GP DR1 mods
 

I've seen a thread desribing some mods for this kit (beefing up the lower wing etc.)>but can't find it now...

if you have the link PLS post it here

thanks

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just to clarify, i did a search but couldn't find the thread i was looking for [:o]

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I don't know how to find the thread either. I do remember the bottom wing center section being weak and some folks fixing it before it broke. I'm bidding on a GP DR-1 kit as I type.

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That will teach me to advertise that a DR1 was up for auction. I lost the bidding. <G>

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Thread name.
GP DR-1 Fokker set up & sugestions?
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=1428970&key=

The only real mod I did was not use the CA Hinges i used flat pinned hinges ont the elevator and alerons and Robart pin type on the rudder and that is only because I perfer them, but many swear by the ca hinges... The main Mod is to the bottom wing. There is NO hard wood in the leading edge so when you catch a wing tip when the plane rocks side to side on a landing
( and you will ) it cracks right near the fuse. I have a second one and on this one I'm going to take a Dremel and carve a straight half circle line the whole length of the bottom wing and put a small carbon rod in there and then pull the covering back over it. I think this will be enough to make it solid. My first I didn't do anything to it and it cracked I just put some CA in it and it held... Definetly not the right way to do it.... LOL

RE: GP DR1 mods
 

thanks bull, great thread but i did find this one using the search engine... it turns out i was looking for an article in a mag>> was it Zirolli? or someone like that who mod the GP DR1...

all I can remember was the battery box mounted over the engine up front (have the article somwhere....now if i can just find it [sm=drowning.gif]