ludfleet

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Good looking stuff Marcus and DMicheal, Marcus thank you for your help on the instrument panel. After getting Corel draw I was able to open your file, adjusted size to fit my 33% and printed what I needed. Seeing all this progress, hope this gets me fired-up to finish mine.Thanks again Joe.

slevin1

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DMichael,
Awesome covering job. What paint did you use? What type of spray gun did you use?

Saul

Big_Bird

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Hi Dave, your SD is looking very good.

DMichael

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Saul-
No paint- it's all Coverite Fabric.

Do you fly down at Pax River? I know some of the guys there and get down there at least once a year.


Ken-
Thanks- It won't end up as detailed as yours but I am really pleased with it so far.

Dave

Big_Bird

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Dave, I forgot to mention that as the SD came from the factory, at least the one we modeled, the SD did not have rib stitching. The fabric was secured with small screws and the screws were covered with non-pinked tape. We used dress sequins glued on to simulate the screws. Here are a few photos.

DMichael

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I remember seeing those pics- I referred to most of your pics many times when I was putting mine together and thinking about what covering to use. In my post I referred to it as "rib stitching" but what I did was try to simulate the screws by using pieces of covering punched out with a paper punch (circular) then covered over it with non-pinked tape that was just more covering.

Dave

Big_Bird

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We now have 50 flights on the Super Decathlon and the plane is still in very good condition. The only issues that we have had lately have been with the DA-150 engine and muffler.

The muffler that Ross designed and ASIL Custom Welding welded has held up very well. Three small cracks developed that needed to be re welded. See photos. We have been having trouble starting the engine. Once started it ran fine. We would put the choke on with ignition on and a click above idle. One would prop the engine while the other guy would open the choke, using the transmitter, as soon as the engine fired. He would close the choke if the engine started to die and back and forth until the engine ran OK. I decided to rebuild the carb (Walbro WB27-1) with the Walbro K10-WB kit which I ordered. While the carb was off I decided to pull the reed bank and look it over. There were very pronounced holes in two of the reeds. See photos. I ordered a set of reeds from DA. I really don't see how the engine was running as well as it was with the gapping holes. For future reference, Tony at DA said that the low carb needle should be 5/8 turn out and the high carb needle should start at 2 turns out.

I'll give another report after everything is put back together and we run it.

Aircraft Modelers Research Inc

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Ken, keep up the good work. :-)

Big_Bird

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I will Michel. Here are a couple more reed bank photos. Notice the interesting non symmetrical shape. Also notice how much orange towel is showing through the reeds in the bottom view. You can imagine how hard it was to start.

cagmo

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Hi guys. I need a favor. I thinking about buying one of these but don't know if it will fit in my trailer. Could someone please measure the width of the stab from tip to tip?

Thanks in advance so much!

Tony

Big_Bird

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Hi Tony, it is approximately 51 3/8". The stab is removable but it is probably more trouble than you would want to go to on a regular basis.

Aircraft Modelers Research Inc

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Good morning

We did 5 kits last week, they are in stock.

cagmo

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Thank you for the quick reply. I agree I don't want to have to take the stab off all the time. I have 52.5" so it looks like I there...barely....but there.

You guys have been very informative in this thread. Thank you again.

tony

PS- I might go the lazy man way and buy one already built [X(]

jbwilhelmi

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Tony - Our Decathlon was a fun build and a wonderful flyer. Wood quality was the best we have seen. The laser work, fit and alignment was dead on. Very easy to build a straight airframe. I was talking when I shouldn't have been and claimed that this would be the first truly "no trim" airplane. We were within two cliks of elevator trim of succeeding. Michel and Dany are very easy to work with and very helpful. We had a gentleman in KC do an instrument panel which was truly a work of art. Go for it!
Jack

Big_Bird

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Tony, I would also highly recommend that you build the kit. It was a lot of fun to build and you would get a lot of personal satisfaction doing it. The parts really fit together well. AMR did a very good job engineering this kit. If you do build it then be sure to post photos on this thread. There are enough experienced builders watching this thread that you can always get answers to any questions you might have.

ram3500-RCU

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Looks like this is coming to my hanger. Very excited to join the AMR Decathlon club.

Kellermann

Gary, nice to hear from you again...is that the one Frankie T. was advertising on his site?
Marcus

ram3500-RCU

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Yes. We came to terms in the last couple days.

Kellermann

Nice. I will begin to work on the 35% Champ in July. Will let you know. Before that I have to build and deliver a couple of Decathlons.

Marcus

ram3500-RCU

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Looking forward to seeing that Champ.

I'm also looking forward to flying this wonderful Decathlon. With a ZDZ 210, she has power to spare.

Gary

minkiehuoise

I have my dc ready to cover,and I love this plane I also love titebondII glue . if I had knowed it was that good I would have not used any ca.

vibi08

I agree with you. This is the only glue i use now with some epoxy for the more critical areas. How do you like the build so far? Was the design and the laser cutting acceptable for you? We did two new decathlon at AMR. A 25% and a 35%. These are new designs based on what i learn with the big 42% Decathlon.

minkiehuoise

hi Vincent I am building the dynaflite sd and everything is except inst.manual could be better and it is the 90 " wing span minkiehuoise

SteveD-RCU

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Well I just ordered the 42% Decathelon.I always wanted to get an AMR kit ...I have a DA 150 ,and it runs just great.I'm thinking of installing canisters as well.If anyone is interested AMR still has 3 kits in stock....
Steve

ram3500-RCU

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Love this airplane.