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Sure there is enough room for the radio equipment in there? Looks awful tight.
Looks good, you are doing a great job on it. Just think you will only have to wait another 3 month for the river to give us the field back...
Looks good, you are doing a great job on it. Just think you will only have to wait another 3 month for the river to give us the field back...
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Painted the cowl and wheel pants. Not thrilled with the red wheel pants, but will see how it looks outside assembled before I go to the effort of repainting them. The size of the cowl makes the 32" Menz look like a popsicle stick and in the vertical position, there is still over 11" of ground clearance. This thing is big!! cbk
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You need my completely scale radial engine graphic. I mounted mine to black foam-core and silicone it inside the cowl. I cut out vent holes directly before the DA150 heads. Nice large vent exit on the bottom with Bob's nice vent channel. I will also shamelessly show a pic of my updated cockpit and instrument panel kit as well. The pix below show much reduced versions of the kit. These photos show the Goldberg kit size.
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Well if I am around and I no when and where I will give it a shot. I haven't tried uploading videos yet but the camcorder is digital and capable..
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I just finished a 35% and the plans say a good starting point for the CG , mine came out 1 1/4 inches back from this point ,, is this too much or will it fly ok? as of now I am tail heavey ,
jason,
jason,
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Albert, finished it, flew it 1 1/2 seasons, and sold it. I was just talking to Bob today about building another. I think it was my favorite plane I ever owned! It was just avalable for sale again last month
Jason, I called Bob to ask about the CG....he said he already spoke with you. The plane looks great
Jason, I called Bob to ask about the CG....he said he already spoke with you. The plane looks great
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Thank you , Yes Bob spoak with me and I think that I am going to move some weight around , Thank you for looking into it for me . any and all help means a lot . The pitts that I made is a tribute to Jimmy Franklin, bobby younkin , and Jim LeRoy , I was Kent shockleys Crew chief for shock wave through the MOD years and worked many shows with them . the plane is my way of remembering the good times we all had and to pay tribute to my fallen heros .
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I forgot to ask , Is the plane rock solid in the air ? meaning what can I put it through . and is there any up grades that I nees to do to make it stronger like flying wires ext........ ?
Jason,
Jason,