Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build
04-20-2005, 11:42 AM
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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build
Finished the mounting of the air fill valve on a removable plate in the front wheel well and the power switch mounted inside the fuselage with a push-pull wire that extends into the front wheel well.
To be continued…
To be continued…
04-21-2005, 04:18 PM
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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build
The fuel line arrangement is a little tight but after working through the problems it turned out fine. I use heat shrink on the ends of the hemostats to keep from damaging to tubing. The short fuel line returning fuel from the pump to the tank was connected while the engine was part way installed. I need to add a small filter on the line going from the fuel loop to the pump and a one way check valve on the top vent line that is hanging down from behind the engine. I need to order the filter and check valve though.
All the air lines for the retracts are plumbed and the system as been tested. I need to grind the flat spots on the gear legs for the set screws. Dislike that job.
The CG looks good and there is a lot of room to move the battery around above the fuel tank and behind it to adjust the CG.
To be continued…
All the air lines for the retracts are plumbed and the system as been tested. I need to grind the flat spots on the gear legs for the set screws. Dislike that job.
The CG looks good and there is a lot of room to move the battery around above the fuel tank and behind it to adjust the CG.
To be continued…
04-27-2005, 04:38 PM
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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build
I completed the installation of the filter on the fuel line from the fuel loop to the engine and the one way valve on the tank vent. I don’t believe these small outside diameter filters are available anymore. The filter has a small piece of heat shrink on the outside to keep it from fretting against other parts. I need to figure out a more elegant solution for the vent line.
To be continued…
To be continued…
05-05-2005, 06:35 AM
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Hi 8178,
Have you flown this beautiful bird yet? I love these early pattern ships - they sure look nice.
You've done an excellent job with your Tiporare - keep us posted.
PS - I can't belive your wife allows you to put your aircraft on that pristine carpet
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Have you flown this beautiful bird yet? I love these early pattern ships - they sure look nice.
You've done an excellent job with your Tiporare - keep us posted.
PS - I can't belive your wife allows you to put your aircraft on that pristine carpet
Regards
Tony
05-05-2005, 08:17 AM
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This stuff sure brings back memories. I was a teen when the Tiporare class planes were the rage. My first "real" pattern engine was an OS .61SF! I've still got it and it still runs like a top. I ended up running an extension on the header. Mine was an early MACS pretuned one that was designed for the FSR series before noise issues forced lower rpms. To get it on the pipe with a larger loaded prop required a longer length. If memory serves right, about 2 inches extension on the header.
Dirty Birdy, Phoenix, Tipo, - I couldn't wait for the day I could afford a pattern ship.
Now I fly an old Piorun Eclipse with a YS .91.
Dirty Birdy, Phoenix, Tipo, - I couldn't wait for the day I could afford a pattern ship.
Now I fly an old Piorun Eclipse with a YS .91.
05-05-2005, 09:40 AM
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Hi 8178,
Have you flown this beautiful bird yet? I love these early pattern ships - they sure look nice.
You've done an excellent job with your Tiporare - keep us posted.
PS - I can't belive your wife allows you to put your aircraft on that pristine carpet
Regards
Tony
Hi 8178,
Have you flown this beautiful bird yet? I love these early pattern ships - they sure look nice.
You've done an excellent job with your Tiporare - keep us posted.
PS - I can't belive your wife allows you to put your aircraft on that pristine carpet
Regards
Tony
Thanks for your positive input! I haven’t flown it yet because I’ve been procrastinating on the job of grinding the flat spots on the gear legs but I’ll get that done soon. Not one of my favorite jobs so I’ve got to be in the right mood. RC aircraft are OK on the carpet if they are brand new, clean and have not been fueled or flown! After they fly they are relegated to the shop!
05-05-2005, 09:44 AM
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This stuff sure brings back memories. I was a teen when the Tiporare class planes were the rage. My first "real" pattern engine was an OS .61SF! I've still got it and it still runs like a top. I ended up running an extension on the header. Mine was an early MACS pretuned one that was designed for the FSR series before noise issues forced lower rpms. To get it on the pipe with a larger loaded prop required a longer length. If memory serves right, about 2 inches extension on the header.
Dirty Birdy, Phoenix, Tipo, - I couldn't wait for the day I could afford a pattern ship.
Now I fly an old Piorun Eclipse with a YS .91.
This stuff sure brings back memories. I was a teen when the Tiporare class planes were the rage. My first "real" pattern engine was an OS .61SF! I've still got it and it still runs like a top. I ended up running an extension on the header. Mine was an early MACS pretuned one that was designed for the FSR series before noise issues forced lower rpms. To get it on the pipe with a larger loaded prop required a longer length. If memory serves right, about 2 inches extension on the header.
