Jesse Open

Been there, done that. (So far anyhow)
Didn't get the shirt.

Jesse Open

Just found mine;
The male thread is, as speculated a m10x1.0, and the female side a m12x1.0

Confirmed

1200SportsterRider

Thanks, Lonnie, the extra switch opening is for the FG 11 ignition, I'll cover it some way, I've changed all the servos to the red JR E-355 except the throttle. I had to doctor up all the servo mounts to accept them. The throttle servo is a Spektrum 3040. Its noisy but works well.

Gary my newer LT 25 has checker work on the underside also, only it's the smaller variety.

Jesse Open

Dave,
Saw the switch opening and thought surely you would be shoehorning the FG-11 stuff in there!
You FH-66 should be a great pick (FH= FrankenHobbs )
You seem to have quite a few planes in process. I like the checkerboard pattern but they sure are tedious to cut and iron in place.

I plan to get busy building a replacement for the LT-40 seen in the above pic. Will probably get either a FA-72 or FA-82 as there are already a few of each laying around here doong nothing but looking for something to do.

Glowgeek

Dave's FH66 is making numbers very close to stock FA72, can't imagine what an 82 would do to an LT-40. Woohoo!. I have an 82 on a 46-55 size Pheonix Models Sbach 342.......hover at a little over half throttle and excellent pull out power.

IIRC, the LT-40 required no tail weight for the OS 46AX with factory exhaust to balance, not sure how that weight compares to the 72 or 82.

As a general rule I will keep adding displacement up to the point tail weight is required to balance. I absolutely despise dead weight in any airframe.

Having flown two LT40's for some time I have the feeling that a semi symmetrical airfolded clipped wing version with flaps would be a real hoot to fly.

Jesse Open

First start up of the season for this one.
Older FA-72, 13-6 APC.
Most of the last twenty years this one was on floats. Beginning of third season on wheels now.

Hanging in garage all winter, pulled it down, fueled it up. Two flips to prime, one to start.
Haven't touched the carb in years.
Saitos are fine engines

FlyerInOKC

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The Kadet LT-49 is hard to beat! I need to get mine back out and upgrade it to a Saito. Any chance you are making those glow fuel cans for purchase?
Thanks,

Mike

Glowgeek

Gary, is that a hanging chad on the leading edge of the left wing? It must have been shipped from Miami-dade County.

Did the LT-40 require any lead in the tail with the 72 mounted?

Jesse Open

Retired
About $30 worth of materials and 10 hours labor.
Made about a dozen over the years and gave them to friends.

The kit built LT-40s I have had balanced by battery placement just fine with the FA-62 FA-65 FA-72 and FA-82.

The old LT in the pic has a lot of patches for sure!
Hope it lives to get s few more

1200SportsterRider

One thing I love about the LT's is watching them land, you just line it up with the runway and watch it land.

Hyjinx

Green motorcycle, bad JuJu lol....

Hyjinx

That's why I went with "Hy Fy Turquoise" available for 1954-1965 HD OHV and police models. Laugh my foot boards off. (LMFBO).

Hyjinx

Hey Buddy. We're friends and I don't have one of those ultra stylish fueling systems. Lol Feeling dejected this morning. Was going to the big fun fly @ cards today and it's raining Boo Hoo.
And if that's not enough, my Waco is down for a fuel pump and ignition mystery!!!😵‍💫

Hyjinx

Ditto, parroting Rush Limbaugh lol
Nice job on the green set!

Jesse Open

My one and only green motorcycle. Had it for fifty years now. (First and last But no green planes here. Our flying fields are usually surrounded by cornfields or swamplands! Green transmitters???

1200SportsterRider

We fly between the corn rows also, although right now it is Soy Beans.

We have the road paved from the Jeff Davis to the end you see there.

Hyjinx

Strange and saddening news..I witnessed an out of control plane strike two souls and one aircraft yesterday at a fun fly in Grand Ledge yesterday. The woman hit was a spectator. She received injury to an arm that was significant. The other was a pilot and his plane was also damaged in the error. The pilot had been hugging the inner fence and been warned by the safety officer of the club. He did another knife edge pass along the fence again and dumb thumbed the elevator which sent the aircraft into the pit area.
The spectator was treated on site by a first responder (fireman) and RN and did not wish to call 911. The pilot/ owner of a 54% L-4 received damage to his arm and leg. Estimate of repair cost to the airframe was $4000.
The pilot in error seemed either in shock or unapologetic. There was a heated meeting of club officials and concerned parties.
Moral of the story. These machines are not toys. Be thoughtful as we enjoy our hobby. Follow safety protocols when doing our happy thing!

Jesse Open

Sad news.
Our club has pretty much been taken over by non-modeler, foamy jet-freak flight line buzzers too.
The VP is one of the worst offenders.
Flagrantry violates club rules as he sees fit.
The jet guys regularly make their gyro controlled low level passes at 100mph within 10 feet or less from the flight line.
Not a place to bring friends and family.

Hyjinx

I was sort of shocked by what I saw, on several levels.

BJ64

Not much anyone can really say - the damage is already done.
In more ways than one...
Physically, psycholgically, and politically.
How do you protect against absolute knob-jockeys?
Well... legally.
Stupid is as stupid does.
I guess we all have to be vigilant... and know the difference between 'fun', and 'ridiculously dangerous.
I do hope that all those injured recover fully.

BJ

Hyjinx

Well said BJ. The bystander was shaken like a rag doll. Doubt she will ever attend an event of this nature again. Probably should not have been seated in the pit area, but was invited to do so. Configuration of the field is well done. She should not have been hit. The pilot did not call out, and was almost silent after the maylay. I felt he was also in shock after the event. Sad, but I expect healing of her body will produce scars. The mind, who knows. Thankful it was not worse.
Aaron-

1200SportsterRider

We had a War Bird Fly In Saturday before last and not one plane crashed, at times there were as high a eight war birds in the air, all mid sized. Several of the larger planes were jets. That guy would have been grounded on the first too close pass and warned, if he gave his word he'd behave he could fly again. We run a tight Club. Our Club pres. is named Salvatore, he runs a tight but fair ship.

Glowgeek

Always sorry to hear about injuries at the field.

Planes out of control is a known danger at any RC field but pilots should never fly at close proximity while pushing the limits of their capability to safely perform a maneuver. Bad choice by that pilot for sure.

That said, IFAIK there are no rules against high speed fly-bys or low pass knife edges down the runway......ie anywhere beyond the designated flight line.

Jesse Open

" Not much anyone can really say - the damage is already done."




Common sense should take precedence when rules fall short.
Clubs are certainly empowered to set rules above and beyond the AMA guidelines. Some clubs already have rules keeping the more extreme moves nearer the field center,

If it weren't for fools, we wouldn't need rules.

modeltronics

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I’ve been working on replenishing my engine collection since I lost almost everything in the fire that burned down my shop.

I picked up two Saito 120 dual plug engines. What puzzles me is that one has the standard 2 needle carb and the other has the carb with the mid-range adjustment. Were there different versions of the dual plug 120?

Gary, the tower is up. I'm waiting for the HF antenna to be delivered in 2 weeks.