Greetings everyone,

Thanks to a fellow RCU member, I am the proud owner of a NIB Rossi Fire 61 rear exhaust!!!!(Thank you pgilbert). So, I am now looking for options as far as what kind of plane to put it in. It came with an offset header and tuned pipe so I am thinking about finding a plane that I can hide the pipe in the fuselage. What do you gentlemen think about this motor in a Bridi XLT? I have the Dirty Birdy 60 kit from Bluejay and I like the quality of the wood in the kit. Does anyone have any other suggestions with regards to a plane? If possible I'd like to find a kit that is readily available with built up wings (since I don't have any experience with sheeted foam wings). I did see however that the XLT has sheeted foam wings.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Awww...Might as well take the plunge into the foam core world...Although I've never flown one I think the XLT should be a fine choice!!

I have a Bridi Escape kit which I believe is very similar to the XLT (I think the XLT is a little bigger)...Should be a straight forward build with no major hurdles except learning to sheet wings which shouldn't be a problem...

I've been told to choose light (contest grade) 1/16 balsa to sheet the escape wings rather than the factory recommended balsa sheeting (3/32 i think??)...

I would imagine your Rossi and XLT combo would be a really sweet set-up!!

Good Luck in your decisions...

Chuck

I've been doing the same kind of brain storming. I recently got a Webra Speed rear exhaust, myself. I was thinking about Dan Hine's T2-A MK II. Upright installation, no regulator or pump necessary.

David

I was just about to edit my post and bring that airplane up...lol

I like the T2-A MK II...I believe that would be a glass fuse and foam wing type of kit..Is that correct??

Good one..

Chuck

I've also been messing around with tracing the Escape in CAD. Dynamic Balsa has the wing cores. The fg canopy would require the most work.

David

Canopy is no problem...I'm splashing mine to make a lighter/better one (suppose to have it done already... )

It's all set-up I'm just kinda waiting till I have some other glass work going...

Will you please make two?!

I'll PM you about this.

David

Back when I was flying an Escape in the early 90's I trashed that ugly canopy/pipe cover for a compensator canopy. Now that was an interesting-looking airplane!

Edit: And make sure you watch the weight on either of these planes, they get heavy very quickly if you're not careful.

I gotta admit...I think that T2-A MK II is allot nicer looking airplane than the Escape or XLT...

Hey Fella's,

I've been thinking about getting an EU1A from Deadstick when they are available. Its a fairly large plane and I've gotten mixed results when talking to a couple of people on whether or not the Rossi will have enough power for the plane. What do you guys think? Maybe I'll give Deadstick a call and ask him what he thinks.

Keep the suggestions coming.

Don't forget to browse through casniffer's image database for inspiration:

http://www.trentonrcflyers.com/pattern/patterna.htm

David

rainedave,
Check your Nimbus 2 plan in the database, the date on the plan and the wing belong to Perigee/Apogee.
Evan.