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Originally Posted by Rodney
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You are going to love that plane. I had a Quadra 72cc on mine and it was a ball. I did enlarge the rudder a great deal though, at least double in size and beefed up the landing gear to handle the weight of the engine. I found that the upper wing needed to be at about 1.5 degrees LESS angle of attack than the lower wing for best flight characteristics. Just a minor difference in the relative incidence made a big difference in how it flew.
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BTW, not all kit built skybolts are heavier than the ARF's. Mine came in at 7 lbs on the dot WITH an OS 120 Surpass up front. Currently my fav.
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Bipes
Thanks moon doggie and everyone else. I have gotten lots of great advise.
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I have also been flying for a number of years; but I would estimate my skill level as 30% of the way from beginner to "experienced but not expert level".
I recently got my first biplane; it's a Parkzone Albatros. so far like it a lot; mostly because it's slow and scale-like. Most of the recommendations above are faster, sporty biplanes. But there is the other side of this which is the slow, scale side Regards |
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
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Are you talking about the same size plane as gizmo? He's putting a 23 cc and you had a 72 cc? I over power my planes, but that's insane.
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