RickT,
I ordered one set from a LHS, and the other was ordered by a friend of mine directly form Sig Manufacturing. Sig was the fastest to ship and both places had the same price.You can call Sig or go to their website at www.sigmfg.com to order.
The 4*120 gear is pre-drilled for fuselage mounting, for axles and wheel pants. Fuse mounting is with 3@ 6/32" bolts and blind nuts, however I will be using 1/4x20 nylon bolts and blind nuts.
Hope that helps,
Loren

Trying to keep this discussion going........

Just bought this kit 4 days ago. I've been off work all week so I've got a lot accomplished. Both wings are built. I opted to build them according to the plans with ailerons only on the bottom. I'm looking for a gentle everyday flier. I did change the fuselage though. I changed the shape of the rudder making it rounder rather than the boring rectangle it called for in the plans. In addition, I cut the turtle-deck down so it angles from the headrest down to the the rear end of the stab. In addition, I moved the firewall back and mounted the servos and radio gear in the rear to help ballance it as I'm using a larger engine than called for. I have a SuperTigre 3000 that I'm planning on using (probably at half throttle). Due to the weight of the engine, I'm looking for some heavier landing gear to bolt on instead of the single wire gear it came with.
I'd like to put a round cowl on it as others have suggested but I'm a little confused...The thrust line is about 3/4 of the way up on the firewall. In order to center a round cowl on the prop, It'd take a 10" cowl--way too big for this plane. I could use a smaller cowl but then the prop wouldn't be centered. Any suggestions?
Unfortunately I work the next 4 days so won't be able to finish it until next week-still not bad for a kit this size.

On my Phaeton 90 as far as the cowl I used one from a Fokker DR1 a little wide so I made the fuse wider and rounded it off. Tapering the width down from the cowl to the cabaines.

I used the gear supplied and reinforce it by soldering cross wires to them.

I think i'll be going with the top wing at -1 degree, the bottom wing at +1 degree and the stab at 0 degrees, wing incidence.

the engine, Zenoah G26, i'm thinking of using 1.5 or 2 degrees down thrust and 1.5 or 2 degrees right thrust.

I think with a bigger engine I should go with the higher numbers, 2 down and 2 right?

Anybody have a way to figure this out?

Thanks,

Rickt
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Phaeton 90 Landing gear
You may want to try the landing gear from a Sig 4 Star 120. I have a set for my Phaeton 90 as well as for my Lazy Ace Bipe (76") and it's wide and made of 3/16" aluminum. It can be ordered directly from Sig for about $18. I also ordered the wheel pants($11) from the same plane for both of my planes.
Good Luck!
Loren

Sounds like a good idea however I can't locate the products on Sig's website.

P90 Landing gear and whell pants
If your LHS can't order them, call Sig Mfg. directly and just ask for those particular items. They are a good match for the P90 and any other large size model.
Loren

Thanks, they're on their way...better get covering!

Took my newly finished Phaeton 90 for it first flight today. One of the best things about it is I can fit it into the back of my Dodge Dakota with cap. It's a tight squeeze but goes in whole so no prep-time at the field!
Almost no prep time...when I started fueling her up, the fuel started running out the muffler as quick as I was pumping. Wouldn't ya know it, had the fuel lines crossed. Luckily, I don't have the cowl on yet since it hasn't come from Stan's Fiber Tech yet. Anyway, once the lines were rerouted and the tank was full, the old tired super tigre 3000 fired up on the first flip. The 3000 proved to be more than enough engine for the plane, even here at 5200 feet. It took off with just a very short run down the runway. In the air, it would perform loops at only 1/3 throttle. As many suggested on here, I added ailerons to the top wing also. Rolls were very scale-like on low rate and rather quick on high rate. The plane handles very easily and slows down to a crawl for landing. As it was it's first flight, I didn't attempt anything too drastic.
In addition to adding the ailerons, I also changed the shape of the rudder (more round) and angled the rear deck down more sharply toward the tail so not to look so boxy. Because of the size and weight of the engine, I moved the firewall back and mounted the receiver and servos in the rear. For the ailerons, I used two servos mounted in the wing. I used 4-40 wire for all controls except throttle.
I also used the landing gear and wheel pants from the Sig Four Star as suggested. They really dress it up. I used the music wire cabanes in the center but outboard I used pre-shaped wood struts.
All total, ready to fly without fuel, 14 lbs exactly.
I'm very happy with the plane so far and recommend it.

Here's the pics

and here.......

and here........

one word "SWEET"

Very nice mods smacc. Visually speaking, that's a big impovement over the stock outline I think. Looks great!