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Wow that is one nice looking Spad
:cool:

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well i just got some really good books in the mail today (scale aircraft drawings volume 1-world war 1) from the publishers of model airplane news.
really detailed book it has got all of the dimensions that i builder could use....
so i think i'll be working on making up some plans for a while.. :cool: :D

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Well the first actual "combat" sortie between the two clubs was rained out. Here is a pic from the previous weekend of a D7 and a SE5 going at it.

(The D7 won)

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DMHEIL:

Too bad about the rain out. I was out of town and would have missed it anyway. I took my SPAD VII up yesterday for the first time. It was way tail heavy and I barely got it down in one peice but no damage was done. The nose is so short, I have added a Higley heavy hub (3.1 oz), a Higley brass lock plate (.5 oz), a 1 0z nose weight, 2.5 oz of lead right in the nose and a battery that weighs 1 oz more than the original and it now balances right on the back edge of the spar. That is an additional 8.1 ounces of dead weight! If I build another (and I will) I will add an inch to the nose and build up the tail rather than using solid 3/16" stock. I might build up the fuse too.

Who was flying the planes in the photo?

Jeff

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I have not had any balance problems with either the D7 or the Nieuport 28. Each of them have balanced spot on the mark (dry). I have not flown the Nieuport yet, hope to on Sunday.

In the photo, the SE5 was being flown by James and that is my D7 on his tail. I have another pcture of my D7 with his streamer on it too. :)

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After I got his streamer.

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Here is my latest WWI profile combat lane. Nieuport 28.

First flight was today however it was a little tail heavy so only flew one "sortie". I'll have a better balance by next weekend.

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Flew my SPAD VII successfully for the first time yesterday too. Fortunately, Dave E. was there to take it up and trim it out. I think without that, I would have crashed it on the first take off. I took it up five or six times and it got easier each time. The take off is a bit of a challenge. It wants to be in the air before it has enough speed to fly.

I saw dmheil's Nieuport the plane yesterday afternoon but missed the flight. Sure looked good on the ground though. The Nieuports and SPADs have the shortest noses of all of these planes so the balance problem doesn't suprise me. I would suggest streching the nose an inch or so if anyone is going to build one of these two models.



jwc

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hey guys
well i finely got around to making up a ww1 combat plane

check out my new 1/8 coro fokker dVII

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A SPAD Fokker? Could be confusing. Looks good. How's she fly?

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Ace Bogie,

I don't suppose you might share how you made you're Bi-plane

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lol
i haven't flown it yet, because of weather:)
but yeah i'll share how i made it, there isn't really any thing to it
if this one flys good ill make up another one, and get some building pics