Dirty Birdy, Phoenix, Tipo, - I couldn't wait for the day I could afford a pattern ship.
Now I fly an old Piorun Eclipse with a YS .91.
It’s never too late to enjoy building and flying one of the Tiporare class aircraft!
05-13-2005, 11:44 AM
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What a surprise! I finally got around to grinding the flats on the gear struts and discovered that sometime in the past 13 years I’d all ready ground them and locked them with thread lock.
Now I’ve got to fly it, nothing left to do!
Now I’ve got to fly it, nothing left to do!
06-09-2005, 07:19 PM
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What a surprise! I finally got around to grinding the flats on the gear struts and discovered that sometime in the past 13 years I’d all ready ground them and locked them with thread lock.
Now I’ve got to fly it, nothing left to do!
What a surprise! I finally got around to grinding the flats on the gear struts and discovered that sometime in the past 13 years I’d all ready ground them and locked them with thread lock.
Now I’ve got to fly it, nothing left to do!
06-11-2005, 07:06 AM
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How about a flight report.
ORIGINAL: 8178
What a surprise! I finally got around to grinding the flats on the gear struts and discovered that sometime in the past 13 years I’d all ready ground them and locked them with thread lock.
Now I’ve got to fly it, nothing left to do!
What a surprise! I finally got around to grinding the flats on the gear struts and discovered that sometime in the past 13 years I’d all ready ground them and locked them with thread lock.
Now I’ve got to fly it, nothing left to do!
I haven’t flown it yet because I’ve been flying my new Kwik Fli III.
06-11-2005, 09:53 AM
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I haven’t flown it yet because I’ve been flying my new Kwik Fli III.
ORIGINAL: woops
How about a flight report.
ORIGINAL: 8178
What a surprise! I finally got around to grinding the flats on the gear struts and discovered that sometime in the past 13 years I’d all ready ground them and locked them with thread lock.
Now I’ve got to fly it, nothing left to do!
What a surprise! I finally got around to grinding the flats on the gear struts and discovered that sometime in the past 13 years I’d all ready ground them and locked them with thread lock.
Now I’ve got to fly it, nothing left to do!
06-11-2005, 07:24 PM
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Woops
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Kwik Fli III (taper or straight wing)
This is my Kwik Fli build thread http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_2434444/tm.htm
Howard Engineering
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Kwik Fli III (taper or straight wing)
This is my Kwik Fli build thread http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_2434444/tm.htm
06-23-2005, 04:43 PM
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RE: Great Planes Tiporare – Thirteen Year Build
I’ve been checking things over to see if I’m ready for a test flight. The prop I have is an APC 12/10 W. I’ll be using something much less to break in the engine on the ground and 12/10W sounds huge! But that is the size that everyone was running when I started building the Tiporare in 1991?
06-23-2005, 09:31 PM
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This version of the Tipo will be happier with a 11" prop then a 12". Over this past winter there was a person that was having problems with his GP Tipo loosing altitude only in a right turn (dropping the nose). Left turn was great. He also said that he had to use more right trim then normal. I personally didn't see the plane fly (lives far away)..... but we tried everything from a wrap in the wing, to flexing pushrods, wing not seated evenly, stab cocked to one side, engine thrust (2 down, 2 to the right), throw difference between elev. halves, cross trim between ail. to rudder ......,etc... everything checked out. Then he said that he was using a 12" prop much like the one you are going to use. That was the only difference between mine and his. So.... for poops and giggles(
), once the weather turned nice. I put a 12-9 on mine to see what would happen. Sure as heck..... mine showed the same signs his did. Changed back to the 11-8"... all was good again. The problem could be easily corrected with a thrust angle change though.
I would like to see if yours show the same signs that ours did with a 12" prop though!
), once the weather turned nice. I put a 12-9 on mine to see what would happen. Sure as heck..... mine showed the same signs his did. Changed back to the 11-8"... all was good again. The problem could be easily corrected with a thrust angle change though. I would like to see if yours show the same signs that ours did with a 12" prop though!
07-05-2005, 07:16 PM
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IF this one does not meet your needs, look here on RCU under Engines in the market place. You can also post a "Wanted ad" there too. Then there is the above....E-blay (ebay). They pop up here and there.
IF this one does not meet your needs, look here on RCU under Engines in the market place. You can also post a "Wanted ad" there too. Then there is the above....E-blay (ebay
). They pop up here and there.