Gary,

Do you have part numbers for the Yellow flap hinges? I'm just starting my 2300 and I like the flap set up you have. I went to Yellow's web site, but couldn't find any hinges listed.

Thanks, Wayne

The P-80 IS NOT RECOMMENDED for the FACET 1200 unless derated. David Rivera of Florida is flying a Facet-1200 with a P-70 and it's performance is spectacular to say the least.

The 1200 airframe was NOT designed for engines of the P-80 class thrust range.

Hi Wayne:

The 1200 utilizes the Yellow, MEDIUM offset hinge and the 2300 uses the LARGE offset hinge.

They are sold in pairs and you will need 3 pair per aircraft.

I will have Great Northern post this mod to their web site this evening.
(www.greatnorthernmodels.com) A simplified sample skecth attached.

While the FACET flaps are very effective as designed, we are always looking to inprove our prodcuts and when I saw these flap hinges at Toledo ' 03, I decided to give them a try on our next factory ship. The use of thes hinges has enhanced the flap performace even fruther and is worth the effort and minimal cost to install.

These are very easily retrofitted to all exisitng completed ships.

I have downloaded (from somewhere i fogot) a video of a facet 2300 on floats!! and it flew great, however the takeoff run was a bit too long, but the landing was quite short

Thanks, Kerry. I'm going to be at Toledo next week. Maybe Yellow Aircraft will have some for sale there.

Wayne

Can anyone post pictures of their RAM500 installation for the FACET 1200? I have mine framed up, ready to cover and am looking for ideas about how to maximally separate the Rx from the fuel pump & ECU while keeping the ECU battery forwards.

[&o]No pictures of my 500 plumbing yet. I plan to mount the ECU battery on top of the sill plate (main tank cover) as far forward as the hatch will allow. The fuel pump will be strapped to the top of the battery. I plan to mount the ECU just aft of the battery, on the sill plate again. The solenoids will fit on either side of the battery.

The propane tank is jammed between the fuse side and the main tank just in front of former F4.

The receiver will be mounted on the side of the fuse in the compartment with the rudder servo. That will give me about as much separation from the fuel pump and ECU as possible.

Thanks to some advice Greg Moore gave me, I was able to wedge a 16 ounce Dubro tank in the compartment with the wing joiner. There is enough room in the compartment forward of the joiner to put a 14 ounce Dubro tank. That gives you 70 ounces of fuel without a header tank. If I can't find somewhere to shoehorn in a UAT I will use a paper filter pickup like the article on the JPO website. http://www.jetpilots.org

If you put both tanks on their sides you have room between them, on top of the joiner, for an air tank for the brakes.

If you check out the Facet 1200 Building Pictorial you will see some great pictures from lov2flyrc. He didn't use a RAM 500 but the pictures will give you a good idea of what I'm talking about.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Face...1336359/tm.htm

PM me if you have any questions. I'm ahead of you on equipment installation but you're ahead of me on covering. (I hate to cover!!)

Bill

(D@#N--Why did my reply come out so bleeping WIDE.[:@] I hate it when I have to scroll side to side to read a reply and now I DID IT!!!???)

Mike-
Where do you fly at? I'm from Greeley would like to come down and see the Facet fly. If you could please email me so we could work something out I would be greatful. Thanks
Kris

Almost finished. Hope to have this complete in a couple of weeks and test flown. Ram 500, JR 8101s on all flight controls. Sierra wheels/brakes. This one will be for sale as an RTF when complete and test flown. I just bought a big one for me.

tom

sell it to that "fowl" person! better yet take up a collection at the central texas jet rally for him....

Pat,
Talked to the fowl person yesterday. Trying to get him to commit to the fly in. Got your's ready yet? Looking forward to seeing one fly. Gary Baker has one also, hopefully his will be ready. I dont have a lot of time off between now and the fly in, hopefully I can get it stuffed and test flown in time.

Pat and Tom
I just put the finishing touches on mine and it is ready for range testing and then hopefully a test flight. I hope to accomplish this next week. I plan to get several flights on it before the Austin meet. I saw Kerry Sterner's fly at Florida Jets and I was impressed. I also got to see the new performance version of the facet 1200 with swept wings and anhedral stabs and It was also impressive. Mine weighs just over 26# RTF.

Hope to see you guys in Austin!

Got the flight controls all hooked up and had to head back to Chicago for work. Hope to start getting the motor mounted next weekend, there sure is a lot of stuff to go in a little space. Have a plan but only time will tell. Still need to find a place for the brake valve and servo and the air tank. Should be a nice airplane, hopefully I can get this one sold quickly then start on my big one. See ya in Austin.

Tom, depending on where you locate the UAT, I have a couple suggestions for the brake valve and tank.

I personally have the valve and servo on FL-1 and the air tank zip-tied to the top of F-5 (towards F-4). I have also placed the servo and valve on a small plate and screwed it to the top of F-7 in the past.

George

George,
Thanks for the idea...will look at it when I get home.

Tom

Gary

did you monokote yours? I am glassing the wings now. I feel like I abuse mine too much to deal with monokote.

Pat
I thought about glassing mine but went with Monocote. I forgot how much I hate monokoting. It would definitely be more dent resistant glassed, but I had a kangaroo with monokoted wings that held up OK and I had 4 rolls of monokote that I won in a pilots raffle last year.