Hello everyone and thank you all for the wonderfull replys.

I did not have place on my fusalage to put the triangle stocks, but I did use a very strong 11mm (a little larger then 3/8") wood and put corner struts.

The only thing which I worry about is the metal pushrod which I was forced to use for the throttle, as I tried very hard to incorporate a nylon rod, but because of that bend and the tight place I had no choice, I did however use plastic clevises. But I don't have an ignition system, only magneto, so that should keep the RF noise down, and the reciever is a good 20 inches away.

I hope I have done enoghe, please point out any mistake I've made. the plane is balancing on it's CG perfectly. The other issue which I noticed, when I jacked up the plane to make it level as you can see in the last picture, the prop/ground clearence was only 3cm or 1 1/4 of an inch, is that enough. the landing gear is epoxyed all over and it's tough to break it up to bend it.

Thanks again to all of you for pushing me along.

Mohammad Reza.

Just a bump, I dont know why the thread did not come up, sorry.

Mohammed-

Looks like quite a beast! Glad to hear it balanced OK. Prop clearance might be a little dicey, particularly if you were flying off of grass. If you wanted to change it, I would just try to find some larger diameter wheels. (maybe steal some from a toy tractor instead of a toy truck )

-Scott

Maybe its just me but, I don't think its a good idea to mount a gas engine on a plane that has a rubber band mounted wing. Sounds too risky to me. [X(]

Oh hi scott, it's so nice to find you here, thanks for all you've done. I put some strong metal glue and fixed up that base which I cracked earlier, I hope it will not leak some air. I will be flying it tomorow morning for the first time, fingers crossed I hope all will go well.

I will be taking off and landing from the desert, so it's pretty much STONES I'm worried about, actually I am looking very interstingly at all of my son's toys, (and I think they are smelling something fishy about my interest in thier trucks [>:])


I will post more pictures of it tomorow.

sincerly,

Mohammad Reza.

Mohammad-

You seem to more or less know what you are doing, but I was wondering, have you actually flown RC before? If not, this may be a bit of a challenge to fly for the first time. I speak from experience, because I crashed a few planes trying to teach myself to fly before I got help.

Given your desert flying conditions, you may want to bite the bullet and pick up the larger wheels from your LHS.

Have fun!

-Scott

I agree with Fastsky. That plane was not designed to be flown with such a large motor. I don't think the airframe will survive many flights. If the wings stay attached, they will probably fold coming out of the first dive.

Holy Crap!

Use lots of rubberbands, and don't plan to use more than about 1/4 throttle

I am looking at these wheels very closly and my son dose not like it ONE BIT. they are about an inch taller (total 6 inches in diameter) and are very light and strong.

I have flown normal planes for about 4 years now, nothing fancy like 3D or full acrobats, just your average .46 type engines.

The plane CAN take this engine, it's actually the other way around that worries me, whether this ENGINE will be enoughe for this plane, as this plane seems to be made of plane wood and not balsa, it is REALLY heavy.

I went to the flying field today But it was so damn windy that I could not take the risk. But I did do a range test and at about 100 feet with the antenna collapsed I started to have very slight glitches (with the engine at full throttle) so I guess that is ok.

The engine top speed is not there so I'll try to adjust the high speed needle next week and will post pictures of it flying hopefully, I thank again each and every one of you for sticking through this.

Sincerely, Mohammad Reza.

Hey Fatboy123,

Did you get to fly your plane yet?