acdii

Or a set of eflites. Have a set on my Top Flite P51 and they work great. No air to worry about, no lines, no fittings, just lug in and they work. Put is a larger RX battery and you are good to go.

Captcrunch44

Well working on the on the 168 to night. Heres a pic of earlier this week what a tail.

acdii

well, damn, wish I had one. Hopefully I will have a couple planes ready soon. Only have the Something Extra ready to fly, all the others need work. T-Clips is still waiting on an engine, LT-40 needs the ailerons rehinged, and need a new cowl for the Cub. My other Cub needs a once over and it can be ready for flight. P-51 needs the engine retuned, if I can get it started, and the 4*120 needs the engine re-adjusted. I might yank the DLE-20 off and replace it with the XYZ which uses a different carb and was pre-tuned by the seller The P-47 needs a replacement cowl. I have to do some more sanding, put the panel lines on, then I can paint it and prep it to make a mold.


All this and building the B-25 at the same time. I need more time.

Captcrunch44

Acdii
what kind of engine do you need for the t clips

Captcrunch44

And the B25 is looking good

acdii

Thanks. I have an FG-11 I was flying it with, and picked up a Saito 56 for it instead. Problem is, the muffler that came with the 56 is wrong. Too small, so have to order a Turboheader for it. I needed tail weight for the FG, so hoping to reduce weight so it flies better. It flew OK but lacked the power to recover from a stall. The FG-11 uses a different mount than the 56.

Captcrunch44

Well this is what we did for the last couple of hours. A lot of laminating and I burned up all my glue time to make a trip to SIgwill start wing this week I hope

acdii

How early do I need to be there to get a spot for overnighting? Show up a day early? Last year it was nuts there, no place to park.

Captcrunch44

Thursday night seems to be the time to get there. I am planning being Thursday my self

acdii

Do you overnight there? I have a 28' Trailer that I would be taking if I can get a spot. Need to be sure I can get a spot, or will get a motel room in the next town over. That also determines if I spend the money to make an extended run fuel system for my genny.

bobsrc

Don't forget there is a nice campground at Diamond Lake county park just a mile north of town that has facilities. We used to camp there for many years because it was shaded and had some level campsites and the fishing was pretty good.

acdii

That might work provided I can fit my planes in my truck.

Oh Hey it's Bob! How you doing?

bobsrc

I'm still here working at the CD thing and getting stuff ready for
Toledo.

Captcrunch44

Well my sister has a lake house on Pondarosa that is just a couple of miles out side of town. So i stay there and trailer my planes down.
And Bob is right Diamond lake campground is beautiful. Thought about taking are camper there for the fun of it.

acdii

Hope to see you there and the rest of the gang. Only 2 weeks away.

bodybuildr

My Feedback: (44)

Robart has the same spring down feature now.

bodybuildr

My Feedback: (44)

I have used spring air on my king kobra. I like them over other air retracts because if there is a lack of air they will always come down.


The Robart retracts have the same feature now.

FlyerInOKC

My Feedback: (6)

Not all Robart retractss are spring down only certain sets, the Bonanza set I ordered are air up/down.

Big Stikflyer

I take it your talking about the fly-in at Sig. I'm hoping to go this year, this will be my first trip there. I was thinking of going Thursday to get a spot and then I want to go check out the plant on monday.

Hi Bob, I talked to you in the past about my Komander that I want to bring with me. I am looking forward to meeting you and getting some flying in. This might be a dumb question, but I take it you can only fly with with 2.4 gig radios at this fly-in?

Okey , hope to see you all there.

acdii

They had the 72 board last year, but didn't look like anyone was actually using it.

bobsrc

A few people were using 72 MHz and we have a table for impounding the 72 MHz transmitters.

Captcrunch44

I am still flying on 72. Call me old fashioned

Captcrunch44

Yes sig fly in I can't wait unless we don't get the 168 done by then. But stil will be there with a couple old reliables. Like the 4*120, something extra, and the gee bee.
Hope to see you there.

Big Stikflyer

Bob and acdii, thanks for the info.

Big Stikflyer

Capt crunch
Thanks for the info. I can't believe you got the 168, way out of my budget or room for in my shop. What kind of servos are you using in something that big? Enjoy your build and if I get to Sig this year I hope to meet you.