jstanton

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MC,

I did not get the information on the spinner and prop. It looks like a Zinger 3 blade prop, but is it a Zinger 3 blade spinner?

jeff naul

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jim, have you flown the p-40 yet?

jstanton

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Jeff,

I am very close to being done with the P-40N. All I have to do is get the retracs working and put the decals on. I got the P-40 balanced without have to add any weight. I have not weighed the plane yet, but I think it is around 22lbs. This CMP 80" Zero will make a good sister ship for the P-40 to fly with. How is your projectc coming? You where getting close to being complete weren't you?

MSC

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Jim, sent an email but here is the link: http://www.zingerpropeller.com/ It is a Zinger prop and spinner. I bought both. I think it is a 4.5 inch diameter and has the 18 X 8 blades.
I had them cut the spinner and make the alignments for the screws. Worth the extra $5 - $10 bucks.....

Good Luck. Would also like to hear of your flight with the P-40
MC

jstanton

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MC,

Thanks I thought it might be a Zinger prop, but was not sure about the spinner. I think I will order one. I like the looks of the 3 blade better and that spinner looks more like a scale spinner for the Zero than anything else I have seen.

If everything works out right I hope to maiden the P-40 this comiong Sunday.

MSC

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Good Luck Jim,

Got an email today that the retracks are shipping out so I should have them by Monday next week. Back to the build and I hope finish up by the following weekend. I head out of town the following week and will be gone for a two week trip.......

Will like to hear of your flight reports.....

MC

jstanton

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MC,

The maiden flight on the P-40 was great. The XYZ-50 is a good engine for this plane and the Century Retracts could not have worked any better. Here is a video of the flight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPFUSwCW5_k

Baron243

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MC did you get your Giant Stinger up in the air yet? I'm interestes in what you think of the performance of those HD servos in the air.

Robert

jstanton

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MC,

How did the restracts work that you ordered? My Century Jet retracts just got here today, now I am waiting for the Zero to show up. It was shipped out yesterday so I hope to have it by this weekend. My Brillelli 46GT will be the power plant for this Zero and should have more than enough power.

MSC

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Robert, going to fly the Stinger this weekend. Had an ignition problem and had to send the unit off and ended up with a diode that burnt. So, I should be able to let you know this weekend.

Jim, I am almost ashame to say I haven't been able to do much on the plane. I have gotten a little done but will take me weeks more of work. I'm hoping things will slow down here at home to be able to get back to the bench. Believe me I'm getting anxious to get these things going......I'm actually using a DA 50 in the Zero and the Brillelli 46GT is in my Giant Stinger that I've been waiting to get the ignition unit to work. So, I'll have a report this weekend for all interested.

MC

ForkedTailDevil

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Hey guys.....its bubs again (the original starter of this thread)...hope everybody's zero projects are comming along nicely...i'm on my 3rd season of my zero and everything is going well..only problem is at the last airshow, a stand fell on the canopy. I'v been looking for weeks trying to find a replacement (nitro models has been out of stock for sometime) Does anybody have any idea where i can get one!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!?

MSC

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Hey Bud, Try AK Models. That is where I purchased mine.

Just got my retracks and trying to install them I've pulled too much on the covering and it tore. Anyway I'm trying to match the covering and that is a bigger pain than I originally thought.


I will probably have it completed in the next couple of weeks. Put a DA 50 on the front..... We'll see. Good to hear from you again.

MC

ForkedTailDevil

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MSC....i'm looking for the canopy for the 50CC large zero....i looked at AK and all they had on their websight was the canopy for the .50 size zero?

Bubs

flyer35

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BUBS, THEY HAVE THEM LISTED ON NITROMODELS.COM UNDER ARF PARTS (COWLS) $38.00

flyer35

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BUBS SORRY YOURE LOOKING FOR A CANOPY THEY ARE SOLD OUT AT $15.00

flyer35

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GIANTSCALEPLANES.COM ALSO LIST PARTS

ForkedTailDevil

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yeah, i sent out a bunch of emails this morning to nitro models hoping to hear from them soon about a estimated time of when they'll get the new canopys in.....i bet I don't drop a stand on my airplanes ever again....

Bubs

lovetoflyguy

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Dude,

Your such a dork!!! Who drops stuff on their models????[:-]

good luck finding another one. Are you sure I didn't shoot it off when I was chasing you with Dino's P-47????

ForkedTailDevil

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haha...naw actually..DINO dropped the stand on it..but he swears it was both of us!

scalejet

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This zero look very appeal ,so i decide to get one ,try to call nitromodel take 3hrs to get throught ,once get throught waited for 10 miuntes ,and wait again and call once more and manage to talk to the order line ,man i hate to talk to them horrible services compete insane very rude,need to order the 80" zero ,what i got for answer they don't ship to canada at all.so I am asking is there anyone can help me ,I love this zero so much now konwing that they don't ship to canada it became very dissapointed completey .any one can help?thx

arobatx

I have one, new in the box at home that I would let go. However, they are a bit less than $300 new from just about anywhere. It's tough to incur a hefty packing/shipping charge unless you are spending a lot more money for the item. If you get completely stuck and can't make it happen another way, let me know via PM and I'll find out how bad the shipping would be to your neck of the woods.

77chickenhawk

nice work.. but why didnt you make the flapps split like the real one?

cswann821

Hello, Everyone..... I just got my CMP Zero 80" and have been reading through everyone build threads, here and on other forums. This is my first large plane, with experiance with only Large helis, and small nitro planes. So I'm planning to take my time with this build to learn and do it right. I'm hopeing for any help from anyone willing as well, though alot has already been said as far as tips are concerned.

I am planning to put a 3MM TOC 53 inside inseptember, but until then I'll be piecing her together slowly. As far as retracts, If some cash comes my way I was thinking of centuraryjet...or holding off and useing the stock gear until I can afford the retracts.

My first question is this... While looking at the engine block and other hardware,I noticed a piece of 1/2" wide ply not in the instructions/decribed. Its the piece I am holding in the pictures.

I'm assumeing it goes on the inside firewall oposite of the engine box.??? I postedthis inFlyinggGiiants on Fishdeaths build thread as well. Sorry for the repeat fishdeath? I haven't seen it in any install shots posted by some folks.

I would need longer mounting screws if I used this block for the mounting nuts. It has the same dia. hole as the one already cut in the firewall.



Heres a pic?





Thanks Chris.

flyer35

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BUBS,DID YOU GET A CANOPY? I GOT ONE AT AK MODELS $9.95+

cswann821

I think I found it. Can be used as a spacer to extend the engine box/engine further up in the cowl. I Downloaded , just for kicks the 120 size zero instructions and it is used to mount the engine mount too.

 

Anyways I dought I'd need to extend my engine out further... I would still like to know if you guys used it or not.

 

 

Thanks, Chris