Hi all
After flying on sunday i had noticed that the engine mount had worked itself loose a little. Anybody have ideas on securing that baby in there so that it does not come loss again. I used 5 min epoxy when i built it.

Clean the area good with alcohol and glue with aeropoxy, it will never come loose again!!
Todd

where do i get aeropoxy

All the epoxy in the world wont hold this mount when attached to foam due to the small and soft contact area. Clean the surrounding area of oil and paint, then add carbon fiber or fiberglass cloth to capture the joining surfaces of the mount and the foam. This increases the bonding area and it will outlast the airplane. Go back and review the instruction book or the video to get a better picture.
Rob

If your gluing to foam, try Elmers ProBond, that stuff gets INTO the foam.

Hey Todd,
Is the Aeroepoxy foam safe? I've heard that it can melt foam.
Just a thought.....

Joey.

Joey...
Must be, I glued the engine mount on the CM F16 after it came loose twice, never loosend up again....And that's after my bud who has it now biffed it a few times . Not aware of any problems with aeropoxy and foam??? Anyone?

Todd

help!!

Go to either www.bvmjets.com then tools & Supplies section or www.arts-hobby.com for ultra-poxy...same stuff (hysol)

Todd

Todd,

You had the CBM F-16? Was it stock?

Has anyone ever had a rossi .61 rear exhaust on there cbm F-16 I am thinking about that engine combo for my jet as I want to have the extra power if needed and you always need nose weight to balance them anyways?


Thanks

I have heard of several guys, and know one personaly, going with .60 sized power plants in the CBM, all with regrets, wishing they had gone with the YS .45. The main problems were getting fuel to the motor, and the added weight in the nose to counter the heavier motors in the tail!

Good luck with yours! Mines getting a new paint job this winter!
Joey.

Hey Shaun,
Yes, my CM F16 was stock. YS45 RE with mac pipe and header. Flew great!! I had well over 125 flights on it when I gave it to Jaye to prep him for his yellow f16. Amazing how much power they have on a .45 engine! I miss it .

Badchev, dont suggest using .60 engine, the YS 45 on a tuned pipe has as much power as a basic .60, plus you need the pump of the YS to get the fuel to the engine. Seen two on .60's that flew like crap compared to mine on the .45.

Todd

Anyone have success in stripping the paint down and repainting the cbm f16. if so what did you use?

Saw all the good press on the YS45 w/tuned pipe combo on the CBM F16N due to its' fuel "pumping" capability...

Wondered if anyone had any experience using/trying to use a Jett .50 w/tuned pipe on this plane .......?

Bill

Any commercial stripper you use will seep into the foam and kill your airplane. You are better off to water/wet sand it back to primer if you must strip. Almost as much work as building the jet in the first place. Been there and done that. I once used a technique on a Byron F-16 that should work on this airplane too. It is a spin off of the brown paper bag covering method I use to make "Lost Foam" fiberglass parts. I covered all the foam surfaces with silkspan tissue applied with titebond glue, watered down and colored with food coloring so I could see what I was doing. This provided a barrier for the next step. I applied one layer of .5 glass cloth using thin super glue spread with my hand in a plastic bag. God the fumes were awfull and the glue was $$ but it worked. I painted the jet with K&B Superpoxy so I suppose you could use any paint you wanted.
Good luck!
Rob