I'm ready to mount my OS 46 in my phoenix decathalon. The manual shows 2 degrees down and right thrust. Does anyone know if these angles are built into the fire wall? Or will I need to adjust? The mannual doens't say. What is the best way to measure the thurst angles? Also, ?? for the high speed needle adjustment. What do recommend for an extention? Lanyard or music wire? Cause there is no way I'll be able to reach it with the cowl in place. The engine is mounted 45 degrees to the right side of the plane, that is to say 45 degrees from inverted to the right.

You should be able to see the angle on the firewall if its there. I can't remember if mine has it built in or not, I bought it already assembled and never really checked. I had a looped piece of music wire on my hsn, but my engine was mounted at 90 degrees to the right, not 45.

Hmm, thanks, will just mount the engine and see if there are any noticable angles. How does your SD fly? did you toe in the landing gear? 46 enough engine? did you drop in a bigger fuel tank? I'm thinking about leaving the wing struts off. Also the wheel pants (grass field)

As far as I know it had the stock tank and it lasted quite a while. I don't think there is much room there for another tank because of the shape of the firewall. The toe in gear helps because it will turn left on you quick if you gun it. Practice rolling out first, its a different beast compared to other tail draggers because of the short tail moment. If you plan on getting aerobatic, I would use the wing struts because that wing is HUGE! Its as big as my trainer's wing. I had a 46fx on it, it was maybe a little underpowered but plenty of fun still. I crashed mine twice and rebuilt it twice so be careful. It has some strange tendencies to get used to because it has so much rudder authority.

Thanks, willl add the struts. I think the 46 will do nicely, not looking for speed or crazy verticals. Just a nice relaxing cruiser. Thanks for the input.

Brett,
I'm just about finished. Did your's have the black fiber screws for attaching the wing? Mine came with these and there are also two small black plastic sleeves that apparently attach to the screws some how, but I can't figure out how. Was sondering if you might remember.
Thanks

Glue the black sleeves into the wing.They support the black plastic bolts as the balsa is quite soft.

Thanks, I figured they attached somehow to the wing bolts. The builld is coming along. Mounting the engine was a real pain for me, mostly because its the first time that I've ever done it. other than that all that is left is attaching the right aileron servo control rod, throttle control rod, rudder and elevator and fuel tank install, and oh yeah the fuel tank. After that ready to fly!!! I've decided that I will wait till the winter months before putting another one together. Summer is for flying, not building.

Gidday mate,in an effort to extend your enjoyment and flying hours could i add the following.It's a very strong kit with the struts fitted correctly,keep an eye on the leading edge wing mount too,it gets larger over time.As for flying one they are quite docile as long as you know where you want to go,if you dither a bit about that the decaff will instantly take over and do all of that for you,sunday cruiser it is not tho should be light and fairly slow with the 46,i run a saito 82a in mine.Good luck.

Make sure you don't make any sudden moves without lots of altitude. Full elevator will stall the wing and with only a 46 it won't be real easy to get her back quickly.

How did you set up the elevator? Reversible Y or mixing?

Brett,
Just got the servo rods implaced at lunch time today. One wire, one servo for the extention (reverse on the Tx for the elevator). One servo for each aileron with a y connector to the Rx. Rudder same as elevator. All thats left is to install the battery switch, fuel tank and wing struts. mounting plates for the wing struts are screwed in place. Shouild be ready to run a tank of fuel through it later tonight. Will be careful about the stalls. What engine did you use? prop size? At the moment I'm going with an 11 x 6 prop. Looks terribly small on this model.

OH YEAH! Prop size on this thing is important, I can't believe I forgot. I got much better performance using a 12x4 APC. The 11x6 MA I had was terrible on it. Get you the 12x4 to maiden it. Mine was powerd by an OS 46fx.