Nope... Not a twin.
I grew up in Montclair NJ. Use to fly C/L with Larry Screnzie from Whippany, NJ back in the 60's.

Compeated in C/L navy carrier in 1970 at Garden State Circle Burners.

What landing gear are you using?

Can you give me some deminsions and places to buy?

I was using F3A bolly long but i just purcased a gear from these guys.

Good pricing, shipped quickly.

http://www.aeroproduct.net/bolly.htm#cf

Good Luck

Chuck

DAMN....

http://www.d6pattern.blogspot.com/

that is one awesome looking EVO on the blog.

ok, got to see it in person. wow.. super nice and with CDI YS power it is a rocket in uplines.


Rumor has it a personal inspection can be made at NATS this year on Site 2 hahaha

Chuck Hochhalter

On Whose?...Yours?

Chuck,

I really hope not, since Site 2 is the control line circles.

Arch

Arch,

Must be a new mod kit on the Pentathlon. lol

Im really liking the EVO...Maybe a future ride for me when i re-enter the world of pattern...

Which of the gears did you use?

Local company call Graphtech http://www.graphtechrcshop.com/not as stiff as the bolly gears but my dad and i are really impressed.

Adam

Do you guys know where their is a good tutorial on glassing and painting for RC models.  I am considering building up my first pattern plane this winter.  I am pretty sure that I am going to go with the EVO with my Syssa 180.   I better start studying now... it will be my first Kit build. 

Look for a link to Don Ramseys website and he sells a DVD tutorial on glassing and painting.

BTW, i covered my Pentathlon in monokote, it can be done although tough with the curves.

Chuck Hochhalter

Tele1974:

If you do a search on the pattern thread, look for the Black Magic V2 and V3 build threads. In those, Mike Hester, Dean Funk and others cover the building, glassing and painting of a pattern plane. YOu can also go to www.customairframes.com (Mike Hester's website) for a number of really good hints and tips on building and finishing.

Ed

Chuck could you contact me off list . I would like to talk to you about the Pentathlon EVO.

Thanks

Here's my Evo. Wings monokoted, fuse glassed, primed and ready for paint. I haven't weighed it but it scary light. Will have YS 160 for power and Airtronics 10D-SG radio.

maustin

That is the hizzle Fa shizzle.

Chuck

Definitely on my list of possible airplanes for next year. The imported kits are just out of my price range right now..

I got Don Ramsey's video.  Excellent. I am still on the fence about building.  Time is a premium.  I'm a flyer and not a builder.  And considering my budget.  I should probably leave it to the professionals. The ones in China. 

Have a link for the video?... DVD I hope!

I have the kit with all the side bits (wing tube, sheeting, etc etc) and plan to build it this winter. Time AND space are both issues for me, but somehow I hope to get it done by next spring.

Bob,

Try this link: http://pages.suddenlink.net/donramsey/

maustin

Thanks... just what I need!

I am finally under way with the Evo build, which is the most ambitious project for me thus far.

This is my first pattern ship build and first foam core wing build, so I will have a lot of "dumb" questions as I go along. Already I have had some excellent advice from several pattern guys and have read all the tutorials and build threads I could find.

Mainly I am following the well-known Terry Brox tutorial (superb!) and am substituting some of the materials and methods as I go along when considered logic seems to indicate. For instance, Ambroid cement for gluing the balsa sheets together is no longer available, and after weighing the other options (no glue, CA, etc...) I decided to follow the recommendation of Clay at The Balsa Store and use Elmer's White glue. Also, vacuum bagging is more suitable to my situation (living in a condo) so I will go that route. I got the simple vac bag system from ACP.

I took my time truing the edges of the sheets with the edge sander I made with an aluminum door threshold piece from Home Depot, using some 3M Super 77 to attach 150-grit sandpaper. The panels came out nice and flat with minimal sanding, and once trimmed weigh an average of about 41 grams, which Matt K advises me is pretty good.

Next, prepping the cores... a lot of critical stuff to do there!

I've been working on the foam cores and within the next few days will be thinking about doing the actual skinning.

After looking at the options, I will go with the EZ Lam epoxy (60-minute pot life variety) simply because it gives me more time to work and doesn't have that extra expansion characteristic to control as does Gorilla glue or the other PU's. Maybe next time, once I have a little experience and confidence for the next set.

I have decided also to use the 0.2 oz CF tissue under the skins... just seems like a good idea when thinking about the tension/compression on the skins when doing stuff like snap rolls.

The only question I have (for now!) is how to roll the glue on when using epoxy lam with the CF tissue, that is whether to roll it onto the balsa skin first, place the CF on the skins and then roll some more without adding more epoxy, as suggested in the Terry Brox tutorial.

Thanks for any help,