I may have found one I'll keep you posted thank you for the offer its a good idea for sure!
Justin

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just a update to let you guys know who wanted to help me fix the tail my friend showed up at my doorstep with my tail in better than new condition he did a great job and really surprised me I didn't think he would get it fixed I think he was just trying to worry me since i thought I couldn't find a replacement!
thanks again for the effort though guys I may need you in the future!
Justin

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No problem buddy, just call, that's all! bird.

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What size batteries are you guys running in the GP Gee Bee?

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i have a 1100mah and it is more than enough. I usually fly the gee bee tow or three time when I go to the field and it usually does not dop bellow 5.1v on the tester

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Hi folks here's a vid of my YS120sc powered cmp R2 .I'm using robostruts with rc car oil dampers mounted on the struts . If you look closely you can see them on the landing .Check out the close call on the landing rollout at the end . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKtwUUL0QBk

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Hey Pencon, very nice job buddy. Beautiful area you are in too. It remindes me of here in Vermont. The scenery is breath taking.
One tip if I may, learn to fly with a little down trim. Just a couple of clicks. Fly with it all of the time so you don't have to adjust the trim for landing. If you watch the video, you can see where you are putting down in it to bring it closer to the ground on low passes and landings. With the down trim in it, it will naturally bring itself down. All you have to do is adjust the stick to slow the decent or hold it level. Just as you touch down, let off the stick, it's all in the timing, and the plane will level off and stick to the ground.
Just some advise, not trying to tell you how to fly. You are a great pilot!
Take care buddy. Keep up the good work.
bird.

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Thanks bigbird , I agree with you on the down trim I had some in ,but knowing I was being filmed I guess I got distracted .The flight after this one I greased it in a couple of times with no bounce at all . At the end of the day I got stupid and too cocky and stalled the plane into a 70 foot wide slough . Lost the cowl but everything else seems ok . Washed out the engine ,reoiled it , cleaned the radio gear with alchohol etc. I did find a replacement cowl on ductedfans.com. so she will be up again in a few weeks time .

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Nice Video and landing. I actually got a video of mine today with my new camcorder.

[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWSW5RhO5E4[/link]

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Rowdog nice grease in landing . I had a couple the other day too but typical - the camera was off :)

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rowdog,great landing,looked like a real short roll out. I'm gonna email ya and hope for some advice on landings and how you got that short rollout,especially on pavement. THANKS,RACJ

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Great flying! Compliments also to your camera person. The video quality is exceptional. Well done!

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thanks Gageebees , yeah he's got a couple of hundred videos on youtube and puts them together really well . he's also got one of my other planes (fw190d9) up on youtube as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwZ5OFGIFk8

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Great looking FW190 and another excellent vid. Thanks for the link.

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Do any of you good folks know about a thread where someone (either unbalanced or ambitious) mounted floats on a GP Gee Bee??

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If you do the Gee Bee on floats, please make sure you videotape it :)

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I have seen one on floats but I can not remember where I saw it at!!!!

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check the havasu float fly .when bryon came out with the geebee there was a guy there with one on floats
and it was a hand full on take off from water im thinking over 15 years ago or so

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I saved a picture of a GB on floats, but I don't remember where I got it.

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Here's a close call I had with my GP Gee Bee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2k0nUHpJ6c

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Wow, that is some amazing video! I don't think that I've ever seen an r/c video that was that harrowing, yet not also disastrous. A friend of mine had a take-off experience like that when I was trying to instruct him on how to fly his H9 Corsair. No video of that take-off, though. I told him to "baby the throttle" meaning "move the throttle slowly to avoid engine torque yanking the plane around." He interpreted my "baby the throttle" advice as "don't go above half throttle." He lifted off too quickly and got into a alternating left and right tip stall situation for a few cycles until I suggested that he advance the throttle more to gain some much needed air speed, afterwhich he was able to gain control of the Corsair without damage. I thought he was a goner several times during that take-off just like with your video. Glad that all ended well on both accounts.

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Man,what I want to see would be a video of the next take-off you did;) In golf if you pull one drive way left,you usually overcompensate and hit next drive way right. Seriously,glad you got lucky and had the presence to hang in there and save her.

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Does anyone here own both the kmp/raidentech/cmp/nitromodels Gee bee 120 arf and the great planes version? I recently lost my cowl after crashing into a slough . Just wondering if the great planes cowl would fit my 120 arf version? or is it a different size outer diameter ?