Originally Posted by rbgetz

Hi Alan...For the pilot I drilled a hole through both sides of the seat all the way through where the back rest meets the bottom seat cushion. Then slid and glued a brass tube all the way through from one side of the seat to the other.. then I was able to just use 2 tie wraps around the lower front of the pilots hips and so it keeps him really tight and low in the seat. it's pulling him at a 45 degree into the lower corner of the back rest and seat bottom. I used the brass tube for strength but also if I needed to take him out, it's easy to slip another tie wrap through. I then have a tie wrap around his neck that goes straight through the seat to keep his head straight. It's hidden under his collar. For the tubs I made two tubs slightly larger and deeper then the vacuum formed ones and cut those out. Made them tubs out of balsa sheeting and then glassed them. they're really light and used a slightly heavier cloth for some strength. I then cut out where the legs would come through and drilled some holes in the back of each tub. This way the turbine can draw air through the cockpit.. well... that's what I hope to have happen.

Originally Posted by rbgetz

The seats are from iflytailies.com. I had to redo the whole bottom tub to make them fit, especially with the side panels. I liked the look and they're fairly light. I wanted to have a little more scale look with a 1:4 scale pilot.

Originally Posted by rbgetz

when people say they added about 8 oz of weight to the front of the aircraft once balanced as recommended, where in front? 8oz in the nose under cowling is different then added 8oz in the fuse by the firewall. I'm assuming you mean in the fuselage up front as close to first wall as possible?

Originally Posted by Dave Wilshere

SPT-10 with 5 blade Biela.

Originally Posted by Dave Wilshere

You can’t see in the pictures, but there is a Louvre in the cowl top and more in the fuselage base.
Balance with the SPT-10 and 5 blade prop is perfect. Powerbox Powerpak batteries in the cockpit area.
Model was built and owned by Andy Roshier, im just lucky enough to get to fly it a lot 🙂

Dave

Originally Posted by rbgetz

Just curious on the 5-blade prop. I'm still running the 3 blade with my SPT-10. Has anyone run both 3 and the 5 blade and is there any performance difference? I was thinking of trying the 5 blade.

Originally Posted by Dave Wilshere

You can’t see in the pictures, but there is a Louvre in the cowl top and more in the fuselage base.
Balance with the SPT-10 and 5 blade prop is perfect. Powerbox Powerpak batteries in the cockpit area.
Model was built and owned by Andy Roshier, im just lucky enough to get to fly it a lot 🙂

Dave

Originally Posted by Dave Wilshere

No tail weight​​​​​! The manual balance is a little tail heavy, so sounds like you have a good position if it’s in front of that

Dave

Originally Posted by mautro

Hello folks

I'm new in this forum writing from Germany.

I purchased a Tucano from CARF and I’m wondering how to fix the cockpit which was sent.

I ordered seats from ScalePrint, a Pilot from Tailored Pilots and the instrumental board from Noll.

The original cockpit shall be glued inside of the canopy? Unfortunately I can’t share a Pic just right now. I need 10 more Replies ;-)

hope to find some answers. I can also share some information by what’s app I needed.

cheers
mauro from Germany

Originally Posted by rbgetz

Hello Mauro. I have many picture from by cockpit build on this thread. There's very limit room. You still need to make sure the airflow through from the back. I had to add more air vents or at full throttle the turbine sucks the canopy in. But I love this plane and fly it the most.

Rob